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THE TEXAS Page 4 T 1940 CAPT. H. V. “FROG” DUNCAN has been recently transferred from Ft. Ben- ning, Ga., to Camp McCoy, Wis. LT. and MRS. CLYDE EMMONS are living at Medicine Park, Okla., while Lt. Emmons sci at Ft. Sill. He was recently t sferred to Ft. Sill from Camp EL J. GROGAN, III, basic fly- first lieutenant. The son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Grogan, 7217 Kaywood, Dallas, he majored in chemical engineering while at A. & M. He received his wings and com- mission at Kelly Field in October, 1942. CAPT. JAMES R. GRIFFIN, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Griffin, Sr., Blooming Grove, Texas, has been reported as mis- sing in action since March 26. Volunteering for foreign: service upon graduation from Randolph Kelly Fields, and receiving his gs and commission ‘as Second Lieut., he was sent to the Philippines in June, 1941. He was stationed at Nichols Field, Manila, at the time oof the Jap treachery. Surviving the raid, he went with Mac Arthur's forces to Bataan and thence to Corregidor, later being evacuated to Mine dinao. In some way he made his way to Australia, where he continued to serve with distinction until reported missing. CAPT. CARL HILL, JR., Amarillo, was recently promoted to Major. JAMES R. HART is getting his mail at his home, Franklin, Texas, and is entering the military service in Oct. He was formerly with the NYA at Rayne, La. Friends call attention to an error in listing 1ST. LT. URBAN C. HOPMANN from Beaumont whereas he should be list- ted from Beasley, Texas, having never lived in Beaumont. He was one of the Immortal group of Aggies holding their April 21 Muster on Corregidor in 1942, shortly be- fore the capitulation. Lt. Hopmann is a Jap prisoner of war at Osaka, Japan, ac- cording to word received from him by his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hopmanm, Beasley, Texas. LT. MARSHALL H. KENNADY, JR. son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall H. Kennady, Box 97, Route 9, Ft. Worth, is a Japanese prisoner of war according to a card re- ceived recently by his parents form the Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 2. He stated he was well and uninjured. He was among those captured following the fall of Bataarr and Corregidor. 1ST. LT. JOHN C. KERR is with a Bomb. Sadn. in foreign service and re- ceives his mail through APO 520, 9% Post- master, N. Y. At the time Lt. Kerr en- tered the service he was practicing ar- chitecture fith his father at Amarillo. LT. VICTOR L. KOTHMAN is with a QM Regt. in foreign service and re- ceives his mail through APO 502, ¢% Post- master, San Francisco, Calif. CAPTAIN D. C. KELLY, JR, wounded in action the last of July in the Mediterranean area and is now at the McCLOSKEY General Hospial, Temple, Texas. He has received three citations and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. He is the son of COLONEL D. C. KELLY, ’l16. LT. J. C. MOSELEY was a visitor on the campus Oct. 1, while enroute from Ft. Sill where he was in F. A. School to Camp Claiborne, La., where his mailing address will be CE-ERP-EUTC. Lt. Mose- ley has been in the service since June 19, 1943, ‘and prior to entering the service was a design engr. with the Humble Oil Refining Co., at Baytown. LT. WM. R. LOUDERBACK stationed at Camp Pickett, Va., and gets his mail at APO 31. CAPT. MAX MCCULLAR is on duty in the “heart of the Rockies” at Camp Hale, Colo., and says he is freezing to death. He is with the mountain troops there, and is doing vertical rock climbing. He promises a HIGH MOUNTAIN A. AND M. CLUB. CAPT. CARL A. MARTIN, JR. for- merly at Camp McCoy, Wis., may now be was is now “addressed APO No. 2, % Postmaster, New York, N+Y. A recent promotion made him CAPTAIN ~ JOHN B. MERIWETHER. His home is ¢ i J i Raa , > w Nacogdoches. WM. H. “BILL’ MURRAY is general clerk, at headquarters 1895 Service Unit, Specialized Training and Re assignment Unit of the Army Specialized Training program at Camp Fannin, Tyler. He has been in the army since uast January and was transferred to Fannin on the ASTU detachment at College Station. He would be glad to hear from or see any Aggies at Camp Fannin, and would be pleased to hear from some of his old friends by mail. He was editor-in-chief of the Bat- talion, in 1939-40, and following graduation spent three years engaged in writing and editing. He was with the Houston Post as Amusement Editor and Columnist, leaving there to do work in writing and editing for publications Air Corp, instructional texts, job analysis and course outlines, at the San Antonio Air Depot. He spent six months in the army in San Antonio, thence to College, thence