George F. Kosco
George F. Kosco | |
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Birth name | George Francis Kosco |
Born | Ramsaytown, Pennsylvania, US | 1 April 1908
Died | 11 June 1985 Bethesda, Maryland, US | (aged 77)
Buried | |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1930–1960 |
Rank | Captain |
Kosco was born in
Kosco spent much of the 1930s
Kosco was assigned to Admiral
Kosco was present at the signing ceremony of the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri at Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.[2] He took what is believed to be the only color film footage of the ceremony.[9][10][11] This was only released publicly in 2010.[12]
In 1946 Kosco participated in Operation Nanook in the Arctic.[1] He was then chief aerologist and chief scientist in Operation Highjump in the Antarctic with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr. in 1946–47. He also led several other polar expeditions, collecting specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.[13] Kosco Glacier in Antarctica was named in his honor in 1962.[14]
Kosco retired from the Navy in 1960.
References
- ^ a b c d e Tuleya, Eduard A. (2003). "Kosco, George F.". Jég és föld között: Az Antarktisz (újra)felfedezése (PDF) (in Hungarian). NAP Kiadó. pp. 123–124. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b Kopanic, Michael J. (June 2012). "Slovaks in New Jersey: An Overview". Naše Rodina. 24 (2).
- ^ ISBN 9781461749127. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Kosco, George F.; Dorsett, John O. F. (1940). Winter weather types of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent coastal and island areas (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Drury, Bob; Clavin, Tom (2007). Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue (PDF). Grove Press. p. 45. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Bernadette H. Kosco". The Patriot-News. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- HistoryNet. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Halsey's typhoon's a firsthand account of how two typhoons more powerful than the Japanese dealt death and destruction to Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Japanese Surrender in Color (1945)". The Vietnam War. United States Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "The Only Color Footage of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945". Veterans Breakfast Club. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Japanese Surrender in Color (1945)". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Patrick, Neil (10 May 2016). "This footage shows the Japanese surrender from 1945 in color". The Vintage News. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- PMID 26840445. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Kosco Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 5 September 2022.