 By November 1942 , work was nearing completion on army camps , air bases , dams and enemy internment camps in seven southern states where I photographed many areas for site selection and construction progress reports for the US Corps of Engineers . I was one of the last of the 10 cameramen to leave the Nashville District office of the Corps of Engineers and the only one to accept a transfer with the engineers . Having a choice of a project in Alaska or a new job starting near Knoxville that would take a predicted five years to complete , I selected Knoxville . 
