Original WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps Set of Two EE-8-B Field Telephones with DR-8-A Wire Spool WWI Discovered in an old ranch

Discovered in an old ranch house in Nebraska

while the 4th Infantry Division was reorganised for the purpose of creating the Internal Security Corps (KBW)

These do not have the usual crown stiffener

which is marked with size 7 1/8

is still quite prominent

Original WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps Set of Two EE-8-B Field Telephones with DR-8-A Wire Spool WWI Discovered in an old ranchOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. From 1935 to the Vietnam War, the US military used the EE 8 field telephone. The maximum transmission distance was 7 miles, using a wired line. The EE 8 uses D cell batteries to power the electric signal that sends the signal through the wire to the other phone. It uses a hand cranked dynamo to generate the charge that signals the phone on the other end of the line. During World War II, the phone was preferred