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Army Corps of Engineers  

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  • Following the revolutionary war, where military engineering proved important to American independence, President George Washington and Congress recognized the need for a group of experts to help the American armed forces and the early Republic. The Continental Congress had organized this corps of the army in 1775, and the U.S. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Army Corps of Engineers]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QJ46CC6P-1

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