THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1943
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THE TEXAS AGGIE
+ National Capital Club Tells How
To Send Letters toW ar Prisioners
How to send personal messages$ing on this item for over a year.4tions with prisoners of war must
to American Prisoners of War in
Asia or Europe is outlined below.
This information has been made
possible through the efforts of of-
ficers and members of the Nation-
al Capital A. and M. Club, Wash-
ington, D. C., which has been work-
C. L. “Jack” Brockschmidt, ’26,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Nation-
al Capital Club, advises that these
forms have just been established
by the International Red Cross.
Credit for securing this informa-
tion and for continuing study of
the whole problem of communica-
be given to present and previous
officers of the Washington Club.
In addition to Secretary-Treasur-
er Brockschmidt, the other officers
of the club include: E. J. Holcomb,
’32, President; and Lt.-Col. J. W.
Aston, ’33, and Leonard J. Wat-
son, ’30, Vice-President.
The following forms were obtainable from the International Red Cross, Washington, D.C., and must
be rigidly followed:
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A. Messages to Prisoners of War Held in Europe.
1. The Envelope—Front:
Reverse:
Prisoner of War Mail
Capt. John Doe, U. S. Army,
Interned by Germany (or Italy),
Serial Number (if known),
Name of Camp (if known),
Address of Camp (if known),
Via New York City, N.
Postage Free
Y:
From: Jane Doe
Street Address
City and State
U. S. A.
2. The Letter:
Dear John:
Capt. John Doe, U. S. Army
Interned by Germany (or Italy)
Serial Number (if known)
Name of Camp (if known)
Address of Camp (if known)
Note: Letters must be no longer than one page and should be
typewritten. No mention of the war is permitted. The
contents of the letter should be carefully composed to
avoid objectionable or ambiguous wording, else the let-
ter might not get through.
Complimentary
and Signature
’
Close
B. Messages to Prisoners of War Held in Japan.
1. The Envelope—Front:
Alternate Form:
Prisoner of War Mail
Capt. John Doe
Prison Camp
Address of Camp
Tokyo, Japan
American Prisoner of War
Care of Japanese Red Cross
Via New York City, N. Y.
Postage Free
Prisoner of War Mail
Postage Free
Capt. John Doe
American Prisoner of War
Formerly at (Wake Island, etc.)
Held in Japan
Care Japanese Red Cross
Tokyo, Japan
Via New York City, N. Y.
The return address should appear on the reverse side of the envelope as in the European form. The
letter should repeat the prisoner’s name and address form used above. Otherwise, the same rules apply
as in the letter to prisoners held in Europe, as outlined above.
There is no assurance that the letter will be delivered. Letters should not be sent until the person
has been officially announced as a prisoner of war by the War or Navy Departments or the Inter-
national Red Cross.
1933
MAJOR ALLAN D. DEES is in com-
mand of the 4th Bomber Command of
the Signal Corps at San Francisco, Calif.
He was called to active duty in March,
1941, going in as a second. lieutenant.
Prior to war duty he was an employee
of the Humble Oil Company. He is a
native of Kaufman,
JOHN BE. GASTON of Henderson has
been made a major at the Field Artillery
Replacement Training Center, Fort Sill,
Okla. Major Gaston is in charge of plans
and training for the eenter. He is mar-
ried and lives in Lawton, Okla.
LT. PERRY J. KEITH recently was
promoted to the rank of captain. Before
assuming his present duties at Redstone
Ordnance Plant, Huntsville, Ala., he spent
some time at Picatinny Arsenal, N. J.
The son of Mrs. E. C. Keith, Dallas, the
Captain is married and has one child.
His family make their home with him on
the Redstone reservation.
LT. L. W. STORMS, JR., has been
transferred to the petroleum administra-
tion for the war office in Washington,
D. C, Further word concerning his new
post is expected later.
CAPT. JOHN T. TROTTER is in New
Guinea, South Pacific. He was formerly
industrial engineer with the Lone Star
Gas Company at Wichita Falls.
1934
LT. ALLEN M. EARLY’s present ad-
dress is APO 24, ¢, Postmaster, San
Francisco, Calif.
HOWARD W. GIDEON is a lieutenant
(j. g.) and is receiving training in Ari-
zona. His address is Battery 3, Co. 2,
Platoon 2, U.S.N.T.S., University of Ari-
zona, Tucson, Ariz.
MAJOR LEONARD FARBER is sta-
tioned at the Army Air Forces Advanced
Flying School, Foster Field, Victoria,
Texas,
R. P. HUMPERT is associated with the
Remington Arms Company, and lives at
1901 E. 70th Terrace, Kansas City, Mo.
FRED C. MOORE is living in Sweet-
water at the present time where he is
employed by the J. R. Cox Jewelry Store.
