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MARSHALL BERTRAND D
(Massachusetts Tech. '15)
President of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Del
NOVEMBE
1946
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Vol.. 69
NOVEMBER, 1946
NO. 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Neu. Riches Within Inches
Legend tells of a band of hasty treasure hunters who fled with the gold
first unearthed, while mere inches away, in the South Sea sand, lay
another chest containing the largest, most flawless pearl known to man!
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New York Club! Dig a little deeper into your Fiji privileges and you'll
find more than met the eye when you pledged.
There's a friendly home in the very midriff of Manhattan, where you
can dine, entertain or receive mail — regardless whether you're sleeping in or out. You'll meet Fijis who know New York like Thoreau
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A Message from the President
The New President of Our Society
What Manner of Man Is Bailey?
This Will Introduce Bob Adams
Meet Field Secretary Mitchell
Our War Story— Continued
Fraternity's Tribute to Heroes
In a Sung Little Nook by the Fireside
Fratres Qui Fuerunt Sed Nunc Ad Astra
Gleams of NVhite Star Dust
Fijis, Here There and Everywhere
Books on Phi Gamma Delta's Shelf
Fijis As Press Sees Them
This Issue as the Editor Sees It
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CECIL J. WILKINSON
(Ohio Wesleyan '17)
Editor and Mana.ger
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His smooth line, as rushing chairman. saved many a rushee from a fate
worse than death —membership in a
fraternity other than Phi Gamma Delta.
For a part of his senior year he was
both President and Treasurer of the
chapter, as well as pledge recruiting
generalissimo. Meantime, he had won
for the cannibals first honors in the
homecoming decoration contest.
A graduate of the R.O.T.C. in January, 1943, he went on four months
later to the officers' candidate school
and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the artillery in September of
that year. He was then assigned to the
survey and sound-and-flash courses at
Fort Sill.
In June, 1944, he waved farewell to
Miss Liberty and went overseas to the
European theater with the 16th Field
Artillery Observation Battalion. He
arrived in Normandy, by way of England, in August and his unit was assigned to the VIII Corps Artillery at
Brest — in the area where the other
incumbent Field Secretary, John H.
Lathe, Jr. (Western Reserve '44), was
battling with the 29th American Infantry Division. Serving as sound survey officer and flash platoon commander, Dwight participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes,
Rhineland and Central Europe engagements.
After V-E Day, Dwight was redeployed to the 13th Field Artillery Observation Battalion and promoted to a
first lieutenancy.
orientation officer for that army in its
information and education program.
Last February he was ordered to
London to observe and report on the
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OUR FIELD SECRETARIES
Cal Chambers
1913-1915
Walter Atkinson
1915-1916
Horace E. Hall
_1916-1917
James A. Farrell
_1917-1020
Philip E. Lyon
_1920-1925
Danner Lee Mahood
_1925-1927
Lyle K. Bush
_1927-1928
Martin J. Her
1927-1929
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C. E. Groenewegen
_1929-1932
Eugcn Andres, Jr.
1929-1935
James R. McKeldin
1932-1935
William S. Robb
1935-1938
George H. Shevlin. Jr
1935-1917
Alan IV. Johnson
7937-1939
John A. Parker
1938-1940
Calvin C. Stoddard
1939-1942
John H. Lathe. Jr
1946T. Dwight Mitchell, Jr
1946-
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first sessions of the United Nations
In that capacity he met the American
delegation to ascertain its views and
thus be in a position to report back to
the occupation forces.
Discharged from Uncle Sam'I's ran6
in April, he returned to Oklahoma
City, whence came he to the headquarters of the fraternity.
Imbued with the high idealism
Phi Gamma Delta and grounded in Ira
ternity procedures as onetime head 0
the only chapter in the fraternity
ON DUTY AT HEIDELBERG
win the Cheney Cup four times, Fiel
Then, when victory over Japan was Secretary Mitchell is destined to pla
written in the books, he was transferred an important part in the post-war pr
to the G-3 section of the 7th Army gram of revitalization which will ecitil
Headquarters in Heidelberg, serving as our noble society for its centennial.
