Joseph Mauborgne

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Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army

Joseph Oswald Mauborgne
Chief Signal Officer
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsDistinguished Service Medal
World War I Victory Medal
American Defense Service Medal

Joseph Oswald Mauborgne (February 26, 1881 – June 7, 1971)

Signal Corps
.

Biography

Mauborgne was born on February 26, 1881, in New York City[1] to Eugene and Catherine Elizabeth McLaughlin Mauborgne. After graduating in 1901 from the College of Saint Xavier in New York, he studied fine arts until commissioned a 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, in the regular Army in 1903. Stationed in the Philippines several times at several infantry posts, Mauborgne attended the Army Signal School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1909–1910, graduating from the Signal Officers Course, followed by a tour of duty in Washington, D.C., in the office of Chief Signal Officer Brigadier General George P. Scriven.

While stationed at

Bureau of Standards. During the early 1930s, Mauborgne was Signal Officer for the 9th Corps Area and later Director of the Signal Corps Aircraft Factory, Wright Field, Ohio. He attended the Army War College during its 1931–32 academic session. In 1937, as a Signal Corps officer, he used a Dictaphone to record Japanese radio signals at the Presidio of San Francisco.[2]

As Chief of Signal, Mauborgne supported technological development and oversaw the mass production of the SCR-268 and

Oahu, Hawaii, in the early morning of December 7, 1941 — spotted Japanese aircraft on their way in to attack Pearl Harbor
.

In addition to his professional study, Mauborgne attended the

Chicago Art Institute in 1922–1923. Returning to Washington D.C. in 1923 he continued his art studies at the Corcoran Art Gallery between 1923 and 26. Portraits and etchings produced by Mauborgne were exhibited in galleries in Washington, San Francisco, and Dayton, Ohio; acquired by the United States Military Academy
, and sold to private collections.

Mauborgne reached the mandatory retirement age in October 1941 and retired near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Among his interests were music and violin-making, for which he won an international competition in The Hague in 1949. During his early career, Mauborgne was a recognized marksman, on the "Distinguished Shooters" list of the Civilian Marksmanship Program.

In December 1907, Mauborgne married Katherine Hale Poore, the daughter of Major General

Andersonville National Cemetery.[3]

General Mauborgne is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame. General Mauborgne is also known as "The Cubic General".

Awards and decorations

Army Distinguished Service Medal citation

General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 81 (1919)
Action Date: World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Organization: Chief, Engineering and Research Division
Division: Signal Corps

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the

Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps) Joseph O. Mauborgne, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As head of the Engineering and Research Division of the Signal Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Mauborgne rendered conspicuous in connection with coordinating the design and supply of new technical apparatus for the Signal Corps. He was largely responsible for the high type of radio equipment developed for the American Army and rendered unusual service in connection with cipher telegraphy.[4]

Sources

  1. ^ "Valor awards for Joseph O. Mauborgne; Military Times Hall of Valor". Militarytimes.com. 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ^ "Code Breaking in World War II". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. ^ "Gen Joseph O. Mauborgne (1881 - 1971); Find a Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  4. ^ "Valor awards for Joseph O. Mauborgne; Military Times Hall of Valor". Militarytimes.com. 2010-07-04. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2013-01-16.

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