Vintage U.S. Army Telephone EE-3-B

skeeter4206 · 11-01-2015, 08:51 AM

I recently ran across (2) old U.S. Army field, crank style telephone. I have been online trying to find out more information on these phones. But very little information on this version "EE-3-B". I can find plenty on the EE-8-B phone that was used during WWII.

From what I have ran across with this version is that it dates back closer to WWI. They have the wooden casing around the main parts on the inside, unlike the EE-8-B which has a leather style casing from what I can see.

The cranks on them both spin perfectly. I pulled one of them out of the casing and cleaned it up a little and added a little 3:1 oil on the crank bearings which made it spin very smoothly.

I just wanted to share the photos and see if anyone on the forum can give me any more information on these phones.

I live in Augusta, GA, where Fort Gordon is located. This fort has a big signal corp that is part of the base. The person that I ran across that had these did have no desire to have anything to do with them. They were his grandfathers who passed away recently. His grandfather was a Lt. Col. in the army and initially enlisted in 1950. I also got a stack of old paperwork that appeared to be from his training back in the 50's. In the paper work was a bunch of maps that looked like re-prints from WWII in Germany and France which I thought were pretty interesting as well.

Who love to see what else he had that was his grandfathers and wanted to part with, before it just gets lost, sold or ends up in a pawn shop. Which is sad to say. I got a steal on the phones and paper work. Ebay has (2) of these kind of phones for $325. But they did have the phone receiver which I do not have.

So any information on the phones that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.

11-01-2015, 08:51 AM	#1
skeeter4206 User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 448 Thanks: 52 Thanked 88 Times in 49 Posts	Vintage U.S. Army Telephone EE-3-B I recently ran across (2) old U.S. Army field, crank style telephone. I have been online trying to find out more information on these phones. But very little information on this version "EE-3-B". I can find plenty on the EE-8-B phone that was used during WWII. From what I have ran across with this version is that it dates back closer to WWI. They have the wooden casing around the main parts on the inside, unlike the EE-8-B which has a leather style casing from what I can see. The cranks on them both spin perfectly. I pulled one of them out of the casing and cleaned it up a little and added a little 3:1 oil on the crank bearings which made it spin very smoothly. I just wanted to share the photos and see if anyone on the forum can give me any more information on these phones. I live in Augusta, GA, where Fort Gordon is located. This fort has a big signal corp that is part of the base. The person that I ran across that had these did have no desire to have anything to do with them. They were his grandfathers who passed away recently. His grandfather was a Lt. Col. in the army and initially enlisted in 1950. I also got a stack of old paperwork that appeared to be from his training back in the 50's. In the paper work was a bunch of maps that looked like re-prints from WWII in Germany and France which I thought were pretty interesting as well. Who love to see what else he had that was his grandfathers and wanted to part with, before it just gets lost, sold or ends up in a pawn shop. Which is sad to say. I got a steal on the phones and paper work. Ebay has (2) of these kind of phones for $325. But they did have the phone receiver which I do not have. So any information on the phones that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.