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unusual facts about United States Army Signal Corps



Hazen Bay

It is located 37 miles southeast of Hooper Bay and was named for Gen. William Babcock Hazen, U.S. Army Chief Signal Officer, in 1878 by E. W. Nelson of the United States Signal Services.

Louise Thaden

McPhetridge met Herbert von Thaden, who was a former United States Army Signal Corps pilot and engineer who worked on developing the first American all-metal aircraft, the Thaden T-2.

Mount Eugene

Originally named "Mount Arthur Eugene" in 1883 by the States Army Signal Service during their Lady Franklin Bay expedition.

Television Infrared Observation Satellite

Participants in this satellite project included the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Army Signal Research and Development Lab, Radio Corporation of America, the United States Weather Bureau, and the United States Naval Photographic Interpretation Center.

Vintage amateur radio

Some even sub-specialize in military radio collecting and undertake to restore and operate surplus communications equipment, much of it dating back to World War II, from the ubiquitous US Signal Corps SCR-300 and SCR-536 walkie talkies to exotic gear like the British Paraset, a small espionage transceiver supplied to Resistance forces in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.


see also

K38

K-38 trailer, a trailer used by the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II