. Bell telephone magazine . le extent, and the mostefficient use of the trunks and otherfacilities necessary to complete callsis ensured. It is particularly helpfulin peak hours. The soldiers like thisform of service, and it is being ex-tended. Serving for Victory In the traffic departments of the BellTelephone Companies there are 148,- 000 soldiers of service—all, truly,serving for victory. They wear nouniforms. But theyre in the thick ofwar activity just the same. That the Army recognizes this isplain when it says, Every day mil-lions of telephone calls help the Armyto push forward on its al
. Bell telephone magazine . le extent, and the mostefficient use of the trunks and otherfacilities necessary to complete callsis ensured. It is particularly helpfulin peak hours. The soldiers like thisform of service, and it is being ex-tended. Serving for Victory In the traffic departments of the BellTelephone Companies there are 148,- 000 soldiers of service—all, truly,serving for victory. They wear nouniforms. But theyre in the thick ofwar activity just the same. That the Army recognizes this isplain when it says, Every day mil-lions of telephone calls help the Armyto push forward on its all-importantjob. The telephone speeds productionof planes and tanks and guns. Tele-phone messages direct the rapid move-ment of troops and equipment. Warn-ings of possible enemy air attack areflashed over telephone lines. On awar front stretching around the world,telephone and radio-telephone give in-stant communication. Americas tele-phone system serves all industry thatserves the Army, and it serves theArmy all the % Service for the Men in CampThese attended public telephones are in a separate building at a West Coast air base,directories are also handy for looking up the addresses of folks back home The 156 Bell Telephone Magazine AUGUST WE DO OUR PARTFOR NATIONAL DEFENSE iiiiiiii TELEPHONE SERVICE IS A VITAl LINK TO ARMED SERVICES, INDUSTRYAND CIVILIAN EFFORT IN MAKING OUR COUNTRY STRONG Reminders Even when the goal was national defense, such posters as that above reminded the traffic forces in Oregon that they have an important part to play. On the opposite page is a more recent poster used in Indiana. Both are in red, white, and blue These operating forces are in allkinds of places: large cities, medium-sized cities, small country are working at all types ofswitchboards and at all kinds of oper-ating positions—local, long distance,information, intercepting, teletype-writer, and others. Collectively, theyare always on the alert: a 24-hour,neve
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