Index
–A–
A. P. Hill Military Reservation, Va.: 351n, 398
A to H project. See Carrier equipment and systems.
Abbott, Norman A.: 275
Abramowitz, Maj. Reuben: 198
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Research Council: 40, 389, 396, 397, 419, 421, 422, 423-24
Accra, Africa: 288n, 310, 311, 360, 363, 364, 430, 450-51, 452, 454
Acme Pictures: 395
Acorn Insulated Wire Company: 513
Adak, Alaska: 416, 486-87, 489
Addis Ababa, Abyssinia: 456
Adelaide River, Australia: 300, 467
Adjutant General, The: 36, 394
Advisory Council. See Signal Corps Advisory Council.
Affiliated Plan: 39-40, 44, 316-17
improvement of, since World War 1: 39
and the photographic industry: 389, 419
Africa: 106, 309-11, 317, 430, 433, 450-58. See also North Africa (Theater).
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas: 47n
Air Corps. See Army Air Forces.
Air Defense Board: 24
Air Ministry, British: 80, 95, 106, 210, 379
Airadio, Incorporated: 168
Airborne intercept radar. See Radar, A1; SCR’s 520, 540, 720.
Aircraft Accessories Corporation: 169, 184
Aircraft Radio Corporation: 31, 78, 79
Aircraft Radio Laboratory: 43, 61, 63, 177, 180, 281, 527
Air Navigation Unit: 83
and development of aircraft radar to mid-1942: 83-91
to mid-1943: 242n, 243, 247-48
and development of aircraft radio to mid-1942: 78-83
to mid-1943: 237-41
Inspection Section: 239
Radar Division: 247
Aircraft Warning Department. See under Signal Corps School, Fort Monmouth.
Aircraft Warning (Service): 24-26, 97, 100, 101, 209, 234-35, 290-96, 302
in Caribbean areas: 308-09
in Panama: 100-102, 106-07, 306-08
in the Philippines: 11-15
Signal Corps training for: 24-26, 54-57, 189, 212-17, 318
Signal Corps troops for: 23-26, 45
Signal Corps units for: 37, 296
in South Pacific areas: 475, 477
Air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radar. See Radar, ASV; SCR’s-517 and 521.
Aishihik, Canada: 142
Akin, Brig. Gen. Spencer B.: 12, 17, 18, 56, 117, 119, 288n
Alaska: 23, 34-35, 123-46 passim, 281, 290, 406, 430, 481-90
Alaska Communication System: 123-46 passim, 327, 487-90
and AACS communications for Northwest Ferry Route: 141-42
Anchorage control station: 125
and communications for Canol: 141
expansion of radio networks: 126-29, 131-35, 487-90
growth of, to mid-1942: 146
number of radio operators, early 1942: 124
ocean cable systems of: 125, 131, 143, 489
and radio communications for Alcan Highway: 137, 483-84
radio stations of, early 1942: 124
responsibilities of, for aircraft warning systems in Alaska: 143-45
responsibilities of, in Alaskan defense: 123-24
school at Seattle: 124
supply problems of: 135-36
telephone construction projects: 482-86, 487, 488, 489. See also Alcan Highway, traffic handled by, 1942: 146
transportation difficulties of: 145
Alaska Defense Command: 124-26, 131, 139, 142, 143. 486, 488
radio stations of: 124-25, 131-33, 142
telephone construction, to mid-1943: 486
Alberta Government Telephones: 139
Albrook Field, G. Z.: 100, 219, 279
Akan Highway: 77, 130, 136-41, 341, 436, 482
pole line along. See Poles and pole lines.
Aleutian Islands: 123, 129-30, 136, 141, 142, 143, 144. 255, 281, 416, 481, 486-90
Algiers and Algeria: 340-80 passim, 399-400, 408n, 430, 452-54, 457
Allahabad, India: 115, 304, 305
Allen, Lt. Col. Edward A.: 194
Allied Force Headquarters: 188, 313, 344-71 passim, 398, 399, 452, 538n, 541
combined signal center: 346
Allsopp, Lt. Col. Cinton B.: 336n, 446
Altimeter: 84, 243-46. See also SCR’s-518, 618, 718; AN/APN-1.
FM radar type: 245
pulsed radar ‘type: 243
Aluminum Company of America: 164
Amateur Procurement Program: 281, 433
Amateur radio: 16, 22, 39n, 433
stations closed December 1941-January 1942: 39
Amberly Field, Australia: 303n
American Machine Foundry Corporation: 266n
American Phenolic Corporation: 157, 169
American Standards Association: 153, 530
American Telephone and Telegraph Company: 28, 39, 104, 219, 222, 223-24, 341, 367, 483, 543
facilities of, leased to Signal Corps: 312, 429
patents held by: 334
American Volunteer Group: 305
Amphibious communications: 199, 347-48, 365-67, 561
in the North Africa landings: 353-62, 547
requiring strong control: 547, 550
Amphibious Force: 343
Amplidyne: 273-74
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company: 184
investigation of wire fraud: 511-13
AN/APN-1: 245
Anchorage, Alaska: 124-45 passim, 486
Ancon: 537
Anderson, Maj. Gen. Jonathon W.: 348
Andimeshk, Iran: 312, 458, 459
Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M.: 22, 98, 107, 108, 260, 261, 307, 308, 563
Andrews, Col. Fred: 131, 135, 278n
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company: 459
Angmagssalik, Greenland: 288n, 289
Ankara, Turkey: 456
Ankenbrandt, Maj. Gen. Francis L.: 288n, 338, 447-48, 468-81 passim, 525
AN/MPG-1: 257
Annette, Alaska: 124, 125, 142, 143
Antenna diversity: 222-23, 447
Antennas (and antenna poles) : 19n, 116, 129, 130, 134, 260, 285, 310, 363, 433, 449, 455
for ASV radars: 90-91, 250, 252-53
for IFF radar: 269
for MEW radar: 274-75
for SCR-578: 82-83
Antiaircraft Artillery Board: 265, 266, 273, 529
Antiaircraft Artillery Command: 266, 267, 268, 271-72, 529
98th Antiaircraft Regiment: 6
AN/TPS-3: 263
Anzio, Italy: 265
Appropriations
budgetary computation methods: 147-48
first billion dollar: 148
for 1941: 147
for 1942: 148
for photographic services, 1942-43: 418, 426
Arlington Hall, Va.: 204, 444, 445n. See also Signal Security Agency.
Armored Force: 60, 218, 229, 232, 233, 320, 492, 526
radio sets for: 71-72, 76, 229-32
units
1st Armored Battalion: 455n
1st Armored Division: 71, 72, 348, 353, 354, 356, 357, 381, 382, 385, 525
2nd Armored Division: 71, 72, 348, 349, 361
1st Armored Regiment: 386
37th Armored Regiment: 230
Armored Force Board: 71
Army Air Forces (AAF) : 7, 10-11, 12, 13-15, 38, 60, 106, 138, 139, 141-42, 181, 226, 277-96, 321, 323, 373, 447, 448, 450, 473, 510, 538-65 passim. See also Army Airways Communications System.
Air Service Command: 180, 295, 303, 434, 465, 466, 539
Air Transport Command: 145, 155, 438, 447, 449-50, 451-52, 457, 475, 527
Communications Office (Directorate of Communications): 242, 252, 438, 540, 548
problems of signal control in: 540, 548-50, 564
Signal Corps equipment for: 31-32, 78-101, 234-56
Signal Corps troops and training for: 23-26, 37, 40-41, 45, 52, 188-217 passim, 338-39, 452, 539
Technical Services: 245
training films for: 392-93, 413n, 422
Army Air Forces Ferrying Command Net: 434
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics: 261, 379
Army Airways Communications System (AACS) : 241, 277-89, 294, 427, 436, 437, 447-52
in Africa and Middle East: 309-10, 449-52, 458
in Caribbean areas: 219, 224, 307-08
in Pacific areas: 19, 20, 463, 474-75
Signal Corps installation problems for: 282-88, 295, 448, 474-75
Signal Corps provision of personnel for: 277-80, 435, 444, 448, 452
Technical Division of: 438
Tenth Region of: 304
Twentieth Region of: 475
Army Amateur Radio System: 39
Army Command and Administrative Network (ACAN): 38, 103, 106, 305-06, 429-30, 432-35, 447, 536-37
in Africa and Middle East: 108, 310-11, 363, 449-50, 452-60
basic design of: 427-29
in Caribbean areas: 307
cost of: 433
equipment for: 218-19, 221, 223n
organization of: 435-47 passim in Pacific areas: 109, 112, 296-97, 298, 299, 481
station call letters: 289n
world belt-line of: 210, 433, 458, 463, 467, 561
Army Communications Board: 492, 525, 544, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 565
Army Communications Commercial Agency: 439
Army Communications Division. See under Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Army Full Period Telephone Network: 430, 434
Army General Classification Test: 41, 200, 206, 208, 215, 321
Army Ground Forces: 60, 189, 212, 529, 538, 539, 540, 546, 548, 557, 558, 565
photographic needs: 394-95, 405, 421
pressure for GL radar SCR-584, late 1942: 270-74
Army-Navy Communications Production Expediting Agency: 173
Army-Navy Electronics Production Agency: 139, 173n, 270, 272n, 333
Army-Navy Lens Board: 410
Army-Navy Munitions Board. See Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board.
Army-Navy Nomenclature System. See Equipment, nomenclature.
Army and Navy Staff College: 374
Army Pictorial Board: 423
Army Pictorial Service. See also Photographic troops; Photography; Signal Corps Photographic Center; Still pictures; Training films; V-Mail.
advisory service on film utilization: 413-14
appropriations for, 1942-43: 418, 426
assigned research responsibility for photographic equipment: 410
contracting responsibilities for photographic supplies: 411
and films for Special Services WDGS: 414-16
growth of, 1942 to mid-1943: 426
investigation of, 1942-43: 419-24
organization in London: 398, 399
recommendations for improving combat photography, 1942: 403-04
and relations with the AAF: 392-94
relations with the film industry: 389, 396, 419-24
reorganization of, 1942: 421-25
responsibilities for photo-mail. See V-Mail.
staff supervision of corps area photographic laboratories: 412
status of, mid-1943: 425-26
training facilities of: 394-96
Army Postal Service: 408n
Army Service Forces (ASF). See Services of Supply.
Army Specialist Corps: 207, 316
Army Supply Program (ASP): 148, 166, 335, 502, 507, 521, 533-34, 536n
Arnold, Col. Calvert H.: 44, 111, 112-13, 299-302
Arnold, Lt. Gen. Henry H.: 23, 60, 251, 282, 314, 546
and AACS problems: 219, 284, 286, 287, 438
and AAF communication problems: 548. 549, 564, 565
on airborne radar: 87, 250, 254, 255, 377
on airborne radio: 79, 80, 82-83
and aircraft warning: 235, 258, 295
on Signal Corps production and supply: 246, 271, 281
Arnold, Lt. Robert: 12
Aruba, Dutch West Indies: 308
Asansol, India, communications for RAF squadrons at: 115
Asbury, Capt. Joseph M.: 498
Ascension Island: 107, 108, 288n, 290, 294, 309-10, 449, 450, 490
Asheville, N.C.: 438
Asmara, Eritrea: 108, 114-15, 305, 310-12, 430, 433, 452, 455-56, 458, 463, 561
Assam Province, India: 115, 463, 464n
Associated Press: 395
Astoria, Long Island, N.Y.: 197, 390, 393, 395, 404, 411, 419
Atkinson Field, British Guiana: 308, 449, 527
Atlanta Signal (ASF) Depot: 179, 515
Attu, Alaska: 130, 143, 487, 488, 489
Atwater-Kent Corporation: 182
Augusta: 348, 350, 357, 359-60, 561
Australia: 18, 29-30, 77, 111-13, 118, 223, 290-303 passim, 317, 437, 463, 467-68, 500, 524
Avon, Ky.: 182
–B–
Back, Lt. Col. George I.: 44
Baghdad: 458
Bagnall, Maj. Vernon B.: 224, 236n
Baguio, P. I.: 18
Bailey, Austin: 224
Baldwin, Long Island, N.Y.: 224
Bandar Abu Shehr, Iran: 458
Bandar Shahpur, Iran: 458, 459
Bangalore, India: 115, 304, 305n, 466
Barhapjan, India: 305n
Barrackpore, India: 466
Barrett, Lt. Col. Roland C.: 390n
Bartlett, Capt. Henry H.: 139
Basra, Iraq: 108, 312, 456n, 458, 459
Bataan: 19, 21, 109, 116-17, 119-20, 187, 298
Batteries: 349, 362, 501, 519, 524
primary (dry): 119, 174, 497, 516
procurement problems: 497-98, 506
secondary (storage) : 349n
Battery Cove, Va., WAR receiver station at: 431
Bayer, Col. William L.: 63, 247
Beach, 1st Lt. Charles M.: 134
Beacons. See Navigational electronic aids.
Beane Field, St. Lucia: 308
Beasley, Col. William A.: 432
Beaufort Bay, Guadalcanal: 479
Belgium: 500
Bell Aircraft Company: 240
Bell Telephone Laboratories: 58-67 passim, 71, 87, 104, 139, 162, 224, 226, 227, 263, 268n, 309, 379
Belmar, N.J.: 62n, 63, 213, 262, 323
Belmont Radio Company: 171, 329
Bender, Col. Louis B.: 163
Bendix Aviation Company: 81-83, 184, 507
Bendix Radio Corporation: 31, 81, 149, 160, 162, 169, 170, 239-40, 328, 329, 330
factory at Towson, Md.: 494
Bengasi, Africa: 456, 457, 458
Berg, Russell A.: 372
Bernadou: 399
Bethel, Alaska: 124, 133, 142, 143, 145
Bethlehem, Pa.: 232
Beyer, 1st Lt. Donald: 489
Bickelhaupt, Col. Carroll O.: 21, 336n, 337, 543
Big Delta, Alaska: 131, 133, 141
Biloxi, Miss.: 440
Birdum, Australia: 300
Black, Lt. Col. Garland C.: 44
BLADE Force, communications for: 380
Blair, Maj. William P.: 225, 227
Bliley Electric Company: 170
Board of War Communications: 440
Boehme (high-speed radio): 9, 78, 112, 219, 221, 222, 296-97, 311, 433, 436, 463, 474
BOLERO: 221, 239, 242, 283-306 passim, 338-42
Bombing-through-overcast radar. See Radar , American sets, ETO.
Bône, Africa: 370, 376, 377, 378, 379, 400
Bora-Bora: 288n, 290, 475, 477
Borinquen Field, P. R.: 107, 219, 308, 561n
Boston, Mass.: 91, 221, 258, 288, 326
Boston Regional Labor Office: 496, 499
Boufarik, Africa: 454
Bougie, Africa: 400
Boundary, Alaska. See Northway.
Bowles, Dr. Edward L.: 91, 274, 564
on Army and AAF communication inadequacies: 540-41, 548n
ascribed communication control to the communications boards: 552-53, 555
on ASV radar: 254-55
on need for strong communication control: 546-47, 550
visited Panama radar installations: 260, 307, 309
Boyer, Maj. E. E.: 229n
Bradley, Gen. Omar N.: 427, 561
Bradley Beach, N.J.: 238
Brazil: 106, 287, 309, 449-50, 501
a source of quartz crystal: 161, 233
Brazil: 114
Breene, Col. Robert G.: 245
Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H.: 10, 11
Brett, Lt. Gen. George H.: 261
Brisbane, Australia: 29-30, 111, 112, 113, 298-303, 408n, 433, 463-74 passim
Bristol, R. I., “The Bristol Plan”: 499
British Air Mission: 81-82
British communication ships. See Bulolo; Largs.
British cooperation with the Signal Corps in build-up of U. S. communications in Great Britain: 105-06, 313
in invasion planning: 338-42, 374
in radar development: 85-102 passim, 262-64
British General Post Office: 106, 223
British Independent Signal Battalion, 365th: 363
British Isles. See Great Britain.
