General Hap Adams Memorial - Charlemont, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 37.433 W 072° 47.095
18T E 681648 N 4721427
General Hap Adams Memorial is located at the intersection of East Oxbow Road and Route 2, the Mohawk Trail, in Charlemont, MA
Waymark Code: WMF80B
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Brigadier General Carroll E. "Hap" Adams, Jr. (1923 - 1970) graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1945. As a member of the Corp of Engineers, he served in Hawaii, Europe, the United States and the Canadian Arctic.

He volunteered for service in Vietnam in 1970, and assumed command of the 937th Engineer Group. On May 12th, 1970, General Adams was killed while conducting an inspection tour when his helicopter was shot down by fire from a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft machine gun.

In 1971, the intersection of East Oxbow Road and the Mohawk Trail in Charlemont, General Adams' boyhood home, was named the General Hap Adams Intersection. A memorial at General Hap Adams Intersection is inscribed:

GENERAL HAP ADAMS
MEMORIAL

BRIG. GEN. CARROLL E. ADAMS JR.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
KILLED IN VIETNAM
MAY 12, 1970

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