European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                And stripes Typ signal corps Marks 98 years of service Germany Spe Cial saturday Marks the 98th anniversary of the army signal a proud Symbol of mans achievement in the Field of com throughout Europe the far reaching networks of the signal corps stretch from Turkey and North Africa on the South to nor Way and Iceland on the per forming a wide variety of vital this is a far cry from the corps obscure birth on june i want till the next week tha Taw la South the of the six nations whose forces Are members of lapse photo defense group stands guard a Kerful air ii Kato part sets s Frontier along Borders of three the free forms hmm to the Alps through Greece Alt la 1ibi Tor tace co Naad grew a and Turkey the Aua Atte provides ranging from troops to Italy to the Saber r cavalry of Turkey held of blast film tin european Tajc Force in the the strike problems of the command Are Oatly a result of the Kety avenues of attack Lead into areas which Jack defensive and in each of four main the nearness of the to Saytto combat areas makes Protection a matter of Para mount loss of Allied control of the sea wild Pena ii an aggie tear to Iso late and Eoo Quer piecemeal the in us Soutthern arse and so abbe must be Able to Comboni Kiewat fully any aggression Aea or in the air through Gie arse area of defense re to meet the defense require of the Briscoe com mands land and defense unite St Ting and support roots to so Fern Europe is the 8th commanded by vice adm Charles the Force is is lied tactical air Force in Italy and the 6th Allied tactical air Force in Greece and it Gen Sergio of the italian air commands 5th sixth Nataf is commanded by maj Gen Brooke Hodes lauds signal corps Germany Spe the message through is More than a slog for the army signal Corpa men its a proud Gen i Usa eur command Erin said in his birthday Salute to the signal corps on the occasion of the 98lh anniversary of the army signal it is a pleasure to extend greetings and congratulations to All members of the Hodes since its earliest Days when messages were transmitted through the use of signal Down to the present time when the vital flow of communications is transmitted Over a Globe circling the signal corps has always fulfilled its the message through is More than a slogan for the corps its accomplishment is a proud Hodet we Miv away air forces and the sea1 a fast Carrier task Force defences in the with steadily increasing nuclear arse elements with Nead of attn nations with and m officers with the to apse Zodl of the Fleet Are available on Call to Frato for training or Emer assets land Art divided into Tiro one for Italy and the second for Grere and defense of the italian Frontier is in the hands of Allied land forces to Southern commanded by Gen Alessandro of the italian with Iwa quarters at in addition to the italian a component of his com Mand is Southern european task Asb land forces in Greece and Turkey Are commanded by it Gen Paul with Headquarters at defense against air attack is the Fob of the Allied air forces in Southern commended by it Gen Richard c whose command includes also the 8th Al assistant surgeon Albert Meyer was named signal with rank of the first budget appropriation amounted to a Mere largely As n result of Learned in two world wars and la the signal corps has made rapid strides in technological advancement and rehabilitation of communication systems in Europe after world War ii was largely achieved by signal corps in cooperation with local governmental Agen of the signal was underway in Accord the the army come and admin Atra Tive network acan system is la operation in All parts of the Globe 24 hours a Day to carry the Bur Tea of messages world net wifi this network is capable of tend ing a message around the world in 10 messages processed in a single Day in Europe number As Ninny As Lon distance radio and wire circuits provide Telephone and teletype and crisscross the european continent for circuit a total of 215 Telephone changes and 57 primary radio transmitters Are operated to pro vide the meant Over which Tion May be carried to geography spread out keeping in step with scientific the signal corps a slav ans a research and development program that is constantly inc Reaa no the army combat training program european training goes n at the pm signal school at where 4m students were enrolled during the first four months of men of ther North Atlantic treaty Organ countries also train army aviation is another activity of the corps in As Are the photographers that give still and motion picture coverage for army units in every area of the to material and equipment i in constant readiness is a Job involving the vast depot system administered by com z signal the value of supplies stored in Sig Nal depots is rapid Supply system in support of the Supply the Usa eur transceiver network in ploys ism transceivers for rapid Exchange of Supply requisitions be tween Brig Gen William Haman Erve As the chief army signal officer in Europe and la adviser on All signal matters to Gen l Usa eur command Erin he is assisted by col Francis Deputy signal of Man to a cwt Foretro advantage off regular savings Bonds Honor Grad at Tuseck Germany pfc Edward Al b lit tank in of the 87jji Honor graduate of a of 37 in the m48 advanced Armor crewman class at the 7th army tank training Center he scored a total of 934 Points out of a possible helicopters used by the signal corps today Are a contrast to the old Auto which provided mobility to the corps in pro Thomas Mechanic with the 1701 signal per forms necessary maintenance on of the Heli copters operated by that