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Signal History Exam with Complete Solutions, Exams of Advanced Education

Southern University System (SUS)Advanced Education

A comprehensive overview of the history and development of signal communications in the military, covering key events, technologies, and individuals from the civil war to world war ii. It delves into the evolution of wireless communication, the role of the signal corps, and the contributions of pioneering officers and soldiers. The document highlights significant milestones such as the first use of wireless systems, the development of radar, the introduction of walkie-talkies, and the use of communication technologies in various conflicts. It offers insights into the challenges and innovations that shaped the field of military communications, making it a valuable resource for understanding the rich history and technological advancements in this domain.

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Signal History Exam with Complete Solutions
1861 - ANSWER-First Signal Officer Class
1908 - ANSWER-First flights by Orville Wright and Major Squire
1Lt George O. Squire - ANSWER-Developed a wireless system that was first used in
1899, between Fire Island and the Fire Island Lightship at the north approach to New
York Harbor. This was the first wireless system ever placed in service in the Western
Hemisphere. It multiplexed and with this system many messages could be sent
simultaneously along the same wire.
1LT Gordon Johnston - ANSWER-Awarded the medal of honor and presented in 1911.
1LT Selfridge - ANSWER-First person and service member to die in plane crash.
17SEP1908
1Lt William "Billy" Mitchell - ANSWER-Suggested to Greely that work continue in the
winter to expedite work on the telegraph line. Supplies could be easily transported over
snow and ice by sled. Proved to very instrumental in the success of the construction.
1ST LT Charles E. Kilbourne, Jr. - ANSWER-Repaired broken wire under enemy fire.
Awarded medal of honor. Only signal officer to win the Medal of Honor while conducting
combat communications mission. 5 February 1899
55th Telegraph Signal Battalion - ANSWER-Oldest active unit in the Signal Corps.
Aeronautical Division - ANSWER-Signal Corps division using ballooning, air machines
and all kindred subjects. 1907
AN/TRC-191(V)1A Radio Access Unit (RAU) - MSE - ANSWER-Worked much like
commercial telephone systems in which each subscriber received a unique directory
number. Unlike commercial networks the user's number in the MSE system followed
that individual wherever he or she was on the battlefield. Thus, command posts could
be moved without the accompanying delays for rewiring—calls were automatically
switched to the new location.
Balloon "General Myer" - ANSWER-Signal Corps surveillance innovation used in Cuba.
1LT Pershing stated that it was useless. 1892, 1898
Barnes Field, Augusta, GA Army Aviation School - ANSWER-1912 - 1913 opened
under the signal corps. First reconnaissance planes tested and fielded.
Captain Leonard D. Wildman - ANSWER-The departmental signal officer after the San
Francisco Earthquake, established a field telegraph line between the Presidio and the
outskirts of the fire within 5 hours after the quake.
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1861 - ANSWER-First Signal Officer Class 1908 - ANSWER-First flights by Orville Wright and Major Squire 1Lt George O. Squire - ANSWER-Developed a wireless system that was first used in 1899, between Fire Island and the Fire Island Lightship at the north approach to New York Harbor. This was the first wireless system ever placed in service in the Western Hemisphere. It multiplexed and with this system many messages could be sent simultaneously along the same wire. 1LT Gordon Johnston - ANSWER-Awarded the medal of honor and presented in 1911. 1LT Selfridge - ANSWER-First person and service member to die in plane crash. 17SEP 1Lt William "Billy" Mitchell - ANSWER-Suggested to Greely that work continue in the winter to expedite work on the telegraph line. Supplies could be easily transported over snow and ice by sled. Proved to very instrumental in the success of the construction. 1ST LT Charles E. Kilbourne, Jr. - ANSWER-Repaired broken wire under enemy fire. Awarded medal of honor. Only signal officer to win the Medal of Honor while conducting combat communications mission. 5 February 1899 55th Telegraph Signal Battalion - ANSWER-Oldest active unit in the Signal Corps. Aeronautical Division - ANSWER-Signal Corps division using ballooning, air machines and all kindred subjects. 1907 AN/TRC-191(V)1A Radio Access Unit (RAU) - MSE - ANSWER-Worked much like commercial telephone systems in which each subscriber received a unique directory number. Unlike commercial networks the user's number in the MSE system followed that individual wherever he or she was on the battlefield. Thus, command posts could be moved without the accompanying delays for rewiring—calls were automatically switched to the new location. Balloon "General Myer" - ANSWER-Signal Corps surveillance innovation used in Cuba. 1LT Pershing stated that it was useless. 1892, 1898 Barnes Field, Augusta, GA Army Aviation School - ANSWER-1912 - 1913 opened under the signal corps. First reconnaissance planes tested and fielded. Captain Leonard D. Wildman - ANSWER-The departmental signal officer after the San Francisco Earthquake, established a field telegraph line between the Presidio and the outskirts of the fire within 5 hours after the quake.

