THE PHI GAMMA DELTA

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Vol.. 05
APRIL, 1943
No.6
TABLE OF CONTEXTS
\ 1;1-and Slam for Sigma Tau Chapter
449
Our War Story —Continued
Brewster's New Fiji President
443
462
Our Billy Chamberlin Remembers
466
Death Summons Harry B. Wassell
471
Fijis Star in Dartmouth Hockey
473
In a Snug Little Nook by the Fireside
478
Fratres Qui Fuerunt Sed Nunc Ad Astra
Gkain of 1A'hite Star Dust
482
486
Fijis Here, There and Everywhere
489
Bo,ks on Phi Gamma Delta's Shelf
498
Fiji- As Press Sees Them
501
Issue as the Editor Sees It
504
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M
CECIL J. WILKINSON
(Ohio Wesleyan '17)
Editor and Manager
Rust Building. 1001 15th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
A mtit., 1943
No.6
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Our War Story—Continued
l.(..AkHART
LOYAL
A. Si
coy
WILLIAM 0. MCKAY
A Grand Slam for Sigma Tau Chapter
HIS is Phi Gamma Delta year at
the University of Washington
( and what year isn't!). Three
noble
sons of Sigma Tau Chapter have
won
high distinctions in that hot-bed
of college fraternity life— Seattle
.
Dr. Loyal Shoudy (Wash
ington
04), chief surgeon of the
Bethlehem
Steel Company, has been chosen
alumnus summa kude dignatus
of the university for the year 1943. The
award
is given each year to an
outstanding
living alumnus for distinguishe
d service over a period of years
after graduation. Dr. Shoudy is a pionee
r in the
field of industrial medicine.
He has
directed Bethlehem's staff of
300 doctors and nurses since 1914. He
has also
done extensive research work
in the
treatment of lead-poisoning,
tuberculosis, fractures and tendon
injuries. He
is a former president of
the Association of Industrial Physic
ians.
Chief of Section IV of
Phi Gamma
Delta, Loyal has been host
to
crews at Poughkeepsie since Husky
1922. A
rowing shell. Loyal Shoudy,
has been
named after him. He played
in Washington's first basketball game
during
his undergraduate days.
His benefac-
T
tions to Sigma Tau Chapter have been
many.
Another Fiji — the late Dr. Henry
G. Knight (Washington '02)— won
the same award in 1939.
Read on—
William 0. McKay (Washington
'12), now a major in the marine c(..was voted the outstanding citizei.
Seattle for 1942. His contributions to
the civic life were numerous and distinguished.
And also—
Ted Garhart (Washington '42). the
straw-thatched Washington crewman
who never lost a race in four years ot
collegiate competition, has been hall,''
as Seattle's Man of the Year in St
for 1942. Ted is now a second limo,
ant in the marine corps.
The Husky rowing coach ha
stamped Ted as the greatest stroke he
has tutored in his fifteen year:. a.
Washington, a choice he hesitantly
made after giving due credit to Donald.
B. Hume (Washington '40) ot
Olympics fame.
(The portrait of Dr. Shoudy, he"
reproduced, was especially painted for
the Fiji house at Washington.)
Four New Golden Stars Are Placed on Phi Gamma
Delta's Service Flag, As Gallantry Brings Accolades
By actr. J. WILKINSON (Ohio Wesleyan '17)
Editor or THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
)uR
new golden stars have been
Two other Fijis have been listed as
F i,laced upon the service flag of Phi missing in action. They are:
aintna Delta — in token of the suRobert Anthony Weber (William
: reme sacrifice made by our brothers Jewell '42). an infantry private, who
pon ensanguined fields of honor.
is unreported after action on a North
They are in tribute to:
A frican front.
Carl Ives Schuessler (Sewanee '38).
William Walling Luttrell (Tennesa marine corps lieutenant, who lost his see '41). an army lieutenant, who was
life on August 7, 1942, in combat in in the North African area.
the Pacific area.
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Robert Frank Van Doren (Missouri
A native of Columbus. Ga., where
43), an army lieutenant, who was he was born in August, 1917, Carl I.
killed in action in the South Pacific on Schuessler was initiated into Gamma
January 19, 1943.
Sigma Chapter at Sewanee on May 12.
John Phillips Stief (Pennsylvania 1935. He received the bachelor of
State '43), an army lieuarts degree from the
tenant, who gave his
university in 1939 and
lite in North Africa on
entered the St. Luke's
December 5, 1942.
Theological School. In
William Francis Milthe spring of his second
lerd (British Columbia
year of post-graduate
,43), a sergeant gunner
work he enlisted in the
In the R.C.A.F., who was
aviation branch of the
Previously reported as
naval reserve and was
missing in action in a
commissioned in the mannne-laying operation
rine air corps.
over the Holland coast
He was selected from
and who is now officially
Marine Corps Unit No.
declared as having been
240 as an observer on a
killed in action.
special mission and was
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Earalh Jensen (tbriatopbrr
western '41)
lairharb 6uI1
Georgia Tech. '39)
Paul 4. Jahns. Jr.
‘Vashington '42)
Eirh3rt (¼rrigui White
KILLED IN ACTION
Etrharb iUtain arttnan
(Rutgers '39)
lUtlitani (tabill ljunk. Jr.
(Pennsylvania '42)
enantrg Allen Foughs. Jr.
; ashington and Lee '39)
31nbn Erstrr Pratt
f Denison '41)
fattison Nultau
Ifilliatn ?Frauds
'37
Columbia '43
Enbril prank lianlinrcu
John
Penn.ylvania
krir doattits Ottznars
_2::Ir.r1Nrt rtr Eirr
1
MISSING IN ACTION
ilflau-lmn Eugene Johnson
( Brown '37
Enbrrt Anthang Illrbrr
William Jewell '4.2:
Tharlra Nanrr fRatnr
Richmond 39,
Nrrbrrirk lerhrr ti alsb
I Knox '37)
Eugrnr Earle Amid. :II;
(Vs illiarn Jes eL 41
Eirbarb Ewing !Ellin(Indiana '401
Jura ettursalrr
9,-Aanee '38)
State '43)
S. S.
`! reported aboard the U.
1942.
7,
on August
-witness
i le was last seen by an eye
ise the
—"Pra
gun
e
machin
manning a
— in
tion!"
ammuni
the
pass
and
Lnrc:
deck
on
the rear seat of an airplane
afthe
on
d
and caring for the wounde
under
was
it
while
ter part of the ship
heavy fire from enemy hordes.
The following is an excerpt from a
letter which his parents have received
from the commanding officer of his
unit:
Carl Bautb Priffr:
(North Carolina '3lail1iani al1in EultrrIl
(Tennessee '41)
BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
EDGAR CARDIFF KENDALL
(British Colurnhia '37 )
U. S. ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
1VILLAJD HALL
CLOVIS E. BYERS
ROBERT L. EICHELBF.RGER
a— Jewell '38)
(Ohio State '21)
(Ohio State '07)
MAX REID WIECKS
WI'LLOUGHBY
BROOKE EMPIE ALLEN
• ag '14)
(Oklahoma '36)
(Davidson '32)
U. S. ARMY SILVER STAR
CHARLES A. Wrunt:cHISY
CECIL EDWARD COMBS
HOBART R. GAY
(Gettysburg '14)
(Knox '17)
(Chicago '33)
Ct.ovis E. BYERS
MEREDITH MILLER HUGGINS
)State '21)
tOhi,
(Oregon State '38, Minnesota'38)
U. S. ARMY DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
CECIL EDWARD COMBS
RICHARD EWING MILLER
EDWARD P. MALISZEWsN!
(Chicago '33)
(Indiana '40)
(Denison '42)
U. S. NAVY CROSS
HARALD JENSEN CHRISTOPHER
MAXWELL FRANKLIN LESLIE
(Washington
(Northwectern '41)
U. S. NAVY DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
RICHARD BULL
(Georgia Tech. '39)
U. S. NAVY SILVER STAR
NIKOLAI S. STEVENSON
FREDERIC STRONG FINK, JR.