to Fannin. CAPT. and MRS. WILLIAM H. OS- WALT, 111, of Washington, D. C., recent- ly visited his mother, Mrs. C. A. Searcy, in Bryan. CAPT. RICHARD L. PATRICK, APO 922, % Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif., reports that he and LT. NATHAN A. STEDMAN, ’43, “eat up the AG- GIE when it arrives.” He reports also frequent bull sessions with CAPT. JOE EDLEMAN, °’34, and LT. ROY OL- BRICK, ’41. ROBBERT C. BUIE has asked that his AGGIE be sent to 509 W. Park St, Waxahachie, Texas. ENSIGN D. F. POSTLE recently re- ceived his commission in ‘the Navy C. E. Corps and is assigned at present to the C. B.’s at Camp Peary, Va. Other Aggies at Camp Peary are ENS. KROCKER, ’41; ENS. CLYDE RAU, ’41; ENS. PETER- SON, ’42; and ENS. COX, ’41. ORIS D. PRITCHETT has volunteered for the Sea Bees. He was formerly with the Houston Ship Building Company. CAPT. RICHARD L. PATRICK is in foreign service with an AAA Btry., and receives his mail through APO 922, % Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. In New Guinea where he is serving as the engineering officer of a bombard- jer squadron, LEE PETTY, JR., was re- cently promoted to the rank of CAP- TAIN. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Petty, of Marquez. SGT. LOWIE CLINTON RITCHEY, JR., has advised this office that his pre- sent address is Ellington Field, Texas, and also tells us that he luckily survived quite a smash-up and became what is com- monly known as a dog-face, or enlisted man due to physical disqualification. He is now instructor in the Advanced Two- Engine Pilot Ground School, and reports many Aggies passing through . . . one of whom was CLIFF B. ROUSE, ’41. In his present class of cadets are CAPTAIN really WALLACE CRAIN, ’41, and 1ST. LT. RICHARD DEFEE, ’42. LT. CHAS V. ROBERTS, JR, entered the service as a cadet in Jan., 1940 and had his basic training as a Photo Lab Com- mander at Yale University. He was com- missioned July 8, 1943, and was assigned to Lowry Field, Colorado, for a course in Photogrammetry. He is an assistant in a regular photogrammetric unit. He sends his regards to all his friends and would like to hear from some of them. His ad- dress is Photo Aviation AAFSAT, Orlan- do, Fla. ENSIGN EARL H. ROESNER is on foreign duty and receives his mail % Fleet -P. .0., N."¥.,” N.- Y, J. FRANK ROGERS is living at 1619 Alaska Ave., Dallas, Texas, and is the father of a fine son born May 21, 1943. CAPT. A. T. F. SEALE has been named head of the military projects division of Denison Dist. Army Eigineers. Called to active duty in June, 1942, he has served as military asst. to the dist. engineer in Denison, Texas, until his recent appoint- ment. Promotion of WILLIAM TENNISON SLATON to Lieut. Col. was recently an- nounced by the War Department. His home is 3113 Oak Lawn, Dallas. CAPT. GEO. W. SMITH is Adj. of a C .A. Btry. at Ft. Pickens, Fla., which is located just across the bay from the Naval Air Station. LIEUT. WALTER K. SHELTON, 3518 Ave. 0O., Galveston, has reported to Will Rogers Field, Okla. He received his com- mission at Stockton Field, Calif. Before going on active duty, he was employed by the First National Bank, Dallas. LT. THOMAS D. STEVENS is with an Engr. Combat Bn. and receives his mail through APO 77, % Postmaster, Los Ange- les, Calif. He reports that he spent a ra- ther warm summer in the Calif. Desert Tng. Center. Miss Doris Stukenburg, sister of LT. JOHN DARRELL STUKENBURG, re- ported to -this office that she had received the usual form post card from her brother saying that he is uninjured and that he is in Military Prison Camp No. 2. This is the first communication from Lt. Stu- kenburg since February 11, 1942, LT. GEORGE W. TILLSON is located at Shaw Field, Sumter, S. C., where he receives his mail in Box 340. LT. ERVIN O. VESELKA is located at Ft. Winfield Scott, San Francisco, Calif. His outfit is a part of the harbor defen- ses of San Francisco, and Lt. Veselka in- dicates that it would be a pleasure to see every Aggie passing through San Francisco. 1941 CAPT. SIDNEY A. McDONALD is somewhere overseas in a Cav. outfit, APO 201, ¢% Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. McDonald is making her home at 303 E. Valley Road, SantaBarbara, Calif. LAWRENCE FREEMAN sends his gift to the Development Fund from 1207 S. Main, Temple, having just returned from a 13 month tour of duty in the Aleutians; “One hell of a place,” he reports. He will continue to receive his mail at the above address, not knowing where he will be located upon his return to duty. CAPT. JAS. T. NOTON who has been at. Camp McCoy, Wis.,, asks that his TEXAS AGGIE be sent to Rt. 1, Box 573, Austin. 