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

Richard Grant, 65, who was an assistant train driver at the time, recalled seeing a car ablaze and that it was reported to the local signalman.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022

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

The train was pulled by Stephenson's engine, operated by Stephenson himself, with a signalman riding on horseback in advance.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff