Harry C. Ingles

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army

|name= Harry Clyde Ingles

|birth_date= {{birth date|1888|3|12}}

|death_date= {{death date and age|1976|8|15|1888|3|12}}

|birth_place= Pleasant Hill, Nebraska, US

|death_place= Bethesda, Maryland, US

|image= Harry C. Ingles.JPG

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|allegiance= {{flag|United States|1912}}

|branch= {{army|United States}}

|serviceyears= 1914-1947

|rank= 25px Major General

|servicenumber = 0-3689

|unit= 32px U.S. Army Signal Corps

|commands=Panama Canal Division

|battles= World War I
World War II

|awards=Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)

|laterwork=

|signature = Signature of Harry Clyde Ingles (1888–1976).png

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Harry Clyde Ingles (March 12, 1888 – August 15, 1976) was a United States Army major general, who served during World War II and commanded the United States Army Signal Corps.{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Ingles/Harry_Clyde/USA.html |title=Biography of Major-General Harry C. Ingles (1888 - 1976), USA|publisher=generals.dk |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-09-21}}

Early years

Harry C. Ingles was born on March 12, 1888, in Pleasant Hill, Nebraska, as the son of John William and Martha Ingles.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gordon.army.mil/OCOS/rdiv/chiefs/ingles.asp |title=Major General Harry C. Ingles |publisher=Fort Gordon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201054922/http://www.gordon.army.mil/OCOS/rdiv/chiefs/ingles.asp |archive-date=2008-02-01 |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-10-30}} After attending the high school at Lincoln, Ingles enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where he studied electrical engineering.

File:Harry Clyde Ingles (1888–1976) at West Point in 1914.png

He was admitted at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1910. He graduated on June 12, 1914, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry branch. Ingles was assigned to the 4th Infantry at Fort Lawton, Washington.{{cite web|title=West Point Deceased search|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|accessdate=13 November 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113145853/http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|url-status=dead}}

Many of his classmates became later general officers, including Carl A. Spaatz, Brehon B. Somervell, Frank W. Milburn, Harold R. Bull, John B. Anderson, Jens A. Doe, Orlando Ward, James L. Bradley, Vicente Lim, Ralph Royce, Harold Francis Loomis and Charles P. Gross.{{cite web |url=http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/oroc/v1914.pdf |title=United States Military Academy, Class of 1914 |publisher=digital-library.usma.edu |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317203521/http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/oroc/v1914.pdf |archivedate=2013-03-17 }}

Ingles saw service on the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition. During World War I, Ingles was appointed a commander of the military and technical training of Signal Corps officers and transferred to the Signal Corps in 1920 at his own request.{{cite web|title=West Point Deceased search|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|accessdate=13 November 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113145853/http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|url-status=dead}}

Between the wars, Ingles served on the various military assignments, including signal officer of the Philippine Division, instructor in communication at the Command and general staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, commander of the Army Signal Corps School, signal officer of the Third U.S. Army or signal officer of the Caribbean Defense Command.

World War II

During 1942, Ingles was appointed the chief of staff of the Caribbean Defense Command, where he served under the command of Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews. Ingles was appointed commanding general of the Panama Mobile Force in the same year. He served in this capacity until 1943 and was decorated with the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his service.{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/100213 |title=Valor awards for Harry Clyde Ingles |publisher=militarytimes.com |date=2010-07-04 |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926012001/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=100213 |archive-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=live }}

In 1943, Major General Ingles served a brief period as a deputy commander in chief of the U.S. European Theater of Operations and on July 1, 1943, he succeeded Major General Dawson Olmstead as a Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army.{{cite web |url=http://signal.army.mil/history/15_ingles.html |title=Signal Corps 'Regimental' History Site - Major General Harry C. Ingles |work=signal.army.mil |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926172425/http://signal.army.mil/history/15_ingles.html |archivedate=2013-09-26 }}{{Cite journal |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1694891 |title=Major General Harry C. Ingles |journal=Proceedings of the I.R.E. |year=1944 |volume=32 |issue=12 |page=722 |doi=10.1109/JRPROC.1944.234040 |access-date=2022-10-30|url-access=subscription }}

Under his tenure, the Signal Corps grew into an important part of the American war effort. After the war, the Signal Corps kept abreast of new technology and made first radar contact with the Earth's Moon during Project Diana and broke a speed record for fastest radioteletype in April 1945.

Postwar life

For his service during the World War II, Ingles received an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Army Distinguished Service Medal.{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/100213 |title=Valor awards for Harry Clyde Ingles |publisher=militarytimes.com |date=2010-07-04 |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926012001/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=100213 |archive-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=live }} Major general Harry C. Ingles retired from the Army in 1947 and subsequently was appointed a president of RCA Global Communications. He worked in this capacity from 1947 to 1953. He then worked for the National Broadcasting Company until 1969.{{cite web|title=West Point Deceased search|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|accessdate=13 November 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113145853/http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|url-status=dead}}

Ingles died at the age of 88 on August 15, 1976, in Bethesda, Maryland. He is buried together with his wife Grace Salisbury Ingles (1889–1977) at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.{{cite web|url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZpbmdsZXM-/ |title= Burial Detail: Ingles, Grace S |website = ANC Explorer|accessdate=2022-06-11}}

Decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Major General Ingles:{{cite web|title=West Point Deceased search|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|accessdate=13 November 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113145853/http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/5241/|url-status=dead}}

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|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Mexican Border Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106|alt=}}

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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106|alt=}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106|alt=}}

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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|width=106|alt=}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=VEN Order of the Liberator - Knight BAR.png|width=106|alt=}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Order of Boyacá - Commander (Colombia) - ribbon bar.png|width=106|alt=}}

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1st Row \|colspan="4"\|Army Distinguished Service Medal \|colspan="4"\|Mexican Border Service Medal \|colspan="4"\|World War I Victory Medal \|colspan="4"\|American Defense Service Medal with Base Clasp
2nd Row \|colspan="4"\|American Campaign Medal \|colspan="4"\|European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal \|colspan="4"\|Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal \|colspan="4"\|World War II Victory Medal
3rd Row \|colspan="4"\|Commander of Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom) \|colspan="4"\|Officer of the Legion of Honor (France) \|colspan="4"\|Commander of Order of the Liberator (Venezuela) \|colspan="4"\|Commander of the Order of Boyaca (Colombia)

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1st Row

|colspan="4"|Army Distinguished Service Medal

|colspan="4"|Mexican Border Service Medal

|colspan="4"|World War I Victory Medal

|colspan="4"|American Defense Service Medal with Base Clasp

2nd Row

|colspan="4"|American Campaign Medal

|colspan="4"|European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

|colspan="4"|Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

|colspan="4"|World War II Victory Medal

3rd Row