British Navy. See Royal Navy.
British radar sets. See Radar.
British radio sets. See Radio.
British schools. See under Training; Electronic Training Group.
British signals. See Royal Corps of Signals.
Brooke, Lt. Col. James F.: 348
Brooklyn Army Base: 181
Bruneval raid: 85
Buck, Lt. Jules: 416
Buckley, Dr. O. E.: 227
Buckner, Brig. Gen. Simon B.: 23, 136
Bucy, 2nd Lt. Lawrence W.: 488
Budget. See Appropriations.
Buffalo, N.Y.: 496
Bullock, Col. Frank W.: 436
Buna, New Guinea: 300, 303, 320, 468
Burbank, Calif.: 396
Burdick, Capt. Earl A.: 140
Bureau of Employment Security: 494
Bureau of Fisheries: 124
Bureau of Indian Affairs: 142
Bureau of Mines: 164
Bureau of Public Relations. See under War Department General Staff.
Burke Electric Company: 170
signals for Stilwell, early 1942: 115-16
Burnap, Col. Arthur E.: 557n, 561-62
Bush, Col. George P.: 173
Bush, Dr. Vannevar: 405
Bushey, Lt. Col. Orin J.: 25
Butadiene. See Rubber and rubber substitutes.
–C–
Cable: 6, 7, 15, 17, 30, 104. 105, 107, 306, 453, 461, 511
field cable. See Spiral-four cable, splicers: 28, 119, 193
linking Corregidor and Bataan: 117, 119, 120
Cables and Wireless, Ltd.: 108, 455n
Cairns, Australia: 300
Cairo, Egypt: 310, 311, 312, 395, 430, 452-58
Calcutta, India: 114, 115, 279, 280, 304-05, 408n, 450, 466
Calidonna, Lt. Col. J. D.: 381
California: 16
Call signs: 118, 289n, 348, 492. See also Communication procedure.
Cambridge, Mass.: 84, 257, 275, 377
Cameras. See under Equipment, types and items.
Cameron, Col. Evan D.: 477
Camp Charles Wood, N.J.: 197, 318
Camp Coles, N.J.: 234, 237, 524. See also Coles Signal Laboratory.
Camp Crowder, Mo.: 48, 53-54, 189-97, 317, 319, 339, 397, 444
RTC at. See Signal Corps Replacement Training Centers.
school at. See Midwestern Signal Corps School, unit training at: 196, 319
Camp Davis, N. C.: 70
Camp Devens, Mass.: 440
Camp Edison, N.J.: 52, 197, 318
Camp Edwards, Mass.: 439-40
Camp Evans, N.J.: 62n, 63, 238, 262, 275, 294, 529. See also Signal Corps Radar Laboratory.
Installation and maintenance school at, 1942—43: 294
Radar (Signal) Laboratory at: 62n
Camp Haan, Calif.: 25
Camp John Hay, P. I.: 18
Camp Kohler, Calif.: 196-97, 318, 319
Camp Murphy, Fla.: 54, 189, 197, 211-17, 318, 319
Camp Suffisant, Curasao: 308
Camp Wheeler, Ga.: 26
Campbell, Lt. Col. Alexander H.: 12, 13, 14-15
Canada: 136-42, 288-89, 482-90, 500
Canadian Department of Transport: 139
Canadian National Telegraphs: 139
Canal Zone. See Panama Canal (Zone).
Canol pipeline: 139, 141. See also Alaska Communication System.
Canton Island: 109, 288n, 290, 294
Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal: 479
Cape Rodney, Alaska: 145
Cape Tanak, Alaska: 145
Cape York, Australia: 300
Cardwell Manufacturing Company: 170
Caribbean area: 21-22, 106-07, 282, 283, 306-09, 449, 561
Caribbean Defense Command: 22, 24, 34, 107, 247n, 404
Carnegie Institute of Technology: 47n
Carney, WO John E.: 6n
Carrickfergus, Ireland: 104
Carrier equipment and systems: 63, 66, 67-68, 104, 125, 138, 139, 218, 225-29, 234, 522
A to H project: 340-41, 367-70, 380
C carrier: 139, 226-27, 341, 368, 459, 486
Caruthers, 1st Lt. William H.: 27
Casablanca, Africa: 211, 340-78, 408n, 430, 450, 452, 454
conference at, January 1943: 412, 454-55
Castle Hill, Iceland: 306
Cataloging. See under Supply.
Cavite, P. I.: 12
Center Task Force: 340, 353, 354, 357, 361, 375-77
signal center of: 365
Central Signal Corps School: 194n
Central Signal Corps Training Center: 319. See also Camp Crowder; Midwestern Signal Corps Training Center.
Cerrote, P. R.: 307
Chabua, India: 114, 304-05, 450, 451, 466
Chabua Tactical Area: 304
Chadwick, Lt. Col. Maurice P.: 6
Chaffee, D. L.: 370
Chain Home and Chain Home Low. See Radar, British, CH and CHL.
Chakulia, India: 279, 280, 305n, 466
Chancy, Maj. Gen. James E.: 262
Changhi, China: 305
Chemical Warfare Service: 48, 321n, 513, 523
Chennault, Brig. Gen. Claire L.: 304
Chernofski, Alaska: 127-28, 131
Cheybassi, Iran: 459
Chicago: 155, 221, 289, 324, 429, 509
Chicago Regional Labor Office: 496, 497
Chicago Signal Corps Inspection Zone: 324, 509, 516
Chicago Signal Corps Procurement District: 27, 174, 176, 177
Chicago Signal Depot: 180, 183, 498, 515-16, 519
Chief of Naval Operations: 157, 551. See also King, Admiral Ernest J.
Chief Signal Officer: 22, 46, 54, 56, 147, 298, 307, 346, 438, 446, 546, 548, 553, 555-56. See also Olmstead, Maj. Gen. Dawson.
Chief of Staff: 435, 545, 546, 549, 551n, 556, 561. See also Marshall, General George C.
China: 77, 116, 317, 397, 406, 451, 461, 500
China Air Task Force: 303-04
China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater: 77, 113-16, 452n, 460-67, 521-22, 524, 541, 565n
Signal Corps units in, supporting AAF and AACS: 279-80, 304 1942 signal plan for: 303-04
Chinkaiang, China: 305
Christmas Island: 109, 110, 288n, 290, 294
Chrysler Corporation: 266n, 270, 274
Chungking, China: 114, 116, 304-05, 466
Churchill, Winston S.: 412, 416, 445n
Ciphers and cipher machines: 10, 71, 120, 127, 224, 280, 348, 359, 362n, 364, 367, 427, 444, 445, 477, 489. See also Codes
automatic operation, speeding traffic: 219-21, 237, 447, 476
conference facilities employing: 454
Civil Aeronautics Administration: 124, 125, 133, 142, 285, 286, 287, 288n, 450
Civil Service (Commission) : 26-27, 49, 167, 194, 316
Civilian Advisory Board: 160
Civilian personnel: 16, 42, 294-95, 316
in the Alaska Communication System, mid-1942: 146
efforts to provide, early 1942: 38, 49-50
malassignment of: 49
problems of expansion: 26-27, 28
scarcity of civilian technicians: 50
in Signal depots: 174, 180, 182, 516
strength, December 1941: 26
strength, January 1942: 34
Clark, A. B.: 226
Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W.: 340, 371
Clark Field, P. I.: 10-11, 13, 14, 15
Clarke, Col. Carter W.: 551, 557n, 562
Cleveland Regional Labor Office: 496
Clewell, Col. Edgar L.: 51
Coast Artillery Board: 258
Coast Artillery Corps: 38, 44, 62, 95, 117, 127, 128, 143
radar training for: 24, 54, 55, 187, 214-15
radars for: 93, 256-60, 268, 290, 308, 375, 475
units
54th Coast Artillery Regiment: 70
68th Coast Artillery Regiment: 374, 526
Coast Guard: 124
Code, Maj. Gen. James A.: 44, 60, 173, 286, 295, 393n, 558, 561
from Assistant CSigO to Deputy CSigO: 543
and the November 1942 production drive: 335-36, 337
participation in proposed reorganization of Signal Corps supply and control: 544n, 546, 548, 556
proposal to reduce variety of AAF altimeters: 245-46
Codes: 71, 345, 427. See also Morse code; Ciphers; Q signals.
need for strong control and security of: 367, 427, 444, 471, 476
in the North African campaign: 348, 364
Cold Bay, Alaska: 123, 126, 142, 143, 145, 279
Cole, Capt. Burton: 139
Coles Signal Laboratory: 162n, 234
developed radio equipment: 62n, 63
and radio relay development: 237, 372
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 481
Collins Radio Company: 77
Collyer Insulated Wire Company: 513
Colton, Maj. Gen. Roger B.: 58-59, 60, 61-62, 75, 86, 163, 173, 227, 330, 335, 423, 491, 502, 531, 549, 556, 557
charged with both R&D and supply: 61, 493, 543
efforts to increase production: 322, 329, 333, 336, 514, 528, 533, 542-43
on radar development and supply: 89, 90, 99, 264, 273, 380
on radio development and supply: 150, 230, 371-72
Combat Teams
26th: 382
Combined Communications Board: 272-73, 345, 443n, 492, 552, 553, 555, 557, 565
Combined Signal Board: 344
Commerce, Department of: 170
Communication companies. See individual companies by name.
Communication industry. See also Facilities expansion.
attitude toward inspection: 510
attitude toward subcontracting: 150, 328, 330
the Big Five: 149-50, 171, 184, 328-29
capacity of, December 1941: 30-31
dependence of the Signal Corps on: 31, 151, 328-30
effect of Selective Service in: 494
growth of productive capacity: 504
industrial capacity of: 175, 504
preponderance of youthful workers in: 494
and problems of quality: 504
wage rates in: 495
women workers in: 495
Communication procedure: 127, 131, 198, 284, 299, 386, 443, 471, 544n, 554, 558, 565
net procedures: 443
in the North African campaign: 344, 345, 348-49, 364, 367, 386
Communication ships: 343, 353, 359n, 468. See also Ancon; Bulolo; Largs.
Communications. See also Amphibious communications.
increasing importance in 1942: 380-81
tactical vs. administrative: 367, 370-71
Communications control: 540-41, 544-48, 551-52, 554, 555-60, 563-64
exercised by communications boards: 552, 564
needing strong central authority: 364, 537, 540-41, 544-60 passim
proposal to place control in WDGS: 555-60
weakness of, in AAF: 548-50, 564
Communications security. See Security.
Components: 28, 325. See also Spare parts.
efforts toward standardization of: 152-53
expansion of manufacturing facilities for: 152
material breakdowns of: 153-54
of SCR-584 radar: 267
supply situation for, early 1942: 151-52
Conference facilities. See under Ciphers and cipher machines.
Connecticut Telephone and Electric Company: 168
Connellan, 2nd Lt. C. V.: 77
Conrad, Lt. Col. Victor A.: 60, 213, 283, 285, 338
Conservation of aluminum: 165
of crystal quartz: 161-62
of rubber: 156-59
of steatite: 163-64
Consolidated Radio Products Company: 170
Constantine, Africa: 341, 368, 372, 382, 454
Contracts: 28, 31, 33, 151-68, 172, 334, 496, 503, 506-09, 530
basic policies governing: 149-51
cancellation and termination: 508
concentration of, with large firms: 149, 151, 184, 328-29
delays in placing: 31, 482, 535
delinquencies in deliveries under: 31-32, 336, 527
growth in size and value of, to mid-1942: 184-85
number and value of, September 1942: 329
number and value of, November 1942: 330
placement policies and problems: 173-77, 509
renegotiation: 176, 503, 508-09
and subcontracting policy: 150, 328-31, 507
Control. See Communications control.
Controlled Materials Plan: 332
Controls: 165. See also Limitation orders; Priorities.
Cooktown, Australia: 300
Coral Harbor, Canada: 289n
Cordes, 1st Lt. Harold A.: 135
Cordova, Alaska: 124, 126, 142
Cornell University: 47n
Corozal, P. R.: 307
Corps
I: 468
II: 351, 353-54, 356, 372, 373, 382-86, 538n
IX: 320
XIV: 477
Corps of Engineers. See Engineers, Corps of.
Corput, Col. Rex Van Den: 61, 63, 257, 260, 295
comment on SCR-268: 93-94
rebuttal to SCR-270 criticisms: 94-95, 96
Corregidor, P. I.: 12, 13, 17-19, 109, 116-22, 298
Counter, Pvt. G. I.: 489
Countermeasures. See Radar (and Radio) countermeasures.
Couriers. See Messenger service.
Courses. See under Training.
Coyle, Maj. Harold J.: 14, 15n
Craig, Alaska: 124
Craw Field, Africa: 375
Crawford, Brig. Gen. David M.: 44, 546, 555, 557, 558
CRIMSON: 288-90
Crosley Radio Corporation: 28, 169, 171, 258, 329
Cryptanalysis: 47n, 204, 445, 447, 563
Cryptography and cryptographic equipment: 122, 127, 204, 278-79, 319, 346, 444, 470
control of radio frequencies by: 71, 72, 75, 348
and production techniques: 162
Culver City, Calif.: 396
Cuny, Col. Clifford D.: 62n
Curtiss Aeroplane Corporation: 240
Czechoslovakia: 500
–D–
Daily Mirror, The: 395
Dakota Field, Aruba: 308
Darlan, Admiral Jean Francois: 371
Darwin, Australia: 18-19, 20, 29, 112, 113, 116, 118, 298, 300, 467
Davis, Maj. Paul C.: 77
Daw, Lt. Col. William J.: 180
Dawson Creek, Canada: 136-37, 482, 483, 484
Dayton, Ohio: 63, 180, 281, 496, 509
Dayton (Wright Field) Signal Corps Procurement District: 170, 174, 176, 177, 180, 253, 323, 324n, 506, 528
Dayton Signal Depot: 180, 181, 183, 323, 324n, 515
Meteorological Division of: 324
Western Branch of: 515
DeArmond, Col. J. K.: 252, 253, 285
Debenham, Lt. W. W.: 262
Defense Plant Corporation: 152, 155, 331, 506
Defense Supplies Corporation: 160
Del Monte, P. I.: 10, 121, 122
Delta Service Command: 456, 457
Depots: 28, 33, 174, 178-83, 302, 514-20, 522-23.
See also individual depots by name.
ASF study of: 518
key depot plan: 519
mechanization of: 519-20
stock specialization at: 183, 516, 517, 519
storage space in, mid-1942: 183
storage space in, mid-1943: 515
training: 516
women workers at: 182
Derax: 85
Desert Training Center, Ariz.: 224, 320, 406
Detzer, Comdr. A. J.: 338
Development. See Research and development.
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L.: 23, 124
Dieppé, France: 398
Dinjan, India: 305n, 464n, 466
Direction finders. See under Radio.
Distribution: 327, 537. See also Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Distribution Division.
creation of staff division for: 514
operation of, to mid-1943: 513-20
overseas complaints of deficiencies in: 520-32
responsibilities of: 514
Djidjelli, Africa: 370, 376, 400
Dobodura, New Guinea: 303
Dolan, Col. William C.: 252, 254-55
Douglas Aircraft Corporation: 247, 249
Dowman, Col. Charles H.: 548n
Drew Field, Fla.: 16, 25-26, 54-55
Dryden Rubber Company: 497
Du Pont Company: 157-58
DuBridge, Dr. Lee A.: 260, 309
Dumas, Lt. Roger E.: 112
Dutch Harbor, Alaska: 123, 126-31, 143
–E–
Eastern Signal Corps School: 206. See also Signal Corps School, Fort Monmonth.
