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The vital wire keepers behind the front lines
Soldiers and engineers on the Western front keep the army connected as they lay and repair telegraph and telephone lines under shellfire. The signal corps and repairmen risk life to sustain communications, enabling artillery and infantry to coordinate moves across distances and weather the bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
George P. Scriven
Signal Corps
France
London
Paria
Lloyd George
Amiens
David
Albert James
Army
Peking
Western Front
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Bill Smith
Bil
Smith
Bill
Ypres Menin Road
Unemen
Aisne
Nanal
Alyes
Soma
Palrman