(Columbia '40)
445
(Ohio Wesleyan '41)
During Lieutenant Schuessler's tour of
duty under my command his conduct was
alio\ e reproach, was sincere and he diligently performed his duties in an excellent manner. Lieutenant Schuessler possessed one of
the most versatile personalities within the
range of my experience. Aboard ship he
entertained all hands with his acrobatic
stunts that we all enjoyed. On Sunday mornings Lieutenant Schuessler held Divine services. from which all gained spiritual food
p was times.lna inded
that
e a great help during these
Lieutenant Schuessler's leadership and
conduct won him the respect
tgheilstlecommmaanlYnd.
and admiration of all officers and men of
Fighter Strip No. 1, location not
given, has been named Kirby-Schuessler Field in honor of Brother Schuessler and another marine lieutenant who
was killed at the same time.
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Robert Frank VanDoren, who was
killed while leading his platoon against
a Japanese machine gun position in a
Southwest Pacific theatre on January
19, 1943, was born in Kansas City,
N10.. in 1922. He prepared for college
at Culver Military Academy and was
initiated by Chi Mu Chapter at Missouri on February 18, 1940. He was
called to duty on May 1, 1942, and was
sent to Camp Roberts, Calif., where
HE MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE
warrior,
C. This theological student turned
(Sewanee '38)
Lieutenant Carl I. Schuessler
seen manning
of the marine corps, was last
kips — our vivid
the
against
gun
machine
a
pass the
example of "Praise the Lord and
ammunition."
was then
he stayed three months and
t in
regimen
assigned to an infantry
during
action
Hawaii. He went into
the first
the latter part of November or
of December.
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see his
John P. Stief, Jr., will never
two
than
less
is
Jr.,
John,
father, for
John
sire,
gallant
his
and
old
months
for his
Phillips Stief, Sr., gave his life camAfrican
North
country in the
paign on December 5, 1942. SeptemJohn was called to duty in
training
ber, 1941. He took his basic n. Mo.,
Sikesto
at
field
at the army air
Enid, Okla.
and his advanced course at
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amination for officers'
candidate sc:
and was to have returned
to the Un;:.
States for training but
was sent into
action before he passed
his physical
examination.
His Fiji friends hope that
he is perhaps a prisoner of war
and still living.
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A shares the
view of the editorial in
the KnoxH"
News Sentinel which thus
referre
William W. Luttrell: "We
hope thai
he is not lost for good,
but will he
found and able to fight
the GeTTT'Iragai n."
Born in Knoxville in 1918,
a leader among men. He was
an Eagle
Scout, a football and basketball
star,
a summer camp counc
ilor and a
churchman. A product of the R. O. T.
C., "Timber" was commissioned lieua
tenan
t and went to Ireland in May.
ILLED liv JAP GUNNERS
1942. He was last seen in actio
Q. 14 77: leading his plato
n in
on against a Japanese machine-gun nest
Nort
h Africa.
in a Southwest Pacific battle, Lieutenant
Robert F. VanDoren
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(Missouri '43) was killed
. Rob came to MisThe
meda
l
hono
rs list continues to
souri from Culver
Military Academy.
increase as more Fijis swing into action.
From there he went
to Mission, Tex.,
Word comes that Lieutenant-Colonel
where he received his
commission and Brooke Empie Alle
n (Davidson '32,
his wings on April
29, 1942. After a has received
the army's Distingui:
special course in P-38
Lightnings at Service Cross for galla
ntry in ac.
Oakland, Calif.. he was
the East Coast and flew assigned to at Midway Island.
across the AtBrooke trained in the air corplantic to England, wher
e he trained Randolph Field
and his rapid ris,
until the time of the
African invasion. the rank of
lieutenant-colonel is
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dence of his ability.
Robert Anthony Webe
r, who is re* * *
ported as missing in
action in North
Captain Meredith M. Huggl
Africa, was born at
;-Moberly, Mo., in (Oregon
State '38, Minnesota '38) has
1918. He was initiated
by Zeta Phi been carving
his name in the tablets
Chapter at William Jewel
l in 1939.
of history over in New Guin
Robert enlisted in the
ea.
army in plans and train
March, 1941, and was
ing officer of an Arnt:
sent overseas as ican
an infantryman. He
regiment, he was in the thick Of
had passed an ex- the
Battle of Buna. A correspondent
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for an Australian newspaper on the
Sanananda Front cabled an account of
the battle in which he said: "I saw
hundreds of dead in the two miles between Huggins' Post and the sea without leaving the road." Other correspondents have called the scene of
Meredith's gallant stand the "Huggins' Roadblock."
Captain Huggins has received the
Silver Star and the Purple Heart for
a wound.
In a letter to THE PHI GAMMA
DELTA he reports having talked with
Lieutenant-General Robert L. Eichelberger (Ohio State '17), commander
of the I American Army Corps. and
Brigadier-General Clovis E. Byers
i( )hio State '21), chief of the staff of
he corps.
He received his December issue of
• magazine in March.
a a a
Upon the spot-where-the-Fiji-grows
in the person of Lieutenant Frederic
Strong Fink, Jr. (Ohio 'Wesleyan '41)
has been pinned the navy's Silver Star,
with the accompanying citation:
For conspicuous gallantry
intrepidity
as commanding officer of the and
United States
Navy Armed Guard aboard a U. S. merchantman during attacks upon that vessel
by enemy forces in alien waters. Maint
aining timely and effective fire again
st persistent raids upon the convoy by German
aircraft, surface units and submarines, the gun
crm, under the alert and efficient direct
ion
of Ensign Fink, shot down one plane and
aided greatly in the disruption of enemy
attacks which occurred throughout the hazardous voyage and during anchorage in the
Port of destination. By his cool courage and
comscientious devotion to duty, Ensign Fink
contributed to the aggressive fighting spirit
Which enabled his ship to survive a series
of perilous encounters and successfully accomplish an important war mission.
The vessel was later identified in
4-17
KILLED IN NORTH AFRICA
C. Lieutenant John P. Stief (Pennsylvania
State '43), air corps, gave his life in the
cause of freedom in the North African campaign on December 5, 1942. Lieutenant
Stiefs wife gave birth to a son last month.
navy press releases as the S. S. Eldena.
Fred enlisted in the V-7 in August.
1940, and was commissioned an ensign
at the Naval Academy in May, 1941.
He was promoted to a junior grade
lieutenant in June, 1942, and became a
two-striper last month. He is now
serving as assistant gunnery officer on
a destroyer.
a a a
The Air Medal for "exceptionally
meritorious service" has been bestowed
upon First Lieutenant Robert J. Nolan
(Bucknell '41). former Bison basketball and baseball star.
Bob has been with the Eighth U. S.
Army Air Forces based in England.
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He has been piloting a B-17 bomber
on raids on submarine bases and other
important objectives on the Continent.
A recent M-G-M newsreel showed
Lieutenant Nolan returning in his
plane, "jersey Bounce," from a bombing raid over Rotterdam on March 4.
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Another Fiji who has won the Air
Medal is Second Lieutenant Clyde V.
Knisley (Tennessee '41 ), air corps.
His citation follows:
For meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in the New Guinea
area, from October 17 to December I, 1942.
During this period, Lieutenant Knisley participated in more than twenty-five operational flight missions during which hostile
contact was probable and expected. These
flights included patrol and interception missions against enemy bombers and fighter aircraft, and dive-bombing attacks on enemy
installations.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon's Ernie Pyle,
the roving reporter for Scripps-Howard, who used to play with the Fijis
at Indiana University, is one of Phi
Gamma Delta's best press agents. In
his dispatches from the African area
he frequently refers to our brothers.
Exhibit A:
Lieutenant Clarence E. Sununers [Nebraska '381 of Lincoln, Neb., says that if
all the Savannah boys are here, then apparently all the Phi Gam fraternity members are too. He was eating the other
night
with six flyers he hadn't known before
and
five of them turned out to be Phi Gams.
Exhibit B:
Lieutenant-Colonel Graham West [Oregon '34] of Portland, Ore., is the
executive
officer of the whole group, but spent
the
entire time at the front with this one
squadron. He is still with them, seeing that
they
rest as hard as they fought.
West's nickname is "Windy." He and
Jim
Coward are typical of the air forces. They
are both young, both extremely pleasant to
be around, both high in rank for t
When I saw "Windy" %Vest last
Ireland he was a captain. A few
out to denote the passage of tim•
shows up in Africa as a lieutena:
West is a black-haired, black-r
fellow who could easily be cant
ing," although he'd no doubt resent a
clothes are always spic and span, and s
his mustache. He plays good poker and
always hurrying somewhere. He has *- •
in the Army eight years and if the A7
hadn't got him the theater should have.
