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Show ENGINEER UNIT WINS HIGH COMMENDATION . With Eighth Army General James A. Van Fleet, through his engineer, recently presented the Meritorious Unit Commendation to the 44th Engineer Construction Construc-tion Battalion for outstanding support of Korean combat operations opera-tions from September 1950 thru November 1951. Capping a colorful and formal ceremony, Cpl. John E. Wisser. Elgin, 111., dipped the battalion colors while Col. William C. Baker Ba-ker Jr., Clinton, Tenn., Eighth Army engineer, pinned on the red streamer emblematic of the award. During the period cited, the unit repaired and constructed more than 500 miles of vital main supply routes, constructed some 5000 feet of permanent bridges and maintained more than 3500 feet of floating bridges in the combat zone. Pfc. Milan Smilanich, son of Mrs. Milka Smilanich of Highland High-land Boy, presently stationed at Seoul, Korea, is a member of the unit. Milan has been in the service ser-vice 14 months of which eight is overseas. He received his training train-ing at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. |