. Bell telephone magazine . llies onfive continents and backed up by a to an accomplished fact.* Here,now, is the evidence that the Systemalso accepted a share of the responsi-bility for putting this fact across tothe enemy. The main job of the field engineerwas to bring about the best possible * See Radar, Magazine, Winter 1945-46. 1946 Western Electric Experts with the Armed Forces 57 standards of radar operation in thefield. He helped to translate BellSystem quality of design and manu-facture into high quality field per-formance. This meant the instruc-tion of oflScers and enlisted men inth
. Bell telephone magazine . llies onfive continents and backed up by a to an accomplished fact.* Here,now, is the evidence that the Systemalso accepted a share of the responsi-bility for putting this fact across tothe enemy. The main job of the field engineerwas to bring about the best possible * See Radar, Magazine, Winter 1945-46. 1946 Western Electric Experts with the Armed Forces 57 standards of radar operation in thefield. He helped to translate BellSystem quality of design and manu-facture into high quality field per-formance. This meant the instruc-tion of oflScers and enlisted men inthe techniques of proper installation,adjustment, maintenance, and opera-tion of radar and, for that matter, tems and other electronic equipmentto incorporate improvements meetingthe always advancing technical andoperational requirements. This ob-jective involved extensive cooperationwith Bell Telephone Laboratories. Not infrequently, it was the veryfact of the engineers civilian status,his easy mobility in terms of ofl^icial. Specialists in the high-altitude bombing radarequipment carried bythe B-29S. These sixfield engineers, picturedsomewhere in the China-Burma-India Theater,were commended byMajor General CurtisLeMay for their contri-bution to the success ofthe missions of the 20thAir Force over Japan sonar, other special electronic de-vices, and communication systems de-veloped by Bell Laboratories andproduced by Western for the Armyand Navy. The insistence upon a high stand-ard of performance meant frequentneed for on-the-scene field modifica-tions and readjustment of radar sys- channels, which made him was able to go directly and im-mediately to the proper level of com-mand to present suggestions and getthe approvals necessary for action. The field engineer functioned alsoas a coordinator and expediter. Heestablished a reliable and close tech-nical liaison with the designers and 58 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING factories of his company at presence th
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