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Our War Story—Continued
As Curtain Slowly Drops Upon Phi Gamma Delta's War
Scene New Names Are Added to Glory Roster
'LOWLY descends the curtain upon the Phi Gamma Delta war
scene, as belated reports come to the
headquarters of the fraternity of more
of Delta's gallant sons who now sleep
in the Eternal Bivouac and of more of
our living veterans who have won the
accolade of a grateful Republic for
deeds of heroism on ensanguined fields
of honor.
Into our album of memory are written these entries:
Killed in action:
PARKMAN WILLARD DAVIS (Syracuse '40). air forces first lieutenant, previously reported missing in action over
Europe April 16, 1943, is now declared dead
by the War Department. He was flying over
in
Bre1s9t,19.France, with the 8th Air Force.
Brother Davis was born in Newport, Vt.,
LUDLOW VANDF.RBURG CLARK
DEICHLER (Georgia Tech. '34). navy
commander, was killed in
action on August 26, 1945,
at Okinawa. He was born
in Philadelphia in 1908.
ROBERT LINCOLN
DEMING (Washington '37),
air t,trces lieutenant, is now
presumed as having been
killed in action on August
31, 1944, while on a bombing mission to Taka o,
Formosa.
JAMES PATRICK
RIBBON (Colgate '39),
air forces lieutenant, was
killed in action on April 8.
l444, between India and
China. At Colgate he was a varsity football
player for three years. He was born in
Waterbury, Conn., in 1918.
WILLIAM McKENDRIEE HUDGENS
(Tennessee '38), air forces first lieutenant,
has been officially declared killed in action.
He failed to return from a bombing mission to Kiel, Germany, on January 4. 1944.
He was born in 1916 in Honea Path, S. C.
HARRY RIPLEY MELTON, JR. (Alabama '34), air forces colonel, was aboard a
Japanese prison ship which was sunk on
September 8, 1944. Colonel Melton, a West
Point graduate, was shot down over Burma
on November 25, 1943. He was found by the
natives and turned over to the Japanese.
After confinement at Rangoon. he was flown
to Singapore, where he was imprisoned for
10 months, before embarking on the prison
ship. He commanded the 311th Fighter Group
of the 10th Air Force. Brother Melton had
completed 33 missions and had been awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was
born in Wickliffe, Ky., in 1911.
KENNETH LEE MOORE (Colorado
College '44), air forces lieutenant, was killed
in action on September 9,
1944, near Coblenz, Germany.
He was born in Big Sandy,
Mont., in 1922.
WILLIAM FREDERICK
MUHLENBERG (Gettysburg '41), air forces lieutenant, was killed in a Tokyo
prison camp on May 26,
1945, by American bombs. A
grandson of William F.
Muhlenberg (Gettysburg '68,
Muhlenberg '69, Pennsylvania '82), he was born in
Reading, Pa., in 1918.
STANLEY FREDERICK
RICE (Union '37), air
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EDWARD ROSS CALLAWAY (Yale
'34), army staff sergeant, was drowned on
June 26, 1946 in Lake Nabnasset, N. H.
The son of H. Ross Callaway (Massachusetts
Tech. '08), Edward was born in New York
City in 1913.
ROBERT EDWARD LEE GRAHAM.
JR. (North Carolina '30), a major attached
to the general staff, died on November 10,
1944, in Washington. He was born in 1909
and was a brother of Walter R. Graham
(North Carolina '30).
JOHN EVERARD HATCH, JR. (Oklahoma '41), army major, was killed on April
1, 1946, in an airplane accident at Nieubiberg,
Germany. He was born in West Point, N. Y.,
in 1918.
BENJAMIN OSCAR JOHNSON (Missouri '39), air forces lieutenant, died in May,
1945, in Manchester, N. H.. the day after
DEAN BEAVERS STRAIN (Colorado
'43), air forces captain, is now presumed
dead after having been reported missing in
action on January 17, 1945. over Hamburg,
Germany, while on his 27th mission. He
was a varsity basketball player at Colorado.
He was born in 1920 in La Junta, Colo.,
and is survived by a Fiji brother, George L
Strain (Colorado '38).
