[MRCA] AN/TRC-1

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mike. thats interesting.  did he talk about d-day and his work with the antracs? what his shack like? jeff

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> On May 27, 2018, at 12:03 PM, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:
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> I met Victor (W2VC) on numerous occasions and was at his QTH a few times. At one time he even showed up at the Hightstown radio meet. His last name is actually Colaguori. I knew his brother Tony (W2GUM) a lot more as I saw him almost every week at a weekly dinner luncheon at a diner across the street from the front gates of Fort Monmouth. 73 - Mike
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> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
> Howell NJ 07731
> 848-245-9115
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> From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Al Klase
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2018 11:32 AM
> To: comcast <kg2bz at comcast.net>
> Cc: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>; mrca at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [MRCA] AN/TRC-1
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> Jeff,
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> I didn't know much at all about Victor Coliguori, but the name rang a bell, and I took a look at a presentation I did at InfoAge in 2011 on "Signal Corps Information Technology
> during World War II."  Victor, a civilian working for the Signal Corps, hit the beach at Omaha late on D-day, and by about D+4 had a multiplexed ANTRACK link running back to England.  Among other things it was used to move aerial recon. photos back to Normandy from the airfield at Middle Wallop (only in the UK :-)) via FAX.
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