THE TEXAS
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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
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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.
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