ARTHUR LEU TEALL (Maine '42),
air forces lieutenant, is now presumed dead
after being shot down during a major attack
on the Japanese on November 5, 1943. His
dive bomber was last seen to fall in the
ocean. He was born in Glen Ridge, N. J.,
in 1921.
GEORGE AYERS WILDHACK (Purdue '39), navy lieutenant, previously reported
missing, is officially listed as having been
killed in action over Tinian on June 12, 1944.
4
TAPS FOR TENNESSEEAN
is Lieu(Officially declared killed in action
tenant William McK. Hudgens (Tennessee
of the air forces, who failed to return
a bombing mission over Kiel, Germany.
LOSES LIFE IN EUROPE
Davis
(.First Lieutenant Parkman 1V.
(Syracuse '40) of the air forces was killed in
action over Brest. France.
g in
forces second lieutenant, reported missin
action over New Guinea on June 16, 1942,
is now presumed dead by the War Depart
t
Pursui
40th
the
with
flying
was
He
ment.
in
born
was
Rice
nant
Lieute
Squadron.
Castleton-on-Hudson, N. Y., in 1913.
GERALD D. SCOTT. JR. (Missouri
'44), marine corps air forces first lieutenant, was killed in action on March 30,
1945, off Okinawa. He had participated in
February
the surprise bombing of Tokyo in
Mo.,
Louis,
St.
in
born
was
He
of that year.
in 1922.
F
EDWARD BENJAMIN SETLIF
ant,
(Oklahoma '44), air forces first lieuten
recorded
previously reported missing, is now
June 17,
on
action
in
killed
as having been
returning
1945, in the Pacific theater, while
over
from a bombing mission—his 15th —
on,
Kingst
in
born
was
He
Japan.
hima,
Kogos
Okla., in 1922.
DONALD STUART YATES (William
Jewell '41), navy ensign, was lost in the
sinking of the U. S. S. Liscomb Bay in the
Southwest Pacific on November 24, 1943.
He was born in Liberty, Mo., in 1918.
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nuke et decorum est pro patria mori.
The following Fijis have died in the
service, although not at actual grips
with the enemy:
SHOT DOWN OVER INDIA
Colgate, 1.0,
former football star at (Colgate 'Jo
n
Gribbo
k
tenant James Patric
action between
of the air forces was killed in
CA
India and China.
ROBERT ELIOT BRONSON (Wash
ington '45). marine corps captain, died on
June 22, 1946, at Cherry Point, N. C., where
he was stationed as an executive officer of
a carrier squadron. He spent one and a half
years overseas as a marine fighter pilot and
was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He received his commission in the regular
marine corps in 1945. Brother Bronson was
born in Seattle, Wash., in 1922.
DIES ON A PRISON SHIP
Harry R.
, Colonel
C.Shot down over Burma
'34) of the air forces
Melton, Jr. (Alabama
and lost his
was captured by the Japanese
a prisoner
was
he
which
on
ship
life when the
Japan.
and
ore
Singap
n
was sunk betwee
r.•
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Brigadier General R. Townsend Heard
performed exceptionally meritorious service
in a duty of great responsibility as assistant
chief of staff, G-1, United States Forces,
Pacific Ocean Areas, from August, 1944, to
June, 1945. His thorough understanding of
the innumerable personnel problems peculiar
to amphibious operations in the Pacific and
his swift and accurate solutions of those
problems were of immense value to combat
organizations. The efficient flow of replacements during the major operations of the
war in the Pacific at Anguar, Leyte and
Okinawa, the expeditious processing of administrative matters, and the rapid and successful readjustment of personnel of the command after the cessation of hostilities in
Europe were directly attributable to the
superior military knowledge and technical
ability of General Heard. By his diplomacy,
devotion to a difficult task and exceptional
foresight, he contributed materially to the
2. 1944. at Framingham, Mass., of injuries
received at Camp Helen, Tex, Brother
Walker was born in Brookline, Mass., at
1921. He is survived by a Fiji father, Isaac
Chandler Walker (Johns Hopkins '05), and
a Fiji brother. Chandler Colby Walker
(Worcester Tech. '41).