1ST. LT. LEE O. WEATHERSBEE re- ports a nice A. & M. Club somewhere in the Caribbean. He gets his mail at APO 834, ¢, Postmaster, New Orleans, La., and is in the Office of Ass’t Chief of Staff, G2. LT. JOHN A. “BIG JOHN” KIM- BROUGH, former All-American fullback, received his wings recently in advanced twin-engine at the Army Air Force Pilot School, Marfa. He transferred from the infantry to air corps training several months ago. ENSIGN ALFRED H. KREZDORN is in foreign service and receives his mail % Fleet P. O., N. Y.,, N. Y. He sends greetings through his brother, ROY R. KREZDORN, ’32, to all his A. & M. friends and says that he would like to hew@r from some of the gang. DR. GEORGE LEVY is conducting a small animal hospital at Concourse Vet. Hosp., 1645 Grand Concourse, N. Y., N. Y., and a large animal office at RFD 1, Easton, Conn. LT. ALLAN M. MADELEY is with a F. A. Bn., Camp Gruber, Okla., and re- ceives his mail through APO 411. CAPTAIN MILTON E. MOORE, Dallas, wears in addition to various unit citations the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, awarded him for individual combat gal- lantry. He was a member of the famed 19th. Bombardment Group who flew their flying Fortresses against such odds in the far east in the early days of the war. He is noow stationed at Ardmore, Okla., as in- strument check pilot with the 46th. Bomber Wing. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Erle L. Moore, Dallas. Congratulations are due all around for CAPT. DANIEL B. ORR, APO 681, % Postmaster, New York, N. Y. . . . . He received his promotion to a Captain and the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal and three oak leaf cluster go with it. But he says “I will be glad to see dear ole USA again.” ENSIGN ERNIE W. PANNELL, USN, former great Aggie tackle, has been com- manding a Navy Motor torpedo boat in the South Pacific. His address is Motor Torpedo BBoat, RON, 21, ¢, Fleet P. O., San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. Pannell is liv- ing at College Station. After completing his eligibility at A. & M., Pannell played two seasons with the Green Bay Packers in the Pro football leagues, returning each winter to A. & M. to complete work for his degree. ALBERT T. PASCHE has advised this office that he is now living at 4304 Loma Alta, Dallas, Texas. Mr. Pasche is con- nected with the Magnolia Pipe Line Com- pany. He and Miss Dorothy Johnson, of Dallas, were married on September 4. MERTON POSTLE is with the Design Section of Curtiss Aircraft at Columbus, Ohio. ESWAYNE. PETTITT, S. 'K..-2-C,U.-.S. S.— Fleet P. O. San Francisco, Calif., says he is “still kicking’ but not much he can say about where he is or what he is do- ing. He gave a very fine report on WE’VE NEVER BEEN LICKED” that was shown aboard his ship recently. LT. HAROLD S. HENSLEY, Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico, says he has been flying bombing missions as pilot since graduation from Flying School, A- pril 24, 1942, and has been married since July 20, 1942. He reports quite a few Aggies out in that area . . . among them MAJOR JAMES N. HOLLINGSWORTH, ’387, is Post Adjutant and MAJOR R. W. FULLER, ’30, Provost Marshall. He hopes to fly down for the Thanksgiving game. LT. CURTIS E. PARKER tells us that he was moved again and now is located at Camp Polk, La. He wishes that he could be here this fall for the football games, and since he can’t he sends the best of luck to a good season. CAPT. O. C. GARDNER says he is well into his third year of the ‘“‘Battle of Ft. Sill” and is C. O. of the Service Bn. of the Stud. Regt. He reports hundreds of Aggies there, many of whom are students and many in the School faculty. PVT. GEORGE W. RACE reports that 1 he has been in the army only three weeks and likes it just fine. He wants his AG- GIE sent to Westover Field, Mass. LT. HENRY J. RICHARDS is receiving mail through APO 257, ¢% Postmaster, Ft. Benning, Ga. CAPT. BEN. H. ROBERTS is with the Army Air Forces, Hdgs. Air Service Com- mand, Perryfield, Ohio, where he is serving as Chief of the Aircraft Supply Branch. JAMES F. SIMON is employed by the Houston Shipbuilding Corp. He has been building ships since July, 1941, and says he would be glad to hear from any of his A. & M. friends. His residence ad- dress is 3904 Day, Houston, Texas. CAPT. JAMES C. SMITH is with the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine) at Marfa, Tex., where he is serving as a Tng. Sqdn. Cmdr. He left A. & M. in 1940 to join the Army Air Corps as a Flying Cadet, graduated in July, 1941, at Stockton Field, Calif., and served as a flying instructor there. His next station was Williams Field, Ariz., where he served until Nov., 1942, when he was sent to Marfa. LT. WM. J. STANFORD is located at Comp