Foreword: In January 1980, Lieutenant General John W. Morris, then Chief of Engineers, directed the Historical Division to capture the remembrances of the leading military and civilian members of the Corps of Engineers. The resulting Engineer Memoirs series shares the “lessons learned” from this rich and previously untapped resource.
This interview with Hugh John “Pat” Casey—seventh in the series of Engineer Memoirs—is the second that features distinguished World War H Corps of Engineers generals. It is a part of the Army’s commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of that war.
This volume is an edited version of the tape-recorded interview conducted by Dr. John T. Greenwood, then Chief of the Historical Division, with General Casey at his summer home in Bradford, Vermont, from 25 to 29 September 1979. Before his death on 30 August 1981, General Casey reviewed and revised the entire transcript of the interview.
Pat Casey’s remembrances are published because his reflections on a lifetime of successes in military and civil works assignments produce a valuable perspective for present and future decisions by the Corps of Engineers.
