Tag: Walter S. McAfee
From Monmouth County to the Moon: How Walter McAfee Helped Shape...
WEST LONG BRANCH – Pioneering African American Army civilian scientist Walter S. McAfee is perhaps most famous for his participation in Project Diana, which allowed man’s first “contact” with the moon in 1946. However, McAfee was initially excluded from coverage of the event. Though that was later rectified, few people in the Garden State know his name today, despite the fact that he served the Army for 42 years, mostly stationed at Fort Monmouth in Eatontown or its sub-post, Camp Evans in Wall.