Eastern Signal Corps Training Center: 319, 320
Eastern Task Force: 353, 363, 375
Eastman Kodak Company: 407, 410
Eatontown, N.J.: 197
Eatontown Signal Laboratory: 64, 68, 69
developed wire equipment: 62n, 63
and spiral-four developments: 66, 370
Eckles, Sgt. Alfred H.: 14
Edinburgh Field, Trinidad: 308
Edmiston, Andrew: 165
Edmonton, Canada: 137, 139, 141, 142, 145, 482, 483, 484
Edwards, Brig. Gen. Idwal H.: 187n
Edwards, 1st Lt. John M.: 464
Egypt: 310, 311, 457, 458, 459
Egyptian States Telephone and Telegraph System: 457
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.: 200, 262, 306, 343, 345, 346, 358, 398, 399
regarding radar in North Africa: 272, 377
request for radiotelephone in North Africa: 371-72
Eitel-McCullough, Incorporated: 170
El Fasher, Africa: 310
El Yunque, P. R.: 308
Elder, Col. Eugene V.: 62n, 94, 230, 274, 543n
Electronic Training Group: 44, 45, 49, 57, 207, 209-12, 247, 312, 339
abbreviated training in: 56
intended to provide radar specialists: 24, 56, 209
Elliott, Pvt. George A.: 4
Elmendorf Field, Alaska: 142, 279n, 486
Emmons, Maj. Gen. Delos G.: 108
Enemy Equipment Identification Service: 200
Engineers, Corps of: 6, 12n, 48, 53, 77, 107, 141, 189, 510, 523, 541
aiding Signal Corps radio installation: 118, 120, 126, 133, 135, 448, 474
along the Alcan Highway: 137-39, 482-84
preparing radar sites: 144
18th Engineer Regiment: 137
England. See Great Britain.
Enlisted men dearth of, with communication skills: 38-39
limited numbers provided by Affiliated Plan: 39-40
plans for providing, early 1942: 38-43
poor assignment of: 43
recruiting of, by communications industry: 42-43
shortage of: 26
strength, December 1941: 23
strength, January 1942: 34
Enlisted Reserve Corps: 41-42, 45, 318
Equipment
introduction of new: 370n, 537
military characteristics of: 85, 266, 492
nomenclature: 245n, 257n, 263, 265, 274, 515, 518
SCR replaced by AN/ system: 76n
specifications: 152, 175, 507, 524
standardization: 153, 154, 492. See also Signal Corps Standards Agency; American Standards Association.
Equipment, types and items. See also SCR-and AN/ entries.
Miscellaneous items
K-18: 279
ML-47 and ML-510: 165
PH-330 and PH-530/PF: 411n
Power items
PE-94: 239
PE-99: 453n
PE-195: 68n
Radar items
BC-412: 215
RC-24: 246. See also AN/APN-1
RC-110: 248
Radio items
BC-270: 103
BC-342: 526
BC-348: 171
BC-375: 527
BC-400: 310
BC-410: 308
BC-420: 508
BC-447: 77, 114, 116, 289, 304, 457
BC-603 and 604: 72n
BC-608: 80
BC-778: 83
HS-39: 169
I-48: 247
IE-19: 240
MN-26: 494
RC-27: 168
RC-43:. 31
T-30: 31
TS-189: 247
Wire items
BD-14: 70
BD-57: 169
BD-74: 17
BD-80: 68
BD-91: 68
BD-97: 171
CF-1, 2, and 3: 67-68, 226, 227n, 228
EE-2 and EE-5 : 70
EE-8: 69, 70, 110, 168, 304, 330, 357, 480, 501, 524
EE-100 and 101: 68n, 226, 227n
IN-53: 461
LC-61: 370
RL-26: 228
RL-27: 69
RL-37: 330
TG-5: 69
TG-7: 64
TP-3: 69
W-110B: 22, 30, 64, 69, 70. 110, 156, 158-59, 184, 225, 369, 505, 511, 512, 513
Erie, Pa.: 170
Eritrea Service Command: 457
Espiritu Santo: 110, 111, 471, 473, 475, 476
Ethiopia: 456
Eubank, Brig. Gen. Eugene L.: 15
European Theater of Operations (ETO) : 312, 339, 358, 502
Evans, Lt. Col. Paul W.: 62n
Everitt, Dr. William L.: 213, 285n
–F–
for aluminum: 164
for batteries: 506
extent of, to October 1942: 331
for manufacturing components: 152, 331
for mining and processing raw materials: 154
for power units: 505-06
for steatite: 162-64
for tantalum: 155
for tubes: 31
for wire, cable and wire machinery: 505
Fair Employment Practices Commission: 496
Fairbanks, Alaska: 124-45 passim, 484, 485, 486
Fairchild Aviation Company: 329
Fairfield Air Depot: 180
Fajardo, P. R.: 307
Falk, Col. Byron A.: 158, 272n
Fanning Island: 109
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation: 155
Far East Air Force: 10, 14, 15
Farmer, Brig. Gen. Archie A.: 44, 174, 182, 516
Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation: 329, 334
Fedala, Africa: 347, 348, 357, 399
Federal Bureau of Investigation: 512
Federal Communications Commission: 22, 298, 445, 450
Federal Telephone (Telegraph) and Radio Company: 77, 304
Fell, Maj. Charles F.: 295
Felstead, Maj. Charles F.: 133, 136
Feriana, Africa: 382
Fez, Africa: 346
Field Artillery: 44, 184, 232, 233
Fiji Islands: 29, 109, 288n, 290, 294, 407, 437, 471, 473, 475, 476, 479
Finance Corps: 321n
Flat, Alaska: 124
Fly, James L.: 149
Fogle, 2nd Lt. George D.: 93n
Fork lifts. See Warehousing, equipment.
Fort Bliss, Tex.: 195
Fort Chimo, Labrador: 289
Fort Dawes, Mass.: 258
Fort du Blondin, Morocco: 399
Fort Glenn, Alaska: 123, 127, 128-31, 142, 145, 487
Fort Greely, Alaska: 126
Fort Hancock, N.J.: 62
Fort Hunt, Va.: 204
Fort Lamy, Africa: 310
Fort Lancaster, Tex.: 517
Fort McPherson, Atlanta: 221
Fort Meade, Md.: 289
Fort Mears, Alaska: 127, 129-31
Fort Monmouth, N.J.: 40, 444, 524, 529, 531. See also Monmouth Signal Corps Procurement District; Signal Corps Laboratories; Signal Corps School; Training.
R&D activities at: 62-63, 72, 80, 227, 265
training activities at: 24, 25, 48, 51-53, 186, 197-212, 317-22 passim Fort Monroe, Va.: 265
Fort Norman, Canada: 141
Fort Omaha, Neb.: 221
Fort Randall, Alaska: 123, 129, 142
Fort Raymond, Alaska: 486
Fort Read, Trinidad: 308
Fort Richardson, Alaska: 143, 486
Fort St. John, Canada: 136, 137, 141, 142
Fort Sam Houston, Tex.: 221, 397, 398
Fort Santiago, P. I.: 116
Fort Shafter, T. H.: 5, 7n, 9, 9n, 16, 18, 20, 77, 109, 112, 121, 222, 296, 297, 430
Fort Sherman, G. Z.: 107
Fort Sill, Okla.: 73
Fort Simonds, Jamaica: 107
Fort Story, Va.: 258
Fort William McKinley, P. I.: 11, 116
Fox Movietone: 415
Frankford Arsenal: 182
Fredendall, Lt. Gen. Lloyd R.: 382, 561
Freedman, Maj. Harry L.: 201n
Freeman, Capt. R. H.: 285
French, Col. Edward F.: 9, 223-24, 436, 441, 442n
French North Africa communication facilities of: 340, 342
cooperation with: 365
allocation of: 304, 338, 344, 346, 347-48, 449, 470, 471, 492, 504, 555n, 558, 565
control of: 79, 467, 504, 544n
very high (called ultra high in 1941-42): 45, 112, 188n, 199, 231, 232, 241, 372, 373, 431, 432
Frequency modulation (FM) : 218, 229-37, 245, 348, 356, 357, 361, 371, 372
incorporated in FM radar altimeter RC-24 (AN/APN-1): 245
incorporated in radios SCR-300 and the 500-600
revolutionized short-range radio: 72
transformed radio relay: 236
well received by the Armored Force: 229-31
Frobisher Bay, Canada: 289
Fruehauf Trailer Company: 270
Fungus proofing. See under Packing and packaging.
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Gafsa, Africa: 382
Galápagos Islands: 279, 290, 294
Galvin Manufacturing Corporation: 71n, 73, 75, 76, 162, 184, 234, 329
Gander Lake, Newfoundland: 278, 283
Gardner, Col. John H.: 44, 61, 63, 79, 83, 90, 181, 213, 247
Gaya, India: 466
General Cable Corporation: 66, 329, 505n
General Electric Company: 31, 43, 149, 157, 169, 170, 328, 334, 499, 505, 527
radar production: 96, 252-74 passim, 379
radio production: 184, 327, 508
value of Signal Corps contracts mid-1942: 329
General Electric X-Ray Corporation: 162
General Staff. See War Department General Staff.
Generators. See Equipment, types and items, Power.
Geological Survey: 164
George, Col. Harold H.: 14, 15n
Georgia School of Technology: 47n
German Army communications: 546
German photography: 402
German radar. See under Radar.
Getting, I. A.: 379n
Gibbs, Maj. Gen. George S.: 558
Gibraltar: 211, 346-65 passim, 399, 400, 446, 452, 453
Gibson, William: 117
“Gibson Girl” radio. See SCR-578.
Gilfillan Brothers, Incorporated: 168
Gillespie, Col. Floyd T.: 104, 545n
Gillette, Col. Melvin E.: 390
Giraud, Gen. Henri H.: 371
Glasgow, Dr. R. S.: 539
Globe Wireless Company: 77, 429
Good, 1st Lt. George W.: 228
Goose Bay, Labrador: 284-85, 288, 289
Governors Island, N.Y.: 106, 219, 221, 288, 429
Grable, Col. John C.: 300, 302, 436
Granum, Comdr. A. M.: 253
Graves, Maj. D. C.: 504
Graves, Col. D. D.: 378
Gray Manufacturing Company: 184
Graybar Electric Company: 139, 329, 482, 514, 544
Great Baddow, England: 211
Great Britain: 105, 190, 242, 280, 310, 312-14, 338-47 passim, 363, 397-98, 451, 454, 500, 546
ACAN facilities in: 106, 223, 431, 453
Signal Corps training (ETG) in: 24, 44, 56-57, 186, 209-12
Greely, Gen. A. W.: 517
Green, Lt. Col. John C.: 113
Green, Maj. Gen. Joseph A.: 270, 272, 273
Green, Capt. R. W.: 381
Greene, Maj. James A., Jr.: 452
Greene, 2nd Lt. William C.: 488
Greenland: 24, 34, 284, 288-89, 290, 306, 406
Greenwood, L. W.: 332
Grosvenor Square, London: 312, 313
Ground-controlled interception: 56, 80n. See also Radar, GCI.
Guadalcanal: 111, 408n, 470, 473, 475, 476-81, 524
Guam: 20
Guerlac, Dr. Henry E.: 249
Guest, Lt. Col. Wesley T.: 60, 208, 550, 556n, 558, 559
Gulkana, Alaska: 131, 133, 142
Gunther, John: 416
Gura, Eritrea: 310
GYMNAST: 338
–H–
Haifa, Palestine: 459
Haines, Alaska: 124
Haleakala, Maui, T. H.: 15
Hallicrafters Company: 76, 278
RT-4: 473
Hamlin, Maj. William D.: 60
Hammarlund Super Pro radio receiver: 76, 224
Hammond, Col. Elton F.: 224, 343, 346, 348-51, 359, 369, 454
Handie-talkie radio: 31, 75, 165, 234, 236. See also SCR-536.
Harding, Lt. Comdr. L. M.: 278n
Harris, Col. Lester J.: 324, 509
Harrison, Brig. Gen. William H.: 322, 329, 422, 423, 425, 543
Harvard University: 24, 57, 209
Hato Field, Curaçao: 308
Haury, Capt. John G.: 463
Hawaii: 3-10 passim, 77, 108-09, 247, 290, 294, 326, 397, 406, 448, 476, 477. See also Pearl Harbor.
aircraft warning responsibilities in, 1941: 3-4
damage to signal installations, Japanese attack: 7-9
expansion of communication facilities in: 15-17, 296-98
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor: 3-9
warning message to, 7 December 1941: 9-10
Hawaiian Department: 3, 4, 6, 9, 16, 34, 108, 205, 247, 298, 472
Hayden, Col. Gilbert: 80n, 89, 91, 98
Hayes, Lt. Col. Harold G.: 344n
Hazeltine Corporation: 73, 334
Heath, Lt. Col. John M.: 50, 62n
Helen Springs, Australia: 300
Helena, Mont.: 139
Henderson Field, Guadalcanal: 477, 479
Hengling, China: 305
Henn-Collins, Maj. C. A.: 344
Henry, Col. William C.: 336n, 436, 484-85
Henry Barracks, P. R.: 307
Henry T. Allen: 348
Hewitt, Rear Adm. Henry K.: 359
Hewlett-Packard Company: 168
Hickam Field, T. H.: 5, 7n, 9, 10, 19n, 109n, 411
Hildreth, Col. Raymond C.: 62n, 183, 230
Hirsh, S. Sgt. Joel M.: 104
Hobe Sound, Fla.: 54, 212, 213, 216
Hoffman, P. R., Company: 162
Hollywood, Calif.: 22, 389, 392, 396, 397, 421
Honolulu, T. H.: 4, 6, 9, 9n, 16, 19n, 108, 113, 116, 117, 222, 296, 298, 300, 467
Honolulu Advertiser: 3
Hooper, Admiral Stanford C.: 545
Hoppough, Lt. Col. Clay I.: 20, 293
Home, Rear Adm. Frederick J.: 251, 252
Home Island, Australia: 300
Howe, C. D.: 99
Howland, J. P.: 332
Hubbard Spool Company: 184
Huck, J. L.: 332
Huebner, Brig. Gen. Clarence R.: 206, 207, 421
Hull, Brig. Gen. John A.: 540
Hunt, G. C., Company: 162
Huston, Lt. John: 416
Hyde Park, N.Y.: 432
–I–
Iceland: 24, 34, 35, 103-04, 290, 293, 294, 306, 397, 406, 407, 500
Identification. See Radar, IFF; SCR’s-515, 532, 533, 535, 595, 695
India: 77, 113, 114-15, 233, 279-80, 290, 294, 407, 460-67
India Air Task Force: 304, 466
Industry. See Communication industry.
radio sets for: 73-76
Infantry units
1st Division: 351, 354, 356, 381
14th Philippine Division: 299
27th Division: 297
34th Division: 56n, 381, 385, 526
41st Division: 302, 468, 470, 524
92nd Division: 317
93rd Division: 317
18th Infantry Regiment: 354
132nd Infantry Regiment: 479
Ingles, Maj. Gen. Harry C.: 22, 44, 306, 404, 543
and communication control problems: 563-65
replacing Gen. Olmstead as CSigO, June 1943: 543, 562, 563
seeking radar protection for Panama Canal, early 1942: 98-99
Inness, Maj. W. D.: 240
Inspection: 27, 164, 173, 175, 337, 341. See also Signal Corps Inspection Agency; Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Inspection Section, early problems and operations of: 176-78
measures to improve, 1943: 510, 513
multiple inspection: 177
operations, to mid-1943: 509-12
peak organization strength: 510
reorganization of: 324
use of women workers in: 509
and wire fraud cases: 511-13
Inspector General, The: 195, 421, 422, 423
Institute of Radio Engineers: 237
Inter American Defense Board: 391
Intercept (interception of messages): 77, 107, 119, 345, 348, 386, 430, 445-47, 456, 468, 547, 563. See also Monitoring; Radio intelligence; Signal intelligence.
