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The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces. It was established in 1860, the brainchild of Major Albert J. Myer , and had an important role in the American Civil War .
Cher Ami (French for "dear friend", in the masculine) was a male [a] homing pigeon known for his military service during World War I, especially the Meuse-Argonne offensive in October 1918. He is famous for delivering a message alerting American forces to the location of the Lost Battalion, despite sustaining severe injuries. [2]
Pages in category "United States Army Signal Corps personnel" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
U.S. Army Signal Corps station on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking the Antietam battlefield.. The Signal Corps in the American Civil War comprised two organizations: the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which began with the appointment of Major Albert J. Myer as its first signal officer just before the war and remains an entity to this day, and the Confederate States Army Signal Corps, a much ...
A US Army signaller (25Q) erecting a 30-meter mast antenna Royal Navy signaller with signal flags, 1940. A signaller, signalman, colloquially referred to as a radioman or signaleer [1] in the armed forces is a specialist soldier, sailor or airman responsible for military communications.
The 55th Signal Company named their annual competitive award for combat camera work "The Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera (COMCAM) Competition" in her honor. [9] Ortiz Clayton was honored in 2017 in the May–June issue of the U.S. Army journal Military Review as part of a feature on gender equality in the Army. [14]
Xue Rengui, "Bai Yi Jiangjun 白衣将军" (Chinese, literally "White-Dressed General"), famous general of the early Tang dynasty, for the praise given by Emperor Taizong of Tang "Balaclava Ned" – Edwin Hughes, last survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade "Baldy" – Richard S. Ewell, Confederate Army general
Grace D. Banker (October 25, 1892 – December 17, 1960) [1] was a telephone operator who served during World War I (1917–1918) as chief operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.