Biographical Note
George Sabin Gibbs held the rank of Major General in the U.S. Signals Corps. He was born in Harlan, Iowa in 1875 and died in Coral Gables, Florida in 1947.
He began his military career in 1898 as a private and was attached to the Signal Corps during the Spanish American War and took part in the quelling of the Philippine Insurrection.
Commissioned First Lieutenant, he conducted surveys for the construction of telegraph lines in Alaska; he conducted similar work in Cuba during the Cuban Pacification.
During WWI, he was promoted to Assistant Chief Signal Officer for the American Expeditionary Forces and received the Distinguished Service Medal for his participation in the Marne and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
In 1928, he was promoted to Major General and became Chief Signal Officer, a position he held until retiring in 1931.
Following retirement from the military, he accepted the position of Vice President of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, President of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, among others.