Army historian traces roots to Arsenal's beginnings
In November 1979, Mike Baker was working on building shrimp boats. It was while working on a boat when someone yelled to him that he needed to call home become someone from the Army was calling him about a job.
“Hard to believe that was 30 years ago,” Baker mused in his Sparkman Center Office. “Thirty years… Wow.”
The “job” was to work at the then Missile Command’s History Office as the command’s archivist. It was a job and an office that he would never leave.
Baker was born and raised in Americus, Ga. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia and his graduate work at Florida State. He was hired by Mary Cagle, the command historian, on Dec. 10, 1979.
“What few people today, if anyone, remembers about Mary Cagle is that she worked for the contractors that built (what was then) Huntsville Arsenal in 1941,” Baker said. “So I guess you could say that my office is the only office on Redstone Arsenal that has a direct connection to the establishment of Redstone Arsenal almost 70 years ago.”...
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“Hard to believe that was 30 years ago,” Baker mused in his Sparkman Center Office. “Thirty years… Wow.”
The “job” was to work at the then Missile Command’s History Office as the command’s archivist. It was a job and an office that he would never leave.
Baker was born and raised in Americus, Ga. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia and his graduate work at Florida State. He was hired by Mary Cagle, the command historian, on Dec. 10, 1979.
“What few people today, if anyone, remembers about Mary Cagle is that she worked for the contractors that built (what was then) Huntsville Arsenal in 1941,” Baker said. “So I guess you could say that my office is the only office on Redstone Arsenal that has a direct connection to the establishment of Redstone Arsenal almost 70 years ago.”...