serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date alt laterwork death_place placeofburial_label battles placeofburial rank image name caption servicenumber relations birth_place awards nickname article_title
1918 -- 1949 united states 30 august 1981 united states of america 7 june 1898 head a neat moustache and shoulders of a man in uniform with chairman , new york city transit authority white river junction , vermont place of burial world war i : arlington national cemetery 30px major general hugh j casey.jpg hugh john casey brigadier general hugh j. casey in 1943 0-9298 hugh -lrb- son in law -rrb- boyd casey -lrb- son -rrb- frank butner clay brooklyn , new york distinguished silver star legion of merit bronze star distinguished service star service -lrb- philippines -rrb- -lrb- 2 -rrb- honorary commander of the cross order of the british empire -lrb- australia -rrb- commander , distinguished order of orange-nassau -lrb- netherlands -rrb- officer , légion d'honneur service -lrb- france -rrb- medal -lrb- 2 -rrb- pat hugh john casey

hugh john casey

hugh john `` pat '' casey -lrb- 24 july 1898 -- 30 august 1981 -rrb- was a major general in the united states army .
a 1918 graduate of the u.s. military academy at west point , casey served in germany during the occupation of the rhineland .
he later returned to germany to attend the `` technische hochschule '' in berlin , earning a doctor of engineering degree .
as an engineer , casey prepared a voluminous report on flood control for the pittsburgh district .
he was involved with the design and construction of the deadman island lock and dam on the ohio river , and was chief of the engineering division at the passamaquoddy tidal power project , a new deal public works project .
he went to the philippines in 1937 to advise the government there on hydropower and flood control .
in the early part of world war ii , he became involved with the enormous wartime construction program .
perhaps his most notable and lasting achievement was his involvement with the design of the pentagon , the largest office building in the world .
casey served as general of the army douglas macarthur 's chief engineer during the battle of bataan , in the jungles and mountains of new guinea and the philippines , and during the occupation of japan .
in the battle of leyte , he commanded the army support command -lrb- ascom -rrb- , which was responsible for all construction and logistics activities in the forward area .
he hoped to become chief of engineers , but president harry s. truman passed him over .
later , casey worked for schenley industries from 1951 until his retirement in 1965 , and was chairman of the new york city transit authority from 1953 to 1955 .
