Grace Banker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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US Signal Corps personnel
Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1892
Place of Birth: Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 17-Sep-1960
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Grace Banker
- Grace D.
- Banker (October 25, 1892 – September 17, 1960) was a telephone operator who served during World War I (1917–1918) as chief operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in the U.S.
- Army Signal Corps.
- She led thirty-three women telephone operators known popularly as Hello Girls.
- They were assigned in New York to travel to France to operate telephone switch boards at the war front in Paris, and at Chaumont, Haute-Marne.
- They also operated the telephone switch boards at First Army headquarters at Ligny-en-Barrois, about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south of Saint-Mihiel, and later during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
- After her return to civilian life, Banker and her team members were treated as citizen volunteers and initially not given recognition as members of the military.
- In 1919, Banker was honoured with the Distinguished Service Medal for her services with the First Army headquarters during the St.
- Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, with a commendation.
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