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William Clifford Maus

West Point, 1955

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Bob Deardorff on August 18, 1998:

From early Fall 1950 until last Sunday, I kept in touch with Bill. My latest exchange with him
concerned his upcoming trip to his trout stream in North Carolina. He had considered stopping by
my home on the way up from Florida. Bill, John Feagin and I shared an experience unknown to us
at the time. We all marched in the first Armed Forces Day parade, 19 May 1950, in San Antonio.



As others asked him, I too wondered why he wanted to go to USMA, when he was already a 2d
LT. Mostly he just smiled and said "Someday Deardorff you'll understand." Well, I'm not sure I
ever did, but he was an excellent model for me and others he came in contact with. His last words
in his last message to me: "Press on."

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