LT. LAWRENCE S. PAWKETT is sta-
tioned at the Army Air Forces Naviga-
tion School, Hondo, Texas
JAMES M. STARR, formerly county
agent at Sweetwater, has been transferrved
to Madisonville as county agent eof Mad-
ison County,
Whitfield
MAJOR HARVEY H. WHITFIELD,
Major Harvey H.
Dallas, a former Pan-American Airline
pilot, has been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross and Oakleaf Cluster for
leading 150 plane-less combat flyers as
infantrymen on Bataan. He is now in-
structor in an Army Air Forces Tacti-
cal school at Orlando, Fla, He has seen
extensive service both in the air and on
the ground in the Philippines; then saw
flying service in New Guinea, after flying
out of the Philippines before the sur-
render. He received his degree in petroleum
engineering, and was, with the Humble
Oil Company in Houston when he en-
tered the Air Corps in 1936.
EMMETT SWOFFORD is with the U. S.
Engineers, Pan-American Highway, Apar-
tado 2045, San Jose de Costa Rica, C. A.
His wife and daughter live in Yoakum,
Texas.
1935
M. ARLYN COLEMAN is now employed
by Boeing Airplane Company as con-
struction inspector and maintenance fore-
man. He lives at 1833 So. Fern St.
Wichita, Kansas.
LT. EDWARD M. DRYDEN is sta-
tioned at the Army Air Forces Advanced
Flying School, Foster Field, Victoria,
Texas.
LT. THOMAS E. KARNES, Dallas, is
stationed at the 6th Ferrying Group,
Municipal Airport, Long Beach, Calif.
Karnes’ mother states he is covering lots
of territory in the air most of the time.
Our most unusual gift to the Develop-
ment Fund was a 10-pound Australian
note from CAPT. MAX."D. LOVEXT.
He gets his mail through APO 500, San
Francisco, Calif.
H. S, PATRICK is back in Texas at
2805 Monterey St., San Antonio, having
been at Pando, Colo., for several weeks.
J. E. PITTENGER is in the Synthetic
Rubber Division of the B. F. Goodrich
Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio. His
address is box 2017, Goodrich Street
Station, Akron, Ohio.
CAPT. KENNETH TUCKER is sta-
tioned at the Army Air Forces Advanced
Flying School, Foster Field, Victoria, Tex-
as.
1936
Wedding Bells—JAMES H. YOUNG,
LT. MARK E. WOLF.
CAPT. THOMAS O. ALLE... of Fort
Manmouth, N. J., is taking a course at
the army staff and command school at
Fort Levenworth, Kansas. He is a native
¢ Columbus, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Allen.
~ LT. MONTE CARMICHAEL has just
completed a course in air transport com-
mand in New York City and had a short
leave before going to his new assign-
ment in Miami, Fla.
CAPT. CARROLL W. COX is stationed
at Brooks Field, Texas.
RAMON C. ESTRADA is addressed:
Post Ordnance Office, APO 942, Seattle,
Wash, His former assignment was at
Augusta, Ga. He is anxious to contact
Aggies in his vicinity.
CAPT. L. F. GIESECKE is on active
duty at La Crosse, Wis., mailing address
1711 Madison.
GLENN L. HARRIS is an aviation cadet
at Santa Ana Army Air Base, Santa
Ana, Calif. He is assigned to Squadron
58.
RICHARD ' HELDENFELS has been
promoted to the rank of first lieutenant
at Dayton, Ohio, where he is with the
Army Air Forces.
LT. DON A. PAYNE is stationed at
the De Ridder, La., Army Air Base Pre-
vious to his entrance into the Army,
he was employed by the Farm Security,
Dallas. Mrs. Payne and their son
at the base with Lieutenant Payne.
CAPT. H. J. SCHIEBER of Galveston,
a recipient of the Purple Heart and four
other citations, became an army air force
navigator after being washed out as a
pilot. He was among the first American
flyers to see action in the Pacific and
was navigator of the famed plane nick-
named ‘“‘Swoose.” On one mission he was
wounded when his plane was shot down
and he and other members of the eight-
man crew spent three weeks in the jungle
befor reeaching an American post. He
and Mrs. Schriber are now living at Mon-
roe, La., where he is navigation instruct-
live
.| Diego,
or at Selman Field, He is said to have
failed as a pilot because he could not
learn to be cautious. Later, however, he
sw extensive flying as a cotton-duster
then went back to the air corps to attend
the army’s first navigation school at
Miami, Fla.
MACK M. STALLINGS has arrived at
the Santa Ana Army Air Base, Santa
Ana, Calif.,, for training as an aviation
cadet. He is assigned to squadron No. 11.
Mack likes the place a great deal and re-
ports that Capt. Fred J. Kana, ’32,
is his commanding officer.