I went into his room one morning .
was standing in the middle of the !'
drinking a cup of coffee he had brewe.
his own little French burner. He was
dressed on the tipper half —shirt, tie,
ing-jacket and everything.
But on the lower half he had nothin.:
shorts and leather boots. Jaunty flying that flared at the top. He was a pictur,
Captain Kidd — a modern Captain Kidd
the air.
When they were at the front everybod
had to live out ir the open. It was wet an
cold at the start, wet and cold at the end.
The ground crew of 85 men really wern
through hell. For they were bombed by '•
miserably wet and cold by night and
stantiv overworked. When the pilots
their Spitfires back to a desert airdrom,
their much-deserved rest, their main conccri
was for their ground crews, who had beer
left up front to care for the replacemeir
squadron.
"We're all right," I heard at least ha''
dozen pilots say. We can use the rest
we're not in bad shape. It's those gr,
men that really need it and deserve it."
So "Windy" \Vest went to work and a few
days later six big transports flying in formation landed at our field and out of their
climbed the 85 weary ground men. Replacements had arrived for them. They base be.gun their rest. And all's well that ends we':
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Two more United States Navy yes
sels are to be given the names of Fiji
who made the supreme sacrifice. The
will honor Ensign Eugene Earle Amid'l
(William Jewell '41), who was killed
in action somewhere in the South Pa-
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DELTA
4-10
in August or September. 1942,
Walsh
and Ensign Frederick Weber
bomber,
dive
a
of
pilot
'37),
(Knox
who went to his death in the Battle of
had previously been announced
MItiway
that two naval escorts would bear the
names of Ensign Harakl Jensen Christopher ( Northwestern '41), who died
at Pearl Harbor. and of Richard Bull
.i;eorgia Tech. '39). who lost his life
in Amboina Harbor, the former Dutch
ea.ase between Borneo and New
ax:ianlb
in;t
The U. S. S. President Coolidge.
named after Calvin Coolidge (Amherst
was recently sunk by the yellow
dastards.
A ship bearing the name of Thomas
R. Marshall (Wabash '73) was
• :Inched two months ago.
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A Fiji had a part in the historic
MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA
broadcast by transcription of President
41 Robert A. Weber (William Jewell '42)
Roosevelt to the French people at the had passed his examinations for an officers'
time of the invasion of Africa.
candidate school and was to have returned
Lieutenant-Commander John H. io the States when he teas sent into action
on the missing
Chipman (Dartmouth '19), now liai- in North Africa. Ile is now
list.
son officer to the French Naval Mission in Washington, translated the
Phi Gamma Delta now has a majorPresident's speech from English to
Gerry ChapFrench and then introduced Mr. Roose- general. He is Elbridge
was prowho
'18),
velt in French when he recorded the man (Colorado
by the
rank
-star
two
the
to
moted
-1)eech in French.
charge
in
is
Gerry
month.
last
president
CabiThe recording to,,k place in the
infantry
-borne
net Room of th.-2 White House. The of the training of air
C.
N.
Bragg.
Fort
at
by
London
records were down to
Our revised roster of generals now
bomber and the .e distributed. Three
reads:
were sent across. The original is in
Lieutenant-General Robert L. EichMr. Roosevelt's archives and Brother
State '07).
Chipman has a copy. Another copy has elberger (Ohio Chapman.
-General
Major
been placed in the museum of the fraBrigadier-General Morrison C. Stayternity at headquarters by the versatile
'03),
er (Wittenberg '03, Lafayette
commander.
medical corps.
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450
Brigadier-General Leroy P. Collins
(Union '05).
Brigadier-General Frank E. Lowe
(Worcester Tech. '08), reserves.
Brigadier-General Haig Shekerjian
(Colgate '10).
Brigadier-General
Thoburn
K.
Brown (Tennessee '10).
Brigadier-General Ward H. Mans
(Kansas '14).
Brigadier-General Charles A. ‘Villoughby ( Gettysburg 14).
Brigadier-General Hugh T. Mayberry William Jewell '15).
Brigadier-General Clovis E. Byers
(Ohio State '21).
Brigadier-General Lyman P. Whitten ( Massachusetts Tech. 20), air
corps.
Brigadier-General Edgar E. Glenn
(Georgia Tech. Fac.), air corps.
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The headquarters of the fraternity
takes great pride in the war records of
"our boys"— the men who have served
Phi Gamma Delta so effectively as
Field Secretaries.
To name in the order of their tenure
of office. Martin J. Her ( Minnesota
27) has been recently commissioned
a captain in the judge advocate general's department; John R. McGillivray (Toronto '28) is a major with
the Canadian forces in England; Captain James R. McKeldin (Virginia
'25) is in the thick of things in Africa;
Cornelis E. Groenewegen (Occidental
'28, Stanford '28) is a navy lieutenant
in Pacific waters, and Lieutenant William S. Robb (Pennsylvania '34), veteran of Guadalcanal, is back in the
states in command of the naval air station at Hatboro, Pa.
Captain McKeldin in a letter home
relates his experiences "Somewhere in
Tunisia." We quote:
I have been up at the enemy
about two weeks now. I have a w
job, as liaison officer with the 1
Escadrille, which is the same unit •
came so famous in World War I. ex
now it is composed of French flyers,
formed and equipped with American rea
tend and planes. They have a recur!
some 92 German planes, including i
since I got here.
I am writing this in the dugout in whic
I live (slept on the ground the first thr
nights) with two French majors and a lie,
tenant. Count de Montravel, who sleeps
the wiredoor bed above mine in our plan
lined underground room.
While I write this a gasoline stove.
I was lucky enough to buy in Al.
heating some water in an empty fu,
with which I shall shave, wash my h
and maybe an undershirt or socks b,
dinner. We have by far the most luxu:
dugout on the field, everyone agrees.
electric lights sometimes, and our two
dows have actual glass panes put in by
travel, who is an engineer.
Our food is also much better than the
ual army mess; although we have the - rations, there is that French touch v
makes it delicious. Water is scarce wit'
but I love the issue "Furieux," also
"inferieur"— the red wine we even hav,
breakfast, which costs 6 cents a quart
is not noticeably alcoholic.
The day I got here we had four •
from the enemy, of which three wer(
tacks. The last one made up one of the m
exciting moments of my life. Ten big born
ers came over, silver glistening high up
the sky. There followed the fireworks di.•
play of tracer bullets and antiaircraft tiTt'
and the earthshaking rumble as they dropPe(
their bombs, their aim spoiled by our at
All oi this happened almost as quic -1:,
as it takes to write it and then there t
lowed the spectacle of pillars of smoke rising one after the other from the surround
ing mountains that told of the crash of out
bomber after another. I suppose you re-a
the account of how not one of the 10
back, one of the most remarkable and thr
ing victories of the war.
We had two members of the Lafaye
Escadrille in the battle and each got a bon
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a.(hie American pilot got credit for bringmg down four, of which he got two at one
,troke when a disabled German plane
lashed into another in midair and brought
ll'h
gtooi.t is unbelievably cold at nights,
when
Adoltwh'I sleep in heavy underwear and socks
n a sleeping bag (purchased from a war
•orrespondent) and three blankets and alhad one bath (about four miles
huh
ay in two weeks, I'm healthy and well
.id really delighted at not being in a dull
eadquarters desk.
Its getting dark now, so I must close. We
et to bed at 8 p.m. and get up around 5 a.
ith usually three to four telephone calls
the middle of the night.
* • s
First Lieutenant Herbert J. Bolin,
. ( Davidson '40), son of Section
hiei Herbert J. Bolin, Sr. (Bethel
headed a group of American
1,liers who participated in the finale
a chase of a group of German paraoopers who landed in Tunisia, acording to The Stars and Stripes, the
merican soldiers' newspaper in the
iropean theater of operations.
A detachment headed by the former
-ildcat football star uncovered a cache
about 1,000 pounds of TNT which
e paratroopers had landed by paraute and hid in a ravine while they
erupted to outdistance a combined
lierican, British and French patrol.
I: enemy was captured.
•••
jis who know Major Craig Sea(Denison '22) have viewed with
at interest the news reels depicting
u, rescue from a rubber life boat in
the southwest Pacific war theater.
