Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2017.030.1729Description
This is a photo of a replica of some kind of shoulder fired missile launcher or anti-tank weapon. There is a name on the front, Major General Levin H. Campbell Jr.
Levin Hicks Campbell Jr. (November 23, 1886 – November 17. 1976) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was the 16th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. After the war Campbell continued his service in the Ordnance Branch; including assignments at: the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D.C.; Stockton Ordnance Depot, Stockton, California; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. As a career Ordnance officer, he specialized in the engineering and production of combat vehicles, small arms, artillery, and ammunition. He was commended for successfully automating the artillery ammunition assembly line at Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania while assigned there from 1939 to 1940.Collection
Benicia School Collection
