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as a Lieutenant and continued his interpretation work for the Naval Photo Intelligence School. His team were at one point responsible for interpreting success of bombing raids in Germany. After the war ended, he accepted an Associate Professor position at the
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After leaving university in 1941, and before he was able to begin studying cartography in at UCLA, he was convinced to join the Intelligence Office of the
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and resigned from civil service around 1957. During his service in the Navy he worked very closely with Admiral
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On the way back from the expedition, Roscoe was named as the envoy to the Prime Minister of New Zealand by
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Contributions to the Study of Antarctic Surface Features by Photogeographical Methods (1952)
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Contributions to the Study of Antarctic Surface Features by Photogeographical Methods
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Following his departure from Navy Intelligence, Roscoe was offered a position at the
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from 1957 to at least 2002. Roscoe also performed some research on the
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from the beginning of Operation Highjump to Byrd's death in 1957.
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American military officer, geographer and aerospace engineer
293:. His father owned a wholesale fruit business. He attended 465:"Interview of John Hobbie Roscoe by Brian Shoemaker" 297:, before graduating in Business Administration from 225: 217: 197: 189: 179: 161: 132: 125: 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 221:Cartography, Geography, Aersospace Engineering 8: 250:(March 23, 1919 - February 23, 2007) was an 122: 349:. He also contributed to the planning of 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 386: 489: 478: 463:Roscoe, John Hobbie (9 January 2007). 265:. He is best known for his work with 7: 539:University System of Maryland alumni 47:adding citations to reliable sources 14: 334:aircraft for aerial photography. 23: 34:needs additional citations for 529:People from Syracuse, New York 1: 412:Roscoe, John Hobbie (1952). 524:Flushing High School alumni 165:February 23, 2007 (aged 87) 555: 534:Syracuse University alumni 395:"SCAR Composite Gazetteer" 241: 210: 273:, for which there was a 475:– via kb.osu.edu. 275:glacier named after him 488:Cite journal requires 371:American Polar Society 347:University of Maryland 351:Operation Deep Freeze 324:University of Georgia 367:Lockheed Corporation 295:Flushing High School 259:intelligence officer 43:improve this article 299:Syracuse University 285:Roscoe was born in 202:Syracuse University 343:Operation Windmill 328:Operation Highjump 271:Operation Windmill 267:Operation Highjump 263:aerospace engineer 248:John Hobart Roscoe 137:John Hobart Roscoe 446:geonames.usgs.gov 245: 244: 212:Scientific career 119: 118: 111: 93: 546: 498: 497: 491: 486: 484: 476: 460: 454: 453: 448:. Archived from 442:"Roscoe Glacier" 438: 432: 431: 420:drum.lib.umd.edu 409: 403: 402: 391: 377:after retiring. 309:Military service 237: 146: 144: 123: 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 58:"John H. Roscoe" 51: 27: 19: 554: 553: 549: 548: 547: 545: 544: 543: 504: 503: 502: 501: 487: 477: 462: 461: 457: 452:on 2 June 2021. 440: 439: 435: 428:10.13016/M27N1R 411: 410: 406: 399:data.aad.gov.au 393: 392: 388: 383: 375:Knights Templar 363: 355:Richard E. Byrd 311: 283: 235: 198:Alma mater 175: 166: 157: 148: 142: 140: 139: 138: 128: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 552: 550: 542: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 506: 505: 500: 499: 490:|journal= 455: 433: 404: 385: 384: 382: 379: 362: 359: 315:Army Air Corps 310: 307: 282: 279: 243: 242: 239: 238: 229: 223: 222: 219: 215: 214: 208: 207: 199: 195: 194: 191: 187: 186: 181: 177: 176: 167: 163: 159: 158: 149: 136: 134: 130: 129: 127:John H. Roscoe 126: 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 551: 540: 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 511: 509: 495: 482: 474: 470: 466: 459: 456: 451: 447: 443: 437: 434: 429: 425: 421: 417: 416: 408: 405: 400: 396: 390: 387: 380: 378: 376: 372: 368: 360: 358: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 335: 333: 332:Douglas R4D-8 329: 325: 320: 316: 308: 306: 304: 300: 296: 292: 288: 280: 278: 276: 272: 268: 264: 260: 256: 253: 249: 240: 233: 230: 228: 224: 220: 216: 213: 209: 206: 203: 200: 196: 192: 188: 185: 182: 178: 174: 170: 164: 160: 156: 152: 147:23 March 1919 135: 131: 124: 121: 113: 110: 102: 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 481:cite journal 458: 450:the original 445: 436: 419: 414: 407: 398: 389: 364: 361:Private life 339:Admiral Byrd 336: 319:Marine Corps 312: 284: 247: 246: 231: 211: 120: 105: 99:January 2022 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 519:2007 deaths 514:1919 births 190:Citizenship 180:Nationality 508:Categories 473:1811/24308 422:(Thesis). 381:References 281:Early life 255:geographer 173:California 143:1919-03-23 69:newspapers 169:Riverside 291:New York 287:Syracuse 252:American 193:American 184:American 155:New York 151:Syracuse 83:scholar 236:(1952) 234:  227:Thesis 218:Fields 85:  78:  71:  64:  56:  90:JSTOR 76:books 494:help 303:UCLA 269:and 261:and 205:Ph.D 162:Died 133:Born 62:news 469:hdl 424:doi 45:by 510:: 485:: 483:}} 479:{{ 467:. 444:. 418:. 397:. 305:. 289:, 277:. 257:, 171:, 153:, 496:) 492:( 471:: 430:. 426:: 401:. 145:) 141:( 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 39:.

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