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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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nts, air force bases, and hospitals.And the Bell System is matching thisgrowth just as fast as the necessaryfacilities can be provided. More and more, as the interna-tional situation forces our nation tobuild up its armed strength, it ap-pears certain that Service for ServiceMen will be, for years to come, aprime responsibility and privilege ofthe Bell System. Even without a national programof Universal Military Training, itsa rare young man these days who hasnot already had or will not as hegrows older have a tour of duty inone of our armed services. Andgrowing numbers of our youngwomen also are now or will be serv-ice veterans. The uniform has anincreasingly more permanent statusin the wardrobe of our nationsyouth. The Bell System, therefore, in itsrole as the nations prime communi-cations supplier, has set out on acontinuing basis to meet in full thehuman, personal needs for communi-cation of our men and women whosenormal lifes pattern has been in- 40 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING
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The telephone center in a large military establishinent. to find by night or day Signs and lights n/ake it easy terrupted by their patriotic obliga-tions to their country. Depending on their branch of serv-ice, the timing of their training, ortheir particular assignment, ourservice men and women may be In aReception Center, Army TrainingBase, Staging or Rotation Area,Bomber Squadron Base, Naval AirBase, Air Porce Base, Naval Train-ing Station, or a permanent Fort—toname only a few. They may be in anestablishment with from several hun-dred others up to as many as 50,000.And the pleasure of serving them isheightened by the realization thatin many cases the calls they makehere are likely to be their first com-pletely personal experience with theBell System and with Bell Systemservice—particularly long distance service. First impressions are oftenlasting, so we want these to be pleas-ant, warm, and friendly. And wetry to see to It that these Initial im-pressions are confirmed time and

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