A History of the Commanding Officers at Fort Monmouth ... - CECOM

Pacific, Hawaii; and as chief of Research and Development, Officeof the Chief Signal Officer, Hoff returned to Fort Monmouth inAugust 1962.Under the reorganization of the Army during 1962, the U.S. ArmyElectronics Command (ECOM) was established on 1 August 1962.With the establishment of ECOM, the Commanding General herebecame the commander of ECOM and of Fort Monmouth. GeneralHoff thus became the first Commanding General of ECOM and thetwenty-second commander of Fort Monmouth. General Hoff serveduntil his retirement on 31 July1963. He died in August 1978.Major General William D. HamlinMajor General William D. Hamlin became thetwenty-first Commanding Officer of FortMonmouth in March 1960.Hamlin was born in Clinton, New York, inApril 1905. He graduated from the U.S.Military Academy in 1929 and was commissioneda Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps.He first came to Fort Monmouth in September1929 for duty and later attended the SignalSchool, graduating in June 1931. OtherMG William D. Hamlinduties as a Signal Corps officer followed atNew Jersey Bell Telephone Company; 51st Signal Battalion at FortMonmouth; Fort Jay, New York; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; andHeadquarters, Third Army, in San Antonio Texas.During World War II he served in theOffice of the Chief Signal Officer asexecutive officer from 1941 to 1943and at SHAEF Headquarters inEurope from 1943 to 1945. After thewar he again served at FortMonmouth in the Enlisted Men'sSchool and as director of the OfficersDepartment, Signal School. He hadtwo additional tours of duty with theOffice of the Chief Signal Officer. Hewas advisor on communications tothe Korean Military Government inThe first High CapacityCommunicationSatellite, Courier, wasdeveloped and builtunder the supervisionof the Fort MonmouthLaboratories the sameyear MG Hamlinassumed command.Commanding Officers at Fort Monmouth