| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 769 .A533 T4 1957 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18054 |
| Library Of Congress Control Number |
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 769
- Item number - .A533 T4 1957
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Thompson, George Raynor.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Signal Corps :
- Remainder of title - the test (December 1941 to July 1943) /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - by George Raynor Thompson, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, Dulany Terrett
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - Washington :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - 1957.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xv, 621 pages :
- Other physical details - illustration ;
- Dimensions - 26 cm.
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| Series Statement/title |
- Title - United States Army in World War II : The technical services
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Bibliography: p. [566]-569.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - December 1941 -- The call for troops -- The call for equipment -- The first months of the war overseas -- Alaska communications -- The first billion dollar Signal Corps -- Signal schooling -- Signal equipment : wire and radio -- Signal equipment : radar -- Accumulating strength over the world -- Preparing for the first major test -- The test at issue in North Africa -- Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps -- Global communications --The technical service a supply service -- Signal Corps position in mid-1943
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "The scope of this, the second volume devoted to the history of the signal corps during World War II, covers the events of 1942 and the first six months of 1943. Like the first volume in the subseries, The Emergency, by Dr. Dulany Terrett, this book presents a broad, panoramic view of the progress and problems, the defeats and triumphs, of a technical service in wartime. Since the time span covers only eighteen months, it has been possible to examine certain operations in considerable detail. Such emphasis on particular matters should not be taken to mean that they are not necessarily more important than others which are touched upon lightly or omitted altogether, but only that they are illustrative or typical of the three main streams of Signal Corps effort. Research and development, training, and supply each swelled so quickly to proportions so vast that they almost engulfed the Signal Corps in the first year of war. How the Corps met the test is the subject matter of this volume."
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
- Subordinate unit - Signal Corps.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Communications.
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| Series Uniform Title |
- Uniform title - United States Army in World War II.
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