Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels

[RJNorton]

Joe, I am not entirely sure, but I don't think so. He did not mention this in the reminiscences he wrote.

Gene, in his reminiscences, he says he worked in the War Department but does not specifically say what his job was.

Hint #5: My source is out-of-print, was published in 1922 by Scribner & Co, and the Amazon page says "limited availability."