Blake Wayne Van Leer
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Blake Wayne Van Leer
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Blake Wayne Van Leer was a United States Navy officer who commanded the naval construction Battalion Seabees during World War II and the Vietnam War. He led the expansion of submarine-launched ballistic missile programs and the OMEGA Navigation System used for communication to the U.S. submarine fleet. He received the Legion of Merit award and the Moreel Medal for outstanding contributions to military engineering. He was the son of Georgia Institute of Technology president Blake R. Van Leer and
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U.S. Navy officer (1926-1997)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Wayne_Van_Leer
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2023-10-04T14:09:24Z
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