Interception of aircraft. See Ground-controlled interception.
Interdepartmental Telecommunications Committee: 563n
Interior, Department of: 169
International Aid. See Lend-lease.
International Business Machines Corporation: 204, 221, 223, 443
International News Service: 395
International Telephone and Radio Corporation: 263
Inter-Service Ionospheric Bureau: 211
Interservice Radio Propagation Laboratory: 492
Ionospheric radio propagation: 210-11
Iran-Iraq Service Command. See Persian Gulf Command.
Iranian Posts and Telegraphs: 458
Ireland: 103, 104-06, 306, 313, 397, 398, 406
–J–
“J” Service. See Signal Information and Monitoring Service.
Jacksonville, Fla.: 254
James Parker: 309
Jamming. See Radar (and Radio) Countermeasures.
Jansky, C. M., Jr.: 285n
Japanese in the Aleutians: 416, 488, 489
army communications: 546
attack on Burma: 115-16
attack on Dutch Harbor: 129-30
attack on Pearl Harbor: 3-9
attack on Philippines: 13-15, 18
attack on Wake Island: 20
in New Guinea: 303
radar: 111
in the Russell Islands: 480
wire and radio: 478n
Jenkins, Col. Reuben E.: 206
Jervey, Lt. Col. William W.: 398
Johnson, Maj. Gen. Davenport: 100
Johnson, Maj. Kenneth D.: 496, 497
Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board: 155, 158, 163, 164, 171-73, 227, 270
Joint Chiefs of Staff: 271, 338, 445, 550n, 553
Joint Communications Board: 272n, 333, 544, 550-51, 552-53, 555, 557, 560, 565
Joint communications centers: 349, 470, 473, 481
Joint Communications Committee: 550n
Joint New Weapons Committee: 245
Joint Radar Board: 215
Jones, Rear Adm. G. A.: 252, 253
Jones, Capt. R.: 345n
Jordan, Maj. Harold R.: 517
Joseph, Capt. J. A.: 53
Juneau, Alaska: 124, 126, 131, 142, 145
–K–
Kaaawa, T. H.: 7n
Kahuku Point, T. H.: 4
Kanakanak, Alaska: 124, 129, 134
Kano, Africa: 450
Karachi, India: 77, 113-15, 279n, 288n, 303, 304-05, 310-12, 395, 408n, 450, 458, 463, 467
Karachi Tactical Area: 304
Kasserine Pass: 370, 382, 386, 561
Kawailea, T. H.: 7n
Kearny, N.J.
Western Electric plant at: 177, 341, 510
Western Electric radar school at: 247, 249
Kelleher, John J.: 236
Keller, Dr. Fred: 198
Kelley, W. A.: 332
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company: 330
Kenney, Maj. Eugene A.: 348
Kenny, Maj. Norris G.: 164
Kharagpur, India: 466
Kidwell, Lt. Col. Francis E.: 188
Kimmel, Admiral Husband E.: 9, 10
King, Admiral Ernest J.: 250, 296, 550n, 551
King, Col. Henry L. P.: 44, 49, 315-16
and AAF requirements for Signal Corps specialists: 41, 321
and the Enlisted Reserve Corps: 41-42
recruiting and training problems of: 45, 47, 201, 207, 208, 322
Signal Officer in CBI: 463
Kingston, 1st Lt. Clarence R.: 225
Kingston, Jamaica: 107
Kingston Products Corporation: 330
Kiska, Alaska: 130, 143, 416-17, 487, 488, 489-90
Klatt, S. Sgt. Lowell V.: 6
Klise Manufacturing Company: 184
Knight, Eric: 416
Knudsen, Lt. Gen. William S.: 90, 149
Kodiak, Alaska: 124, 125, 126-27, 142, 143
Kohler, 1st Lt. Frederick L.: 196n
Kokee, Kauai, T. H.: 15
Koko Head, T. H.: 7n
Kokomo, Ind.: 330
Kolar, E. F.: 240
Koli Point, Guadalcanal: 476, 477
Kotzebue, Alaska: 124
Kunming, China: 114, 116, 305, 450, 451, 466, 501
Kweilin, China: 305
–L–
La Plata, Md.: 431
Labor: 149-50, 174, 179, 181, 493-500. See also Communication industry; Signal Corps Regional Labor Offices by cities of location.
problems and Signal Corps assistance: 180, 496-500
shortages of, as a production delay: 493
special problems of, in electronics industry: 494-95
women workers: 182, 316, 495, 509
Labor, Department of: 496
Laboratories. See Aircraft Radio Laboratory; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Coles Signal Laboratory; Eatontown Signal Laboratory; Radiation Laboratory; Signal Corps General Development Laboratories; Signal Corps Laboratories; Signal Corps Photographic Laboratory; Signal Corps Radar Laboratory; Squier Laboratory; Training Film Production Laboratory.
Ladd Field, Alaska: 142, 279n, 486
Lagos, Liberia: 310
Lahore, India: 305n
Lamb, Col. Samuel S.: 304, 465
Lambert, Maj. Kenneth B.: 407
Lanahan, Col. Francis H.: 50, 313n, 368, 481, 557, 558-59
comment on Army’s need for its own “AT&T system”: 367, 371
and Signal Corps planning, 1942-43: 60, 338, 550, 556, 558
Lande, Lt. Robert M.: 104
Langley Field, Va.: 91, 254-55
Lanham, Lt. Col. Charles T.: 421
Lapp Insulator Company: 169
Larabee, 1st Lt. T. J.: 456
Larson, Brig. Gen. Westside T.: 255n
Lashio, Burma: 115
Latta, Maj. William B.: 349, 350
Lattin, Col. Jay D. B.: 50, 186, 200, 208, 549
Lawailoa, T. H.: 5
Lawrence, Col. James: 196
Lawton, Col. Kirke B.: 44, 390n, 393, 421, 423, 424
Lazy Bay, Alaska: 145
Leahy, Admiral William D.: 445
Ledo Road: 464-66
Lee, Maj. Gen. John C. H.: 339
Lee, Mass.: 432
effect of, on supply efforts: 502
modifying signal equipment for: 501-02
packaging SCR-299’s for: 516
post-Pearl Harbor review of: 22-23
Signal Corps participation in, to mid-1943: 500-502
value and extent of, mid-1943: 500-502
Lenzner, Col. Emil: 349
Leonard Wood: 348
Levant Service Command: 457
Lexington, Ky.: 515
Lexington Signal Depot: 16, 22, 108, 179, 181, 182-83, 327, 515, 519
Limitation orders: 150, 330, 333
Linchow, China: 305
Lingling, China: 305
Link, Fred M. (and Company) : 71, 168, 235, 237, 332
Link Aviation Devices Company: 248
Lippincott, Maj. Donald K.: 334
Litvak, Maj. Anatole: 398
Lockhard, Pvt. Joseph L.: 4, 95
Loewi, Comdr. Mortimer R.: 173
London: 105, 223, 312-13, 339, 340, 346, 398, 399, 430, 433, 458
Loomis, Alfred L.: 89n
Lough, Maj. Frederick C.: 344n
Lovett, Robert A.: 89, 94-95, 250, 251
Loyalty investigations. See Security, clearances.
Lundquist Tool and Manufacturing Company: 168-69
Lutes, Capt. R.: 70
Lyman, Lt. Col. R. P.: 53
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MacArthur, Gen. Douglas: 10, 18, 21, 111, 117, 119, 120, 298
Machine tools: 149, 164, 168, 253, 271, 273, 330, 331, 495, 505
Mack, Col. William M.: 253
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company: 18, 19, 429
Mackerel: 91
Magee, Col. Francis J.: 68, 229, 236n
Magnetron: 87, 93, 258, 267, 275
Maibaum, Capt. Richard W.: 418
Maiduguri, Liberia: 310
Maier, Lt. Col. Oscar C.: 63, 68
Maintenance and repair: 50, 216, 247, 325-26, 516, 526, 529, 537. See also Repair shops; Spare parts.
in CBI: 464
installation and maintenance schools (radar). See under Camp Evans; Kearny, N.J.
personnel needed for: 42
in Southwest Pacific: 302
Maktar, Africa: 382
Malama: 29
Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor, P. I.: 116-22
Mandalay, Burma: 115-16
Manhattan District: 440
Manila, P. I.: 11-12, 17-19, 29, 450
Manpower: [.23ff]., 34, 493, 509, 536. See also Labor.
Mansell, R. B.: 264
Marine Corps: 12, 16, 20, 38, 321, 359n, 360n, 475, 477, 492, 510, 554
2nd Marine Air Wing: 479
use of Signal Corps radars by: 247, 291
Marriner, Col. Alfred W.: 79, 91, 130, 285, 288, 548, 558
advocate of stronger control over army-wide communications: 540, 549-50
and the Signal Corps radar program: 91, 101, 242, 247, 248, 250-51, 253-54, 291-92
Marshall, Gen. George C.: 9, 10, 101, 121, 123, 250, 257, 296, 415, 461, 545, 550n, 558, 560
advocate of training film: 387, 403, 415
ordered number of Signal Corps radios be reduced: 232n, 235, 245, 554
retired the CSigO, Gen. Olmstead: 560, 561, 562-63
warning message to Gen. Short: 9, 10
Marshall, L. C.: 309
Martin, Capt. A. B.: 255
Maryland: 359n
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 57, 61, 83, 210, 275, 309, 553n. See also Radiation Laboratory.
Matejka, Brig. Gen. Jerry V.: 44, 362n, 370
on North African communication matters, 1942-43: 368, 374, 378, 380, 522, 526
Signal Officer, AFHQ: 343-44, 353
Signal Officer, SPOBS: 339
Materials, critical and strategic. See Conservation; Shortages; Substitute materials; Controlled Materials Plan.
Materials shortages: 154-65, 331-32, 504, 505
in aluminum: 164-65
in crystal quartz: 160-62
definition of: 154n
as reason for plant expansions: 154, 155, 160, 162-63
in rubber: 155-56
in steatite: 162-64
in tantalum: 155
Mateur, Africa: 370
Mauborgne, Maj. Gen. Joseph O.: 542
Maude, Maj. Raymond C.: 25, 37, 50, 64
Maunabo, P. R.: 307
McClelland, Brig. Gen. Harold M.: 246, 271, 284, 545, 548, 551, 564
McCormack, Lt. Col. James: 552
McCrary, Col. Arthur A.: 381, 385, 525, 526
McDonald, Maj. E.: 538
McDonald, E. F.: 233
McDonald, Pvt. Joseph P.: 5
McGrath, Alaska: 142
McGraw, Lt. Col. James E.: 258
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J.: 551, 553, 560
McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T.: 557, 560, 564, 565
McRae, Maj. James W.: 248
Meade, Brig. Gen. Frank C.: 25, 60, 101, 285, 286, 338, 541, 544, 549, 553, 555, 558
Mechanical Aptitude Test: 321
Medical Corps: 465, 540. See also The Surgeon General.
Mediterranean Base Section: 526
Medjez el Bab, Africa: 400
Meigs: 29
Melbourne, Australia: 19n, 109, 111, 112, 113, 121, 296, 298, 299, 300, 302, 397, 467
Memphis, Tenn.: 515
Memphis Signal (General) Depot: 183, 515
Mental Hygiene Unit: 201
Merauke, New Guinea: 300
Message (signal) center: 106, 193, 202, 346, 363, 370, 383, 474. See also under Allied Force Headquarters; War Department Message Center.
Messenger (courier) service: 127, 313n, 320, 356, 371, 384, 464, 467, 470
Messer, Sgt. Eustace M.: 19n, 121n
Metcalf, Lt. Col. George F.: 82, 252, 268, 274
Meteorology: 62n, 63, 283-84, 515
balloons for: 156
cost of equipment: 330
equipment stored in Dayton Signal Depot: 180, 519
Meyers, Brig. Gen. Bennett E.: 251
Mickey Mouse. See SCR-547 radar.
Microfilm. See V-Mail.
Middle East Theater: 280, 456-60, 524, 541, 556
Middletown Air Depot: 183
Midwestern Signal Corps School: 194, 196
Common Subjects Division of: 195
Midwestern Signal Corps Training Center: 196
Military characteristics. See Equipment.
Miller, Lt. Col. Fred G.: 226
Miller Construction Company: 139, 483, 484
Milliken, Brig. Gen. Charles M.: 44, 50, 60, 186, 189, 199, 208, 546, 557
Milne Bay, New Guinea: 300, 302, 303, 320
Minckler, Lt. Col. Rex M.: 445n
Minks, Capt. Floyd A.: 70
Mission. See under Signal Corps.
Mitchell, Col. Hugh: 44, 61, 213, 216-17, 319
Molokai, T. H.: 16
Monitoring: 211, 386, 445-46, 537. See also Intercept; Signal Information and Monitoring Service.
Station Five, Hawaii: 298
Monmouth Signal Corps Procurement District: 323, 506, 507-08, 529
Montague Island, Alaska: 145
Moore, Maj. Gen. Richard C.: 59, 149, 272-73
Moran, Lt. Col. Richard B.: 44
Morgan, 2nd Lt. Robert D.: 497
Morocco: 338, 340, 341, 357, 360, 361
Morris, 1st Lt. William E.: 487
Morse code: 20n, 71, 76, 191, 198, 200, 219, 221 318, 443
Morton, Dr. Louis: 14n
Moses, Brig. Gen. Raymond G.: 560, 564
Mostaganem, Africa: 370
Motion Pictures: 388, 390, 396-97, 399-405, 415-18. See also Army Pictorial Service; Photography; Photographic troops; Training films.
Motorola: 372. See also Galvin Manufacturing Corporation.
Mount Ballyhoo, Unalaska Island: 127-28
Mount Isa, Australia: 300
Mountbatten, Vice Adm. Lord Louis: 398
Munitions Building: 27, 343, 392, 431
Munson, Col. E. L.: 415n
Murdock, William J., Company: 330
Murdock Manufacturing Company: 169
Murphy, Lt. Col. William Herbert: 54n
Murray, Donald M., Company: 170
Murray, Capt. Richard: 489
Murray, 1st Lt. Richard R.: 127-30
Museum of Modern Art: 415
Mutual Telephone Company, T. H.: 16, 17
–N–
Naknek, Alaska: 123, 131, 133, 142, 143
Nantucket Island: 275
Narsarssuak, Greenland: 284, 285, 288, 289, 408n
National Carbon Company: 506
National Defense Research Committee: 83, 215, 248, 256, 260, 261, 265, 266, 268n, 274, 309
Microwave Committee of: 309
National Education Association: 194
Navaho Ordnance Storage Depot: 440
Naval Air Transport Service: 155
Naval communications: 9, 545n, 547, 551, 553, 558n
joint communications with the Signal Corps: 429, 435, 472-73
proposed merger with Army communications: 550-52
Naval Research Laboratory: 157
Navigational electronic aids: 11n, 31, 255, 277, 281n, 285-86, 288n, 437, 475, 488. See also Altimeter; Loran; Radio compasses, direction finding sets, and range.
Navy: 19, 20, 38, 126, 278n, 321, 349-50, 391, 418, 492, 537, 545, 545n, 547, 553. See also Naval communications.
