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BG John J. CartyBG John J. Carty, Signal Reserve, served duringWorld War I as Director of Wire Communications forthe Allied Expeditionary Forces. He received theDistinguished Service Medal. xciiSGT Albert H. Cockayne died in 1900 during thePhilippine Insurrection when he and an assistantattempted, without escort, to repair a telegraph linecut by insurgents. xciiiCrystal Avenue commemorates the 1948 production, here at FortMonmouth, of the first synthetically produced large quartz crystals.The crystals were used in the manufacturing of electroniccomponents, and made the U.S. largely independent of foreignimports for this critical mineral.CPL Howard P. De Rum, 102nd Field Signal Battalion, died in actionnear Ronssoy, France on September 29, 1918. He posthumouslyreceived the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism inaction. General Orders Number 7, dated May 7, 1956, designated DeRum Avenue. xcivEcho Avenue is located between Tindall and Cockayne Avenues andruns parallel to Todd Avenue.MAJ Hamilton H. T. Glessner fought in World War I and served asSignal Officer in the Panama Canal Department. He died in the CanalZone on January 15, 1937.First Sergeant Alexander Gosselin, 2nd Field Signal Battalion,received the Distinguished Service Cross xcv on December 4, 1918 forheroism during the Meuse-Argonne offensive.As a lieutenant, MG Adolphus W. Greely led the 1881-1884 SignalCorps Meteorological Expedition to the Arctic. As Chief Signal Officerfrom 1887-1906, Greely oversaw, during the Spanish-American War,the installation and operation of telegraph communications throughoutPuerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Archipelago. He received theCongressional Medal of Honor on his 91st birthday, March 27, 1935. xcviHeliograph Street is named for the heliograph, an apparatus fortelegraphing by means of the sun's rays flashed from a mirror.The heliport is located off Wallington Avenue in the northeast cornerof Greely Field.25/26 .