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The History of the Beach Erosion Board, US Army, Corps of Engineers, 1930-1963
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Digital Commons
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The History of the Beach Erosion Board, US Army, Corps of Engineers, 1930-1963 |
| Creator | Quinn, Mary-Louise |
| Description | The Beach Erosion Board (BEB) was an agency originally set up to deal with civil functions assigned to the Corps of engineers. However, Dr. Quinn describes how the agency’s expertise lead to it being assigned to prepare reports on possible landing beaches of interest to the allies during World War II. Because the wartime effort was very successful the Beach Erosion Board continued to perform intelligence functions after the war. The staff engaged to intelligence work grew in size and... |
| Date | 1977-08-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/watercenterpubs/28 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/watercenterpubs/article/1027/viewcontent/beb_history.pdf |
| Source | Faculty Publications from The Water Center |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