Craig was one of a group of 14
Americans who were afloat six days
and six nights, their only sustenance
:n that time being a canteen of water,
choco1ate bars and two seagulls which
they captured.
MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA
W. Luttrell (TennesQ. Lieutenant
see '41), a star football player of yesteryear
for the Volunteers, is reported by the War
Department as missing in action in North
Africa. His many Fiji friends hope that
"Timber," being a resourceful fellow, will
eventually turn up.
Some of those rescued were in bad
physical condition, but Major Seasholes appeared to be healthy. His family in the States has deduced that Craig
was forced down in a tropical storm
while making an air journey.
* ••
The strange ways of Dame Fortune
are revealed in an Associated Press
dispatch from London concerning Emmett E. Edwards (Arizona '38).
Emmett flew in combat with the R.
A. F. without suffering a scratch —
but he wasn't so lucky in an American
dimout.
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legheny '39). When on the ca
Meadville he was co-captain
swimming team. Then he we:
to sea in the U. S. S. Chicago,
he became communications
•
When that ship was sunk in the S
mons area Dick was rescued "aft,•
long swim." He is now stationed
New Caledonia.
WINS NAVY'S SILVER STAR
C. The "cool courage and conscientious
devotion to duty" of Lieutenant Frederic S.
Fink, Jr. (Ohio Wesleyan '41) was recognized by the United States Navy in bestowing upon him a Silver Star. He commanded
the armed guard on the S. S. Eldena on a
hazardous, submarine-attack voyage.
He was one of the 19 young Americans who recently transferred from the
R. A. F. and R. C. A. F. to the United
States Navy for flight duty.
After reporting at Jacksonville, Fla.,
for indoctrination and a refresher
course, he looked forward eagerly to a
two weeks' leave.
On the eve of his departure, he
caught his foot on the top of a blackout flight of steps, fell and shattered
a leg in three places.
• * *
Who says that campus activities are
so many goat feathers? Take the case
of Lieutenant Richard M. Jones (Al-
• * *
United Press dispatches from Ne',,
Guinea recently told the story of an
army formation of B-25 bomber,
which on its first combat mission
least temporarily silenced all Japa•
anti-aircraft batteries on the Salanl.:
Peninsula.
One of the participants in the
was Lieutenant Robert D. Chatt
braska '39).
The dispatch said: "Returning honlfthe whole formation was as chec
as a bunch of kids with new toys.
* • *
The famed old mission bell, source
a deep, dark secret, which has been a
tradition of Upsilon Alpha Chapter.
has gone to war. It now sounds tire
alarms at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson. The regular fire siren could not
be heard because of the noise of the
planes.
« * *
The funds of Phi Gamma Delta Cu..
tinue to fight the good fight for free
dom. Trustee President Tom K. Smith
(Missouri '04) reports that the fraternity owns $174,075 (maturity value)
of war bonds.
• * *
The Purple Heart medal, symbol t)
a wound in action, has been bestowec
upon Lieutenant Richard Thomas (II
linois '41), who was a casualty in the
North African campaign.
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Richard entered the army in July.
1941. and went overseas with an armored division, being stationed in Ireland before he went to the African
theater.
* • *
Notes concerning the men in the
service of His Majesty, King and Emperor:
From the Bicifiji, the publication of Pi
Gamma Chapter at the University of British
Columbia, we draw the following news of the
callant sons of our northwesternmost chapter: Lieutenant Douglas \V. Maloney, '42.
is at Red Deer, Alta.; Lieutenant Joseph
Naylor, '41, is also at Red Deer; Lieutenant James F.. Boughton, '43, is stationed ii:
Eastern Canada; Second Lieutenant Ken
W. Reed, '44, is with the Seaforth Highlander, in Calgary; Pilot Officer Robert
PI,mmer, '43, is overseas as a navigator
sith the R. C. A. F.; Pilot Officer Kingsley
C. Neil, '42, is posted to Vulcan, Alta., as
dn instructor pilot; Pilot Officer Gordon S.
McDonald, '43, is posted to Charlottetown,
P. E. I.; Pilot Officer J. Graham Finlay, 42, is an instructor at McLeod; Aviation Cadet Ray T. Gorman, '44, and Aviation Cadet Wallace \V. Reid, '44, are in
air training in Alberta; Leading Aircraftsman Ormie J. Hall, '42, is training as a
navigator-observer; Sergeant Drew T. Ripley, '43, is overseas as an observer; Ralph
R. Henderson, '37, a prisoner of war in
r,rrnany, has been promoted to a flight
•enant; Flight-Lieutenant Edgar C. Ken'37, D. F. C., is instructor in bomb•,t Patricia Bay, B. C.; Lieutenant G.
Ion Brown, '43, is instructing at BranMan.; Captain Robert D. Schultz, '39,
,tationed on Vancouver Island; Major
Ja, k H. Bricker, '34, is convalescing after
,erious illness; Flight-Lieutenant Herbert
I: McGregor, '33, is in the medical corps;
S,11:adron-Leader Frederick W. Charlton,
'31), has been in Vancouver on furlough
Ottawa; Weldon H. Akhurst, '35, is
a sub-lieutenant in the navy.
• • *
Devil Dog department. News of the
who have the situation well in
hand :
ilatt
WINS ARM \*
Ail<
MEDAL
11. The
persistent raids by Lieutenant Robert J. Nolan (Bucknell '41) upon submarine
bases and other objectives in Continental
Europe have won for him the army Air
Medal. Bob was once a basketball and baseball star at Bucknell.
Major George B. Wilson (Lafayette '29),
one of the Fiji football greats of yesteryear, is back from the hell of Guadalcanal.
.. . Captain Robert D. Wilt (Bucknell '40)
went through the Solomons campaign. . ..
George \V. Teller (Colorado College '40) is
overseas with the Devil Dogs. . . . Colonel
Clifton B. Cates (Tennessee '16), hero of
Guadalcanal, is now in comparatively placid
Quantico, Va. . . . Frank E. Walton (Oregon '32) is in training as a first lieutenant at New River, N. C. . . Donald A.
Dunham, Jr. (Arizona '39) is in training
at Quantico. . . . Lieutenant Thomas E.
Norpell (Denison '41) is reported to be in
Australia. .. . Lieutenant Charles F. Martin (Oklahoma '40) is somewhere in the
Pacific. . . . Charles Widdecke (Texas '41)
is a lieutenant in the corps. . . . Captain
Gordon Letchworth (Missouri '19) is at the
THE
45-1-
CiANINIA DELT.\
e
JAY'S
PRISONER OF THE
CLicutenant John K. Boat (Pennsyizania
State '35), an Annapolis graduate, is believed to be a prisoner of the Japanese at
Zentsuji Camp, Shikoken Island. He was
senior aviator on a cruiser in a Pacific operation and his plane failed to return.
air station in San Juan, P. R. . . . John
A. Hefti (Los Angeles '38) is a captain at
Tulagi, Solomons, which is now in the history books. . . . Second Lieutenant Gilbert
H. Unruh, Jr. (Bucknell '42) has reported
for duty on the IVest Coast. . . . Robert S.
Lippoth (Columbia '3.3) is a lieutenant at
Quantico.
* «
United States Navy intelligence. Tidbits of information about the cannibalian sailormen, of no value to the enemy, we hope, except to put the fear of
God in his heart:
From the sports page of the New York
Herald Tribune: "Lieutenant-Commander
Harvey J. Harman [Pittsburgh '24 for-
merly football coach at Pennsylvania asd
Rutgers, will supervise the growing of reptables at the North Carolina Navy p.
FlightSchool. The labor will be done
the cadets under the immediate direof Ensign Warren H. Chivers [Damn! .
37], former Dartmouth skier. The Harinan-Chivers agri-marine combination will
grow 14 acres of vegetables." . . . Lieutenant John B. Honan (DePauw '37) is re
ceiving his mail through the fleet posh:Ake
in San Francisco. . . . Lieutenant (j.g.!
James R. Robinson (Minnesota '39) is atica:
in the Atlantic. . . . Ensign Harry A. Lei,
dich, Jr. (Lehigh '40) is at the amphibiou,
base at Little Creek, Va. . . . Ensigr
Gunby Rule (Tennessee '34, Davidson
is at sea in the Pacific. . . .
