134th Infantry Regiment
"All Hell Can't Stop Us"
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134th Infantry Regiment"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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Company K was originally organized in December 1920
entirely with Union Pacific employees. John McFarland Guild (division safety
agent) was elected the captain, Douglas F. Smith (member of the legal staff) the
first lieutenant, and David M. Marvin (chief clerk of the general manager's
office) the second lieutenant.
The railroad allowed its members who were
National Guardsmen essentially a paid vacation to attend the annual training at
Camp Ashland. This changed in at least 1932, when enlisted men were only paid
the difference between their railroad pay and what they received from the
federal and state government (the Nebraska legislature supported the National
Guard with an additional salary from its appropriations to the Adjutant
General's Office in most years from 1921- 1940). There is a series of documents
in the Nebraska State Historical Society relating to the debate on this matter
(Record Group 18, Subgroup 13, Series 2, Box 94, Folder 22).
Membership
in Company K was not exclusively limited to railroad employees, but in 1932, 55
of the 64 enlisted members of the company were still employees. The 2nd
Battalion Headquarters Company of the 134th Infantry was also organized with
Union Pacific employees when it was relocated from Sidney to Omaha in May 1928.
Union Pacific also had representation in Companies D, H, and L of the 134th
Infantry in 1932, although these units were never officially sponsored by the
railroad.
MacDonald Photo was founded in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1913 by
Frederick MacDonald, and he operated the studio until his death in 1934, when it
was taken over by his wife Helen, who ran it for about a decade. The studio was
under the "MacDonald" name until it was purchased by the partnership of Edholm
and Blomgren in 1957. In 1986, Richard E. Blomgren donated a collection of over
20,000 MacDonald photos to the Nebraska State Historical Society.
All members of the Company (3 officers and 64 men) were marked as attending the camp from August 3-17, 1931. There were no recorded absences. The one Reserve Officer attached for training may or may not be included in this photo.
| Officers: Captain Emil B. Peterson 1st Lt. Judd W. Crocker 2nd Lt. Edwin C. Gatz Sergeants: 1st Sgt. Steven H. Brock Sgt. Salomon Bueze Sgt. Richard E. Drummy Sgt. Virgil D. Flynn Sgt. Joseph Hailicka Sgt. Chris J. Jensen Sgt. Derrance W. Mann Sgt. Frank Rubenstein Corporals: Cpl. Charles E. Anderson Cpl. Lester J. Bachman Cpl. Thomas B. Clark Cpl. Willard G. Cole Cpl. William P. Dugdale Cpl. Bernard L. Hansen Cpl. Leon T. Julien Cpl. Peter J. Kleine Privates First Class: Pfc. Harold P. Armstrong Pfc. (Spec. 6 Cl.) Karlton F. Burkhart Pfc. John K. Conn Pfc. Marvin B. Crawford Pfc. (Spec. 6 Cl.) Ernest P. Dimon Pfc. Emil W. Gehrke Pfc. Marx K. Goldberg Pfc. Harry K. Granshaw Pfc. William L. Hughes Pfc. Harry B. Jacobsen Pfc. Charles H. Reed Pfc. Jay R. Shestak Pfc. John A. Stanesik Pfc. Merle A. Van Dyke Pfc. Emil C. Wagner |
Privates: Pvt. Edwin F.L. Ainsworth Pvt. Howard L. Berkshire Pvt. John J, Blaszak Pvt. Joseph E. Bodner Pvt. Frank Borsh, Jr. Pvt. Paul J. Camden Pvt. Glen W. Clark Pvt. Lawrence P. Couch Pvt. Harold E. Day Pvt. Arthur D. Dold Pvt. Howard W. Finney Pvt. Rodney E. Gibson Pvt. Thomas B. Hamilton Pvt. Ottinus Hansen Pvt. Walter P. Hansen Pvt. Anton H. Hinchik Pvt. James C. Holmes Pvt. Fred H. Hoye Pvt. Kenneth R. Kimball Pvt. John A. LaMontin Pvt. Clyde D. Larrick Pvt. James D. McDonnell Pvt. Joseph F. Melies, Jr. Pvt. Roderick S. Mesecar Pvt. Joseph F. Murphy Pvt. Roland T. Peterson Pvt. John B. Robbins Pvt. Joseph A. Roy Pvt. Clarence H. Slayton, Jr. Pvt. Gerald M. Smith Pvt. Harold F. Stuben Pvt. Harry Trider Pvt. Julius J. Yeshnowski Assigned Reservists: 2nd Lt. Bernard L. Malcolm |
Thanks to Nicholas Tuma from the
Nebraska National Guard Museum for this information.
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