Campbell, J. Duncan (James Duncan), 1916-2007

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Military art and science
(lcsh) Military art and science--Study and teaching

found: nuc86-11023: His Aviation badges and insignia ... [MI] c1977(hdg. on WHi rept.: Campbell, James Duncan, 1916- ; usage: J. Duncan Campbell)

found: Findagrave, viewed December 14, 2021(LTC J. Duncan Campbell; birth: 17 May 1916, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; death: 8 Nov 2007 (aged 91), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; of Colonial Park, Harrisburg; graduate of John Harris High School and Gettysburg College, Class of 1937; upon graduation he was commissioned as an Army Second Lieutenant, and earned his wings as an Army Aviator; he was teaching Military Science at Lehigh University when Pearl Harbor was bombed December 7, 1941; after WWII he was on the faculty of Harrisburg Academy for many years; later he became the first Director of the William Penn Museum, where he worked until his retirement; he was a highly skilled archaeologist and served as a consultant to the Smithsonian Institution and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; founding director, Company of Military Historians; his published works included a standard reference work on American Military Insignia 1800-1851 (Smithsonian Publications, 1951) and another on Aviation Badges of the United States Army, 1913-1946, also the Centennial History of Phi Kappa Psi, published in 1952; his final book, covering American Military Headgear Insignia, was published in 2004) - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22800989/j-duncan-campbell