Frank Stoner

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Frank Emil Stoner (*  25. December 1894 in Vancouver ( Washington ); †  27. October 1966 in Orange County ) was during the Second World War, Major General ( English Major General ) and head of the radio service of the United States Army ( English Chief of the US Army Communication Service ). After the war he became the first Chief Communications Engineer ( German  as "chief communications engineer" ) of the United Nations (UN) entrusted with the creation of a global UN communications network.

Life

As the son of Bal and Mary Jo Stoner in the extreme northwest of the United States was born, he studied in his home state of Washington State University and then at West Point in the US state of New York at the prestigious US Military Academy . During the First World War he served as a company commander of the 14th Philippine Scouts and Wire Company within the 1st Philippine Field Signal Battalion , a telecommunications - battalion . On August 31, 1917, he married Deah Gilroy. After the war he served first on a company commander, then as a regiment - aide before leaving for a training at the news school (1928 English Signal School ) duty officer of the telecommunications site of the Ministry of War was. In the meantime promoted to captain ( English captain ), he was transferred to the Army Message Radio Transmitting Station (WAR) in Fort Myer , Virginia in the summer of 1930 . From 1937 he was the commanding officer of the Army Signal School ( English Army Signal School ) in Fort Monmouth in Monmouth County ( New Jersey ). In February 1942, when the US had been at war for two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , he was promoted to brigadier general and appointed chief of radio operations in the United States Army Signal Corps . In a war-important role, he was now responsible for the US Army 's global communications network .

He had a transatlantic radio link set up on long wave . This could be used during the day and at night and was insensitive to polar lights . In addition, the so-called Beltline ( German literally "belt line" ) was created under his leadership . It was a communication chain along the equator around the earth . The high-frequency technical advantage was that the propagation of radio waves in the tropics is less affected by ionospheric interference than in latitudes closer to Poland . This radio chain was used by the Army Command and Administrative Net (ACAN) and allowed a direct radio link to all globally operating units (ships, aircraft and troops) of the armed forces of the United States . About 50 million words per day were transmitted over this network in 1945.  

Frank Stoner was promoted to major general on December 7, 1944. He was instrumental in the Allied war effort. His achievements after the war also deserve the highest recognition. From October 1946, in his new role as chairman of the advisory commission on radio technology, he ensured that the newly founded UN (United Nations) received its own independent, globally functioning communications network. In April 1947 he resigned from the army to become the UN's first chief communications engineer .

For extraordinary achievements that he was Distinguished Service Medal awarded. He was a senior member of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) and an officer in the French Legion of Honor . Frank Stoner was 71 and was buried in San Bruno , California .

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  1. ↑ Vita at ethw.org accessed on August 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Date and place at findagrave.com accessed on August 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ General Stoner's 24-Hour Circuits at KB6NU.com (English). Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Frank Stoner at ETHW.org (English) accessed on August 8, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Stoner, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stoner, Frank Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American general
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver ( Washington )
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1966
Place of death Orange County