Ha ha! When I got back to the States, I joined the reserves. The closest thing they could find to my MOS was some sort of communications MOS (don’t remember what it was). I was in charge of setting up communications wherever we went. (Remember the field switchboard?) Of course, I had plenty of experience with the TA-312 and prolly made elebenty bazillion splices in the WD-1. ‘Couldn’t tell you how many suckers fell for the old, “Hey, hold this wire while I test this phone!”

In case you find yourself in a military trivia contest:

TA = Telephone Apparatus
3 = three power supplies
1 = one crank
2 = two batteries