DIXIE L. WATKINS has been pro-
moted to first lieutenant at Fort Bel-
voir, Va., where he is stationed with the
30th Engineering Bn. Before entering the
army two years ago Watkins was em-
ployed by the Shell Oil Company.
1937
Proud Papa—LT. JOE M. ROUTH.
DAVID R, BOLLING is ranching at
Palacios, Texas.
GEORGE H. CRYER is at the officer
candidate school casual detachment, Fort
Sill, Okla. Prior to being inducted into
the service, Cryer lived at 120 South Cat-
alina Street, Los Angeles, Calif. He was
with the Shell Oil Corporation.
CALVIN P. CUNNINGHAM is em-
ployed as an apprentice electrician by the
Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange,
Texas. His present address is 515 Palm,
Beaumont, Texas.
LT. RUSSELL C. CURTIS is stationed
at Fort Riley, Kansas, with the U. S.
Army.
LT. WALTER DAGGETT is
structor at Fort Benning, Ga.
LT. JACK L. GRAYSON is a naval
aviator with the U, S. Naval. His ad-
dress is TTS—TLU, ¢, Postmaster, San
Calif.
LT. JEFF L. HORN may be addressed
Service Club, Camp Wolters. Other Ag-
gies at Camp Wolters include: LT. RO-
an in-
LAND E. STROMBERG, ’30, who is sup-
ply officer for the Eighth Service Com-
mand School; CAPT. HERMON McCOY,
83: LT." TOMMY "SHULTZ,. ’37;- 1T.
FRANK NAGY, ’38.
D. KAY
LIEUTENANT H.
LT H. D. KAY, Stephenville, recently
graduated from the A.A.F. Navigation
School at Hondo. His future location is
not known.
WILL H. KELLEY has been promoted
to the rank of major at Camp Campbell,
Ky. He is a native of Victoria, Texas.
LT. EUGENE P. KISER, 0-404965,
master, San Francisco, Calif.
through APO
Wash. He
948,
asks,
Postmaster,
that
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however,
mail
Seattle,
home at Stockdale, Texas.
Lt. Clem B. McKennon
LIEUTENANT CLEM B. McKENNON,
Schulenburg, graduated in February as
fighter bomber pilot from one of the
Gulf Coast Training Centers. He received
his degree in Agr. Ed. and later took
graduate work at A.&M.
CLYDE T. NORMAN is with the Johns-
Manville Corporation and has been trans-
ferred to Amarillo where he gets his mail
at Box 2383, He reports Uncle Sam breath-
ing heavily on his shoulders, however,
and will report for active duty in March.
GEORGE G. REESE, formerly of Hills-
boro, has been appointed assistant county
agent at Dallas to succeed H. W. MON-
ZINGO, ’41, who is reporting for duty
in the army.
CAPT. WILLIS SCHRIVINER is re-
ported interned by the Japs. He may be
addressed through the Japanese Red Cross,
Tokyo, via New York, N.Y.
MAJOR BRUCE N. SPENSER, JR.
is with the coast artillery—anti-aircraft
defenses of Long Beach, Calif.
CPL. WILLIAM L. WEDEL is attend-
ing engineers specialist training school
at the University of Kentucky, and likes
it fine. He lives in room 758, Phoenix
Hotel, Lexington, Ky.
DOYLE R. YARDLEY has been pro-
moted to lieutenant colonel and is in
command of a battalion of paratroops.
He is in North Africa. His mailing ad-
dress is APO 512, ¢ Postmaster, New
York, N.Y.
Wedding Bells—CAPT. SIMEON T.
LAKE, JR. i
LT. GEORGE R. ADAMS has arrived
in Skagway, Alaska, according to infor-
mation received by his parents in Bryan.
MRS. BEAUMONT BURGESS, wife of
LT. E. BEAUMONT BURGESS, ’38, was
recently presented an Oak Leaf Cluster
that would have been awarded her hus-
The Johnson Boys |
Go To War
Mrs. Grover C. Johnson, 310
Burr Street, Houston, is justly
proud of her three sons. Major
Bernard G. Johnson, ’37, is in
North Africa with the 12th Air
Support Command, APO 726, New
York City, N.:Y.
Capt. Edward D. Johnson, ’40,
of the U. S. Marine Corps has been
in the South Pacific for over a
year and saw action on Guadal-
canal. His address is U. S. M. C.
Unit 830, c¢/o Postmaster, San
Francisco, Calif. Lt. Joseph C.
Johnson is also in the Air Corps
in Africa. He is in the 8th Air De-
pot Group, APO 625, ¢/o Postmas-
ter, Miami, Fla.
bardment group, the famed 19th. He re-
mained in the Philippines and is believed
to be a prisoner of war,
PVT. W. MURPHEY BYRD is sta-
tioned at the Lubbock Flying School,
Lubbock, Texas.