William G. Cooper (Georgia Tech. '251 is
on a vessel in the Pacific. . . . Cheery new,
from Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert E. licisan.
(Northwestern '41): "I have been aboaro
the [censored], a light cruiser, since Jul
1941, and have met with many experience,
that will curl the pledges' hair. My ow
hair, on more than one occasion, undo-yin:transformation. Pearl Harbor started th
curling process." . .. William E. Leverins
(Pennsylvania '42) is an aviation cadet a:
Pensacola. . . Ensign Ernest Palmer, Jr
(Amherst '36) is taking an indoctrinatior
course at Princeton, N. J. .. . Klare
Gibbs (Colgate '41) has been commissionez
an ensign and is in training at the submarine base at New London, Conn. .
The three stripes of a commander are
worn by Theodore M. Dewey (Per
vania '19), who is in the purchase di,.
of the Bureau of Supplies and Accon'.
Washington. .
. Henry V. Hoa(Pennsylvania '23) has been commis,:
a senior grade lieutenant. . . . Ensign i.
Cox O'Brien (Union '39) is in the suppi:,
corps at New London, Conn. . . . M. Ed
ward Chatlain (Wittenberg '41) is a chie.
specialist in the physical education program
. . Robert C. Moore (Brown '39) has enlisted and is in training in San Diego, Calif.
. . . Robert C. Husband, Jr. (Williams '31)
is a junior grade lieutenant. . . . Ensigii
John T. Clark (Maine '38) reports tha.
he is flying now and "just waiting to ge.
a crack at the yellow devils with a torped
bomber." . .. Robert W. Stokes (Yale'29'
is a lieutenant. . . . Dr. Ralph W. Jach
THE PHI GANIMA DELTA
'26) has closed his medical office in
for the duration and is a lieutenAnt-cornmander in the medical corps, sta. ,.(! at the Naval Hospital in Key West,
. . Midshipman Frank J. Smith
State '42) is in the supply corps at
Harvard. . . . Two Omega Fijis are reported to be in training at Coral Gables, Fla.
;They are Lieutenant Louis W. H. Heynen
; (Columbia '24) and Lieutenant Joseph Glea; ion (Columbia '25). . . . John F. Heiney
(Gettysburg '28) has been commissioned a
junior grader.... Sydney N. Stokes (Pennsylvania '34) is a junior grade lieutenant
at the aviation base in Hatboro, Pa. . . .
Lieutenant (j.g.) John J. O'Reilly (Brown
'36) is at the operating base in Iceland... .
Lieutenant Henry A. Sherman (Columbia
'25) is in the gunnery school at Pensacola,
Fla. . . Lieutenant Fiugh Points (Missouri '33) and Ensign H. Prico Philbrick
(William Jewell '39) are roommates at the
Harvard training school. . . . Malcolm U.
Pitt, Jr. (Richmond '42), all-state basketball forward last year, has been commissioned an ensign. . . . Boyd G. Frey (Johns
Hopkins '38) is in training at Harvard. . . .
Leslie E. Strang (DePauw '27) has taken
a leave of absence from the industrial advertising managership of the Commercial
Investment Trust, Inc., to serve as a junior
grade lieutenant. . . . Eugene H. Scott (Indiana '38) has been promoted to a full twostriper. ."Add my name to the roster of
the brothers who have visited the Fiji Islands." requests Lieutenant (j.g.) John R.
Schiller (Idaho '38). "It was 'way back
in July while on our way to the Solomons.
I wasn't there long enough to visit around.
I only flew in from the ship, landed in the
harbor and waited for a commander to transact some business ashore. Suva looked like
a nice place from 200 yards away.". . .
Lieutenant Philip B. Cove (New York
Far.) is afloat in the Pacific. . . . Ensign
John D. Siewers (Davidson '35) is in training at Hanover, N. H. . . . Ralph E. Kristenson (Occidental '40), who entered as a
chief specialist in athletics, has been commissioned an ensign and is in Hawaii. . . .
-Imander Maxwell F. Leslie (Washing'.25), D. F. C., is skipper of the air
ii.unnery school at Hollywood, Fla. ... Ensign John D. LeBourgeois (Virginia '38)
Is in the bureau of docks and yards in
PRISONER OF THE
JAPS
41, Lieutenant William J. Murchison (Pitts-
burgh '37), U. S. N. R.. who fought in Bataan and at Corregidor. is a prisoner of war
in the Philippines, the Navy Department has
announced. During his days at Pitt. Bill was
cheerleader and a member of the tennis and
track teams.
Washington, D. C. . . . Ensign Joseph G.
King (Cornell '39, North Carolina '40) reports having seen Ensign Jack \V. Campbell (Cornell '43, Washington and Lee '41)
in. Northwest Africa. . . . Ensign Byron L.
Ramsing (Oklahoma '41) is at the amphibious training base in Little Creek, Va.
. . . Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles H. March,
Jr. (Dartmouth '34) is stationed in Oklahoma City. . . . We mustn't give the name
of his boat, the Office of Censorship tells
us, but Ensign Gordon G. Hurt (Brown
'42) is aboard one. . . . Lieutenant Neville
V. Williams (Indiana '25), who once went
on his honeymoon with the Fiji expedition to Bermuda back in the piping times
of a depression but no war, is executive
officer of the section base at Newport, R.
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THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
a hospital here. I found he was a Fij:
his ring. At mess table the other day cgi,i
of my fellow officers noticed my Koh
- nt
badge. He was Kenneth H. Kiplinccherst '27), communications office7
section base.". .. Harry R. Bogus,
ginia '36) is a lieutenant in the South Pacific. . . . Wally G. Cruice (Northwestern
'36). for three years a star halfback for
the Wildcats, has been promoted from ensign to lieutenant (j.g.) at Great Lake:
Training Station, where he is a battalion
commander and assistant football coach.
• . . Lieutenant (j.g.) Harlan W. Shields
(Wabash '25) is at the advance base depot
in Port Hueneme, Calif. . . . Lieutenant
Charles B. Jones (Denison '42), who ha,
been in charge of navy crews operating on
troop transports, is on the beach in the subchaser training school in Miami. Fla. . .
Franklin M. Benjamin (Syracuse '34) is
studying for a commission at Cornell, where
he is living in Mennen Hall. the dorm"
given to the university by William G.
nen (Cornell '08). . . . Ensign Donald ix
Champaign (Syracuse '41) is at Corpu
Christi, Tex. . . . The first night he r'
ported for duty in Florida Ensign Ch
J. McPhail (Syracuse '42) met Ensign
A WOUNDED U. S. GENERAL
C Look what those japdastards did to one mond L. Tice (Syracuse '42). . .
1 our brothers! The photograph shows Bartholow (Texas '40) is training witi
Brigadier-General Clovis E. Byers (Ohio Seabees in Rhode Island. . . . Ensign
State '21) nursing his right hand which re- ham D. Kennedy (Texas '41) is hei;
ceived a bullet wound from an enemy sniper the Dravo Corp. build ships in Pittsburgh
while leading an attack on Buna Village. . . . Ensign \V. Buck Arnold (Texa,
General Byers has received both a Distin- '41), former President of Tau Deuteror
guished Service Cross and a Silver Star Chapter, is somewhere in the Pacific..
Lieutenant (j.g.) William B. Steele (Texas
for gallantry in action.
'41) is in the Canal Zone. . . . Four
have been together at Norfolk, Va.: F.n
Mauritz C. Anderson (Michigan sign Robert H. Heiser (Texas '41), Lieu
'42) has been commissioned an ensign. . .
Robert A. Wooldridge (Texa,
So has Rodney 0. Fety (Oregon State '41). tenant (j.g.)
'40),
Ensign
Winston L. Adair (Alabama
• . . William A. Gibbs (Colgate '38) has
(Texas
left the tire, automobile and gasoline ra- '37) and Ensign William K. Clark
(1.,e):
tioning division of the 0. P. A. in Wash- '42). . . . Lieutenant Robert S. Scott
"heavier-than-air.
Angeles
'41)
is
the
in
ington to go on duty as an ensign at the
supply corps school in Boston. . . . Ensign . . . Writes Specialist First Class Larry S.
beginning
Warren J. Reynolds (DePauw '39) is sta- Waddell (Syracuse '42): "I am
periodils.
