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Identifier: belltelephonemag23amerrich (find matches)
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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ding operations wasthe fighter control system. Onefighter pilot put it this way: That control system was marvel-ous. I remember once when theycalled me and said, Fighters ap-proaching you, now a mile away, andgave me the direction. Then theycalled back and reported, Fightersnow half a mile away. A momentlater they called and said, Heads up,here they are. I looked in the des-ignated position and, sure enough,there were the Germans. Wire and Radio Wire and radio communicationssupplement each other in this war.A battalion wire chief with an in-fantry division, recently returned tothe United States on rotation fur-lough, said the German artillery firewas so fierce and continuous at theAnzio beachhead that American line-men had to work 24-hour shifts tokeep communications open. His out-fit, he reported, laid more wire atAnzio than anywhere in Africa orSicily. Twice our Command Post wasblasted over our heads, he related,and although we finally resorted tousing double lines and radio, we had
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NORTH AFRICA U. S. Signal Corps linemenstring telephone wires throughMateur a few hours after for-ward troops had taken the town

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