Frank Coffee, Forty Years On The Pacific — Alaska Telegraph Signal Corps (1920)
“ Many heroic deeds have been performed by this self-sacrificing body of men. One instance occurred in 1916, when a soldier was fifty miles from his post at Fairbanks and cold 60 degrees below zero. He knew that in the vicinity there was a cabin owned by a man, which he eventually found. On entering, he saw the poor fellow, named Monte, lying in his bunk, with his feet badly frostbitten. He had been in that helpless condition for forty-eight hours. The brave young signaler tapped the wires leading to Fairbanks, asking for immediate aid. ”
