Mary E. Clarke
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Mary Elizabeth Clarke was a United States Army officer who was the department head of the Women's Army Corps. She was promoted to the rank of major general in the United States Army and was the first
Clarke during the late-1970s
General Clarke speaks at her retirement ceremony, WAC Center, Fort McClellan.
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Harry N. Walters at retirement ceremonies for General Clarke, 31 October 1981.
Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Aberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility that neighbors Aberdeen and Edgewood, Maryland.
Mary E. Clarke
…Army Military Police School and Training Center. During her tenure, in 1979 she oversaw the return of the United States Army Chemical School from the Aberdeen Proving Ground near Edgewood, Maryland to its former home at Fort McClellan by the city of Anniston, Alabama. Now with three major missions, a basic Training Brigade…
A sign on U.S. Route 40 in Aberdeen, Maryland commemorating the establishment of Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1917.
View of chemical plants, 1918
Chemical plant at Edgewood Arsenal, 1917
Chlorine plant at the Edgewood Arsenal, 1918