Mobile headquarters for the U.S. Third Army
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Mobile headquarters for the U.S. Third Army
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Title: Rolling Headquarters Directs Army In the Field
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FOUR motor trailers, now serving as ad-
vange , field headquarters for the U. S.
Third Army, give a general no soft post far
from the battle front. Instead, they may be
whisked in a jiffy wherever tactical needs
demand. In the woods, cut boughs camou-
flage them; among the shanties of a back-
woods town, tarpaulins and paint transform
them into innocent-looking dwellings or
sheds. If a gas attack occurs, the cars may
be sealed, while masked messengers deliver
dispatches through a miniature air lock.
Within, staff officers with war maps keep
constantly in touch with battle progress
through an elaborate telephone and radio
system. To minimize danger from bomb-
ing, the trailers are parked 100 yards or
more apart, and communication between the
different headquarters units is maintained by
telephone. To give an order, an officer may
pick up a transmitter and dictate to a
stenographer 200 yards away in the bushes.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1942-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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121
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google Digitized)
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Roberto Meneghetti
Popular Science Monthly, v. 140, n. 2, 1942