DONALD EARNEST WARDAN
(Knox '42), air forces captain, was killefl
in a plane accident on August 5, 1945. He
was born in Burlington, Ia., in 1918.
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The Navy Cross. highest accol...
save one among the sailormen, has 1)(1.1,
awarded to John Burrows Gunter
(Williams '40), navy lieutenant. The
citation:
For
dinary
enemy
based
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distinguishing himself by extraorheroism in operations against the
while acting as a pilot on a carrierbomber aircraft assigned to strike
HIS DEATH Is CONFIRMED
(Second Lieutenant Stanley F. Rice (Union
A FATALITY IN GERMANY
'37) of the air forces is now officially recorded dead. Ile was shot down over Neze
Guinea in the early days of the war.
Ill Lieutenant Kenneth L. Moore (Colorado
College '44) of the air forces was killed in
action near Coblenz, Germany.
major Japanese fleet units on October 25,
1944, in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands.
He pressed a dive bombing attack on an
enemy aircraft carrier and obtained a direct
bomb hit in the face of enemy air opposition
and extremely intense and continuous antiaircraft fire that appreciably contributed to
the sinking of same. His courage and skill
were at all times in keeping with the highest
traditions of the naval service.
lie arrived from overseas. He had served
25 months with the 8th Air Force in Europe.
Brother Johnson was born in Jefferson City,
Mo., in 1918.
FRED LLOYD LINDNER (Occidental
'45), navy ensign, lost his life on September
15, 1945. off Okinawa while serving aboard
the Y. M. S. 98, which was sunk in a typhoon.
He was born in 1922 in Los Angeles, Calif.
WALTER MATTHEWS (Sewanee '31),
navy lieutenant, was killed in the crash of a
navy plane on Mindora Island in the South
Pacific on September 1, 1945. He was'born
in Mayslick, Ky., in 1907.
FRANCIS SHELDON SARGEANT,
JR. (Virginia '37), air forces captain, was
killed in a plane crash in the Italian Alps
on June 5, 1945. He was born in 1913 in
Norfolk, Va.
GEORGE BREWSTER WALKER
(Maine '44), artillery sergeant, died August
MEETS FATE IN PRISON CA'!1'
([. Lieutenant William F. Muhlenberg
kill
tysburg '41) of the air forces was
!.4merican bomb$ while a prisoner in
The Distinguished Service Medal
(awarded for exceptional meritorious
service in a duty of great responsibility) has been bestowed upon anotiwr Fiji — Brigadier General Ralph
Townsend Heard (Texas '18), assistant chief of staff, United States Forces,
Prirific Ocean Areas. The citation:
TAPS FOR HIM AT OKINAWA
(MisFirst Lieutenant Gerald D. Scott
was
branch
air
corps
marine
the
of
'44)
souri
killed in action at Okinawa.
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was pinned down by enemy fire and receiving heavy casualties, Captain O'Rourke went
forward to the front lines through intense
enemy machine gun fire into a position from
which he could reconnoiter and estimate the
situation in order to avoid further casualties
being inflicted on his company. Having
evolved a plan that would relieve the chaotic
situation, he was crawling back through the
deadly enemy fire when he was wounded.
Only after familiarizing one of his officers
with the situation and his plan did he allow
himself to be evacuated to the aid station.
His conduct throughout was in keeping with
the highest traditions of the United States
naval service.
sonally supervised the evacuation of severaj
wounded men who were at the base of a
cliff in front of his position. Under emir,
observation and fire, he courageously
his way to the base of the cliff to tie
around the wounded in order that they might
be evacuated in the safest and most expedj.
tious manner. Thereafter, he led and inspired his men to a position from which the
enemy could be brought under effective and
superior fire. His leadership and coolnes,
under fire were instrumental in destroying
the enemy force and were in keeping with
the highest tra•litions of the United State,
naval service.
Lieutenant George Alfred Carlson
(Colorado University '31) of the infantry —
Captain Mortimer Dally Pier (Los
Angeles '32) of the infantry —
For gallantry in action against the enemy
at Nunoz, Luzon, P. I., on February 5, 1945.
