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SIGNAL CORPS ACTIVITIES [FRANCE, 1918] Reel 1 · Part 2
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Reel 1, portable field kitchens approach Colombey. 310th Engrs. raze a house in Sommerance. 304th, 305th, and 322nd Field Signal Bn. troops string telephone lines. Signal Corps troops erect telephone poles, send messages with Heliographic lamps and semaphores; and operate field radios. French women operate Signal Corps switchboards in La Belle-Epine and Paris. Shows captured German defenses. Reel 2, a trench radio is assembled near Chatillon. Wires are spliced. Signal Corps troops are reviewed at Cour-Cheverny.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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