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Lewis Combs | |
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| Born | April 7, 1895 Manchester Center, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1996 (aged 101) Red Hook, New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Spouse(s) |
Laura B. Warren (died 1996) |
Lewis Barton Combs (April 7, 1895 in Manchester Center, Vermont – May 20, 1996 in Red Hook, New York) was a United States Navy admiral who helped found and direct the famed "Seabees" construction battalions in World War II.
Born in 1895 to Louis D. and Stella Burgess Combs, at age 10 he became a golf caddy at the local course in Manchester, Vermont. On occasion he caddied for Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the 16th president. His family moved to Rensselaer, New York in 1907, where he attended the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (class of 1916), having earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He went to work as a maintenance engineer for the New York Central Railroad.[1]
- ^ "Civil Engineer, Scholar, Naval Officer: The Life of Rear Adm. Lewis B. Combs | Seabee Online". Seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2017-07-23.