When an infantry company commander wa
killed during a strong enemy counterattack
(Lieutenant Arthur L. Teal! (Maine '42)
of the air forces was killed in action against
the Japanese.
41.1, First Lieutenant Edward B. Setliff (Oklahoma '44) of the air forces was killed in
action while returning from a bombing mission over Kogoshima, Japan.
company became disorganized and was
• e point of breaking. Lieutenant Carlson,
t tn battalion intelligence officer, was with
the company at the time. Taking command
of the situation he reorganized the company
to the extent that the men were able to hold
• 2round. He then worked his way alone
t, dn observation point approximately 100
yards forward of the front line and adjusted
300 rounds of 42 mortar fire on the advancmg enemy. At the same time he killed six
enemy infantrymen who were acting in support of tanks. The mortar and rifle fire broke
UP the enemy conaterattack and permitted
the company to gain its objective.
victory of our forces in the war against
Japan.
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*
The Silver Star (for gallantry in
action) has been awarded to the following Fijis:
Lieutenant Howard Alexander Berrian (Gettysburg '44), marine corps
lieutenant —
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity
in action against the enemy while serving
with a marine rifle company on Okinawa,
Shima, Ryukyu Islands, on May 24, 1945.
Second Lieutenant Berrian, while serving as
a 60-millimeter mortar platoon leader, assumed command of a rifle platoon whose
platoon leader had been wounded and evacuated and while it was committed to fierce
action. Before assuming command, he per-
For distinguishing himself by gallantry in
action in connection with military operations
against an enemy of the United States on
October 4, 1944, in the area of St. Antonis,
GALLANT OFFICER IS KILLED
KILLED IN PACIFIC SKIES
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A GOLD STAR CAPTAIN
11. Captain Dean B. Strain (Colorado '-;
the air forces was killed over Hatn ,
Germany, while on his 27th mission
pitain
Donald Hunter O'Rourke.
corpsDo_
Jr. (Colorado College '41) of the
marine
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in
rhon against the enemy on Iwo Jima, Vol'' Islands, on February 25, 1945. When
-tile company which he was commanding
NAVY LISTS HINI As DEAD
41, Navy Lieutenant George A. IVildhark
(Purdue '39) was killed in action over Tinian.
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vided higher authorities with data and means
whereby prisoners could be properly fed
within the purpose and intent of any treaties
to which the United States had become
obligated.
exceptionally meritorious conduct in the
performance of outstanding services.
Upon the roster of those who have
been cited for this decoration appear
the following new Fiji names:
Colonel Frederick A. McMahon
(Michigan '16) of the ordnance department —
Colonel Benjamin Harrison Brinton
(Pennsylvania '15) of the air forces—
As deputy chief of the Cincinnati Ordnance Procurement District from September,
1939, to July. 1942, he demonstrated marked
executive ability and leadership in administering the affairs of this procurement district. The able and efficient manner in which
he organized an effective agency and administered the procurement of vast quantities
of war materials constitutes an outstanding
contribution to the prosecution of the war
effort.
Serving as budget and fiscal officer of the
Air Transport Command from August
1942, to May, 1944, he established sound
basic policies in the command's fiscal affairs.
He organized budget and fiscal offices at
stations throughout the world, trained personnel to operate them, and solved many
organizational problems. Responsible for securing all necessary funds for the command.
he prepared estimates of requirements and
ably defended these figures before War Department and governmental committees. He
rendered outstanding service both to the Air
HE GOES
DOWN WITH SHIP
Holland. While commanding the lead tank
in an attack southeast of St. Antonis, Captain Pier's vehicle was disabled by a direct
hit and his radio put out of operation. Determined to warn the column behind him, he
dragged himself from the helpless vehicle
although suffering from wounds in both legs.
Ignoring the barrage of artillery and the
volleys from close-range small arms, he
directed the withdrawal of the other tanks
by means of hand signals given from his
exposed position on the ground. When one
tank ventured forward alone to attempt a
rescue, Captain Pier waved it back realizing
the danger from nearby anti-tank guns
By his gallant and brilliant leadership under
the most adverse circumstances Captain Pier
prevented the possible decimation of the
column and rendered a distinguished service
to his battalion.