Bureau of Ships: 157, 252, 253, 547
and electronic procurement: 152-53, 172-73, 175, 271-72, 332-33, 510
and radar: 16, 84, 89-90, 99, 245, 247, 250, 251-54, 255, 260, 263, 274, 291, 475
and radio: 78, 81, 106, 117, 124, 304, 305
Neal, Lt. Col. Paul L.: 194
Neilson Field, P. I.: 10, 11, 12, 13-15
Nelson, Donald: 150
Nelson, Lt. Col. Donald H.: 348
Neosho, Mo.: 190
Netherlands: 500-501
Netherlands Indies: 18, 54n, 302
Netherlands Purchasing Commission: 75
New Caledonia: 109-11, 288n, 290, 294, 397, 437, 470, 471, 473, 475
New Cumberland Signal Depot (New Cumberland ASF Depot) : 179, 183, 515, 517
New Delhi, India: 114, 116, 280, 304-05, 443, 463, 465, 466, 467
New Guinea: 298-303, 467, 468, 524
New Orleans, La.: 429
New Orleans Port of Embarkation: 183
New York, N.Y.: 295, 334, 458, 496
New York Central Railroad: 170
New York Port of Embarkation: 106, 181
New York Regional Labor Office: 496, 500
New York Signal Corps Procurement District: 153, 174
New York Times, The: 395
New York World Telegram, The: 395
Newfoundland: 34, 277, 278, 290, 294, 397, 406
Niehaus, Maj. John M.: 497
Nikolski, Alaska: 145
Noble, Dr. Daniel E.: 73
Nome, Alaska: 123, 124, 134, 141, 142, 143, 145
Nomenclature. See under Equipment.
Nordic: 379
Norfolk House, London: 313
North Africa (Theater) : 241, 249, 272, 296, 335, 341, 353-86, 450, 451, 521, 538, 539, 541, 547
deficient AAF communications in: 549
invasion of, November 1942: [.353ff].
plans for invasion of: [.338ff].
spare parts and repair deficiencies in: 338, 525-26
North American Phillips X-Ray Company: 162
North Electric Manufacturing Company: 330
Northern Alberta Railways Company: 139, 483
Northern Electric Company: 483
Northrup Aircraft Corporation: 249
Northway, Alaska: 131, 133, 141, 142
Northwest Service Command: 139, 142, 485, 486
Norway: 501
Nouméa, New Caledonia: 109-10, 298, 300, 467, 470, 473-74, 476
Nulato, Alaska: 124
–O–
Oahu, T. H.: 3, 5, 7, 16, 17, 108
Oakland Army Air Base, Calif.: 179
O’Brien, David H.: 514, 543n, 544
O’Connell, Col. James D.
participation in FM radio development: 230-31, 232
and promotion of radio relay: 236n, 372
report on theater signals, 1943: 538-40
and Signal Corps research and development: 63, 71, 160, 224, 226
on theater training in use of new equipment: 370n
Office of the Chief Signal Officer: 21-22, 27, 28, 34, 35, 49, 60, 62, 149, 166, 172, 285, 316, 327, 343, 349, 413, 448, 482, 483, 498, 500
reorganizations in: 58-61, 172, 323, 338, 496, 536, 543-44
units of, December 1941-June 1943
Administrative (Branch) Division: 60, 496
Aircraft Radar Branch: 328
Airways and Airdromes Section: 282n, 283
Airways and Fixed Radio Branch: 286
Army Communications (Branch) (Division)
Service: 25, 37, 51, 224, 341, 435-36, 438, 439, 447, 452, 471, 485, 546
Army Pictorial Division. See Army Pictorial Service.
Army Security Branch: 444
Bid Analysis Section: 507n
Civilian Personnel (Branch) Division: 28, 46, 49
Commercial Service Branch: 439
Communications Coordination and Equipment
(Division) (Board) ( Branch )
Agency: 64n, 160, 492, 546n, 554, 556
Control Division: 328
Cost Analysis Section: 516
Directorate of Planning: 60, 295, 338, 343, 550, 556
Distribution Division: 514, 515, 518, 543n, 544
Electronics Branch: 62n
Engineering and Technical Division: 236
Equipment Coordination (Branch) Division: 64n, 68, 229, 236n
Executive Control Division: 50, 546
Executive Office: 283
Facilities and Materials (Branch) Division: 151, 155, 171, 175, 323, 504
Field (Division) Service: 186, 545n
Film Distribution Branch: 413, 414
General Development (Branch) Division: 63, 224, 236
Installation and Maintenance Branch: 290
International Aid Branch: 500
Legal (Branch) Division: 62n, 184, 495-96
Legal Division Awards Committee: 184
Maintenance (Branch) Division: 62n, 327
Materiel (Branch) Division: 58, 61, 62n, 63, 94, 149, 160, 173, 323, 496, 514, 543n
Military Personnel (Branch) Division: 41, 49, 315, 321
Military Training (Branch) Division: 186, 200, 549
Office of Chief Engineer: 436, 439
Official Photo Mail Section: 426
Operations Branch: 40, 51, 122
Operations Research Group: 213
Photographic Division: 389, 390
Plant (Branch) Division: 139, 140, 223, 236, 282, 285, 286, 287, 289, 300, 311, 436-37.
See also Plant Engineering Agency.
Procurement Division: 27, 62n, 158
Procurement Planning Section: 148, 151, 155, 175
Production Expediting Section: 27, 31, 165, 166-73, 227
Purchase (Section) Branch: 27, 171, 482, 509
Quartz Crystal Coordination Section: 160
Radar and Aircraf t Communications Branch: 281
Radar (Branch) Division: 62, 63, 89, 149, 244, 248, 250, 252, 268, 282, 283, 285
Research and Development Division: 58, 61, 82, 158, 323, 325, 545n
Scheduling (Branch) Division: 62n, 238, 323
Signal Airways Branch: 287
Signal Corps Troops Division: 541
Signal Intelligence Service: 204, 298, 445n.
See also Signal Security Agency.
Signal Operations Service: 338, 546n
Special Projects Branch: 418
Still Picture Branch: 412
Storage and Issue (Branch) (Division)
Agency: 62n, 76n, 183, 323, 326, 514, 518, 523. See also Storage and Issue Agency.
Supply (Division) Service: 58, 60, 61, 148, 149, 322, 323, 329, 336, 411, 493, 514, 515, 543, 544
Supply Operations Branch: 538
Traffic Division: 223, 296, 441
War Plans Division: 76, 236n, 338, 343
Office of Production Management: 31, 33, 149, 151, 156, 505
Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD): 57, 58, 265, 377
Division 14 of: 84n 89n. See also Radiation Laboratory.
Office of Strategic Services: 456
Office of War Information: 417, 418, 453
Officer Candidate School: 44, 45, 46, 189, 200, 204, 205-09
Officers: 146, 205-12, 316, 339
direct commissioning of: 45
lack of production experts among: 543-44
plans for providing, early 1942: 44-48
problems of efficient assignment of: 48
Regular Army: 44-45
shortages of: 45, 47, 48, 324, 564
Signal Corps preference for ROTC graduates as: 47
sources of: 44-48
special Signal Corps standards for: 45, 47
strength, December 1941: 23
strength, January 1942: 34
supplied by Affiliated Plan: 316-17
Ogden Signal Depot (Utah ASF Depot): 179, 183, 515-16
Ohio State University: 47n
Olfusa River, Iceland: 306
Olmstead, Maj. Gen. Dawson: 30, 36, 52, 60, 156, 178, 183, 187, 228n, 230, 232, 235, 245, 294, 310, 336, 337, 378, 379, 393, 421, 443, 495-96, 497, 536
and the Akan Highway Pole Line: 138, 485
on Army-Navy communications merger: 550, 551, 555, 556-57
on AW radars: 98-99, 266, 268-69, 307
Caribbean trip: 21-22
and efforts to reorganize the Signal Corps: 27, 58, 60, 165, 238, 323, 337, 422
efforts to strengthen Signal Corps control over Army-wide communications: 544-48, 554, 558-59
and procurement plans and efforts: 33, 149-50, 151, 164, 332, 335, 337, 541-44
provision of radio communications: 104, 108, 221, 233
relations with AAF: 68, 219, 235, 240, 245, 282, 287, 314, 377, 393
relations with British: 80, 81, 262
relations with SOS: 59, 60, 537, 540, 545
retirement of: 560-63
and training problems: 189, 196, 208
trip to England, 1942: 314, 546
trip to Middle and Far East, 1943: 456, 460, 539, 541, 556
Olsen, Lt. Col. Harry E.: 499
Omaha Industries, Incorporated: 330
Onan-Smith Construction Company: 139, 484
Opana, T. H.: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16
Oran, Africa: 340-65, 370, 378, 400, 408n, 450, 453, 454
Ordnance Department: 48, 268, 321n, 410, 434, 465, 510, 523, 526, 527n, 540, 551
Organization and reorganization. See Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Osborne, Brig. Gen. F. H.: 415
Otter Island, Alaska: 145
Otter Point, Alaska: 123, 126, 127-28, 144
–P–
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company: 440
Packing and packaging: 173
creation of staff section for: 523
fungus-proofing: 524
lack of attention to, early 1942: 522-23
methods and operation, 1943: 523
overseas shipping as factor in: 521
tropicalization: 517, 524-25, 537
waterproofing: 349n, 350, 360, 517, 520, 521, 537
for Western Task Force: 348, 349n, 350, 356, 360, 362n
Page, Capt. Esterly C.: 344, 345
Pallets. See Warehousing, equipment.
Panama and Panama Canal (Zone) : 10, 22, 107, 279, 307, 431, 446, 447
radar for: 89, 98-101, 247, 260, 261, 262, 290-95, 306, 309, 326
Signal Corps units for: 106-07, 317, 397, 406
Pan-American Airlines: 19, 20, 142, 282, 310, 450, 457
Papua Campaign: 300
Papuan Hotel, Port Moresby, New Guinea: 303
Paramount Studio: 390
Parker, Maj. Gen. George M.: 120
Parker, 1st Lt. Lauris S.: 486
Parker, Col. Will V.: 235, 282, 285, 286, 287, 300, 436, 448
Patents and patent licensing: 176, 333-35
Patterson, Robert P.: 156, 418, 423. See also Under Secretary of War.
objection to number of radio types: 245, 246
on Signal Corps lack of authority: 424
Patterson Field, Iceland: 104
Patterson Field, Ohio: 180
Patton, Maj. Gen. George S., Jr.: 320, 340, 348, 358n, 359n, 561
Pearl Harbor and the Japanese attack: 5, 9, 10, 13, 98. See also Hawaii.
impact of, in OCSigO: 21-23
manpower demands created by: 23-28
Opana radar detection of attacking planes: 3-5
production acceleration after: 28-33
Peninsular War Products, Incorporated: 330
Penrhyn. See Tongareva.
Pentagon: 249, 323, 407, 412, 453
Signal Corps move into: 392, 431
Perida: 488
Perkins, Maj. William M.: 153
Persian Gulf Command: 312, 458, 459, 460
Personnel. See Civilian personnel; Enlisted men; Officers.
Pettit Barracks, T. H.: 18
Philadelphia: 287, 323, 324, 437-38, 448, 509
Philadelphia Regional Labor Office: 496, 498
Philadelphia Signal Corps Procurement District: 27, 31, 170, 174-77, 324, 482, 498, 506, 511, 516, 528, 535
Philadelphia Signal Depot: 22, 174, 179-83, 327, 438, 498, 514, 515, 516, 519
Philbsen, Elwood: 488
Philco Corporation: 73, 88, 169, 215, 234, 238, 239, 242, 253, 329
Philippeville, Africa: 367, 376-77, 378, 379, 400
Philippine Commonwealth Telephone Company: 18, 19, 117, 119
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: 11
Philippines aircraft warning facilities in: 11-13
Japanese attack on: 10-15
last messages from: 120-22
signal communications in, first month of war: 17-19
signal communications on Corregidor: 116-22
Philips, 2nd Lt. Robert: 380
Photographic Division. See under Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Photographic troops command problems of: 403-04
distribution of, early 1942: 397, 407, 415
distribution of, mid-1943: 406
organizational problems of, 1942: 400-403
training of: 197, 389, 390, 394-96, 426
Photography. See also Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Army Pictorial Service; Photographic troops; Signal Corps Photographic Center; Signal Corps Photographic Laboratory; Still pictures; Training Film Production Laboratory; Training films.
Army regulations governing: 387, 536n
cost of equipment: 330
expansion of production facilities for: 390
organization and facilities for, 1941: 388-90
prewar attitude toward: 387
security of: 405-06
supplies and equipment for: 182, 408-11, 494, 519 534
uses of, in World War II: 387-88
Photomail. See V-Mail.
Pictorial Engineering and Research Laboratory: 411
Pigeons (and pigeoneers) : 39, 40, 317, 319, 320, 382, 478, 517
value during radio silence: 382
Pine Camp, N.Y.: 230
Plaines des Gaiacs, New Caledonia: 110-11, 471, 475
Plan Position Indicator (PPI) : 57, 80n, 96n, 99, 256, 258, 266, 502
for BOLERO: 338-39
for GYMNAST: 338
toward procurement: 30, 32, 148, 162, 167, 171, 409
for South Pacific: 338
for TORCH : 340-52
Plant Division. See under Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Plant Engineering Agency: 287, 437-52, 460, 482
PM: 395
Point Barrow, Alaska: 124
Poland: 500
Poles and pole lines: 66, 104, 117, 367-68, 457, 459, 461, 465, 495, 501, 502. See also Antennas; Rapid-pole-line.
along the Akan Highway: 138-40, 481-86
in CBI and along the Ledo Road: 461-63, 465
Polythene: 157
Port Heiden, Alaska: 123, 126, 135
Port Moresby, New Guinea: 20, 112, 298, 300-303, 408n, 467, 468, 474
Port of Spain, Trinidad: 308
Portland, Ore.: 177
Portland Air Base, Ore.: 25
Portland Roads, Australia: 300
Port-Lyautey, Africa: 347, 357, 362, 375
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company: 336n, 429, 516
Postes Telegraphes et Telephones: 356, 365, 455n
Powell, Col. Carroll A.: 6, 9, 15-17, 205, 288n, 297, 298
Power equipment: 281n, 305, 453, 455, 472, 482, 505, 526, 530. See also under Equipment, types and items.
Precedence Committee: 272, 333
Precedence System: 332-33
Presidio of San Francisco: 18, 179
Presque Isle, Me.: 283, 284, 285, 288, 438
Press Radio Company: 19
Press Wireless Company: 78, 106, 108, 222, 224 429, 455
Pribilof Islands: 123, 134, 135
Prina, Maj. Frank: 511
Priorities: 11, 29, 332, 333, 425, 482. See also Precedence System.
in allocation of machine tools: 253, 271
hampering radar production: 32, 227, 250, 270, 272-73, 493
in message handling: 345
in production of equipment: 169, 172, 328, 505
Procedure. See Communication procedure.
Procurement: 27-33 passim, 42, 171, 176-77, 273, 535. See also Components; Contracts; Depots; Facilities expansion; Inspection; Materials; Packing and packaging; Production; Requirements; Storage and Issue Agency; Supply.
for Alcan pole line: 482
decentralization of: 32-33, 507
of dry batteries: 497-98
growth of, to mid-1942: 184-85
local procurement in Australia: 302
of loran equipment: 278n
operations and policies, to mid-1943: 503-13
of photographic supplies: 408-11
problems of, late 1942: 322-37
shift of emphasis in, 1943: 503, 508
from small business: 328-31
Procurement districts. See also individual districts by name.
decentralization of contracting authority to: 173, 506-07
early contracting problems and techniques: 174-76
functions and operations of, to mid-1942: 173-76
functions and operations of, to mid-1943: 506-09
inspection problems and responsibilities of: 173, 176-78
specialization in: 174
volume of contracting in, to mid-1942: 176
Production of ASV-10 radar (SCR-517): 250-51, 254
dependence on communications industry: 31
effect of labor shortages on: 493
inadequacy of dollar volume as measure of: 533-35
measures for accelerating: 30-33, 335-37
relationship of, to tactical decisions: 322
of SCR-584 radar: 266-74, 533-34
Production Expediting. See also Army-Navy Communications Production Expediting Agency; Army-Navy Electronics Production Agency; Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Production Expediting Section, in accelerating deliveries: 168
by assisting small business: 170-71
growth of, to mid-1942: 167-68, 172
inauguration of, in the Signal Corps: 165
operation of, to mid-1942: 165-73
problems of recruiting qualified men for: 167
by raising priority ratings: 169
reorganizations of Signal Corps section for: 166, 172-73
scope of duties in: 167
by speeding conversion to war work: 168
by substituting materials: 169
value of: 171-72
Production Requirements Plan: 332
Propaganda. See Psychological warfare.
