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PRESENTATION OF THE ARMY-NAVY "E" FLAG TO RCA LABORATORIES AT PRI.NCETnN, .N. J. LEFT TO RIGHT— OTTO S. SCHAIRER, ALBERT ROSE, MAJ. GEN. ROGER B. COLTON, USA, AND REAR ADMIRAL HAROLD G. BOWEN, USN. RCA Laboratories Win "E" Award PART PLAYED BY RCA SCIENTISIS IN DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR IS TOLD AT PRESENTATION OF ARMY-NAVY EMBLEM TO PRINCETON GROUP—EMPLOYEES RECEIVE "E" LAPEL PINS RADAR—detecting and ranging by radio—has changed the whole course of history. Rear Ad- miral Harold G. Bowen said June 17 at the presentation of the Army- Xavy "E" Flag to RCA Labora- tories, Princeton, N. J. The Battle of England was won, he said, be- cause the British had radar to prevent the Germans from sur- prising the British planes on the ground, and he added, "you can be assured that radar has played a highly significant role in our suc- cessful operations to date." Admiral Bowen spoke on the "E" presentation program with Gov. Charles Edison of New Jersey; Lieut. Gen. James G. Harbord, (USA, Ret. I, Chairman of the Board of Radio Corporation of America; Maj. Gen. Roger B. Col- ton, USA, and Otto S. Schairer, Vice President of Radio Corpora- tion of America, in charge of RCA Laboratories. The program was broadcast by NBC. Referring to the story of radar as "astounding." Admiral Bowen said that in the history of technol- ogy, no art has ever developed so rapidly and no art was ever prose- cuted at the same time in all branches—namely, research, devel- opment and production, as was radar. No such complex art was ever brought to a state of useful- ness so soon, he said, and this was largely due not only to the position of technology in the United States, but first to the threat of impending war, and later, the war itself. Paying high tribute to American scientists and re.search workers. Admiral Bowen continued: "Ever since the invention of radar, the Navy and the great elec- tronic laboratories have been in constant and fruitful contact. Our associations with RCA in this re- spect have been of long duration and most satisfactory. Of the first two radar sets that were sent to sea in 1938, one was manufactured by RCA and the other by the Naval Research Laboratory. The great progress of radar in the Navy and its gradual acceptance as a new fundamental contribution to war, dates from that time. The first sets purchased by the Navy from a com- mercial concern were si.x in number and were supplied by RCA." Speaking directly to the research workers. Admiral Bowen concluded: "You who have been in the mid- dle of things like I have, appreciate the enormous amount of technologi- cal development successfully com- pleted before actual combat took place. You who participated in this effort made great contribution^ to [RADIO AGe 15]