Leslie Earl Simon (August 11, 1900 – October 28, 1983) was an American military officer and scientist, and author of the book ''German Research in World War II: An Analysis of the Conduct of Research''. He was a major general in the U.S. Army's Ordnance Department, and director of the Ballistic Research Laboratories at the

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Biography

Leslie Earl Simon was born in

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on August 11, 1900. He graduated from the

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in 1924, eventually attaining the rank of

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. He received the

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in 1956. He died in Orlando, Florida on October 28, 1983, and was buried at

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Writing

''German Research'' discusses various German secret weapons of World War II, with an emphasis on airplanes, rocketry and the Germans' research methodology. It was first published in 1947. The book has become a collector's item in Europe since

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featured it in the storyline of ''

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'' comic ''

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'', published in 1956, where it appears on page 23. The book is available, nevertheless, in various versions. Hergé

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the swastika, when he inserted the book.

Selected works

German research in world war II (1947) by Leslie E

*''Engineer's Manual of Statistical Methods,'' 1941, John Wiley and Sons, *''German Research in World War II: An Analysis of the Conduct of Research'', 1947, John Wiley. *''German Research'' was also published under the same title in the UK in 1948 by Chapman & Hall, then republished in 1970 as ''Secret Weapons of the Third Reich: German Research in World War II'' by Paladin Press .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Leslie E. Fellows of the American Statistical Association 1983 deaths 1900 births United States Military Academy alumni Tintin Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) United States Army generals