"Wilmette's unrecognized war hero : Edwin Dempsey"

Publication: The Wilmette Beacon (Northbrook, Illinois), 5 Mar 2020, p. 22, 25

Description

Creator: Jacoby, John, Author
Media Type: Text; Newspaper
Item Type: Articles
Description: Describes Wilmette resident Edwin Dempsey's invention of a coding system that revolutionized the transport of U.S. military on the railroads during World War I.
Date of Publication: 5 Mar 2020
Subject(s): World War One, 1914-1918
Inventors--Illinois
Personal Name(s): Dempsey, Edwin ; Dempsey, Mary
Local identifier: Shelved in Local History Room Biography notebook
Language of Item: English
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