Prosser, Maj. Gen. Walter E.: 190, 194, 196
Protective Mobilization Plan: 37-38
Proximity fuze: 265
batteries for: 506
Psychological warfare: 346, 349-50, 358, 453
Public Roads Administration: 138
Pueblo Nuevo, Panama: 101
Puerto Rico: 24, 28, 106-08, 290, 294, 326, 397, 406, 431, 447
Purdue University: 216
Purkhiser, Capt. Herman L.: 365
Puu Manawahua, T. H.: 16
–Q–
Q signals: 345
QST: 42
Quaker Hosiery Company: 182
Quarry Heights, C. Z.: 22, 222, 307
Quartermaster Corps: 48, 139, 179, 465, 523, 541, 551
Quartz. See Crystals.
–R–
Radar: 32, 62-63, 83-102, 218, 242-76
aircraft warning (AW): 290-96, 374-80
American sets AGL and ARO: 256
AI (and AI-10): 86-88, 91, 108, 245-49. See also SCR’s-520 and 720.
ASV (and ASV-10) : 86, 88-91, 245, 249-56, 258, 276, 309. See also SCR’s-517 and 521.
AW sets, location of in Alaska: 143-45
in Australia: 111-12
in CBI: 463
in Java: 111
in the Philippines: 11-14
in the South Pacific: 475, 477, 480
CD: 93
FM altimeter: 245
IFF Mark IV: 215, 242-43, 307, 374, 464
LAB: 256
British sets
AI-IV: 86-87, 210, 247, 248, 377
ASV-II: 88, 89, 210, 249, 255, 309
CH: 93, 94, 95, 96, 97-98, 210, 291, 295
CHL: 57, 93, 96, 97, 99-100, 101-02, 215, 291-93
CHL/GCI: 96, 97-100, 101, 102, 291-93
GCI: 80n, 96-97, 101, 210, 293, 307, 346, 375, 376, 502
IFF Mark III: 85, 215, 242-43, 263, 268, 374
LW: 261-64, 293, 294, 346, 375
MRU: 97, 210, 291n, 293, 375, 376
SLC: 210
development. See under Research and development.
German Würzburg set: 85
ground: 93-102, 256-76, 375-80
installation and maintenance: 50, 293-96
jamming: 263, 378n. See also Radar (and Radio) Countermeasures.
Japanese: 111
navigational: 253, 255. See also Altimeters; Loran.
parts and spares: 324-28, 526-27, 533. See also Spare parts.
sets. See SCR’s.
training. See Camp Murphy; Drew Field; Electronic Training Group.
Radar (and Radio) Countermeasures: 15, 85-86, 263, 265, 274, 348, 360, 378n, 381, 547, 550, 559, 565
Radiation Laboratory: 57, 58, 83, 87-97 passim, 248-49, 256-75 passim, 309, 377, 553n. See also Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Office of Scientific Research and Development.
administrative: 18, 288-89, 430-31, 471. See also Army Command and Administrative Network.
AM sets: 347-48
British sets
No. 22: 232
No. 33: 347
TR-1143: 80
development of. See under Research and development.
direction finding (DF) sets: 62n, 79-80, 287, 298, 307, 386, 450, 477, 487
German set N. S. 2: 81
intercept sets: 298
jamming. See Radar (and Radio) countermeasures.
Japanese sets. See under Japanese.
link. See Radio relay.
multichannel single sideband: 223n, 224, 452, 455, 467
Navy sets TBX: 347
net procedure. See Communication procedure.
range (navigational aid): 54n, 210, 277n, 281n, 284, 285, 288n, 488
spectrum. See Frequencies.
VHF sets: 71, 79-81, 210, 239-41, 285, 307, 373
500 series for the Armored Force: 70-72, 76, 230, 232, 348, 356
600 series for the FA: 71, 72-73, 232, 348
700 and 800 series: 232-33
Radio Algiers: 358
Radio communications
for the AACS
in Alaska: 141-42
in the Caribbean: 307-08
in North East: 288-89
in South Pacific: 474-75
in Alaska: 124-25, 127-29, 133-35, 486-89
for the Alaska Defense Command: 124-25, 131-33, 142
for Akan: 136-38
in Burma: 115-16
in China and CBI: 116, 304-05, 464
on Corregidor: 117-22
in Iceland: 103-04
in Middle East: 458-59
in the Philippine Islands: 15, 17-19, 116-22
in the South Pacific: 471, 472-74, 476-77, 488
Radio Corporation of America (RCA): 19, 31, 42, 149, 170, 245, 263, 329, 429. See also Sarnoff, Col. David.
Army use of radio facilities of: 9, 18, 118
royalty agreement with: 334-35
Radio intelligence: 386, 445-46, 477, 559. See also Signal intelligence; Signal Corps units,
101st-128th and 955th Signal Radio Intelligence Companies.
Radio Maroc: 363
Radio Position Finding: 62. See also Radar.
Radio range. See under Radio.
Radio Recognition: 85. See also Radar, IFF.
development of: 234-37
first Army installation in N. Africa, 1943 : 372-73
Radiophoto. See Facsimile.
Washington-London single sideband circuit: 223
and Army’s new portable and vehicular radios: 71, 72, 75, 76
conversations between Roosevelt and Churchill: 445n
Eisenhower’s demand for, promoting radio relay: 371
realization of value of: 381
Radioteletype: 218, 434, 447, 474
for AACS installations: 289, 449-50
Algiers ACAN station: 452, 454
conference facilities: 454n
development of: 219-24
and radio relay in North Africa, 1943: 372-73
first use by the Signal Corps, 1941-42: 221n, 222, 297
RADME and RADNESE: 450
Ramgarh, India: 114, 304, 305, 305n, 466
Ramsdall Tool Company: 168
Rapid-pole-line: 199, 229, 340, 368-69, 370
Rauland Corporation: 171
Raymond Wilmotte Engineering Company: 283
Rearden, Lt. Col. James R.: 290, 293, 294
Recife, Brazil: 561n
Reconstruction Finance Corporation: 158
Recruiting and recruits: 42, 195, 200
civilians: 49-50
enlisted men: 38-43
officers: 44-48
Redman, Rear Adm. Joseph R.: 547, 551, 555, 558, 559
Reeder, Col. William O.: 44, 51
Reeves Sound Laboratory: 162
Rehm, Wendell L.: 275
Reichelderfer, Lt. Col. H.: 79
Renegotiation. See under Contracts.
Repair. See Maintenance and repair.
Replacement Training Centers. See Signal Corps Replacement Training Centers.
Republic: 29
Requirements: 30, 45, 67, 164, 186, 217, 244-45, 315, 321, 504. See also Production Requirements Plan.
ASP as basis for calculating: 148, 521, 533-34
as basis for budget estimates: 147-49
peacetime definition of: 30
for raw materials: 153-65 passim
for wire, December 1941: 30
Research Construction Company: 87, 90, 249, 257, 261
Research and development (R&D) : 58-102, 218-76, 322, 367. See also Equipment; Laboratories; Radar; Radio; SCR’s; Wire
conflict with supply: 58-59, 61, 337, 492-93, 530, 541-42
shared with civilian and industrial laboratories: 58, 78, 265
of wire equipment: 63-70, 218-29
Research and Development Division. See under Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Research Enterprises Limited: 88-89, 93, 97, 101, 102, 262, 263
Reserve Corps. See Enlisted Reserve Corps; Officers, Reserve; Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) : 23, 44, 47-48
Signal Corps ROTC schools, 1941: 47n
Restorer: 131
Reykjavik, Iceland: 103, 104, 285, 408n
Rhudy, Capt. J. H.: 498
Richey, Lt. Col. Harold L.: 557n
Ridenour, Dr. Louis N.: 377
Rivers, Capt. William H.: 399
Riverside, Calif.: 25
Rives, Col. Tom C.: 44, 61, 63, 230, 327, 543n
and the Army Air Forces: 281-83, 284, 539, 564
and radar developments: 244, 252, 268, 274, 290, 306, 378n
Roberts, Col. Frank N.: 558
Roberts, Maj. Ora F.: 139, 482, 483
Roberts Field, Liberia: 310
Robinson, Alfred K.: 133
Rochester Machine Screw Company: 169
Rockwell, Lt. Col. Robert B. H.: 477
Rooks, Lt. Col. W. A.: 50
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 100, 102, 358, 412, 431, 445n, 446
Royal Air Force (RAF): 56-57, 115, 210, 211, 212, 295, 344, 364, 379, 450, 454
Royal Australian Air Force: 109, 111, 112
Royal Canadian Air Force: 139
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals: 139
Royal Corps of Signals: 339, 454, 459
differences from the Signal Corps: 210, 344
Royal Navy: 344, 359, 364, 378, 454, 546
Royal Ordnance Corps: 210
Royalty payments (agreement with RCA) : 334-35
Royle, John, and Sons, Company: 505
Rubber and rubber substitutes (synthetics) : 70, 155, 157-59, 499
Rumbough, Brig. Gen. William S.: 44, 53, 75, 190, 312, 339, 398-99
Rumson, N.J.: 62
Rural Electrification Administration: 139
Russia. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Ryder, Maj. Gen. Charles W.: 385
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Sacramento, Calif.: 196, 318, 515
Sacramento Signal Depot: 515
Sadtler, Col. Otis K.: 40, 41, 44, 446
Safi, Africa: 347, 357, 360-61, 399
St. Croix, Virgin Islands: 307
St. George Hotel, Algiers: 363, 454
St. George Island, Alaska: 123, 135
St. John’s, Newfoundland: 278
St. Lucia: 308
St. Paul Island, Alaska: 123, 134
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: 307, 308
Sakakida, M. Sgt. Richard K.: 121
Salinas, Ecuador: 279
Salisbury, Ensign John D.: 111
Saltzman, Col. Charles E.: 50
Saltzman, 2nd Lt. Stephen G.: 6
Samoa: 111, 288n, 291, 294, 475
San Antonio, Tex.: 183, 226, 515, 517
San Antonio Signal (ASF) Depot: 179, 515, 517
San Bernardino Signal Depot: 515
San Francisco: 9, 16, 18, 29, 78, 109, 223, 296, 298, 300, 429, 430, 433, 448, 473, 509
San Francisco Regional Labor Office: 496, 498
San Francisco Signal Corps Procurement District: 174, 176, 177, 324
San Francisco Signal (General) Depot: 179
San Jose, Costa Rica: 278
San Pedro, Calif.: 515
Sanger, Col. Donald B.: 223
Santa Ana, P. R.: 308
Sarnoff, Col. David: 245, 336, 542, 544n, 564
Savage, 2nd Lt. Robert: 498
Saville, Col. Gordon P.: 87, 93n, 95, 97-98, 260, 262, 271, 291, 549
Sbeitla, Africa: 382
Scandrett, 1st Lt. William: 6
Scearce, Chief WO Robert L.: 122
Schlosberg, Col. Richard T.: 390n, 395, 415
Schofield Barracks, T. H.: 6, 7n
Schools. See Training.
Scott, Lt. Rey: 416
Scott, Brig. W. A.: 344
SCR-188, radio: 115, 235, 303, 346, 347, 360, 373, 457, 474, 533
SCR-193, radio: 72, 77n, 137, 229, 347, 348, 351, 354, 357, 360, 361, 381, 385, 480
SCR’s-194 and 195, radio: 31, 73, 75, 234, 480.
See also Walkie-talkie radio.
SCR-197, radio: 11, 19-20, 182, 235, 347, 473, 474, 477
SCR-211, frequency meter: 31, 169-70, 171
SCR-244, radio: 77
SCR-245, radio: 72-73, 165, 229, 233, 480
SCR-251, navigational aid: 31
SCR-255, DF: 386
SCR-264, radio: 239
SCR-268, radar: 32, 93, 94, 99, 111-12, 155, 215, 242, 256, 257, 263, 264, 265, 268, 272, 290, 302, 326, 327, 529, 534n
in Canal Zone: 101
in CBI: 463
in Guadalcanal: 477n
in Java: 111
in New Caledonia: 475
in North Africa: 374, 375, 526
spare parts for: 326-27
SCR-269, radio compass: 31, 184
SCR-270, radar: 32, 54-55, 93-102, 170, 210, 215, 242, 256, 257, 262, 263, 264, 290-91, 302, 325-26, 327, 502, 534
in Caribbean areas: 107, 308, 309
in India: 463
in North Africa: 375-76
in Philippine Islands: 11-13
in South and Southwest Pacific: 111-12, 475, 477, 480
spare parts for: 325-27
in 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers: 94
SCR-271, radar: 32, 93-102, 210, 235, 256, 261, 262, 264, 290-91, 325-26, 327, 502, 534
in Caribbean areas: 28, 107, 308, 309
in Hawaii: 15-16
in the Philippines: 11-13
in South and Southwest Pacific: 111, 475
spare parts for: 325-27
SCR-274, radio: 31, 78-79, 168, 184, 239, 501
SCR-284, radio: 28, 75, 76n, 169, 170, 171, 232, 234, 347, 348, 354, 360, 361, 480, 506, 522, 526, 537
SCR-293 and 294, radio: 71-72, 168, 348
SCR-296, radar: 93, 256-59, 272
SCR-297, navigational aid: 11n
SCR-298, radio: 235
SCR-299, radio: 72, 78, 155, 229, 233, 235, 236, 342, 346-47, 348, 371, 457, 472, 473, 474, 516, 526
excellence as a long-range mobile set: 76, 363, 380, 385
proposed radioteletype operation of, 1942: 224
use in air-ground support: 373
use in North African campaign: 353, 360, 381-82
SCR-300, radio: 76n, 537. See also Walkie-talkie radio.
development of, utilizing FM circuits: 73, 234
superior in comparative tests with British radio No. 48: 232
SCR-399, radio: 155
SCR-505, radio: 76
SCR-506, radio: 229
SCR-508, radio: 71n, 72, 229, 232, 233, 348
SCR-509, radio: 71n, 73, 229, 232, 233, 356, 361, 506
SCR-510, radio: 71n, 184, 229, 232, 233, 506
SCR-511, radio: 184, 233, 234, 347, 354, 471, 480, 526
origin of, as a Cavalry set: 75-76
use in North African campaign: 360-61
SCR-515, IFF radar: 85, 93, 215, 243
SCR-516, radar: 93, 99, 112, 256, 290, 375, 376, 463
SCR-517, radar: 91, 184, 249-53, 254, 258, 527
SCR-518, radar altimeter: 84, 243-45, 246, 501
SCR-520, radar: 87-88, 91, 248, 249, 254, 377
SCR-521, radar: 88-89, 93, 215, 249, 255, 302, 309, 375
SCR-522, radio: 184, 248, 307, 494
developed from a British prototype: 78, 79-81
difficulties in production of: 239-41
use in air-ground support: 348, 373
a VHF command set for the AAF: 71
SCR-527, radar: 93, 96, 256, 261, 502
SCR-528, radio: 71n, 72n, 229, 232, 348
SCR-532 and 533, IFF radar: 93, 215, 243
SCR-535, IFF radar: 85, 242-43, 302
SCR-536, radio: 31, 76, 165, 184, 233, 234, 347, 522, 526. See also Handie-talkie radio.
origin of, 1941: 75
use in the North African campaign: 361, 381
SCR-538, radio: 71n, 72n, 229, 232, 348
SCR-540, radar: 86-87, 108, 247-48
SCR-545, radar: 93, 266, 267-70, 272-73, 529
SCR-547, radar: 93, 268n, 377, 529
SCR-556, DF: 310
SCR’s-561, 562, 563, 565, and 566
VHF radio facilities: 307, 310
SCR-578, radio: 78, 81-83, 184, 330
SCR-582, radar: 93, 226, 257-60, 265, 272, 276, 309, 377-79
SCR-584, radar: 93, 276, 377, 529, 533
an accurate gun layer (GL) : 85, 258
development of: 265-74
SCR-587, radio: 86
SCR-588, radar: 93, 97, 101-02, 107, 215, 256, 261, 309, 375-76, 502
SCR-598, radar: 257
SCR-602, radar: 262-64, 375, 379-80, 463, 464n
SCR-608, radio: 72-73, 184, 233, 237, 526
SCR-610, radio: 184, 233, 237, 348, 526
SCR-615, radar: 261-62, 265, 275, 309
SCR-618, radar altimeter: 243-44
SCR-625, mine detector: 385
SCR-682, radar: 260
SCR-694, radio: 537
SCR-698, radio: 78n
SCR-708, radio: 233
SCR-718, radar altimeter: 243-45
SCR-720, radar: 377
SCR-808, radio: 233
Sea Girt, N.J.: 52
Seattle: 25, 124-27, 131, 134, 135, 137, 139, 142, 145, 429, 438
Seattle Signal Depot: 515
Secrecy: 111, 270-71, 343, 430, 444, 464
Secret Service: 432
Secretary of War: 87, 99, 208, 250, 271, 298, 492, 536, 550, 563n. See also Stimson, Henry L.
