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The last forgiven
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This author has long believed that the men of the Signal Corps are among the least-known heroes of the American Civil War. The Signal Corps, of course, was not really a corps at all until 1863 when it was officially created, and the acting signal officers who had so successfully blundered their way through a system that did not even exist in the United States Army before 1860 were recognized as authorized officers.
That explains why there were no official uniforms for the enlisted sig...
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Stories of the Signal Corps
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; The idea of specialized troops whose job it would be to transmit information between military units at long distances from each other occurred to a doctor, Albert Myer, who was interested in communicating with the deaf. In 1851 his interest turned to military and naval signals, and he got a U.S.
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Signal Corps OCS
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; The U.S. Army Signal Corps Association is a nonprofit organization of graduates of Signal Corps Officer Candidate Schools of World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam Conflict. The association is dedicated to the building of camaraderie among the OCS graduates who share this unique Signal
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Mail call
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; INFAMOUS SITE The photo on page 7 of the January/February 2002 issue shows the famous Relay House Tavern, site of the downfall of Colonel Charles L. Summalt of the 138th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Here, in a drunken frenzy, he fell into a ditch and then fired off his pistols, causing an alarm. This,
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William C. Nash of the C.S. Signal Corps
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; Little is known of Private William C. Nash, a member of Co. A, Confederate Signal Corps. He must have been a mere boy when he enlisted, as his father, William H., was only 32 years old when he enlisted in the 3rd Virginia Infantry in 1861. Charles Taylor, another Confederate Signal Corps veteran,
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Signal Aircraft Warning battalions in the Southwest Pacific in World War II.
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; Air Force units are usually composed of the traditional flights, squadrons, groups and wings. During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) also included platoons, companies and battalions. Some of the largest and most important of these Army units were the Signal Aircraft Warning (SAW)
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