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Bill Blizzard

Mine Wars Section 13 of 19

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Union District 17 vice-president Bill Blizzard served as field commander for the armed march. World War I veterans among the miners helped organize the marchers along military lines. They used sentries, patrols, codes, and passwords, and had their own doctors, nurses, and medical and sanitary facilities, commissaries, and food tents.