* * *
The Legion of Merit is awarded for
Lieutenant-Colonel George Edward
Moore (Colgate '41) of the air
forces —
hi Is
Jewell
41. Ensign Donald S. Yates (William
'41) went down with his ship, the U. S. S.
Liscomb Bay in Pacific waters.
247
BRAVERY
Is RfiCoGNizED
EL Marine Corps Lieutenant Howard A.
Perrian (Gettysburg '44) won the Silver Star
isr intrepidity in action against the Japanese
at Okinawa.
Tran.port Command by regulating its fiscal
,ffairs without hampering its operational
mi,simi and to the government by protecting
•ts interests in large-scale negotiations.
Captain Horace Davis Hetzel (Wittenberg '37) of the Quartermaster
Corps ___
WINS
COVETED NAVY
CROS-
Gunter
Lieutenant John B.
for tn.:
Cross
hams '40) won the Navy
aircraft
direct bomb hit on a Japanese
la. Navy
For outstanding service front April, 1944,
to Stptemb(7. 1945, as a member of the
quartermasta. board. He was responsible for
all tests pertinent to rations and ration cornlaments conducted at the quartermaster
board. In effectively discharging this duty
he displayed ingenuity in developing techniques for which no previous pattern or
.In°del existed. He conducted numerous prolects involving the components of emergency
rations, and devised methods for measurement of food intake by soldiers. His survey
of food distribution to prisoners of war pro-
DEVIL DOG IS DECORATED
4:1_ Captain Donald If. O'Rourke (Colorado
College '41) was awarded the Silver Star
for conspicuous gallantry with thc marine
corps at Iwo Jima.
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exceptionally meritorious conduct
performance of outstanding service!,.
Upon the roster of those who have
been cited for this decoration
the following new Fiji names:
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vided higher authorities with data and means
whereby prisoners could be properly fed
within the purpose and intent of any treaties
to which the United States had become
ibligated.
Colonel Frederick A. McMahon
(Michigan '16) of the ordnance department —
Colonel Benjamin Harrison Brintnr:
(Pennsylvania '15) of the air forcl.Serving as budget and fiscal officer r:
Air Transport Command from ..hr.
1942, to May, 1944, he established
basic policies in the command's fiscal at
He organized budget and fiscal offices at
stations throughout the world, trained personnel to operate them, and solved many
organizational problems. Responsible for securing all necessary funds for the command,
he prepared estimates of requirements and
ably defended these figures before War Department and governmental committees. He
rendered outstanding service both to th,
As deputy chief of the Cincinnati Ordnance Procurement District from September,
1939, to July, 1942, he demonstrated marked
executive ability and leadership in administering the affairs of this ptocurement district. The able and efficient manner in which
he organized an effective agency and administered the procurement of vast quantities
of war materials constitutes an outstanding
contribution to the prosecution of the war
effort
Lieutenant-Colonel George Edward
Moore (Colgate '41) of the air
forces—
HE GOES DOWN WITH SHIP
HIS BRAVERY IS RECOGNIZED
(1. Marine Corps Lieutenant Howard A.
ti Ensign Donald S. Yates (William Jewell
'41) went down with his ship, the U. S. S.
Liscomb Bay in Pacific waters.
Holland. While commanding the lead tank
in an attack southeast of St. Antonis, Captain Pier's vehicle was disabled by a direct
hit and his radio put out of operation. Determined to warn the column behind him, he
dragged himself from the helpless vehicle
although suffering from wounds in both legs.
Ignoring the barrage of artillery and the
volleys from close-range small arms, he
directed the withdrawal of the other tanks
by means of hand signals given from his
exposed position on the ground. When one
tank ventured forward alone to attempt a
rescue, Captain Pier waved it back realizing
the danger from nearby anti-tank guns.
By his gallant and brilliant leadership under
the most adverse circumstances Captain Pier
prevented the possible decimation of the
column and rendered a distinguished service
to his battalion.
* * *
The Legion of Merit is awarded for
errian (Gettysburg '44) won the Silver Star
intrepidity in action against the Japanese
at Okinawa.
ransport Command by regulating its fiscal
,ffairs without hampering its operational
mission and to the government by protecting
its interests in large-scale negotiations.
