Switchboard Soldiers To Collect Recommended for ages 3 and

Recommended for ages 3 and up

notably on the Pacific Front

It features testimony from medics

but it’s also an intimate domestic drama

Switchboard Soldiers To Collect Recommended for ages 3 andIn June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed telephone operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well trained American