signal corps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of signal corps
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Let There Be Light was the third commission in what sounds like an increasingly fraught partnership between the director and the US army signal corps.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2020
The new jobs within combat battalions are in personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy.
From Time • Nov. 30, 2012
The new openings in combat battalions are personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy jobs.
From New York Times • May 26, 2012
After attending Columbia University, Lumet was in the US army signal corps during the second world war, and served in Burma and India.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2011
I was assigned to the signal corps of the Third Division.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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