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Identifier: belltelephonemag00vol2930amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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ud, the burningExcept for this last unit and the heat and bitter cold of Korea, or theFirst Marine Division, none of the fanatical attacks of the Communist North Koreans and Chinese. Ofsome who have, we may not have re-ports of their experience for months.What can be written now of individ-ual gallantry and sacrifice, therefore,must be fragmentary—but we havelearned enough to be proud of thosefrom the System at the front. units mentioned had reached thecombat area as this was written.Generally, those units have been inthe fundamental stages of organiza-tion and training. There is not muchwhich is dramatic about that, andthe more interesting items may notbe reported. Our knowledge of thecalibre of the System men in the units,however, and the outstanding recordof many of these men and others inWorld War II, make it certain thatthis foundation has been laid securelyand that they will contribute fully toany demands which may have to bemade upon the organizations of whichthey are a part.
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Sgt. Otto H. Maucker, USMC, lineman with the Illinois Bell Telephone Company: Bronze Star medal The Last Great Sacrifice Total known deaths of Bell Systememployees in military service hadreached 18 by last April i. Of these,at least seven had occurred in combat.At least two others are missing. Five of those killed and one of themissing were members of the heroicFirst Marine Division. Two of themwere in the Pacific Companys largecontingent in the Division: CorporalRichard E. De Villiers, draftsman atSan Francisco, who died on Septem-ber 21, 1950, of wounds received inthe Inchon landing; and CorporalGalen F. Rohwar, splicers helper atVan Nuys, California, who was killednear Seoul on September 24. A fewdays later, in the same area, SergeantWalter M. Johnson, lineman of theChesapeake and Potomac Companyof Virginia at Roanoke, was killedin action. On November 27, PrivateRichard W. York, frameman in theIllinois Company at Chicago and thefather of sons 2l/2 and less than 1year old, was kille

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