Name: Grace Banker and her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of wwi Telephone Operators
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Author: Claudia Friddell
ISBN: 9781684373505

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Claudia Friddell

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781684373505

Synopsis "Grace Banker and her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of wwi Telephone Operators"

Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called "Hello Girls" back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I.Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of France. With expert skill, steady nerves, and steadfast loyalty, the Signal Corps operators transferred orders from commanders to battlefields and communicated top-secret messages between American and French headquarters. After faithfully serving her country--undaunted by freezing weather and fires; long hours and little sleep, and nearby shellings and far off explosions--Grace was the first and only woman operator in the Signal Corps to be awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal.