. Bell telephone magazine . studies,Commercial Department, Southern Bell Telephone andTelegraph Company, accepts for the 94th BombardmentWing the trophy awarded for top performance i)i ma-neuvers last summer the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-phone Company in Washington, itwas under the command of Col. E. , Secretary of the EmployeesBenefit Committee of that the 21 officers and 12 enlistedmen enrolled, however, were a num-ber from the Long Lines Departmentand the Western Electric Companyin that area. As primarily a head-quarters staff unit, its total strengthincludes only 24
. Bell telephone magazine . studies,Commercial Department, Southern Bell Telephone andTelegraph Company, accepts for the 94th BombardmentWing the trophy awarded for top performance i)i ma-neuvers last summer the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-phone Company in Washington, itwas under the command of Col. E. , Secretary of the EmployeesBenefit Committee of that the 21 officers and 12 enlistedmen enrolled, however, were a num-ber from the Long Lines Departmentand the Western Electric Companyin that area. As primarily a head-quarters staff unit, its total strengthincludes only 24 officers and 91 en-listed men. Its mission is to providethe staff and personnel required forthe supervision ot a Signal Base De-pot group, with both supply and rearechelon maintenance functions. The 303rd Signal Service Bat-talion, THQ, the largest of theseunits, may serve as an example ofthe seasoned quality of these BellSystem cadres. Its commanding of-ficer has had 28 years of telephone 94 Bell Telephone Magazine SUMMER. U. S. ARMY PHOTO Master sergeant John Zimmer {beside truck), a repair-man for the New York Telephone Company, superviseserection of a telephone pole in Koreas hilly terrain service, and the average service ofall its officers is nine years. As isnatural during a period without gen-eral war, the great majority of itsenlisted men are young, but the aver-age telephone service of the entirecadre is over six years. More than80 percent, moreover, had served anaverage of years in World WarII. During its training duty at CampGordon, Company B of this unit,under Captain W. C. Giller, wascommended by the Deputy Com-mander of the Third Army for itssuperior condition; First Lieuten-ant J. J. Novacek was cited foroutstanding work done; and theInformation and Education Centerdeveloped by the company was calledparticularly noteworthy. One ofthe Battalions members, moreover,Sgt. G. K. Robitchek, installer, Chicago Plant, waschosen Soldier of theMonth for March atC
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