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Leavenworth to where he organized and took command of the United States Army Thirty-first Railway Engineers regiment. He then went on to France to build the railroad system for the Allied forces. After World War I, Colonel Mears and his family returned
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Washington State. The 7.9-mile-long tunnel was completed in 36 months and the dedication on January 12, 1929, was a nationwide radio media event. The event was broadcast over a coast-to-coast network of NBC stations – a radio network established on December 28, just two weeks prior to the
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Aleutian Islands during the summer of 1941. At its peak, the number of troops stationed at Fort Mears reached 10,000 people. tribute to Colonel Mears can be found at the site of the
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