Carson, Colo., where he receives his mail through APO 89. He reports hav- ing seen ‘“WNBL,, says that even though the show was fine, he could have taken a few more campus scenes. CAPT. MAYO J. THOMPSON is com- mander of a C. A. Btry. at Camp Haan, Calif. He reports that LT. HENRY HAN- SEN, ’42, has a btry. in his bn. and that there are lots of Aggies at Camp Haan. CAPT. RALPH F. THOMPSON, APO 430, ¢% Postmaster, New York, says in a recent letter received from ‘Somewhere in China’’ that he has received two copies of the TEXAS AGGIE and it was like having a shot in the arm to read about A. & M. and about some of his old class- mates. He reports that COL. JESSIE WIL- LIAMS, ’14, is on Gen. Chenault’s staff and has been in China for 15 yedrs. He added that he is looking forward to that first homecoming day at College Station. CHARLES LEROY WALKER has been promoted to CAPTAIN at Camp Hulen, where he is statiomed with a coast artil- lery unit . . . . LT. PINCUS BROUNES, APO 986, ¢% Postmaster, Seattle, Wash- ington reports not receiving his AGGIE and misses it very much. He and LT. DONALD H. ROSE, ’40, are in the same and battalion and he sees LT. CHARLES WOLFER, ’41, occasionally LT. FRANK P. DAUGHERTY, JR. is sta- tioned in the RAAF, Roswell, New Mexico. CAPTAIN JOE H. WELLBORN is at Fort Benning, Ga. He and Miss Emily Alexander of Minnesota were married on May 29, 1943, in Los Angeles, Calif. LT. DAVE B. YARBROUGH, APO 928, % Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif., writes from the Southwest Pacific that they (meaning a few Aggies in that area) had received copies of the TEXAS AGGIE and they were certainly glad to get them. He re- ports seeing LT. FRANK “PANCHO” THOMPSON, ’41; LT. DAN MCLENDON, ’39; LT. JEEP TOWNSEND, ’41, and LT. A. W. GUILL, ’41. He asks that Mr. Hotard be told that a meal at Sbisa Hall would look like a Christmas dinner to 1942 A/C W. H. MERRILL, JR., is at Aloe Flying Field, Victoria, finishing advance flying. His home address is 2303 O’Neal St., Greenville, LT. EWELL E. WRIGHT, Army Air Base, Waycross, Ga. ... LT J. W. PERSOHN is at the 634th Sig. A. W. Rep. Co., Box 2158 Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, Calif. LT. JAMES R. STRACENER is with a Fer- rying Sqdn., Army Air Base, Homestead, Pla. i. LT CURTIS W. HILL is with a FA Bn., APO 445, Camp Swift, Texas. . LT. JOHN T. NEU is with the 9th Airways Cons. Sqdn., 36th St. Airport, Miami, Florida. . . . SECOND LT. LEON A, WAKEFIELD, JR. is at Arlington, Va., 122. Oakland St. .".. .. LT.*CLYDE: H. WESTBROOK, JR., is at Camp Sibert, Ala. . . . It is now CAPT. CORNELIUS B. MARSH, JR., on duty at Vallejo, Calif. . DONALDL W, WATZKE still lives at Freeport, Texas. LT. ALBERT M. PICKARD, V. C., is with a Cavalry Regt. at Ft. Brown, Texas. . . . LT. JAMES W. CATER, stationed at Camp Phillips, Kans., says mail should be addressed to him at his home in Waller, Texas, where his wife lives. He has been stationed at Ft. Sill and Ft. Leonard Wood before Camp Phillips. . . . LT. G. HL. WALKER is at Camp Campbell, Ky. . . . LT. WM. E. BURNDRETT, JR., is stationed at Camp Campbel, Ky. , . LT. JOHN E. BUEHRIG is stationed at Camp Cooke, Calif., with a Maint. Bn. . . . LT. LAW- RENCE DUBOSE is on foreign duty with the U. S. Army. His address is APO 942, % Postmaster, Seattle, Washington. EDWARD C. BADGER wishes his AG- GIE sent to 501 Fifth Ave., Port Arthur. He has seen overseas service. - LT. ED. C. CLINE is in the QM Regi- ment somewhere in North Africa. CAPT. COLLIER A. CAMPBELL is with an Ergr. Bn., and receives his mail through P. O, Unit No. 2, Camp Cooke, Calif. LT. THOMAS R. CRISWELL has beer in North Africa since the latter part of Dec., 1942. He is in the QM Corps and served throughout the Tunisian Campaign. His mail is being directed through APO 63, 1 PVLAN. YC. CAPT. FMERSON M. CONNELL was promoted to that rank about Aug. 20. He is with an Air Dep. Gp. and receives his mail through APO 635, : PM.,, N. Y., N.Y. LT. ROBERT A. DOAK, JR., received his promotion to rank of 1st Lt. just before leaving for foreign duty in Feb. He wrote last from Tunisia, and indicated that when he had time to think about such things, ne grew a little tired of sand, flies, and dirt, and would be mighty glad to hear from some of his old friends from “Sloppy C”’ Inf. Mail directed to LT. DOAK at 789 Vance Jackson Road, San Antonio, will be forwarded. A/S VERNON D. FLETCHER, JR. is a student Sqdn. Cmdr. with the College Tng. Det. (A.C.) at Oshkosh, Wis. LT. JOHN W. GIBSON landed in Aus- tralia about 2 months ago. He and CAPT. JOHN O.' GIBSON, .JR., ’40, and LT. DARRELL B. SPROTT ’38, are together. LT. GIBSON reports that the Japs have been broadcasling American dance music