What's Oscar Doing in the U.S. Signal Corps Museum?

You win an Oscar at the Academy Awards and there is an Oscar at the United States Army Signal Corps museum at Fort Gordon, Georgia.  You would not really expect to find one of these at a military museum like this.

From the museum brochure:

OSCAR. One of the most interesting artifacts at the museum is an Oscar awarded to the Signal Corps right after World War II.  It was for the short documentary "Seeds of destiny."

The Signal Corps operated a movie studio during the war at Astoria Long Island, N.Y.  The studiom produced training films such as the "Why We Fight" series by Major Frank Capra.

--GreGen