signalman

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Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

After the ship took him to the South Korean city of Busan, on the peninsula’s southern coast, he served as a signalman in the South’s army.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Mr Moore, a former volunteer signalman on a heritage railway, helped set up the Lowdham Railway Heritage charity and donated some land near his garden as a site for the museum.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2021

Falling heavily upon the bridge, he was within an ace of dropping overboard when a signalman gripped him by the ankles.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)