direct so the American forces in Aus- tralia and then telling the troops that their wives and sweethearts are dancing to that music with the 4-F’s back home. ALTON R. GRAHAM who was formerly located at Conroe, Texas, is now with the Humble Oil and Refining Co., at Bay- town and lives in the Humble Dormitory. AGGIE JACK ALAN HALL has been with the Soil Conservation Service ‘n Stephenville since May, 1942, but reports that he is now 1-A and does not know how much 'onger he will be able to contirue his present duty. Mr. and Mrs, Hall «re the parents of a son who is now 10 months old. LT. RUSSELL L. HEITKAMP tioned at Camp Bowie and is in an AFA Bn. CAPI., CHARLES C. HALTOM wa: recently transferred to Fairmont, Neb. where he is Commanding Officer of a Bomb. Sqgdn. He was transferred from Wendover, Utah, along with his entire Sqdn. Capt. Haltom began his aviation cadet training July 5, 1941 and was grad- uated at Kelly Field, Feb., 1942. Since that time he has served in Texas, Calif., Fla., Wash., Colo., Ariz., Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, and Neb. He is married and Mrs. Haltom and their 9-months old daughter are with him. FIRST LIUET. ALBERT BYRON HIG- GINS is in the 33rd Qm. Pack Troop, at Ft. Bliss, Texas. His twin brother, FIRST LT. ELBERT VIRON HIGGINS is in the 3st Qm. Pack Troop. Byron was transfecred to the 33rd so that he and his twin brother could stay close together. The 31st Qm. Pack Troop is commanded by . FIRST LT. NEWTON V. “RED” CRAIG, 42. LT. GUY R, JOHANSON, JR., is at Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, Florida, after receiving his wings at Luke Field. Liv- in the same barracks with him is is sta- ing “Doc’’ Robertson, ’42. LT. JOHNSON gets his maii at 1201 Jefferson, Waco, Texas. LT. MAX C. JORDAN is in Iceland and A/C JAMES P. JORDAN, ’46, is in training in the Army Air Forces at Sheppard Field. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs, Cliff C. Jordan, 3204 Bryn Mawr, Dalias. Another son, Lt. R. P. Jordan, is also in the service. FIRST LT. ROBERT F. LOCKE is now Buse Veterinarian at the Wilmington Army Air Base, Wilmington, North Carolina and reports having in the detachment SGT. HARRY HURST, ’42. He says the Field is small but growing fast. LIEUT. JOHN E. HARRIS, Bomber Pilot at Lockburne Army Air Base, Col- umbus, Obio, recently spent a ten-day leave with friends in Dallas. He has com- pleted trairing at Tampa, Fla., Hartford, Conn., Mcbile and Montgomery, Ala. Greenville, Miss., Camden and Stuttgart, Ark. He was a mechanical eniineering major z2t A. and M. ENSIGN AUSTIN M. HINDS, JR., of Tye, Texas, received his wings of gold and his commission following completion of flight tng. at Pensacola, Fla. He will go on active duty at one of the Navy's air operational tng. centers before assignment to a combat zone. SAM PGRTER, whose home is at Cle- burne, gets his mail at Bldg. 409, Bain- bridge, Md, Word has been received that ENSIGN E. O. LEHMAN has 1eturned to the States from Sicily and is now with Unit K-43, A.T.B., Camp Bradford, N. O. B., Nor- folk. 31,5. Va, A/C ROBERT M. MUNSON is attend- ing Naval Flight Preparatory School, Batt 9-B-1, Old Ely Hall, William Jewell Col- lege, Lioerty, Mo. He would like to hear from Cullen Rogers, Billy Jenn, Dick MacSpadden, Clip Huffman, and all of his other old friends. JOE B. NASH, 2nd Lt. USMCR, is now stationed at N. T. S. (Radar) at Harvard University. His marriage is reported in this issue #nd he is making his heme at 275 Parn Ave. Arlington Hts, Mas. HUGH M. PHILLIPS, Gilmer, Texas, re- ceived his DVM on September 17 and his first Lieutenancy in the Veterinary Corps on October 1. He will report to Carlisle Brks., Pennsylvania for several weeks training. 1943 LIEUTS. J. D. “JAKE” WEBSTER, FELIX A. BUCEK and W. R. BLACK were all graduated from OCS at Camp Hood last May. Webster and Bucek are stationed at North Camp Hood and Black at the T. D. School, Camp Hood. CPL. JAMES HOWARD ‘SHADOW” WADE, is with a QM Depot Supply Com- pany stationed on an island somewhere in the Southwest Pacific. He has not met any Aggies but knows there are plenty of them around and would like for some of them to write to him, APO 502, ¢% Post- master, San Francisco, Calif. FLETCHER D. ASBURY, JR., radio- man third class, has completed training for service on Navy blimps in anti-sub- marine partol. He received his lighter-than- air training at Moffett Field, Calif. He entered the Naval Reserves in August, 1942, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Asbury, 1101 Kensington Drive, Dallas. LT. CHARLES R. DRIER, JR., is sta- tioned at Fort Bliss, Texas, and receives his mail ord. Maint. Co., Fort Bliss, Texas. LT. EUGENE “DUSTY” L. BAILEY