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Gruber, Edmund, BG USA(Ret).
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Home Town Cincinnati
Last Address Fort Leavenworth, KS
Date of Passing May 30, 1941
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In 1908, when he was an Artillery 1LT, he wrote "The Caissions Go Rolling Along". This was originally for the 5th FA Regiment; but, later became the official Field Artillery song; and later, became the official US Army song.
The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.
