2010: Year of the Signal Corps

The Signal Corps lost no time in meeting the challenges of World War I. Chief Signal Officer George Owen Squier worked closely with private industry to perfect radio tubes while creating a major signal laboratory at Camp Alfred Vail (Fort Monmouth). Early radiotelephones developed by the Signal Corps were introduced into the European theater in 1918. While the new American voice radios were superior to the radiotelegraph sets, telephone and telegraph remained the major technology of World War I.

For more information on the history of the Signal Corps, contact the Adolphus Greely Chapter of the Signal Corps Regimental Association at www. scra-agc.org or contact Sgt. Maj. Steven Caffee at (706)791-7882.