[donmeaker]

The purpose of laying wire was to avoid dependance on radio, and vulnerability to interception and direction finding, not to enable radio.

Yes, oddly, the forward elements of major attacks were occasionally Signal Corps laying wire, Military Police posting route control signs, and engineers improving roads or clearing obstacles. That was after reconnaissance units, who often bypassed resistance.

[Little Bill]

I had a Platoon Sgt who served with the 1ST Division in WW2 from North Africa to the End of the War, Texas Guy.

After Normandy he got sodden drunk, he was the First Sleeve in an Infantry Company. He got picked up by a couple of Patton Aides and was hauled up before Patton.

Patton threatened to have him tied to a tree and shot for dereliction, good story, He retired as First Sergent in 1970, his son was a Recon Marine, great guy.

[bandleader]

L’Audace,L’Audace,Toujour L’Audace!”We’re Going To Hold Him By The Nose And Kick Him In Tha A**”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maven]

My great-uncle served in the 443rd AAA AW Battalion (SP).

[wtc911]

My uncle drove a tank in B Company, 47th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division, Third Army. He was 187 days on the line.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

In early January 1943, the United States Third Army was assembled on the large terrace in front of Peover Hall near Knutsford, England. Before them stood a man in a tailored, brass-buttoned battle jacket with four rows of battle ribbons and decorations.

Patton was in North Africa in early January 1943. Third Army was still stateside, I believe.

[jjotto]

The ‘journalist’ should have written January 1944, but I’m sure he is a public skewl graduate who went to a prestigious college.