[MRCA] Ft. Gordon

[J. Forster]

Thanks Mike.

The pigeon bit is a coincidence. I posted on Armyradios a few weeks ago
about a UK medal for animal heroism. A number of WW II pigeons received
it.

-John

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> All of the Ft. Monmouth museum assets went to Aberdeen, John.  Not sure
> Mindy moved with the group.  Try http://cecom.army.mil/historian/
>
> Their blog is currently focused on carrier pigeons in WWII! :-)
>
> On 11/14/2011 4:35 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> Thanks for the info on Mindy.
>>
>> On the TG-5, it just seems like a box w/o a mission to me in the WW II
>> setting.
>>
>> A tank radio is pretty obvious. Ditto an ARC-5. Ditto a BD-70 or an
>> EE-8.
>>
>> I just don't see, for example, a TG-5 being used to order up stores from
>> the rear or command artilliary battery or tanks. To me, it seems to be a
>> box w/o a defined mission.
>>
>> There are provisions in the BD-70 and even in the later SB-022 for them,
>> BTW.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ==================
>>
>>> John -
>>>
>>> Mindy Rosewitz used to be at Fort Monmouth. The base is however now
>>> closed,
>>> and, I believe all assets went to Ft. Gordon. I am pretty sure Mindy is
>>> no
>>> longer connected with the museum, as there is none at the Fort Monmouth
>>> location. I thought the TG-5 was used simply as a single wire, or dual
>>> wire,
>>> short range comm system by itself and another TG-5. Regards - Mike
>>>
>>> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>>> 89 Arnold Blvd.
>>> Howell, NJ, 07731
>>> 732-886-5960
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of J. Forster
>>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 4:06 PM
>>> To: mrca at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: [MRCA] Ft. Gordon
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for how the TG-5 Telegraph set was used in WW II and having
>>> been
>>> unsuccessful so far,  tried Ft. Gordon. It seems that all contact info
>>> has
>>> been purged from their site.
>>>
>>> There was a lady there, Mindy Cohen (??), who used to be on this list.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have any current contact info?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
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