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What did a radio Operator do in world war 2? I need details please

Answer 1

I AM a radio operator in the marine corps. I do the same stuff as someone in WWII but with new equipment and more reliable encrypting devices. We basically are attatched to ANY small or large patrol on ANY mission. We relay messages from the front line to the officers so they can send what we need whether its a medivac, tank or an IED disposal unit. We are vital to any mission. We run right beside the infantry, and use our radio. Any other question? Email me.

Answer 2

Radio Operators do a great many things in addition to being a soldier within their assigned career field. In other words a Radio Operator was an additional duty and you were expected to do this as well as being an Infantryman or a Combat Engineer. As a Radio Operator you were normally assigned to follow closely behind somebody in a leadership position like a Platoon Sergeant, Leader or Company Commander or in a Battalion or Regimental Headquarters you might be operating the Network Control Station.

The Radio Operators who carried their radios on their back normally worked for a Lieutenant (Leader) or Captain (Company Commander) and had to monitor that radio for any traffic directed to that officer. The Battalion Commander or one of his staff officers might send a message to the Company Commander or the Company Commander might be sending a message to one or more of his Platoon Leaders, the Radio Operator would be receiving or sending messages as the officer might direct.

Some messages might be coded and the Radio Operator would have to decode that message or encode a reply that his officer had given. One a day the radio frequencies would have to be changed according to a set schedule and the Radio Operator would have to enter into the new frequency and confirm his authorization to be on that network with the Network Control Station. All this was necessary to ensure the enemy wasn't listing to your communications or sending you false messages.

Somtimes the Radio Operator send status reports to the Headquarters NCS or an Observation (Size Activity Location Uniform Time Equipment) report when they spotted the enemy in their sector. Other times they might have to Call For Fire on an enemy target so mortars or artillery fire could be placed on the enemy they had spotted. If some of their unit were wounded the Radio Operator could call for medical assistance or ambulance to help evacuate the wounded.

Even to this very day radio operators are considered to be one of the most important individuals in the military because of all the resources the radio can provide when it is properly employed by its user.

Answer 3

In World War ll on aircraft like the B29 my father flew. The radio operator was in charge of contacting the home base while airborne, checking the radio direction finder to help find the target (some transmitter still operated during wartime in Japan), and he had to keep the equipment going even if it was broken. The pecking order on the crew was the pilot, the copilot, the bombardier, and the radio operator.

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A radio operator in WWII, depending on what branch of service he was in and where he served would operate the ONLY communications link units had back then besides hard-wired phone lines. Radio operators carried, maintained and operated the radio for their assigned unit and were responsible for calling in support when required and any other communications deemed necessary by Higher Headquarters Command or the OIC/Squad Leader. He would have to carry 30-40lbs of radio gear on top of his normal load and was usually one of the first people enemy snipers set their sights on, after the officer. If you want to look at a specific sub-set of WWII radio operator, watch the movie "Wind Talkers". It's about the Native Americans the USMC used in order to provide a level of classified conversation over open radio chatter. It's a good movie.

Answer 5

Rent the DVD Code Talkers. Excellent movie about Navajo radio operators in the Pacific during WWII........

Answer 6

If they were infantry, they carried a very heavy radio and followed their commanding officer around (platoon leader or company commander) and made sure he had a way to communicate with his battalion commander. It was their job to make sure the radio was operational when needed. It was a very importan position, and just as dangerous as any other infantry position.

Answer 7

my grandfather was a radio operator on a B17 in europe.what he did exactly I am not sure and its too late to ask him,but I think it would go like this,on they ground they would coordinate air strikes artillery strikes ,troop movement,position ,plans of movement,enemy position and movement,plus call in for reinforcement,I probably left a little out,but my dinners ready.

Answer 8

he operated the radio

Answer 9

He called people