F. S. Bell 1939. "Exeter's" six eight-inch guns were mainly responsible for seriously damaging the in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. In this battle, "Exeter" also incurred severe damage from seven hits by eleven-inch shells and suffered 61 killed and 23 wounded. One salvo from the "Graf Spee" did a great deal of damage to the wheelhouse and killed all but three of the officers in it. Bell survived with minor injuries and he ordered that the remaining turrets should continue firing on the enemy. As damage control parties battled fires and flooding, Bell used a compass from one
S. S. Still 1876 to 1878. After graduating he taught school in Douglas County, Kansas. After his marriage Still and his wife moved to Maryville, Missouri and then moved to Kirksville in 1893. In 1893, he enrolled at the American School of Osteopathy (now the A.T. Still University) in Kirksville, which was founded by his uncle, Andrew Taylor Still, the developer of osteopathic medicine in the United States and the president of the school. He and his wife studied osteopathy at the American School of Osteopathy In 1895, S. S. Still graduated with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and then stayed at the