Captain Horace Davis Hetzel (Wittenberg '37) of the Quartermaster
Corps —
WINS COVETED NAVY CROSS
Navy Lieutenant John B. Gunter (1 'hams '40) won the Nary Cross for making
direct bomb hit on a Japanese aircraft carrier.
For outstanding service from April, 1944,
to September, 1945, as a member of the
quartermaster board. He was responsible for
all tests pertinent to rations and ration components conducted at the quartermaster
board. In effectively discharging this duty
he displayed ingenuity in developing techniques for which no previous pattern or
model existed. He conducted numerous projects involving the components of emergency
rations, and devised methods for measurement of food intake by soldiers. His survey
of food distribution to prisoners of war pro-
DEVIL DOG IS DECORATED
111, Captain Donald H. O'Rourke (Colorado
College '41) was awarded the Silver Star
for conspicuous gallantry with the marine
corps at Iwo Jima.
248
THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
Colonel Ernest Tuttle Owen (Deni_
son '23) of the field artillery—
initiative and in addition to his regular
duties, he conducted extensive research which
proved to be of great value to fighter aviation. In collaboration with another officer,
he originated and developed the curve of
pursuit studies in January, 1943. and continued research throughout the following two
years. Data thus obtained constitute the basis
for much of the knowledge of fighter gun:
nery techniques, which have helped to achieve
the superiority in combat of army air forces
fighter aircraft. He also aided in the origination and development of the wing line
method of rocket firing and dive bombing,
which made possible more efficient and standardized training and increased the accuracy
of combat tactics. He coordinated in the
design and construction of the prototype of
the W-2 Film Assessor, which is used in
fixed gunnery training throughout the army
air forces. He exhibited extraordinary fidelity and efficiency and a measure of ability
and ingenuity conspicuously above and beyond
For exceptionally meritorious conduct in
the performance of outstanding services as
executive officer, field artillery headquarters
26th Division Artillery, from December 1,
1944, to May 9, 1945, Colonel Owen, by his
superior tactical and technical knowledge
and his executive ability assisted materially
in the successful direction and coordination
of the organic artillery of the division anr1
the artillery allotted by higher headquarters
His organizing ability and leadership
throughout the period were outstanding in
coordinating and maintaining the artillery
support which was a definite factor in the
successful accomplishment by the division of
its combat mission. His superior leadershil,
ability and initiative reflect the highest cred:t
upon himself and the military service.
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Law
CITED FOR SILVER STAR
tits SERVICE IS MERITORIOUS
C For developing and perfecting progress
'
which presented vital information to
,:el in the higher levels, LieutenantGeorge E. Moore (Colgate '41) of
air forces was cited for the Legion of
Merit.
11 Captain Mortimer D. Pier (Los Angeles
'32) of the infantry, wounded in both legs.
warned a tank company in Holland of enemy
fire. His accolade: The Silver Star.
For exceptionally meritorious conduct in
the performance of outstanding services during the period from July, 1944, to August
1945, as chief progress analysis branch, office
of statistical control headquarters, army air
forces. Colonel Moore made an outstanding
contribution to the overall war effort by his
services in connection with planning decisions
vital to the operations of the army air forces.
With unusual foresight and planning, Colonel
Moore developed and perfected the army air
forces activity and progress report which
presented vital information to personnel in
high levels, thereby relieving a constant pressure on their time by presenting a comprehensive picture of the important problems
of the army air forces. By his exceptional
professional skill and intense devotion to duty
throughout these and many other outstanding
services. Colonel Moore has reflected great
credit upon himself and the armed forces
of the United States.
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Poole,
Jr. (Syracuse '32) of the in-
For exceptionally meritorious service from
i)tember 16, 1942, to September 26, 1945.
As a staff officer, Headquarters, United
States Forces, Atka and Adak Islands in
the Aleutians during this period, LieutenantColonel Poole exhibited outstanding initiative. judgment and zeal in formulating and
impleinenting staff policies and procedures
fihiriccehs contributed greatly to the successful
at.zomplishment of the mission in that theatre.
