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Lieutenant Clarence Burmister, USC&GS.; Burmister was an electronicgenius who converted the GEE navigation system to Shoran for survey use and also developed EPI, a forerunner to LORAN-C. Burmister received the Silver Star forgallantry while a sergeant in WW I. (Image credit: Courtesy of Family of Raymond H. Carstens, C&GS; (dec.))