Signal History Question and answers correctly solved
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Signal History Question and answers correctly solved Signal History
MAJ Albert J. Myer - correct answer Army surgeon that developed the wigwag system. . Later became the chief signal officer.
George W. Beardslee - correct answer Beardslee magneto-electric telegraph. First field telegrap...
Signal History
MAJ Albert J. Myer - correct answer ✔Army surgeon that developed the
wigwag system. 1856 - 1860. Later became the chief signal officer.
George W. Beardslee - correct answer ✔Beardslee magneto-electric
telegraph. First field telegraph that did not need batteries and used a hand
crank instead. May 1862
1861 - correct answer ✔First Signal Officer Class
Civil War Communications - correct answer ✔Both sides used wigwags,
messengers on horseback, telegraph, observation posts, bugles/drums and
voice.
Dangers of civil war communications - correct answer ✔Close proximity and
plain view of the enemy and platform high in treeline.
Signal Corps start meteorological services. - correct answer ✔Published the
Farmer's Bulletin for civilians. Set up the first weather stations. Weather
stations were connected by telegraph lines for 5077 miles. 1870 - 1891
SGT Will Croft Barnes - correct answer ✔Awarded the Medal of Honor for
actions as a PFC on September 1st 1881
Heliograph - correct answer ✔Enables the signal corps to send light signals
across greater distances. 2nd LT Pershing participated in tests. Record was
183 miles.
, Lt Greely Expedition - correct answer ✔1881 - 1884 was an international
effort to gather Arctic weather data. LT Greely awarded Medal of Honor in
1935.
Balloon "General Myer" - correct answer ✔Signal Corps surveillance
innovation used in Cuba. 1LT Pershing stated that it was useless. 1892, 1898
The Spanish War - correct answer ✔First conflict that electrical
communication played a predominant role.
Aeronautical Division - correct answer ✔Signal Corps division using
ballooning, air machines and all kindred subjects. 1907
LT Frank Lahm and LT Benjamin Foulois - correct answer ✔Made first flight
as airship pilots. May 1909
First flying machines - correct answer ✔1907 contracted wright brothers to
construct plane that could carry two people, travel 40 mph, fly for one hour
and be compact enough for army wagon transport.
1908 - correct answer ✔First flights by Orville Wright and Major Squire
1LT Selfridge - correct answer ✔First person and service member to die in
plane crash. 17SEP1908
Barnes Field, Augusta, GA Army Aviation School - correct answer ✔1912 -
1913 opened under the signal corps. First reconnaissance planes tested and
fielded.
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