Fiji
true
of
to
the
effect
realize
tioned at a P. T. school in Boston. . . .
Ensign Robert T. Jones (Bucknell '36) is I recognized THE PHI GAMMA DELTA. a:
being indoctrinated at the training school a real tie between me and civilian Ilie:
at Hollywood. Fla. . . . Lieutenant Nor- . . . Frank H. Ward (Denison '42) is it,
man Young (Union '42) reports from St. an advanced flying course at Corpus Chrisn.
Thomas, Virgin Islands: "Randolph L. Car- Tex
Arthur E. Jones (Richmond '41),
ter (Texas '12) is in the dental corps in former professional football player, is a
THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
lieutenant (j.g.) at Williamstown, Mass.
, . Richard Spencer (Missouri '23), forlieutenant: titer Chicago patent lawyer, is a
commander in the office of the Undersecretary of the Navy in Washington. . . .
Lieutenant Ben E. Jacoby (Ohio Wesleyan
'36), medical corps, is back on leave from
Arnold A. Carlson
the African wars
(PePauw '42) is editor of The Flight
Jacket, the yearbook at the Pensacola air
station. . . . Ensign Curvin H. Stein (Gettysburg '40) is on a small vessel in the Atlantic. .. . In Alaskan waters is Lieutenant
J. Allan Eastwood (Washington '37). . . .
John M. Hartman (Colorado '33) is in the
weather central at Noumea, New Caledonia.
. Lieutenant Benjamin F. Hoopes
Wesleyan '32, Yale '33) is getting hi,
mad through the fleet postoffice in New
York City. . . Paul A. Niastin (Nebraska
is in the disbursing office at Bainbridge,
Md. . . . Hugo M. Leidenroth (Pittsburgh
'33) is a radio man aboard a converted
yacht... Luther E. Reynolds, Jr. (Washington and Lee '25) is commanding a boat.
. Lieutenant Stephen J. Patterson (Colgate '31) is at the flight instructor school
\V. Owen Mays (Michin Lockport,
igan '42) is at the midshipmen's school at
Columbia University. . . . Charles R. Trick,
Jr. (Knox '45) is an air corps cadet.
* *
ilither-and-yon notes about the Fijis
In the United States Army, as well as
the Army of the United States, with no
sequence of mention according to rank:
Captain William H. Houston, Jr. (Berkeley
'33) is at Fort Bragg, N. C... . Lieutenant
William G. Polk (Tennessee '39) is at the
basic flight school in Walnut Ridge, Ark... •
Lieutenant Robert W. Hughes (Chicago '37)
is with an armored outfit at Camp Polk, La.
Ralph V. Edgar (Colorado '44) is an aviation cadet at San Antonio, Tex. . . . I.ieutenant Max 0. Urbahn (Illinois '34) is overseas with an engineer regiment.. .. Private
Richard V. Addy (Colorado College '42) is
at Fort Meade, Md. . . . Lieutenant Robert
E. Fallis (Wisconsin '31), dental corps, is
et-seas.... Lieutenant Robert L. Williams
William Jewell '41) is at Cunningham Field,
Cherry Point, N. C. . . . Staff Sergeant
Donald E. Uth (Ohio Wesleyan '42) is over
the Pacific with a signal battalion.... Lieu-
457
tenant Fred R. Emerson (Washington and
Jefferson '42, Northwestern '42) is with a
quartermaster battalion in Fort Jackson,
S. C. ... Lieutenant Arthur R. Elliott (Occidental '30) is quartermaster supply officer
of the 14th Army Air Force Flying Training
Detachment at Lancaster, Calif.. in the Mojave Desert.... Benjamin \V. Fauver (Allegheny '42) is an aviation cadet at San An.
tonio, Tex.... Private Kenn F. Kreder (Amherst '35) is at San Bernardino, Calif. .
Corporal John S. Ransom (Amherst '44) is at
Fort Monmouth, N. J.... Lieutenant Frederick B. Parkhurst (Colorado '38) is at Drew
Field. Tampa, Fla. . . . Private John W.
Davis (Dartmouth '36) is at Helena. Mont.
. . Major Alton E. Horton (Ohio State
'20) is with the 96th Division. . . Lieutenant Kenneth S. Ludden (Maine '30) is
with the 701st Railway Grand Division in
St. Paul. Minn.... Captain James W. Campbell (Kansas '38) is in the medical corps of
the 90th Motorized Division at Camp Parkeley. Tex. Lieutenant James Morris (Kansas
'33) is in the same division. . . Captain
Robert W. Fiefield ( Arizona '38) is with
the only division in the army which moves
entirely on skis. It is based at Camp Hale.
Colo. . .. Private William E. Austin (Lehigh '36) is in the infantry at Fort Jackson.
S. C. . . Lieutenant Robert A. Yetter, Jr.
(Iowa '42) is at the personnel replacement
center at Greenville. Pa.... Captain Robert
C. Scott (Texas '18) is at Camp Hood.
Tex.... Lieutenant James Cormack (Knox
'42) is receiving primary flight training at
Arcadia. Fla. ... Charles J. Fite. Jr. (Gettysburg '42) is a second lieutenant in an
armored division at Camp Chaffee, Ark....
Lieutenant George W. Schools (Richmond
'32) is an instructor in field artillery at Fort
Sill, Okla. . . . Dr. Sylvester W. Rennie
(Pennsylvania '27) is a captain in the medical corps and is located on one of the South
Pacific Islands. . . . Second Lieutenant Woe'
Courtney Euvver (Virginia '43) is in the air
corps at Sebring, Fla. . . Captain Bernard
J. Scherer (Nebraska '36) is at Fort Ben(Westning, Ga.... Howard T. Eaton, Jr.
.a
ern Reserve '39) has been commissioned
is
and
artillery
field
the
in
lieutenant
second
classmate
A
Okla.
an instructor at Fort Sill,
Elliott, Jr.
of his in 0. C. S. was Joseph
in
lieutenant
a
now
is
(Nebraska '39), who
(Colgate
Louisiana. . . . Joseph Fewsmith
stationed
'40), likewise a Sill graduate, is
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at Camp Claiborne, La. . . . Colonel Clyde
M. Hallam (Idaho '21) is director of the department of motor transportation at the field
artillery school at Fort
. "I haven't
forgotten my fraternity and its problems in
times like these," observes Lieutenant Ralph
G. Robison (Colgate '41). who gets his mail
through an A.P.O. in New Orleans. . .
James I.. Jacobson (Wisconsin '37) is an
aviation cadet at the advanced flying school
in La Junta, Colo.... Corporal Arthur Roys
Beebe. Jr. (North Carolina '38) is stationed
at Tomah, Wise.... Stephen L. Goodale, Jr.
(Pittsburgh '38) is a captain in the bomb
division ordnance department. . . . Donald
L. Dean (Yale '43) became a private in
February. . . . Private William H. Spence
(Rutgers '42) is studying in the photography
school at Lowry Field, Colo. . . . Colonel
Maurice G. Stubbs (Colorado College '17)
is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. . .. Lieutenant James Byron VanHorn, Jr. (Arizona
'35) is in the infantry at Fort McClellan,
Ala.... Private Brett Osborne (Dartmouth
'33) is in a signal training regiment at Red
Bank, N. J.... Lieutenant James B. Curran
(Los Angeles '39) is drilling signal corps
recruits at Camp Edison, Sea Girt, N. J....
Albert F. Hillix (Missouri '18), sometime
Section Chief, has been promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy. So reports Miss Florence
Emma Poteet, the Chi Mu Chapter hostess,
who keeps track of her boys. . . . Private
First Class William E. Tucker (DePauw
'43) is stationed at Fort Lawton, Wash. .. .
Lieutenant Robert C. Hoel (William Jewell
'40) has been in the Great Western Desert
near Muroc, Calif., where he is working in
ordnance maintenance. . . . Staff Sergeant
Thomas Andrew McBride (Idaho '34) is
working on the North Africa problem. .
Major Charles V. Ruzek, Jr. (Oregon State
'37) receives his mail at Camp McCoy.
Wisc. . . . Lieutenant Archie D. W. Tifft
(Lehigh '42) is stationed at the Oklahoma
City Air Depot, Okla. . . . Private Don A.
Finefrock (Denison '44) is overseas with a
medical battalion. . .
