A description of the Corps' responsibility for developing, procuring, and furnishing signal equipment. The development of radar is featured, as well as the development of frequency modulation and its impact on the use of tanks.

"First printed 1956- CMH Pub 10-16." T.p. verso

PART I. Before World War II. Military Communications -- The Army in Limbo -- The Scope of the Signal Corps -- The Army in Abeyance -- Equipment Search and Research -- PART II. The Limited and Unlimited Emergencies. The Pace of Emergency -- The Propulsion from Limbo -- Selective Service -- Working for the Ground Forces -- Working for the Air Forces -- Signaling the Hemisphere -- Appendix: Signal Corps Equipment, World War II -- Bibliographical Note -- List of Abbreviations -- Index.