Security: 204, 298, 340n, 372, 416, 427, 430, 444-47
photographic: 405-06
signal (communications) : 444-47, 544n
Selective Service: 27, 37, 40, 47, 392n, 394, 494, 497
Selfos, Iceland: 306
Selfridge Annex, London: 313
Selfridge Field, Mich.: 68
Semaphore: 382n
Services of Supply: 28, 36, 43, 139, 303, 337, 365-66, 394, 415, 456, 523, 555-61
became ASF: 491
CBI Base Section No. 3: 464, 466
Control Division of: 413, 420, 422, 518, 519, 554-55
Depot study, 1943: 518-19
Director of Purchases: 507n
Procurement Branch of: 322
report on inspection: 513
Signal Corps’ place under: 58-60, 70, 186, 323, 424, 536, 537, 538-40, 545-47, 559
in Signal Corps production and supply matters: 254, 268, 325, 335, 513, 533
in Signal Corps training matters: 195, 206, 207, 214, 217, 319, 321
in Southwest Pacific: 299-302
in spare parts matters: 527-32
Special Services (Branch) Division of: 392n, 413n, 415
took over Signal Corps photography, 1943: 422-23, 543n
Training Division of: 413, 421
Seward, Alaska: 124, 125, 143, 145, 486
Sharp, Brig. Gen. William F.: 116
Sheetz, Maj. Lawrence C.: 363
Sherrill, Brig. Gen. Stephen H.: 319
Shipping problems: 106, 128, 342, 353, 354, 459-60, 471-72
Shirer, William L.: 416
Short, Capt. James C.: 500
Short, Lt. Gen. Walter C.: 4, 10, 17
Shortages: 30, 31-32, 525, 532, 534-35. See also Materials shortages.
definitions of strategic and critical: 154n
of personnel: 194-95, 200, 204
of radar: 32
Shuler, Maj. John: 27
SIAM. See Signal Information and Monitoring Service.
Sidi bou Zid, Africa: 381
Siemens-Halske Company: 155
Signal Airways Service: 287
Signal center. See Message center.
Signal Corps
as an arm: 59, 362, 489, 541, 546
organization. For field organizations of the Signal Corps, see under their individual names; for headquarters, see under Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
units. See Signal Corps units.
Signal Corps Advisory Council: 336, 542-43
Signal Corps Aircraft Signal Service (SCASS) : 181, 237-38, 323, 528, 531
Signal Maintenance Section: 181
Signal Corps Board: 64
Signal Corps Depots. See Depots. See also individual depots by name.
Signal Corps Eastern Signal Service: 531
Signal Corps General Development Laboratories: 63, 64, 68, 80, 177, 227, 234, 236, 237, 238, 323
Field Radio Communication Section: 2
Signal Corps Ground Signal Service: 238, 323, 528, 531
Maintenance Section: 528
Signal Corps Inspection Agency: 323, 324, 503, 509, 528. See also Inspection.
Signal Corps Laboratories: 61-162 and 225-65 passim
Field Laboratory No. 1: 62n, 73n
Field Laboratory No. 2: 62n, 70
Field Laboratory No. 3: 62, 63, 93, 96
Signal Corps Photographic Center: 197, 390-425 passim
Training Division of: 390
Signal Corps Photographic Laboratory: 389, 390, 391, 398, 401, 411, 412
Still Picture Library Branch: 412
Signal Corps Radar Laboratory: 62n, 63, 96, 98, 99, 177, 215, 291, 295, 323, 325. See also Camp Evans.
and the development of LW radar: 262, 379
and the development of SCR-584: 267, 274
mobile procurement teams from: 327
number of projects at, January 1942: 93
placed under the Signal Corps Ground Signal Service, December 1942: 238
Systems Engineering Section of: 102
Signal Corps Radar School. See Camp Murphy.
Signal Corps Replacement Training Centers at Camp Crowder: 53-54, 189-94, 196, 200, 204, 318
at Camp Kohler: 196-97, 318-19, 321
at Fort Monmouth: 24, 26, 196-204, 318, 321
expansion of, 1942: 51-53
Mental Hygiene Unit: 201
Special Training School: 201
Signal Corps School, Fort Monmouth: 51-53, 55, 188n, 190-209 passim, 247, 249, 317, 319
AW Department: 24, 55, 190, 200
moved from Fort Monmouth to Camp Murphy: 318
Cryptographic Division: 204
departments of: 51n
Enlisted Men’s Department: 194, 199
Officers’ Department: 194, 206
Signal Corps Standards Agency: 530
Signal Corps Technical Committee: 66, 82, 226, 245, 492
Signal Corps units: 7n, 36, 37, 187, 338-39, 345-46, 349n. See also Affiliated Plan.
Regiments
515th Signal Aircraft Warning: 16n
800th Signal Service: 194
Battalions
1st Armored Signal: 223, 350, 360
2nd Signal Service: 456
26th Signal Construction: 104, 306
27th Signal Construction: 368, 380n
28th Signal Construction: 368
51st Signal: 466
53rd Signal: 354, 356, 365, 382, 384
54th Signal Construction: 104, 306
99th Signal: 40
141st Armored Signal: 350, 380, 382. See also 141st Armored Signal Company.
251st Signal Construction: 368
435th Signal Construction: 458
556th Signal Aircraft Warning: 205
558th Signal Aircraft Warning: 107n
560th Aircraft Warning: 375
561st Aircraft Warning: 375
562nd Aircraft Warning: 211
827th Signal Service: 358
829th Signal Service: 346-47, 353, 363, 380, 382, 384, 455n
Company D: 372
North African Pigeon Platoon: 382
835th Signal: 464n, 466. See also 835th Signal Service Company.
843rd Signal Service: 140, 483
846th Signal Service Photographic: 411
850th Signal Service: 195, 311, 456, 457
928th Signal: 227
Air Support Command Signal: 384
Companies
2nd Signal: 298
5th Signal: 104n
9th Signal Service: 7n, 109, 297, 358, 362
22nd Signal Service: 107
24th Signal: 7n
25th Signal: 7n, 477, 480, 481
37th Signal: 479
47th Signal: 357
60th Signal: 320
69th Signal Service: 478
73rd Signal: 106
83rd Signal: 304
92nd Signal: 317
93rd Signal: 317
101st Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 298
117th Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 386n
120th Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 107
121st Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 104n
122nd Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 352n, 386n
123rd Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 366n
128th Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 386
141st Armored Signal: 357, 365. See also
141st Armored Signal Battalion.
161st Signal Photographic: 104, 397, 406
162nd Signal Photographic: 397, 399, 406, 478
163rd Signal Photographic: 386, 397, 398, 406
164th Signal Photographic: 40, 397, 406
165th Signal Photographic: 40, 406
176th Signal Repair: 112n, 302n
177th Signal Repair: 526
183rd Signal Repair: 195
196th Signal Photographic: 406
202nd Signal Depot: 302
203rd Signal Depot: 104
210th Signal Depot: 535
231st Signal Operations: 460
233rd Signal Operations: 535
235th Signal Operations: 304, 465, 466
255th Signal Construction: 484, 485
258th Signal Construction: 486n
262nd Signal Construction: 228
275th Signal Construction: 317
281st Signal Service Company Aviation: 465
286th Signal Company Composite: 365
307th Signal Company Aviation: 7n, 25
317th Signal Aircraft Warning: 25
324th Signal Company Aviation: 7n
325th Signal Company Aviation: 307
327th Signal Company Aviation: 307
328th Signal Company Aviation: 19n
331st Signal Aircraft Warning: 26
402nd Signal Service: 280
407th Signal Company Aviation: 7n, 19
415th Signal Company Aviation: 303
428th Signal Company Aviation: 7n
436th Signal Construction: 299
440th Signal Construction: 299
579th Signal Company: 479-80
580th Aircraft Warning: 5
672nd Aircraft Warning: 475
673rd Aircraft Warning: 475
674th Aircraft Warning: 475
675th Signal Aircraft Warning: 463
679th Signal Aircraft Warning: 463
687th Signal Aircraft Warning: 107n
688th Signal Aircraft Warning: 107n
692nd Signal Aircraft Warning: 108, 309
706th Signal Aircraft Warning: 107n
708th Aircraft Warning: 260
809th Signal Service: 110
811th Signal Port Service: 187
827th Signal Service: 105, 106
830th Signal Service: 310, 311, 451, 454
832nd Signal Service: 302n, 467-68
833rd Signal Service: 312, 458, 460
835th Signal Service: 76n, 77, 114-16, 279-82, 464, 465. See also 835th Signal Battalion.
838th Signal Service: 141
841st Signal Service: 289
849th Signal Company Radio Intelligence: 386n
860th Signal Radio Intelligence Aviation: 106, 278
861st Signal Service: 304, 466
898th Signal Depot: 535
905th Signal Depot Aviation: 475
909th Signal Depot Aviation: 535
955th Signal Radio Intelligence: 466
972nd Signal Service: 109
976th Signal Service: 451
977th Signal Service: 451
1001st Signal Service: 278
1036th Signal: 464
Signal Aircraft Warning Company Hawaii: 3-4, 6-7, 7n, 15, 16n
Signal Aircraft Warning Company Panama: 107n
Signal Aircraft Warning Company Philippines: 11, 12
Platoons
12th Signal Platoon Air Base: 7n
32nd Signal Platoon Air Base: 356
36th Signal: 29
45th Signal: 7n
Miscellaneous
1st Radio Broadcasting Detachment: 341
1st Signal Photo Mail Company: 407
2nd Radio Broadcasting Detachment: 341, 362
2nd Signal Radio Service Section: 346n
7th Signal Troop: 357
803rd Fixed Station Radio Detachment: 479
807th Fixed Station Radio Detachment: 479
834th Signal Service Photographic Detachment: 415
Signal Information and Monitoring Service: 537n
Signal intelligence: 366n, 544n, 563. See also Cryptanalysis; Intercept; Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Signal Intelligence Service; Radio intelligence.
Signal Operating Instructions: 345, 348, 349, 350, 360
Signal School. See Signal Corps School.
Signal Security Agency: 444, 445, 447. See also Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Signal Intelligence Service.
Signals. See Communications.
Simplex Wire and Cable Company: 157, 184
Sims, Lt. Col. A. M.: 420, 421
Singapore: 18
Sitka, Alaska: 124, 126, 134, 143-44, 145
Slick, Judge Thomas W.: 512
Small business: 150, 151, 170, 328-31, 507
number and value of contracts held by: 329, 330-31
spreading procurement to: 328-31
Small War Plants Corporation: 329, 331
Smith, Col. Wallace G.: 286, 558
Snow, Col. Conrad E.: 62n, 495-96
Snow, 1st Lt. Crocker: 283
Solomon Islands: 110, 111, 298
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 59-60, 70, 165-66, 212, 245, 270, 274, 339, 418, 442, 491, 545, 547, 550, 551, 554, 555, 556, 559, 564-65
and AAF-Signal Corps problems: 282, 294-95, 393n, 438, 439
on photographic problems: 392-93, 393n, 404, 410, 421-25, 543n
on retiring General Olmstead: 560-63
on supply problems: 244, 246, 272-73, 329, 337, 534
on training problems: 212, 321
Sondrestromfjord, Greenland: 285, 288n, 289
Sonotone Corporation: 330
Sophie Christiansen: 486
Souk Ahras, Africa: 370, 371, 400
Souk el Arba, Africa: 370, 377, 400
South Pacific (Area) : 296, 296n, 448, 468, 470-81, 525
Southampton Island, Canada: 288, 289
Southern Pacific Railroad: 170
Southwest Pacific (Southwest Pacific Area) : 296, 298-303, 467, 470, 471, 481
Spaatz, Maj. Gen. Carl: 246, 284, 314
Spare parts: 130, 254, 290, 308, 324-28, 525-32
ASF study of: 528-31
contracting policy and methods for: 527
difficulties in calculating requirements for: 324-25, 531
divided responsibility for: 528, 529
early efforts to provide, for radar: 326-27
efforts to improve deliveries of: 527-28
lack of, overseas: 525-27
lack of standardization in: 530
mobile procurement teams: 327
Wallace-Clark reports on: 527-28, 531-32
Special Observers’ Group: 339
Special Services. See under Services of Supply.
Specialists: 34, 43, 44, 46, 51-52, 57, 536n. See also Army Specialist Corps; Training, technical.
for ACAN: 38
acquainting field commanders with the categories of: 43
under the Affiliated Plan: 39-40
for BOLERO: 338-39
lack of production specialists: 543, 544
radar and AWS specialists: 23-24, 40-41, 43, 50, 54-55, 212, 537. See also Electronic Training Group.
shortages of: 200, 315, 321-22
wire specialists: 40
Specifications. See under Equipment.
Sperry Gyroscope Company: 334
Spigelglass, Leonard: 416
Spiral-four cable: 234, 271n, 367. See also Equipment, wire items, CC-358 and WC-548.
and carrier equipment: 66, 68, 225-29. See also Carrier equipment and systems.
developed by Signal Corps and Bell Telephone laboratories: 67
first use in North African campaign, 1943: 368-71
origin of: 66
Sprague, Capt. A. F.: 14-15
Squier Laboratory: 63
Standard Oil Company: 157, 158
Standard Oil Company of Arabia: 114
Standardization. See under Equipment.
Stark, Admiral Harold L.: 257
State, Department of: 306
cable to London: 312
Steel Engineer: 309
Stephenville, Newfoundland: 278
Stern, Lt. Col. Benjamin: 54
Stevenot, Lt. Col. J. E. S.: 119
Stewart, Capt. J. D.: 341
Stewart-Warner Corporation: 243
Still pictures: 388, 390, 392, 396, 411-12, 426
assistance to corps area laboratories: 412
early facilities for making: 389
growth of facilities for, 1942-43: 392, 411-12
identification and passport pictures: 392
still picture laboratories. See Signal Corps Photographic Laboratory.
still picture library in Washington: 411-12
training cameramen for: 390, 394-95, 396, 412
Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.: 115, 196n, 304, 464, 465, 565
Stimson, Henry L.: 254, 389, 555. See also Secretary of War.
accompanied test flight of ASV radar: 91, 249-50
and Canal Zone radar: 99-100, 107, 309
comment on the Signal Corps and electronics: 59
interest in radar: 62, 89n, 90, 255, 260
Stock control. See also Storage and Issue Agency.
administrative organizations for handling: 514-15
Stock Numbering Agency: 516
Stodter, Col. Charles S.: 403n
Stone, Maj. Carrington H.: 27
Stoner, Brig. Gen. Frank E.: 44, 51, 255, 437, 440, 441, 445, 448, 484
and ACAN: 223, 435, 447, 452, 453
on need for strong communication control: 438, 546, 557, 558
Storage. See Depots; Storage and Issue Agency.
