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Husky Brook PondHusky Brook Pond is located near theNicodemus Gate. It underwent a massivecleanup from 1966 through the early1970s that sought to convert a ten-acrewasteland into a handsome, usefulrecreation area. Today, the area boastsseveral picnic sites and tranquil views. xiiHusky Brook PondJagger ParkJagger Park is located in the Officer Family Housing Area to the Northof the East Gate entrance. Designated sometime prior to 1935, ithonors 1LT H.R. Jagger, 304th Field Signal Battalion, 79th Division,who died in action in France, 1918. xiiiMyer ParkSection III, General Orders Number 22,Headquarters Fort Monmouth, dated April 9, 1949designated the area east of Russel Hall and west ofOceanport Avenue as Myer Park. General OrdersNumber 48, dated 24 June 1961, later rescindedGO 22 and renamed the area Cowan Park. xivWhile assigned as an assistant surgeon in theRegular Army of the United States, Dr. Albert J.Myer devised a military visual signaling systemthat the Army then adopted in 1860. Dr. Myerbecame Signal Officer of the subsequently createdSignal Division, and received the rank of Major.On March 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincolnsigned legislation making the Signal Corps aseparate military branch. Major Myer became theMyer Park Memorial first Chief Signal Officer with the rank of Colonel.He continued to lead the Signal Corps for two and a half decades. xvSoldiers ParkSoldiers Park is located at the intersection ofthe Avenue of Memories and Wilson Avenue,opposite the Bowling Center. It honors “the FortMonmouth Soldiers and civilians who deployedand fought worldwide and…the families whokept the home fires burning bright.”Landmarks and Place Names at Fort MonmouthDr. Albert J. MyerSoldiers Park