University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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Q ,Q 4 sh N., ff as on r -f, We of Illinois Have Fought Lf -1 A Good Fight X1 - ' HI 'rl' llli im 'o i As Illinois men and women all Tia ,I is xy 5 X ll 1' ll' lx over the world stack their guns and their knitting needles after four years in a war that everyday adjectives cannot describe, the Words of St. Paul come back to us over and over: I have fought a good fight. Fighting a good fight, keeping i f fligi x 1 X , In x ll i1 'il ' . . , , , the fa1th of true democracy, battling L-ff ,Q- fr, ' and dying for freedom and decency, MM an Illini have gone through trying ffh' fl times. One hundred and thirty- rg ' Q eight have joined the War's im- mortals, and many still living are B 5 shattered beyond recall- api? my W WJ But hardly so bad as that. -lTW'9 'f-fs l- 2 . . . .-..' iii IHS. Illinois spirit, clear-burning, still 1 4, W - E5 Qty shines on. I 6 12' Hell itself cannot put it out. O 9 By CARL STEPHENS V X' ' - X ffijif Mm1'l.'ll l2e - gi - 1 e e-4e f ll 1 4 9 l A E, 1-.. f , --4----f r Eh-gf! gfr,n agcgzil - ilk 1, G-P mm. --me nw, I :- One THE TWENTY ILLIO , 1 V

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A 9 Rik2QSa- A FEW VITAL FACTS When the war ended, the University of Illinois had 8,190 men and women in the service. Of this number, 4,994 were in the regular service, 3,116 were members of the S. A. T. C. at Champaign, and 80 women were scattered in various branches of the army and navy. 'There were 4,012 men wearing the khaki of Uncle Sam, 564 the naval uniform, While 87 were members of the Marine Corps. In Allied war Work there were 146 representatives, with 265 in unknown branches of service. The University may be proud of it's showing, 2,054 holding commissions, while 3,020 were non-com- missioned officers and privates. One-fifth of the commissioned officers were of the rank of captain or above. Overseas service was seen by 1,159 Illini. Thirty Illinois men wear the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre and other decorations for merited service. Many others have been included in company citations. The casualty lists show that 138 Illini have given their lives in the battle for Democracy. ' .