Major William Hanson Phinizy
Tech. '38) of air
WINS THE LEGION OF MERIT
service on the quartermaster
was so outstanding that Captain Hora.
Hetzel (Wittenberg '37) was awarded
Legion of Merit.
Massachusetts
C. His
the
For outstanding services from January 1,
r 43, to January 31, 1945. Upon his own
RECEIVES LEGION OF MERIT
C. Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore L. Poole, Jr.
(Syracuse '32) was awarded the Legion of
Merit for "initiative, judgment and zeal' in
the Aleutians.
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250
servthe usual, and has rendered outstanding
forces.
air
army
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against the Emperor's secretary, who
despite "loss of face," because the
guards had been outwitted by an
American reporter, escorted Paul back
to the entrance, chatting English freely all the while. .
Brother Manning makes his headquarters at the New York Phi Gamma
Delta Club, whence he sallies forth on
lecture engagements.
* * *
Former Commander William Bowen
Sarles (Wisconsin '26), bacteriologist
on the staff of the University of Wisconsin, has been made an officer of the
military division of the Order of the
British Empire "for distinguished service to the Allied cause."
Paul H. Manning (Occidental '37)
is the only correspondent who witnessed and broadcast the signing of
both surrenders — in the red brick
school house at Rhiems, France, and on
board the U. S. S. Missouri in Tokyo
Bay.
During his six years in foreign countries Paul made a trip to Asia through
India and Burma for N.E.A.; covered
London for C.B.S.; accompanied air
forces fliers on bombing expeditions
over Germany; flew to Normandy on
V-E Day and followed the American
troops to Paris, where he was the first
correspondent to broadcast from the
liberated capital; was at Luxembourg.
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Brussels, the Ardennes and the Siega
in
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Then he flew to the Pacific theater Octobe
Mr. Cartotto in 1925 was invited lw
and broadcast from fleet headquarters
come to the White
at Guam. He then proceeded to Tokyo the President to distinguished Amthe
for the Japanese surrender and was one House where
seven weeks. The
of the first correspondents to enter herst Fiji sat for
finest
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Fraternity's Tribute to Heroes
Text of Memorial Address for Out World War II Dead
Delivered by Historian at Victory Ekklesia
By GILBERT WILCOX MEAD (Allegheny '11)
ll'ith rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,
For many a rose-lipt maiden
And many a lightfoot lad.
By brooks too broad for leaping
The lightfoot boys are laid;
And rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.
CO wrote a recent English poet,
shortly after the conclusion of the
First World War. He was conscious,
•ri years of peace as in those of conflict,
if the tragic sense of deprivation which
comes when young lives are terminated
before they have reached the fullest
dowering of their promise.
War accentuates this sense of loss
as it increases the number of its casualties. The untold billions of physical
destruction can never be properly compared to the loss of one young life;
and in this respect war is the greatest
waster mankind has been forced to
tolerate.
FOR OUR LOVED ONES
It is our personal sense of the loss
the "lightfoot lads" we knew, taken
us by the ghastly fortune of war,
ibrings us here together in solemn
rial of the lives of Phi Gamma
Delta's loved ones who mounted the
altar of sacrifice and passed into immortality in the service of their country.
The same poet, in lines "To an
Athlete Dying Young," says:
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay.
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
Nearly a century of its annual circuits have marked the history of
our world since the Immortal Six,
Founders of Phi Gamma Delta, banded
themselves under their fraternal oaths
of mutual affection, joining together
indissolubly by words and deeds as
have all their successors in the mystic
union. Pledging each other hand to
hand and heart to heart, they stood
united, with affection in their breasts,
with fame before their youthful vision
and with eternity in their eyes.
To them, as to all their successors
in the fraternal bonds of our order,
came varying fates. Late or soon, to
some came fame; for some the scroll
of life closed early and their spirits
followed the higher road to be joined
elsewhere in the Eternal Chapter, under the great white star.
Once again, as ha3 been true far too
often, this battered world has been
racked by a combat superhuman in its
strivings, cosmic in its scope, a titanic
and a terrible catastrophe, a cataclysm
of destruction and death, before which