Lieutenant David
Adams Nye (Worcester Tech. '43) is instructing at Maxwell Field, Ala. . .. Major
Conrad 0. Frazier (Idaho '33) is executive
officer of a large air base overseas. He reports that in the same group with him are
two other Fiji officers,.Captain Harold L.
Flint (Columbia '14) and Captain A-F. Eastman (Maine '24). . . .
Robertson Lee McBride (Idaho '32)
is •ir.
the medical corps at the station
hospital ir
Fort Ord, Calif. . . . Lieutenant Stewart I)
Marquis, Jr. (Purdue '41) is a pilot train
ing for bombing at Avon Park, Fla. ..
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph B. Stanley. jr
(Tennessee '30) of the air corps is on dut
in Tulsa. Okla. . . . Donald C. Harper
(Maine '43) is piloting a bomber in thi
African theater. Look out. Musso!
Fror
first lieutenant to lieutenant-colonel in lesthan a year is the promotion record of F
Keith Reyher (DePauw '33), who is wih
the air force in the South Pacific. He is a
brother of Captain Kimball A. Rcyher (DePauw '311, assistant adjutant at Rock Islari
Arsenal. Rock Island, Ill. . . . Lieut
Dean Tilton (Kansas '41) is bravir
rigors of Iceland.... Private Fred S.
(Kansas '42) is with an anti-aircraft 117
Africa.... Private Robert H. Miller (Kar,
sas '40) is at Fort Leavenworth, Kans...
Lieutenant Herbert A. Hartman (Kansa'41) has been a bombardier in Africa sire
the original. offensive was launched. . .
Hugh R. Bishop (Lehigh '38) is a capta::
in the air force at Cochrane Field, Ga...
Lieutenant Arthur H. Rand (Worcester
Tech. '39) is in a flying training detachmrat Douglas. Ga. .. . Lieutenant Willis F.
Koeneke (Nebraska '39) is overseas wit!,
ordnance outfit. . . . Edwin Woods W
(Colgate '37) is a lieutenant in the tee'
training service at the quartermaster •
in Camp Lee, Va. . . . Donald J. Uric
lumbia '35) is a private in the tec!
school in Chicago. . . . Henry Chippc
(Columbia '42) is an aviation cadet.
Private Paul A. DeMacarty (Trinity
is at Buckley Field, Colo. . . . Paul
Brunt (Michigan '35) is a first hem:
in a tank destroyer battalion overseas
Captain Robert Sylvanus Hussey
'38) is overseas with a field artillery
. Lieutenant J. Bradford Johnson (
Hopkins '38) is overseas. . . . Lieutc Colonel John J. Reinhard, Sr. (Indiana
has been transferred from Baltimor,
Philadelphia. . . . Major Charles B. NI
Jr. (Massachusetts Tech.'24) is in the
of the Chief of Chemical Warfare Sc:
in Washington. . . . Lieutenant James 1,
all (Missouri '34) is with the signal corps
L. Talbot
'Camp Murphy, Fla.... William
commissioned
been
has
'39)
State
owa
quartermaster
a second lieutenant in the
jOrps.... Captain John L. Slick, Jr. (Indilaundry
' '36) is commander of a mobile
-mp Pickett, Va.. . . Second Lieutenant
received
lv,:•vrt B. O'Hara (Texas '42) has
Lubbock
at
force
air
the
wings
in
silver
'!Tea.) Army Flying School. . . . Captain
Lloyd E. Clark, Jr. (Massachusetts Tech.
'341 is commanding an anti-aircraft searchlight battery in North Africa. . . . Captain
Richard N. Fickett, III (Georgia Tech. '27)
is instructor in tactics in the anti-aircraft
officers' school at Camp Davis. N. C. Dick
had spent two years in the Hawaiian Islands.. . Lieutenant Philip Z. Horton, Jr.
(Purdue '38) is stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. . . Captain Thomas J. Walsh
in(dahoma '36) is overseas. . . . Captain
Russell C. Kuehl (DePauw '28) is judge
ado,eate of an armored division at Camp
Campbell, Ky.... Bruce E. Wylder (Washington '45) is an aviation cadet at San Antonio, Tex. . . . Charles S. Davis (Missouri
'28) has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is with the engineers in
Omaha. .. . Lieutenant Rodman S. Moeller
(Brown '43) is with an anti-aircraft battalion at Camp Hulen, Tex.... William R.
Hunter (Wabash '36) is sporting two bars
on each shoulder. He is stationed at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans. . .. Osteopathic physicians being not eligible for commissions, Dr.
Harold C. Gamble (Iowa '29) is wearing
the stripes of a sergeant as he works in
orthopedics and surgery in New Guinea... •
Private First Class Robert E. !Jeremiah
Hanover '41) is at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind. . . . Lieutenant H. Stephen King
•
Nebraska '24) is at Camp Croft, S. C.
Lieutenant Lakenan C. Barnes (Amherst
28) is at Fort Eustis, Va. . .. Writes Private William N. Parker (Brown '43): "I
ani stationed at Camp Upton, N. Y., as an
Interviewer in the classification section. If
an Fijis come through the reception center
11're, they should ask for me." . . . Dr.
James \V. Campbell (Kansas '38) is a captain in the medical corps and has been on
maneuvers in 1,ouisiana. . . . LieutenantColonel Walter M. Harrison (Iowa State
'II), on leave front his duties as managing
459
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THE IRREPRESSIBLE HUNT
.4 newspaper syndicate has furnished its
subscribers this drawing of Colonel LeRoy
P. Hunt (Berkeley '14), who led the first
marine combat group into action in Guadalcanal. The Reader's Digest recently quoted
when
this prize remark of Colonel Hunt
decoraasked about his impressive row of
tions: "Oh, 1 just went through school and
they
sold some magazine subscriptions and
gave me something for it."
returned
editor of the Daily Oklahoman, has
Guadalcanal. .. •
to
mission
military
from a
(Berkeley
Lieutenant Frank L. Bronner, Jr.
Lubbock
'42) has received his wings at the Captain
(Tex.) Army Flying School. . . .
is
Theodore L. Poole, Jr. (Syracuse '32)
in
outfit
infantry
an
post adjutant with
EdAlaska.... Lieutenant-Colonel Norman
of
raconteur
old
the
'10),
(Yale
win Titus
460
THE PHI GAMMA DELT
the Phi Gamma Delta Club in New York
City, is with the medical corps in Atlanta....
Edgar G. Frey (Johns Hopkins '40) came
up the hard way to his second lieutenant's
bars and is now at Camp Gordon, Ga. ..
Lieutenant Thomas R. Hatfield (Sewanee
'40) is in an observation squadron at Morris
Field, N. C. . . . Sergeant Vreeland S. Ivey
(Alabama '29) is in the finance department
of the air corps at the Stevens Hotel in
Chicago.... Lieutenant Kenneth F. Hodson
(Ohio State '42), son of Colonel Fremont
B. Hodson (Oregon '20), is in the air force
navigation school at Hondo, Tex. . . . Captain William H. Phinizy (Massachusetts
Tech. '38) is with the air corps on an island
in the Gulf of Mexico. . . . John W. Walters, II (Colgate '43) is a staff sergeant
with a bombardment squadron overseas. . . •
Captain Henry L. Glenn (Columbia '22) is
in the judge advocate general school at Ann
Arbor, Mich.... Samuel H. Beach (Columbia '39) is a private in the air force at Miami
Beach. Fla. . . . Ira J. Mack (Columbia '32)
is a private in the technical school at
Scott
Field,
W. Rayner Durand (Washington '26) is a lieutenant-colonel in the Hawaiian Islands. . . . William E. vonSeggern.
Jr. (Nebraska '34) is a lieutenant with a
service command at Camp Edwards, Mass.
. . . E. Pennington Meyer. Jr.
(Columbia
'41) has been inducted.. .. Douglas K.
Blue
(Union '39) was graduated from West Point
in January and commissioned a second lieutenant. . . . Private Francis E. Rockey
(Pennsylvania State '21) has deserted the
ice cream business in Wilmington, Del., to
become a private in a quartermaster regiment at Camp Lee, Va. . . . The automobile
business being what it is, Byron C. Foy
(Texas '16), president of the DeSoto Motor
Corp. and vice-president of the Chrysler
Corp., has entered an air force officers' training school at Miami, Fla. . . . Lieutenant
Gordon R. Allen (Chicago '31) is at an army
air base in Salt Lake City, Utah.... Tough
life Captain Richard H. Jordan (Cornell '33)
leads! Look recently pictured him instructing two WAACs in the hazards of war.
