George owen squier

Born on March 21, 1865 in Dryden, Michigan.
Died on March 24, 1934 (aged 69) in Washington, DC.
Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
United States Army
Rank of Major General
Command held: Chief Signal Officer
Businessman, Scientist

From humble beginnings, growing up in small town USA, to one of the most important military men and innovative inventors of the American industrial era, Major General George Owen Squier’s extraordinary accomplishments in the fields of aeronautics, radio communications and electricity marveled his better known friends Alexander Bell, William and Orville Wright, Guglielmo Marconi and many others.

A man who knew excruciating suffering as a child, losing his mother at age seven and having to be raised by his grandparents because of an alcoholic father.

General Squier made it his singular mission to better the lives of his fellow citizens, especially the children of the United States of America.

His groundbreaking inventions and military prowess were a result of his passionate conviction in helping the less fortunate.

General Squier was chiefly responsible for the founding of what would later become the United States Air Force. After WWI, he strengthened the safety of our military units in the air by inventing the means of communication between aircraft and the ground. In fact, he was the very first military officer to fly, making this historic trip on a Wright brothers aircraft with Orville at the helm!

Serving in the Spanish-American War and World War I, Sir George O. Squier received many accommodations and awards included the Distinguished Service Medal, Honorary Knight Commander of the order of St. Michael and St. George, Order of the Crown of Italy, Legion of Honor, Elliott Cresson Medal, John Scott Medal and the Franklin Medal among others.