receives him mail APO 4672, % Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. His home address is 3812 Hastings St., El Paso, Texas. In sending in his gift to the Development Fund he expresses hope that things will return to normal and soon we will have a better A. & M. than ever before. LT. JOHN B. LONGLEY and his wife are living at 1705 Saudners, Gatesville, just one block from Chuck Chalmers and Jack Miller. RONALD C. BRITTAIN is in OCS at Ft. Sill, Okla. He is having mail sent to his home address, 300 W. 4th St., Brecken- ridge, Texas. FIRST LT. JOEL I. MCGREGOR, JR. son of Major and Mrs. McGregor, Lamp- asas, is stationed in California, with a Tank Des. Group. MAJOR MCGREGOR is stationed at Camp Hood and the two other McGregor boys, Frank and Charles are in the air serivee at Camp Maxwell. O/C CHARLES L. BABCOCK, JR. is at Fort Sill, Okla., in Class 99 of the Field Artillery. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Babcock, ’19, Beaumont. A younger brother John, is a sophomore at A. & M. LT. DAVID B. COFER, JR. is with ai AAA Gun Bn., at Camp Davis, N. C. PFC. PAUL D. CHANEY is at Okla. A. & M., Stillwater, Okla. F. A. CARRADINE, CM 3/c, USNR is back in the states for a ‘‘Seabee’” Island X, and will attend college under the Navy V-12 program. Since he has not been as- signed to a college, he has asked that his AGGIE be sent to Box 1165, Taylor, Texas. LT. JACK K. SIMMONS is stationed at Camp Santa Anita, Arcadia, Calif. A/C J. WM. “BILL” EVANS, JR., has completed the Army’s primary flight train- ing course at Thunderbird Field, No. 1, Glendale, Arizona, and has commenced his basic flight training at Minter Field, Calif. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Evans of Levelland. Formerly employ- ed by the U. S. Engineers at Bryan Field, he later served at Santa Ana Army Air Base, Santa Ana, Calif. His wife resides at 2207 Echols St., Bryan. ALFRED E. FLOCKE is an aviation cadet at Mather Fie'd, Calif., where he is training as a navigator. He reports other A. & M. men at Mather Field as follows: R. A. MILAM, '40; LUTHER LAMBERT, 142: R.. W." McDONALD, "42; W. E, STORTZ, 43; J. B. KENNEDY, ’'44; W. J. UNDERWOOD, ’'44, and G. L. VIN- CENT, 45. General's Aide LT. WILLIAM J, GALLOWAY is serv- ing as Aide-De-Camp to Bridg., General Ealmer, Commandant of the Field Ar- tillery School, Fort Sill, Okla. Galloway went from the campus to OCS at Fort Sill and upon graduation was assigned to the Department of Gunnery as an instructor until his appointed as Aide- De-Camp. He was a Lt. Col. of the cadet corps here in his senior year. LT. CARROLL M. GAINES is at Keesler Field, Miss., ATC Hangar No. 1. 2ND. LT. FRANK X. FALLWELL, sta- tioned at Richmond, Va., says he has finally found another Aggie in his out- fit—HENRY O. WRAY, ’40, who left A. & M. in 1937 and was in service with the same Bn. for two years in Panama. He reports that his brother JOHN FALL- WELL has just been promoted to FIRST LIEUTENANT, and is now in Sicily flying a B-25. Lt. John Fallwell took part in the Tunisian Campaign by backing up the British Eighth Army, and during the Sicilian campaign, he was shot down but came out OK. Another brother, BILL FALLWELL, ’42, ig in the Navy at Cor- pus Christi. LT. JACK K. JAMES writes from Camp Wolters that there are many Ag- gies there—some privates — some officers —and some civilians—but all still Aggies. He says the best Aggies on the post is a civilian post engineer of class 09. He also reported in his letter that he had mar- ried since leaving school. He married Miss Mary Frances Windrow, and they are living at 516 N, Oak St., Mineral Wells, Texas. 1ST. LT. HAROLD L. JAMES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. James, 822 North Second St., Temple, participated in the Ploesti raid on Aug. His plane was forced down in neutral territory but his parents have been advised that he is back with the 9th U. S. Air Force in North Africa. A veteran of the European Air War, Lt. James, has previously lost two planes, although no details have been learned. He entered the air corps Feb. 1942, after three years at A. & M. He was majoring in mechanical engineering and was in the Coast Artillery Corps. Lt James was instrumental in organizing a very active A. & M. Class in the First Christian Church, in Bryan, Texas, start- ing with a small group which initiated the beginning to a class of approximately one hundred A. & M. boys. He served as President of this class during the year of 1940. LT. BILLY F. KIDD received his com- mission in the QM Corps at Camp Lee, Va., and at present is with a QM Repl. Pool ‘at Ft. Robinson, Neb. PFC. SAMUEL KEITH KIRK who re- ceived a GS degree in Agr. in May, 1943, is now a student