..
Lieutenant J. Charles E. Steck (Gettysburg
'33) is at Camp Wolters, Tex. . . .
Robert
H. Kirk (Colgate '29) is in training
in a
finance battalion at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. . . . Major Jay I,. Reed
(Pitts-
burgh '22) is in the dental corps
a. '
Story, Va. .. . John F. Whitworth
sylvania State '21) is in the dent;,:
at Camp Wolters, Tex. . . Captain
ard V. Dahlrymple (Washington
and
son '34) is with the medical corps in JetlerAfrica
... Lieutenant Robert C. Dwyer (Chicar
'42) is in the reception center at Fort elan, Ill. . . . Lieutenant Donald S. Ni
(Pennsylvania State '40) is at Camp ke.
inson, Ark. . . . Private First Class Fre:
crick A. Frankenfield(Hanover '43) has
in Australia for more than a year. . .. Ca:
tam n Richard H. Perrine (Rutgers '39'i is a
Camp Claiborne. La. . . . Lieutenant Ric':
ard A. Wilmer (Cornell '39) is \N •
artillery unit in Camp Forrest, 'I
A V-mail letter from Captain George .
Oliver (Richmond '39), former secretary
the Fort Meade Graduate Association, sa.
that at least four of the original members
the unique alumni group are in England..
Lieutenant C. Richard Carpenter (Chica
'31) is in an engineer amphibian cor at Camp Edwards, Mass. . . . Major
V ischer (Cornell '19), on leave fn
editorship of Country Life, is static.
Washington, D. C., of all places! . .
tenant John J. O'Hare (New York
overseas. . . . Lieutenant-Colonel George
Orthey (Columbia'15) is with the 550th Coast
Artillery at Camp Edwards, Mass...
tam n Joseph M. Rector, Jr. (Columbia
whose late Fiji father was always int(
in things military, is overseas. . . .
T. Quittmeyer (Columbia '41) is in an
fantry outfit in Camp Breckenridge, Ky..
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Krueger, .1
(Georgia Tech. '30), son of the famed In:
tenant-general, is on duty in Washingth.
.. . Lieutenant Henry Bernard Malone,
(Colgate '44) is at Fort Riley, Kans. . .
Floyd M. Call (DePauw '30) has been
promoted to a lieutenant-colonel. He is stationed at Camp Wolters, Tex., in command
of a heavy weapons training battalion. .
James M. Duguid (Illinois Wesleyan '4.;
has been commissioned a lieutenant in e
air corps. . . Lieutenant-Colonel Berti.
H. Brinton (Pennsylvania '15) is on ;
with the air transport command in Washington, D. C. . . Isaac C. Wright
(Syracuse '39) is attending an infanti.,
ficers' candidate school at Fort Benning,
THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
461
Roberts, Calif. . . . At the
lieutenant Benjamin R. Arnold (Illinois '36) is at Camp
Lillywhite (Los Angeles
B.
Dale
29.
in
of
age
police
military
'eyan '36) is with the
wearing a major's leaf. He is at Fort
is
'35)
(Western
Herron
P.
Donald
.
,)it. . .
McClellan. Ala. — which is a long way from
Enid
rve '42) is an aviation cadet at the
Gayley Avenue, West Los Angeles. . . .
Lieuten)kia.) Army Flying School. . ..
Lieutenant James E. Smyth (Texas '39) is
is
'40)
(Allegheny
Hickernell
ant James H.
in a zone of action with the air corps. . ..
Robert
E.
Lieutenant
at Waycross, Ga. .. .
Lieutenant Guy E. Noyes (Missouri '34) is
Riter, Jr. (Lehigh '37) is in the office of
with a purchasing board. .. , Staff
overseas
C.
D.
Washington,
in
weather
the director of
Colin R. Beeson (Lehigh '35) is
Sergeant
(Illinois
Williams
. Captain Norman B.
glider maintenance at Sheppard
training
in
storage
'20) is commander of an air force
Field, Tex. . . . Major Charles H. Jones
Mark
Joseph
Dr.
0....
Cincinnati,
depot in
(Minnesota '33) is at Fort George Wright,
Brown (Minnesota '29) is overseas as a
Wash. . . . Lieutenant Robert A. Elliott
.
.
corps.
air
the
in
captain
corps
medical
'39) is overseas with the air
(Michigan
'31)
(Oregon
Brooks
Private Stanford E.
Herbert R. Meek (AlaSergeant
corps....
operations
is an instructor in engineering and
bama '27) is at the army airdrome in Glen"I
he:
Philosophizes
Colo.
Logan,
Fort
at
dale, Calif. . .. William H. Richardson, Jr.
might become a corporal some day, but I
'32) is a lieutenant-colonel at
(Columbia
here
it
don't mind at all about that as I like
Barracks, Wash. . . Lieutenant
Vancouver
somemeans
doing
I'm
work
this
and know
Lloyd L. Duggar (Alabama '34) is at an
thing." Bravo! . . . Ben G. Oberlin (Westoutpost.... Colonel J. Prugh Hernoverseas
at
artillery
ern Reserve '17) is in the coast
the South Pacific
Fort Monroe, Va. . . . Lieutenant Bernard don (Arizona '19) is in
E. Paul (OklaCarl
Lieutenant
.
.
Myers,
area.
.
Fort
at
F Shearon (Purdue '31) is
Private
Okla....
Sill,
Fort
is
at
'43)
homa
suthe
Fla.. . . Sigma Tau Service Letter,
'40) is in a
perb Seattle publication which keeps the William R. Knippel (Columbia
psychological research unit at Santa Ana,
Washington Fijis informed of their brothers
Calif. . . . Captain John B. Mattson (Witith the colors, carries in a recent issue a
letter from Lieutenant Richard A. Walter tenberg '39), formerly weather officer at
Moffett Field, is now pursuing basic trainWashington '39), the lad who used to write
those swell advertisements for the New York ing as a fighting pilot at Pecos, Tex. .. •
Phi Gamma Delta Club for THE PHI Bruce B. Johnson (William Jewell '43) has
GAMMA DELTA. Dick is now in Africa and
been promoted to a first lieutenancy in the
observes that when, in 1937, he made his way
air corps. He is stationed in Hawaii. . . •
Iron, Casablanca to Tunis by bicycle, he George J. B. Schuyler (Bucicnell '21) is a
xasn't laying the ground-work for the Amer- captain in public relations in Newark, N. J.
ican invasion. Dick has written for the
. . Captain Daniel C. Easterday (NebrasNational Geographic Magazine. . . . Henry
'34) was in one of the amphibious units
ka
Steven Paul Kress (New York '37) is an
which made a landing on the coast of Africa
aviation cadet at the Southwest Airways' on November 8. . . . Major Richard Kyle
Thunderbird Field in Arizona. . . Fred C. (Minnesota '25) is in the judge advocate
,
the
ontro, Jr. (Yale '43) has enlisted in
general's department at Camp Howze, Tex.
engineering division of the air corps. . . .
. . Henry H. Triebel (Illinois '33) is a
William A. Gill (Missouri '46) has been
first lieutenant at Selman Field, La. . . •
inducted and is stationed in Atlantic City.
'42)
Corporal Howard F. Miller (Syracuse
State
corps
• . Captain Robert I. Conn (Oregon
signal
the
in
candidate
officer
is an
4)) is an ordnance officer in the air corps school.... Second Lieutenant Andrew Allen
at Fort Wright, Wash. . . . Donald A.
division
(Syracuse '44) is in an armored
Douglas
bairne (Oregon State '42) and Richard E.
Lieutenant
.
.
La.
.
Polk,
Cook (Oregon State '42) are fellow lieu- at Camp (Syracuse '41) is in North AfCagwin
(Syracuse
tenants of infantry at Camp Roberts, Calif. P.
.. . Private Lester H. Dye
rica.
'43)
State
(Oregon
Kern
oper• . Richard H.
which
team
induction
on an
1‘, an aviation cadet at Santa Ana, Calif.. . • '42) is
Binghamton.
and
Syracuse
in
ates
Captain Richard G. Valentine (Los Angeles