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Identifier: belltelephonemag00vol2930amerrich (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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loyees ot >r . & . - , _, ./„ - . t \ht :a System companies, and in Septemb Bel System companies. In World J F „ , * . „ Vt , • • • five of them were called to actr War II, the communications experi-ence and ability of telephone menwas made available to a far largernumber of units through the use ofcommissioned and enlisted cadres ofsuch men who were supplemented byothers drawn from outside sourcesfor the less specialized positions.About 5,000 System employees pro-vided a nucleus for 380 such units or were assigned to individual staffpositions during that war. The outstanding contribution madeby these men—and by those in sim-ilar units organized from other com-munications companies and such otherindustries as the railroads—led tothe establishment of peacetime Re-serve affiliated programs in 1947.By June of 1950, eleven units of thistype were functioning actively in ten eractive duty. The remaining six are still ona Reserve basis, ready to do theirpart if needed.
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Co. B., 303d Signal Service Battalion, commanded byCapt. W. G. Miller (left), engineer, State Area engi-neering organization, Illinois Bell Telephone Company,received a special citation from the Deputy Commanderof the Third Army for its superior condition Affiliated Units in Service The largest of the units calledinto service was the 303rd SignalService Battalion, Theatre Head-quarters. This was composed ofIllinois Bell TelephoneCompany men underthe command of Lt.Colonel A. J. Mitchell,district plant superin-tendent, State Area.Immediately integratedwith it on active dutywas the 309th SignalMulti-channel RadioTeletype Detachmentof Long Lines em-ployees in New York,led by Captain Ray M.DeShon. Actually ithad been a special teamin the larger units or-ganization but, becauseof the character of itsfunction and personnel,it had been drawnlargely from the LongLines Overseas Divi- i95i Bell System Men and Women on Active Duty 93 sion and had carried ona separate training pro-gram. In the com

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