in the Vet, School at A. & M. as a member of the Army Spec- ialized Tng., Unit No. 3800. DR. RICHARD MACY is Vet. Med. in Dallas, Texas. LT. ALLAN L. MAREK and LT, LAW- RENCE K. HANNON are with the same AAA Bun Bn. and receive their mail through Box 958, Quoque, L. I., New York. They would be pleased to hear from some of their College friends, PFC. A. C. MACHEMEHL, JR., who has been located at Ft. Francis E. War- ren, Wy. has been sent back to A. & M. as a member of the 2nd S. T. Unit, ASTU to await call to the QM O. C. School at Camp Lee, Va. LT. C. H. MAGUIRE, JR., is with ‘an Inf. outfit and receives his mail through APO 461, Camp Adair, Oregon. He was married to Miss Stella Nix of Stephenville Sept. 13, and they now reside at 724 S. 10th, Corvallis, Oregon. LT. JAMES E. LYNCH, JR. is still teaching Gunnery in Fort Sill. He tells us that LT. DICK WORTH, ’43 has just finished the Survey School and is now in CAPT. GERLACK SORY’S ’37, outfit in FPARTC, and that (LT. LOUIS: i.C. HENGST, ’43, is in the Gunnery Depart- ment with him. O/C FOB A. ROTH is attending OCS at Camp Davis, North Carolina, and is engaged to be married to Miss Ruth Elaine. Eldridge, of Beaumont, following liis graduation in November. T. EARL H. STEVENS is attached ot the Air Transport Command and is serv- ing at Station Vet., Love Field, Dallas, Texas. He became the father of a daughter on May 16, 1943. 1944 CAPT. JOSEPH B. TOWNSLEY, JR. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Townsley, Sr. of Gainesville, Texas, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for ex- traordinary and meritorious achievement as a transport pilot. Flying a four-engined plane, he carried supplies from India to China for 17 months of service with the 10th Air Force, and is now attached to the Air Transport Command in India as an instructor. CAND. T. N. INGLIS, 3rd STR, Fort Benning, Ga., said they started out with 124 Aggies and now have 100 left. He reports a big time the night of the show- ing of WNBL—something of a Corps trip affair and they really proved that the old Aggie spirit was still in all of them. CHESTER HELMER has just recently been promoted to FIRST LIEUTENANT and is stationed at the KAAF, Kingman, Arizona. CPL. DONALD W. SIMMONS is in the F. A. 0. C. School at Ft. Still, Okla. He is having his mail sent % Mrs. R. E. Simmons, 809 Melba St., Dallas, Texas. A/C C. E. FAIRBANK, is at Technical School, Yale Univ., New Haven, Connecti- cut, after spending 13 weeks at Boca Bat- on, Fla. He says that he thinks the piec- ture WNBL should be kept at A. & M. and shown every Thanksgiving—that a finer picture has never been filmed. CECIL L. STERLING, Conway, Texas, i8*1in 0.16. S. Vath “Ft Knox, : Ky. His address there is 2nd Co., 56th O. C. S. A/C JOE N. HOLMGREEN is not sta- tioned at Coffeyville, Kansas and gets his mail at the CAAF, Bks. 5. Recently commissioned in the quarter- master corps are SEC. LTS. WILLIAM H. TENISON, JR. and CONRAD BERING, JR., both natives of Houston. The two young officers are now on duty at Camp Lee, Va. CPL. HARLAN E. WRIGHT is at Buck- ley Field, Colo. where he is living in SERRE Y A/C JOSEPH R. CLARK has been transferred from Cedar Falls, Iwa, to Santa Anna, Calif. His mother, Mrs, E. F. Clark lives at College Station, Texas. PVT. N. J. “NICK” SABANOVICH has finished his training at Keesler Field, Miss., and is waiting for an assignment to an ASTP unit, along with ARTHUR PICONA ’44 and DAN HUDSON ’47. They all saw WNBL and thought it was swell. practicing PFC. B. T. BLANKENSHIP reports the following men being in the ASTU pro- gram at Texas Tech, Lubbock: PFC’'S DON CHERRY, JOE KIKER, GEO. HATT, BRUCE Mc¢CAMMON, JACK McDAN- IEL, BILLY SWEENEY, TEX WHIT- SON. JAMES WEBSTER, STEVE WAR- REN and WING YEE. From A/S W. E. WORTHAM, AAFCTD, Birmingham Southern College, Birming- ham, Ala., comes the cry ‘There ain’t no vlan like Agigeland,” and the hope that soon he will be back there enjoying “Mr, Penny's physical training that once he thought was so rough. He wants Mr. Lil Dimmitt to know that the Aggies are behind him and his fotbal Iteam this year. 1 946 PVT. ERNEST G. SIMMONS is at Camp Barkeley, Texas, where his mailing ad- dress is 52 Bn., Co. P, 2nd Plt, M. R. T.