Storage and Issue Agency: 514-15, 528
functions of: 514-15, 518, 520
operations of, to mid-1943: 514-15
packaging operations. See Packing and packaging.
teletypewriter network of: 434
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E.: 548, 549
Strength, Signal Corps of Alaska Communication System, early 1942: 124
civilian, early 1942: 34
civilian, peak attained in summer 1942: 316
depot personnel, January-May 1943 : 520
enlisted men, late 1942: 321
inspectors, peak, mid-1943: 510
of Materiel Division, mid-1943: 323
on Oahu, 7 December 1941: 7n
officers, enlisted men and civilians in mid-1942: 315, 316
officers and men in early 1942 : 34, 38, 44, 48, 206, 207
officers and men on 7 December 1941: 23
Strobing, Pfc. Irving: 121
Strohecker, Lt. G. Mark: 523
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company: 169, 171, 517
Strong, Maj. Gen. George V.: 435, 540, 545
Stutesman, Col. John H.: 557n
Styer, Brig. Gen. Wilhelm D.: 422, 550
Subcontracting. See under Contracts.
Subic Bay, P. I.: 13
Substitute materials. See also Conservation.
research in, for rubber: 157-59
research in, for steatite: 163
Suez Canal Port Command: 456
Sundfelt Equipment Company: 131n
Supply. See also Procurement.
basic Signal Corps headquarters organization and policies for: 149-73, 323, 336-37
catalogs and cataloging: 492, 518, 529n
and conflict with technical specialization: 491-93
dominating R&D: 58-62, 530, 541-44
field organization for: 173-83, 323-24
fiscal year summary of, 1943: 532-35
for radar: 62
Surgeon General, The: 518, 523. See also Medical Corps.
Suva, Fiji Islands: 109, 407, 408n, 473, 476
Swift, Maj. R. G.: 194
Switchboards: 68-70. See also Equipment, types and items, BD’s.
Sydney, Australia: 298, 299, 300, 302, 467, 468, 473
Synthetics. See Rubber.
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Tables of Basic Allowances: 153, 212, 226, 322, 325, 342, 459, 471, 475, 520
Tables of Equipment: 322, 492, 521, 534, 548
Tables of Organization: 35-37, 124, 188, 212, 322, 401, 548
Taboga Island, Panama: 261
Tager, Maj. Arthur: 499
Takoradi, Africa: 456n
Tansey, Brig. Gen. Patrick H.: 557, 558
Task Force 4: 103
Task Force 6814: 110
Task Force 8012 Composite: 108
Taylor, Lt. Comdr. W. E. R., USNR: 7n
Teague, Col. Theodore T.: 17-19, 117, 118-22
Tébessa, Africa: 367, 376, 382
Tel Litvinsky: 456
Telegraph: 67-68, 71, 517. See also Boehme; Radiotelegraph.
in Alaska: 125
operation revolutionized by the teletypewriter: 63-64
in Philippine Islands: 15
Telephone: 67-70. See also Poles and pole lines; Wire.
in Army camps: 439-40
in Great Britain: 313
for the Hanford atomic energy site: 440
in Middle East: 459-60
in New Caledonia: 110
in North Africa: 340-41, 457, 459
in South Pacific: 475
in United States: 430n
Teletype: 64, 68, 107, 219-24, 427, 442, 514, 516. See also Carrier equipment and systems; Radioteletype.
full use dependent on accessory equipment: 64-67
in Middle East: 459-60
in New Guinea: 303
in Philippine Islands: 11, 15, 64, 107
research and development: 218-24
trend to automatic operation: 219-24
Teletype Corporation: 64n, 169
Teletypewriter Exchange: 434, 442
Teletypewriters: 198, 218-22, 224, 237, 519, 525
adapted for field use: 64
in London: 313
No. 15 TTY set: 64n
No. 19 TTY set: 222n
Tests. See Army General Classification Test; Mechanical Aptitude Test.
Theodolites: 502
Thomas, Maj. Jesse F.: 349, 350
Thomas, Col. Samuel H.: 459
Thompson, Lt. Col. G. L.: 174
Thrasher, S. Sgt. Waldo V.: 398, 399
Tierie, Lt. Col. N. J. C.: 75
Tinsukia, India: 305n, 465, 466
Tocumwal, Australia: 303n
Toledo, Ohio: 496
Toner, Lt. H. E.: 278n
Tontouta, New Caledonia: 110, 408n, 475
TORCH: 241, 306-80 passim, 555
Townsend, Col. George L.: 304, 488
Townsville, Australia: 112, 298-303, 467
Training: 23-26, 51-57, 186-217, 280, 315-22. See also Camp Murphy, Radar School; Eastern and Midwestern Signal Corps Schools and Training Centers; Electronic Training Group; Officer Candidate School; Signal Corps Replacement Training Centers; Signal Corps School.
courses: 26, 53-55, 187, 188n, 191-214 passim, 317, 319, 444
doctrine and procedure: 198-99
equipment and aids for: 54, 189, 198, 214, 215, 248
facilities, growth of, 1942-43: 51-57, 189-217, 318-21
instructors: 26, 53, 55, 194, 198, 199
literature: 51n, 191, 199, 214
photographic: 389, 390, 394-96, 426
photomail (V-Mail) : 407
Signal Corps control of: 186-87, 212
strength: 187, 189-94, 196, 205, 207? 209, 217
in the theaters overseas: 280, 370, 386, 479
unit and team training: 319-20
in VHF subjects: 45, 188n, 209, 210, 319
at WAR: 442-43
Training, technical in advanced electronics in American schools: 57
aircraft warning: 24, 54-55, 318
effect of troop basis in determining: 36-37
expansion of, early 1942 : 51-57
inadequacy of troop instruction in: 51-52
lack of AAF cooperation in: 52, 55
lack of time to complete: 55-57, 322
limitations imposed on, by T/O’s: 35-36
preinduction training, in Enlisted Reserve Corps: 41-42, 317-18
problems of securing men qualified for: 40-41, 209 315—18 321
for radar specialists: 25-26, 209-12, 319-20
shortages of students for radar: 23-26
Training Film Production Laboratory at Fort Monmouth: 389, 390, 393
Training films: 198, 199, 386, 387-89, 390, 418-25, 426
for AAF. See Army Pictorial Service.
appropriations for, 1942—43: 426
definition of: 418
distribution of: 412-14
expansion of production facilities for: 390
facilities for producing, 1941: 388-89
historical series: 416-17
industrial incentive films: 418
investigation of program for, 1942-43: 419-24
orientation films: 414-16
procedure for initiating: 429
production by commercial studios: 389, 392-93, 418, 419-20
rescoring of, into foreign languages: 391
value of: 387-88, 391, 415, 416, 426
Transportation Corps: 139, 439n
Treest, Col. Ira H.: 278n
TRIGGER: 56
Trinidad: 107, 108, 294, 308, 309, 397, 406, 431, 448n, 449
Trinidad Base Command: 108
Troop basis: 35-37, 148, 166, 187, 317, 521
for the Army Air Forces: 37, 45
deficiencies of: 36-37
units authorized for the Aircraft Warning Service: 37
units authorized Signal Corps by, 1941: 36
Tropicalization. See under Packing and packaging.
Truman, Harry S.: 419, 422, 423, 424
Truscott, Brig. Gen. Lucian K.: 348, 362
Tubes. See Vacuum Tubes.
Tully, Col. Terence J.: 351, 354, 363, 373, 384, 526, 538, 539
Tunis and Tunisia: 340-400 passim, 537
Tutuila: 473
Twaddle, Brig. Gen. Harry L.: 55
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation: 418, 424
Twentieth General Hospital: 465
Twin Lights, Highlands, N.J.: 62
Twitchell, Col. Heath: 484
Tyler, 1st Lt. Kermit A.: 5
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U-701: 91n
Ulmer, A. J.: 169
Umnak Island, Alaska: 123-28, 142, 145, 279n, 416
Unalaska Island, Alaska: 127, 129-30, 145
Under Secretary of War: 32-33, 81, 149, 164, 167, 173, 175, 207, 244, 496. See also Patterson, Robert P.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: 141, 458
complaints regarding W-110-B: 511
recipient of lend-lease: 500-501
United Kingdom. See Great Britain.
United Shoe Machine Corporation: 266n
United States Army Forces, Far East (USAFFE) : 10, 12, 17-19, 117
United States Embassy, London: 105
United States Employment Service: 496
United States Forces in the Pacific (USFIP) : 119
United States Military Academy: 44
United States Military North African Mission: 456
United States Office of Education: 42, 57
United States Post Office Department: 407
United States Rubber Company: 66, 184, 499
Units. See under their Arm or Service.
University of California: 47n
University of Illinois: 47 n University of Michigan: 47n
University of Minnesota: 47n
University of Wisconsin: 47n
Upper Teslin, Canada: 142
Urhane, Capt. F. F.: 73n
Utah General Depot. See Ogden Signal Depot.
Utskalahammar, Iceland: 306
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Vacuum tubes: 31, 155, 267-68, 273, 501, 525. See also Magnetron; Plan Position Indicator.
salvage of: 517
VT-118: 240
VT-158: 264
Valdez, Alaska: 124
Van Deusen, Brig. Gen. George L.: 51, 206, 208, 320
Van Horn, Col. James H.: 288
Van Ness, 1st Lt. W. L.: 397, 478
Vance, 1st Lt. Wilbur H.: 250
Vandewater, M. Sgt. Kenneth A.: 133
Vatnesendi, Iceland: 306
VHF. See under Radio.
Vint Hill Farms, Va.: 444, 445. See also Signal Security Agency.
Vistanex: 157-58
Visual signals: 320, 348, 373, 382n
advantages of: 408
growth of: 407-08
Signal Corps responsibilities for: 407
station locations overseas: 408n
troop units for, 1942-43: 407
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WAAC. See Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
Wahiawa, T. H.: 6
Waianae, T. H.: 7
Wainegela Mission, New Guinea: 303
Wainwright, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.: 17, 119, 120
Wake Island: 19-20
Walerga Collection Center: 197
Walkie-talkie radio: 73, 75, 232, 234, 480, 502, 524, 537. See also SCR’s-194/195 and 300.
Wallace Clark and Company: 27, 149, 165-68, 178, 527, 528, 531, 532
Waller Field, Trinidad: 219, 308, 449
Walsh, Lt. Col. Robert J.: 498
Walt Disney Studios: 392
WAR: 103, 106, 114, 221n, 222, 223, 224, 296, 297, 307, 312, 429-73 passim. See also War Department Message (Signal) Center.
War Committee on Radio: 153
War Department General Staff (WDGS): 36, 37, 60, 90, 186, 199, 207, 286, 321, 322, 538, 545, 546, 554, 555
G-1: 25, 36, 40-41, 43, 47, 195, 206
G-4: 25, 80, 111, 423, 492, 554, 555, 564
Military Intelligence Division: 205
OPD: 454n, 465, 538, 540, 555-57
proposed Communications Division: 556-60
Public Relations, Bureau of: 392, 395, 405, 412, 413n, 414, 415, 423
Signal Corps officers in: 538
War Department Message (Signal) Center: 223, 312, 429, 430-31, 432, 435. See also WAR.
center of ACAN system: 429-32, 435
installation and testing of automatic equipment at: 219, 442
traffic loads, 1942: 441-42
training ACAN operators at: 442-43
and warning messages on Pearl Harbor day: 9, 10
War Department Photonews Board: 405, 406
War Manpower Commission: 496-97, 499
War Production Board: 139, 150-73 passim, 268, 270, 274, 329, 332-33, 410, 440, 441, 483, 496-97, 498, 505, 530
War Supplies Limited: 252, 329
Ward, Maj. Gen. Orlando: 384
Warehousing: 323. See also Depots.
British: 342
in Southwest Pacific: 302
Waterproofing. See under Packing and packaging.
Watson, Col. J. T.: 390n
Watson Lake, Canada: 137, 141, 484
Watson-Watt, Robert A.: 261, 291, 306, 376
inspection of West Coast radar, 1942: 89, 95-97
report on Canal Zone radar: 100-102
Watts, Col. Laurence: 183
Webb, W. L.: 240
Weible, Col. Walter L.: 189, 421
Weppler, H. E.: 370
Western Defense Command: 23, 50, 95, 125, 131, 278n, 488
Western Electric Company: 31, 139, 149, 160, 168, 177, 178, 184, 328, 329, 330, 332, 350, 368, 507, 510. See also Kearny, N.J.
crews assisting in the Alcan pole line project: 484, 485
radar production: 86, 87, 247, 257, 267, 274
radio production: 71, 72, 169, 237, 238, 239
value of Signal Corps contracts, mid-1942: 329
wire production: 66, 67-68, 104, 159, 227, 341
Western Task Force: 340-77, 398, 399, 555
Western Union Telegraph Company: 9, 106, 312, 341, 516
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company: 31, 43, 149, 169, 268, 327, 328, 334
and GL radar production: 266, 270, 274, 291
laboratories: 58
value of Signal Corps contracts, mid-1942: 329
Wharton, Maj. Allen E.: 471
White, Maj. Gen. Miller G.: 560
White House signal detachment: 170, 432
station: 431-32
Whitehorse, Canada: 137, 141, 142, 484, 485
Whitney-Blake Company: 184
Whittaker, John: 416
Whittier, Alaska: 486
Wideawake Field, Ascension Island: 309
Wilcox-Gay Company: 73
Willard, Col. Robert A.: 53, 190
Williams, Col. Grant A.: 353, 356, 357, 381
on combat losses of communication troops, North Africa: 385-86
complaint about spare part and repair deficiencies: 525
and FM tank radio: 35n, 71, 229
Willis, Col. James S.: 200
Wilson, Capt. Henry S.: 19, 20
Windsor Locks, Conn.: 441
Wire: 330, 357, 430, 501, 502, 517. See also Anaconda Wire and Cable Company; Carrier equipment and systems; Equipment, types and items, wire; Telegraph: Telephone, in Alaska: 125
along the Alcan Highway: 138-40. See also Poles and pole lines, in CBI: 279-80, 305, 466
French facilities: 365, 367, 368, 370
in Hawaii: 6-7
in the Middle East: 459-60
in New Caledonia: 110
in North Africa: 340-41, 364-65, 380, 457-58
production problems: 156-59, 499, 505
quantities needed by Armored divisions: 381
research and development: 63-70, 218-19
in South Pacific: 471, 475-76, 480, 524
Withers, Lt. Col. William P.: 72, 229-30, 232
Women workers. See Labor.
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps: 316
Wood, Lt. Col. Charles Wesley: 197n
Woody Island, Alaska: 142
Woolman, Stanley: 178
World War I: 34, 39, 44, 185, 317, 517, 544
Signal Corps communication control in: 551
women telephone units in: 316
Wrangell, Alaska: 124
Wright Field, Ohio: 57, 61, 63, 78, 91, 221, 237. See also Aircraft Radio Laboratory; Dayton (Wright Field) Signal Corps Procurement District; Training Film Production Laboratory.
WTA: 19n, 109, 12 In WTJ: 109, 221, 222, 296, 297
training in: 443
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–Y–
Yakerson, 1st Lt. Robert: 109-10
Yakutat, Alaska: 124, 125, 142, 143
Yale University: 61
“Yank,” messenger pigeon: 382
Yeager, Lt. Col. Hobart R.: 63, 527
Yugoslavia: 500
Yunnanyi, China: 305
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Zahl, Dr. Harold A.: 264
Zamboanga, P. I.: 18
Zandery Field, Surinam: 308
Zanuck, Col. Darryl F.: 358, 398-401, 403, 406, 416-17, 419, 424
Zeigler, Cpl. Earl: 399