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Title: Pacific service magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Electrical engineering Public utilities
Publisher: San Francisco : Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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to get back to dear old Frisco.I have seen all I wanted of France andBelgium; theres nothing like Californiafor me. I received your postal cardstating that there will be no more maga-zines sent to troops on account of themovement, and I wish to thank you forall the magazines received in the past,for I sure did appreciate them, especially when I saw some of the photos of oursoldiers in them. Captain K. R. Varney, deceased,301st Battalion, Tank Corps, has beenawarded the Distinguished ServiceCross: For extraordinary heroism in ac-tion near Ronssoy, France, September29, 1918. When a dense fog and asmoke barrage had made visibility sopoor that it was difficult to get histanks into action. Captain Varney per-sonally led his machines on foot severalhundred yards in advance of the firstwave of infantry in the face of deadlyartillery and machine-gun fire. Hethus enabled his tanks to maintaintheir direction and cleared a path forthe infantry, but in accomplishing thisheroic task he was killed.
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Private Charles Queirolo (at front wheel), CompanyTrain. (Formerly of San Francisco Supply Extracts from letter from SergeantEdward G. Haughy, Battery C, 17th F. A.,Germany: Yes, I sure saw the finish ofFritz, and, believe me, I wont forget itin a hurry, either, for at the ninth hourFritz started a barrage which kept upfor an hour and a half, sweeping fromright to left of our outfit and cleaningD Batterys picket line of twenty-onehorses, but, fortunately, no men. On thisday I met with the only close call I havehad in action since I have been here,which has been five^^M months, and in thati^^B time I have been on four-teen different fronts, sosure have seen some serv-ice. I do not call a shellthat lands twenty orthirty yards away a closecall, for I have had threelike that. My experiencewas having my horse,the only pal I have hadsince landing overhere, hit by a piece ofshell which killed him.I was thrown about fif-^ o.c*.- c 1 teen feet from him. I E, 316th Supply , , ,. , . District.)

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