JACK K. CABANISS is a captain in
the engineers corps of the U. S. Army,
serving on the staff and faculty of the
engineer school at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He re-
ports that more Aggies are represented
there than any other school except West
Point,
JOE R. CAMPBELL’S present address
is Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Cor-
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
HERBERT CALLAWAY has received his
promotion to the rank of captain at Camp
Livingston, La.
LT. PRENTICE A. CARAWAY, of
Goldthwaite, has been transferred from
Presidio of San Francisco, California to
Atlantic Beach, Fla.
LT. DARRELL E. CHANDLER receives
his mail through A.P.O. No. 34, New
York, N. Y. He is somewhere in North
Africa.
THOMAS E. COLE is stationed at the
Advanced Flying School, Lubbock, Texas.
He is supervisor of Supply Dept.
CAPT. JOHN E. DERSHIMER wishes
his address changed from 2983 Mountview
Rd., Columbus, Ohio to 410 Avont Ave.
San Antonio, Texas.
LT. ALDEN B. DUDLEY, JR. is on
duty as a member of the faculty of The
Engineer School at Ft. Belvoir, Va.
WILLIAM A. FRENCH, JR. Abilene,
is stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. His broth-
er, LESLIE FRENCH, ’41, is stationed
somewhere in Alaska.
CAPT. CHARLES E. GREGORY, Hous-
ton, was the recipient of the Air Medal
for heroism in the crucial battle of Mid-
way in June, 1942, recently issued to him
by Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons. Capt. Greg-
ory is skipper of a Flying Fortress.
D. W. “SPEEDY” HICKS is a candi-
date at the Cavalry O. C. School No. 29
at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was County
Agricultural Agent of Kinney County be-
fore reporting for duty last September.
JAMES P. HIGGINBOTHAM is living
at 100 W. 27th Street, Austin, where he
is attending the Theological Seminary in
that city.
re-
ceives his mail through APO 4502, ¢, Post-
CAPT. WINSTON W. LORENZ gets his
his AGGIE continue to be sent to his
LIEUTENANT NOBLE D. JONES, JR.
LT. NOBLE D. JONES, JR. graduated
in February from one of the Gulf Coast
training centers, U. S. Air Force. He re-
ceived the degree of Civil Engineering, and
compiled an outstanding scholastic record
at A. and M.
LT. COL. DAVID E. HILL, veteran of
more than a year of aerial fighting over
China as a member of the Flying Tigers
of the American Volunteer Group is back
in America. He is credited with shooting
down 16 Japanese planes, probably de-
stroying as many more, and sinking sev-
eral Japanese ships. His decorations in-
clude the Distinguished Flying Cross and
four citations for the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross. His home is at Hunt in Kerr
County although his father, the Rev. D.
B. Hill, now lives at Victoria. He at-
CAPT. JOHN IL. KERCHEVILLE is sta-
tioned at the Army Air Forces Navigation
School, Hondo, Texas. Other ’38 Aggies
stationed there are: LT. CECIL L. TOL-
LESON and LT. CHARLES F. DIBRELL.
PVT. RICHARD KESSLER has been
transferred from the Infantry to the En-
gineers and is assigned to Fort Belvoir,
Va. He was graduated from A. and M.
in Mechanical Engineering.
LT. SIMEON T. LAKE, JR. has been
promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain
Lake has been stationed at the Longhorn
Ordnance Works, Marshall, Texas, since
August, 1942 but has been recently ordered
to report to the Ordnance Officers Re-
placement Pool, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Maryland, for special training.
CAPTAIN OSCAR S. LONG, Green-
ville, has recently landed in Africa. He
was delighted to run into E. Y. ARNOLD,
'39, Greenville, with whom he went to
high school, then to A. & M,, both work-
ing at Aggieland Inn, and then for seve
eral different assignments during the war
they have been together. Several months
ago they were separatd though and their
union was a happy coincidence.
WALTER McGREGOR, former member
of the Div. of Entomology, Agr. Experi-
ment Station, College Station, Texas, has
been recently made Extension Entomolo-
gist at Louisiana State University.
LT. GLENN R. MILLER has been re-
cently transferred to Fort Knox, Kentucky.
His civilian home was Houston.
CAPT. HERBERT L. PEAVY recently
graduated from the Command and Gen-
eral Staff School at Fort Leavenworth and
is assigned to the 9-2 Section, Har. VIIith
Army Corps, Brownwood, Texas.
DR. W. DAN ROBERTS of Wichita
Falls was recently elected president of the
Texas Veterinary Medical Association. He
is a member of the firm of Burch and
Roberts Veterinary Clinic at Wichita Falls,
his partner being Dr. George R. Burch,
tended A. & M. in 1934 and ’35.
’38, who is now in the Army.
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