Joe Greenwald

Joe Greenwald attended the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1912. He served as a field artillery officer in the military. He served at various locations as an officer, including Fort Sill, Baltimore, Fort Stotsenberg, Akron, Savannah, Fort Sam Houston, Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter before retiring from duty at Nashville in 1940. After Pearl Harbor he applied for re-admission to the Army and served in the Inspector General’s officer until he was asked to form the new Military Rocket Board and was transferred to Salina, Kansas. For his work on the Rocket Board he was awarded the Order of the British Empire by King George VI.

Greenwald was also a top polo player, playing with the All-Army Polo Team, and holding a 5-goal ranking. At one time he won the US Junior Championships. After retiring again at the end of World War II, Greenwald worked for an aerial surveys firm established by his brother-in-law, Edgar Tobin, which had pioneered aerial photography for oil-exploration maps for the petroleum industry.