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Ocean County Historical Society Hosts WWI Program
May 23, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| FreeJoin Monmouth University Specialist Professor of Public History & former US Army Fort Monmouth Command Historian, Melissa Ziobro, for a Zoom presentation on how the US Army Signal Corps employed women as telephone switchboard operators during WWI. The “Hello Girls” worked long hours to ensure battlefield communications. After the war, they fought for veteran status and are being considered for a Congressional Gold Medal today. Register by emailing your name, zip code, and email address to oceancountyhistory.zoom@gmail.com.
