Grace Banker
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Grace D. Banker was a telephone operator who served during World War I as chief operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. She led thirty-three women telep
Grace Banker
Hello Girls operating switchboards in Chaumont, France during World War I.
Signal Corps Telephone Girls receive decorations. In the back row, first from left is Grace D. Banker
Meuse–Argonne offensive
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The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of N
Grace Banker
…the telephone switch boards at First Army headquarters at Ligny-en-Barrois, about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south of Saint-Mihiel, and later during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After her return to civilian life, Banker and her team members were treated as citizen volunteers and initially not given recognition as members of…
German soldiers drawing water
General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, commanding the U.S. First Army.
US Marines in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.