Civil War Communications - ANSWER-Both sides used wigwags, messengers on horseback, telegraph, observation posts, bugles/drums and voice. Commanche Code-Talkers - ANSWER-In Europe, in 1944-1945, about 50 members of a tribe served as voice radio operators of the 4th Signal Company of the 4th Infantry Division. The Marines used several hundred Navajos in the Pacific Theater for the same purposes. Unbroken code. Corregidor on 5-6 May 1942 - ANSWER-Fifty signal officers and 662 enlisted signal soldiers were among those taken prisoner. Dangers of civil war communications - ANSWER-Close proximity and plain view of the enemy and platform high in treeline. Enhanced Position Locating Reporting System - ANSWER-Throughout the 1990s equipment such as the ______________ were among the new communications system developed and continually improved to aid with the communications requirements of the future. First flying machines - ANSWER-1907 contracted wright brothers to construct plane that could carry two people, travel 40 mph, fly for one hour and be compact enough for army wagon transport. GEN Omar Bradley on the value of the Signal Corps - ANSWER-"... from my desk in Luxembourg I was never more than 30 seconds by phone from any of the armies. If necessary, I could have called every Division on the line. Signal Corps officers like to remind us that 'although Congress can make them a General, it takes communications to make them a commander'" George W. Beardslee - ANSWER-Beardslee magneto-electric telegraph. First field telegraph that did not need batteries and used a hand crank instead. May 1862 Grace D. Banker - ANSWER-She earned a Distinguished Service Medal for her leadership and service, the only woman to receive that honor during the war. Was a "hello girl". Heliograph - ANSWER-Enables the signal corps to send light signals across greater distances. 2nd LT Pershing participated in tests. Record was 183 miles. Joint Signal Operations Company JASCO - ANSWER-The Joint Chiefs of Staff reviewed the after action reports about landings and operations on Tarawa and Guadalcanal that recommended that communications for air liaison, naval fire control, and shore parties be pooled into one organization. A new communications unit was therefore created in late 1943.

Privates George A. Elliot and Joseph L. Lockard - ANSWER-Privates that were not listened to when they warned about what they saw on the RADAR just before Pearl Harbor. Project DIANA - ANSWER-Signal Corps and the Space Age: Communications satellites put up in space. Punitive Expedition - Mexico 1916 - ANSWER-Under General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing command, National Guardsmen and Army regulars, backed up by airplanes (the first ever used in battle), new armored tanks, and over 600 trucks (the cavalrymen had to be trained to drive them), set up camp along the border. 1st time aircraft were used in warfare. SCR - 195 Walkie Talkie - ANSWER-AM radiotelephone transceiver with a range of about five miles. Lack of money prevented production until 1939. In 1942, the "walkie- talkie" underwent significant changes. SCR - ANSWER-Set, Complete Radio but, over time, came to signify Signal Corps Radio. SCR-131 - ANSWER-Field Receiver-Transmitter (BC-148), 4-4.36 Megahertz (orig. 0.545-1.75), powered by dry batteries and GN-35 hand generator; LP-7 loop antenna for sending and receiving; SCR-268 RADAR - ANSWER-Was the first of its kind to be tested by the military and detected an airplane seven miles away. SCR-270 RADAR - ANSWER-Radar system that was present on Oahu, Hawaii at the time of Pearl Harbor. Was not fully operational at the time. SCR-300 Walkie Talkie - ANSWER-FM set with a range of two miles and weighed about 35 pounds. In June 1942, while at Fort Jackson, SC., Winston Churchill took delight in operating the radio. The first models reached the field in 1943. Second generation "walkie-talkie" SCR-536 Handie Talkie - ANSWER-Became an infantry front line set. It was AM, weighed five pounds, and could be handled with one hand. The rush to produce new equipment resulted in problems with system integration. FM "walkie-talkies" could not communicate with AM "handie-talkies." But. the war ended without a solution to the problem. This radio would eventually be replaced by the PRC- and PRC - 6 handheld radios. SCR-77 - ANSWER-Radio Set, CW "short wave" (BC-38), VT-1 tubes

SGT Will Croft Barnes - ANSWER-Awarded the Medal of Honor for actions as a PFC on September 1st 1881 Signal Corps start meteorological services. - ANSWER-Published the Farmer's Bulletin for civilians. Set up the first weather stations. Weather stations were connected by telegraph lines for 5077 miles. 1870 - 1891 Signal Motion Picture Studio - ANSWER-By WWII, the Army Pictorial Service, as it was called, produced 135,000 16m prints and 24,000 35mm prints of training films for the army. The Boxer Rebellion - ANSWER-China's exploitation by foreign nations aroused the resentment among young Chinese, who formed a secret society called the "Righteous Fists of Harmony". In August 1900, Major George P. Scriven, a future CSO, led a detachment of Signal Corps men involved in the international relief operations, The Spanish War - ANSWER-First conflict that electrical communication played a predominant role. Typical WWII Signal Soldier - ANSWER-1. A soldier using an SCR 536 handie-talkie.

  1. ( center) A signal soldier of the 8th Infantry Div. seems to defy gravity as he checks the overheads lines, Germany 1945.
  2. The 8th Division tying a line, in the Hurtgen Forest. 26 January 1945
  3. Switchboard operators making a two position board to speed up operations and handle more line. The 8th Infantry Div,the Hurtgen Forest, 2 January 1945
  4. An 8th Division signal soldier repairs a break in the line under fire in Germany. N.d. V-Mail - ANSWER-Personnel correspondence was microfilmed to reduced its size. At the receiving end, the film was developed, enlarged, and printed into 41/2 by 5-inch reproductions. The service began in the summer of 1942 and grew quickly. From June 1942, with 53,000 letters to over 63,000,000 letters processed in April 1944. WAMCATS - ANSWER-Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System. The discovery of gold in Alaska in the late 1890s and the consequent rush of fortune hunters created the need for a significant army presence as a police force in the untamed wilderness of Alaska. To provide the required communications to the deployed forces. 1900 - 1904. In 1936, the system was renamed the Alaska Communications System. World War I and National Defense Act - ANSWER-Particularly important to the Signal Corps because it allowed for the recruitment of technical specialists such as telegraphers and telephone operators. Issuing commissions in the Signal Corps Officer's Reserve Corps to executives of leading commercial telephone and telegraph companies. These included such persons as John J. Carty of AT&T. He recruited men from the Bell System and other communications companies. Ultimately Bell provided 12 telegraph battalions to the war effort.