Gold Castles is the name of the 14K gold insignia pin handed down from General Douglas MacArthur to his chief engineer Major General Leif J. Sverdrup in 1945, who established a tradition in 1975 that it shall be given to each successive Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Read more about Gold Castles: Origin: Corps Castle Insignia, Originally A Graduation Gift To Douglas MacArthur, Beginning A Tradition: General Sverdrup
Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or castles:
“Arrive in the afternoon, the late light slanting
In diluted gold bars across the boulevard brag
Of proud, seamed faces with mercy and murder hinting
here, there, interrupting, all deep and debonair,
The pink paint on the innocence of fear;
Walk in a gingerly manner up the hall.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Where are our castles now, where are our towers?”
—Sir Thomas More (1478–1535)