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Show Flying - 115 communication that we create that the brain can receive Information and issue its commands. Without the Signal Corps, the army would be blind. It would be paralyzed." "OK," says John Henry. Tovar gives him a sharp look. "And our own job within the Signal Corps is most important," he says. "We must at all times be ready to give the battalion's officers an accurate summary of the state of readiness of the battalion. At any given moment, we must know all that is happening to all the circuits the battalion has created. We must also keep a complete log showing the history of the maneuver in terms of communications links." "And what will I do?" says John Henry. "You will be my assistant," says Specialist Tovar. "You will help me keep the charts up to date. I have devised my own system of charts to display the necessary information most accurately and efficiently." He points at an acetate-covered chart which takes up half the wall. "Here, for example, is the chart on vihich is displayed the current state of each communications link, in column form." On every wall there are charts, all covered with transparent acetate, each with its own holder of neatly sharpened grease pencils mounted on the wall under it. |