. Bell telephone magazine . ajor part in the repair and main-tenance of lines of communication by work-ing day and night without sleep, many timeswithout food, and under artillery fire, mor-tar fire, and enemy strafing. Sergeant Mc-Conville has rendered many valuable sug-gestions to his superiors pertaining to lineconstruction and maintenance and by hisskill and ingenuity many problems havebeen solved, enabling the battalion to func-tion more rapidly and efficiently. The award to the other man, Lieu-tenant Walter G. James of the Signal Corps, a lineman from the Pacificcompany, was based on his
. Bell telephone magazine . ajor part in the repair and main-tenance of lines of communication by work-ing day and night without sleep, many timeswithout food, and under artillery fire, mor-tar fire, and enemy strafing. Sergeant Mc-Conville has rendered many valuable sug-gestions to his superiors pertaining to lineconstruction and maintenance and by hisskill and ingenuity many problems havebeen solved, enabling the battalion to func-tion more rapidly and efficiently. The award to the other man, Lieu-tenant Walter G. James of the Signal Corps, a lineman from the Pacificcompany, was based on his work inSicily alone between July 12 and Au-gust 18, 1943. Lieutenant James was charged with theseemingly impossible task of installing andmaintaining wire communications betweena corps headquarters and rapidly advancingdivisions during the Sicilian dogged determination and outstand-ing initiative he led his men through un-swept mine areas, often in the face of hos-tile artillery fire, and on several occasions. Bronze StarMedal
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