Hello out there... My name is Mike Rodgers and I work at the U. S. Army Signal Corps Museum at Fort Gordon, Georgia. This is a really great site and I like to come here every now and then... I've noticed no mention of the two Oscars that were presented to the studio... One was for "Toward Independence" (U. S. Army, 1948) and the other is "Seeds of Destiny" (U. S. War Department, 1946) ... We have the Oscars here as well as a copy of both films... If anybody is ever down this way drop in and take a look at the museum and the display we have of the studio... Thanks, Mike Rodgers.

Frank Capra won an Academy Award for "Prelude to War," but that Oscar isn't one of the ones held by the Army.  Robert P. Anzuoni, director of the Signal Corps Museum at Ft. Gordon, Georgia, wrote, "As far as I can tell, it was an individual award to him for best director, and was therefore not Signal Corps property.  It may be with his family.

"There was a nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject for 'Operation Blue Jay' in 1953."

(Updated August 14, 2006))