«C BILL McMILLAN REPORTS (Continued from Page 1) started shoving out steaming cof- fee, hot cakes launched in home grown honey and butter, “hen fruit,” and sizzling antelope steaks from a hunt earlier in the season. This was to be our first day afield with the pronghorn ante- lope, that elusive and fleet-footed will-of-the-wisp of the desert spaces. Just as the sun cast its first faint glows over the cloud laden sky Tyree, Jimmie, and myself, with Ed at the wheel, topped a rise in the little used dirt road to see a herd of fifteen antelopes taking off at a fast pace a thousand yards to our left. Scarcely another half mile had been covered in Ed’s rough and ready pick-up when we spotted another scattered herd slowly retreating to the foot hills where they could post their sen- tinels and relax after an early morning visit to their favorite water-hole. The hills offered some out-of- sight stalking and Tyree elected to make a try for a particularly fine buck observed through the field glasses as he followed the herd over a ridge. Ed had just time to drive around to the oppo- site side of the butte when Tyree opened up. In the meantime a small herd of four antelope had designs on reaching the hill from our side. Jimmie daid down a barrage on the fast stepping buck bringing up the rear, but the bullets kicking up dust just under him only served to speed him on his way. Present- ly a crippled animal topped a ridge and looked back over his shoulder. Then shortly his pursuer loomed up on the horizon. Across another flat and over another ridge the two labored, both somewhat the worse for the morning’s experience. Then the thing happened! The buck paused to recuperate his fast waning strength. Through the field glasses we saw Tyree drop to a prone shooting position. At the crack of the high power rifle the antelope crumpled among the sage brush. Tyree waved his red lined cap In triumph and soon Ed was bouncing over the rough sage brush to lend a hand on the beautiful tro- phy. One solitary buck proudly alert, was picked up in the glasses about two miles away. Before negotiating the distance on foot the animal had shifted his position and was stand- ing squarely in the middle of the vast flat some eight hundred yards from the nearest ridge. It was sim- ply going to be a case of waiting him out. Finally the buck, with a MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1943 spirit born of confidence, headed west and over a ridge he went, A hurried stalk brought me to within a fairly respectable range of him as he alternately nibbled on the sage bushes and scanned the prai- rie for possible enemies. With a favorable wind and a clump of sage to conceal my prone body there was no hurry now. As I lay there for several minutes thorough- ly enjoying the vast loneliness of the great outdoors, a coyote, wut- terly oblivious to the presence of an unwelcome intruder, trotted across the flat within easy rifle range. The antelope, strong and confident in his own right, only registered mild interest in the slinking gait of his fellow desert dweller. Man and antelope watched the little desert prowler as he stop- ped, looked and listened for the tell-tale noise of the countless thousands of sage chickens swarm- ing over the waste lands. Then my attention was again focused on our quarry. The hollow point bul- let from the 30-06 Winchester rifle erashed into the vital organs of the trophy for a quick and painless kill. Ed, too, was watch- ing the beautiful pronghorn from a distant ridge and he was soon winding his way in our direction, With a noon day lunch consisting: of memories of an early morning breakfast and a hitch or two in our belts, we set out with all hands aboard for another undisturbed lo- cality. Jimmie’s thriller earlier in the morning had whetted his appe- tite for more action. It wasn’t long coming! From a nearby dry creek bed streaked a doe in the van- guard of a small herd of five animals. A magnificent buck, with well formed and symmetrical horns, paused on the edge of the bank to ascertain the sudden departure of his harem. Jimmie’s well-placed shot toppled him as he was gain- ing momentum to follow the herd. As we dressed and loaded him in the pickup with the other prizes, a fresh “Norther,” laden with the pleasant scent of sage and early fall, reminded us that the privilege of enjoying this red letter day was only one of the many reasons why the American way of life is the finest thing on earth, Guide service this year, while adequate, was somewhat curtailed on account of war conditions. The remainder of October will be an ideal time to visit that country. Should any of your friends wish additional information on the trip, it will be a pleasure to pass on to them what seven consecutive sea- sons have taught us. Verily, ‘tis good hunting and I recommend it! W. G. ‘Bill’ McMillan, ’22. AUSTIN BRIDGE COMPANY MANUFACTURERS DALLAS, TEXAS Roads - Bridges - Road Machinery CLAUDE EVERETT (21) INC 522 Barziza St., Houston, Texas GENERAL CONTRACTORS EXCAVATORS FOR ALL TYPES OF BUILDINGS Wm. CAMERON & Co. | (INCORPORATED) LET US REMODEL YOUR HOME Payments Monthly Under F. H. A. 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