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THE TEXAS AGGIE
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1944
Among
A&M MEN
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1928
-J. F. Blount,
Box 431, Amarillo.
LT. REID A. MASSEY, USNR, sends
a gift tc the Development Fund. He says
he is “impressed by the Association’s mis-
sion for mnaterial benefit to the College
and student body.” Mrs. Massey lives in
Coolidge, Texas, address Box 96. . . . E.
R. LAWRENCE, agricultural agent for
Bosque County for nine years, is being
transferred to Palestine and will hold
a similar position in Anderson County.
CAPT. CLAUDE F. PIPES is with the
‘507th AAA Gp., Camp Haan, Calif.
BILL TAYLOR is living in San Mar-
cos, Texas. , LT. v'COL.» JOHN. J.
BROWN is now at Hgs., 87th Infantry
Division, Fort Jackson, S. C., APO 448.
LT. COL, HERMAN G. COX has re-
cently returned from service outside the
continental U. S. and is now being pro-
cessed through the Army Air Forces Re-
~distribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach.
An airplane engineer, he served in the
Southwest Pacific and flew on 23 bomb-
ing missions. Hes supervised the construc-
tion of 70 airdromes in Australia and New
Guinea, He is the son of H. G. Cox, Sr.
of Fort Worth and the husband of Mrs.
-Hariett C. Cox, of 3412 Hamilton Drive
Fort Worth. *, SIMON UTAY of
Reforma 717, Puebla, Pue, Mexico, sends
his gift to the Development Fund.
MAJOR JAMES H. BLACKALLER is
with a Mobile Port APO 680, % PM, New
Yrok Citty. 1 929
“Austin C. Bray,
Box 264, Dallas, 1.
LT. DAN H. O'NEAL ‘is stationed at
the U. S. Air Corps School, Alva, Okla.
He was an Aggie track captain and star
and later coached for several years at
Brenham and other Texas schools.
CAPT. JAMES H. SLAUGHTER, 2411
N. Prairie Ave., Dallas, is on duty with
the military police division of the Provost
Marshal General’s Office of Headquarters,
Middle East. He was tarnsferred there
from Tripoli. In civilian life, he was
credit marager for the Cathey Furniture
Co., Dallas.
MAJ. DWIGHT L. D. TERRY has been
transferred from Camp Barkeley to Ft.
Knox, ‘Ky:, "Hq.t ASR. T.5C:
J. G. HILL, Warrant Officer in the
-Navy, has just returned from the Solomons
... MAJOR JOHN N. MONTFORT, AAF,
Randolph Field, has been promoted to lieu-
tenant colonel, according to information
mother, Mrs, R. E. Mont-
fort, Corsicana, Texas. . ... CAPT. ROBT.
N. TALBCTT, AUS, Houston, has been
promoted to Major. . . BC. LT.
CHARLES A. ROLAND, QMC, Sales Of-
“ficer, is in the Office of the Quartermaster,
Red River Ordnance Depot, Texarkana,
Texas, ".. . “You have no idea,” he com-
ments, “What a kick I get out of receiv-
ing THE TEXAS AGGIE each month, as
it doesn’t only bring back the memories
of former schoolmates, but I have been
able to locate a number of the boys whom
I have not seen for ten or twelve years.
Since I have been stationed here, I have
run into several of the boys of my class,
such as CAPT. TUBBY GRIMES, CAPT.
DOCKUM, and CAPTAIN MORRIS, and
.several more of later classes than my
own.
CAPT. BAYARD M. HACKADORN of
Houston, is now at the AAF Redistri-
bution Station No. 2, having recently re-
turned from the Middle East, North Afri-
ca, Sicily, and Italy, where he flew 51
bombadmernt soties as a B-25 pilot. . .
. JACK C. SKAINS has moved from Hous-
ton to Baton Rouge, La., where his mail-
ing address is Box 1748. He is with the
Shell Oil Company.
PEE
March 14, 1944
Dear Mac:—I am very sorry that I am
.80 long in answering your most welcome
letter received here at Camp Parks when
I returned from my leave. We arrived in
the States Dec. 4, and were released for
thirty days leave on Dec. 14, so spent
Christmas and New Year’s at home with
my wife and ten-month-old son whom I
had never ceen, so I consider it the best
Christmas I have ever had. The 30 days
passed as so many hours, but I have my
family here with me and * spend four
nights per week with them. My son is a
very determined little fellow, so the school
will have a live wire about 1960.
I just returned to camp this. morning
from a temporary assignment to the Bur-
eau of Yards and Docks in San Francisco.
I helped lay out and expedite the job
of assembling a pontoon barge.
J. H. WHELESS, LT. (jg) CEC, USNR
21st USNCB
Camp Parks, Calif.
1930
J. A. Reynolds,
Dreyfus & Son, Dallas
MAJ. R. W. “BUBBA’° FRANKS, Sta-
tion Hospital, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark.,
and MAJ. DAVE WATKINS, stationed at
the Huntsville, Ala., Arsenal, enjoyed a
few days’ visit when the latter was on
a special assignment at Pine Bluff re-
cently. They were roommates at A. & M.
and were also together for five years af-
ter graduation.
LT. ROLAND J. HOWE is stationed at
the Prisoner of War Camp, Alva, Okla.
LT. COL. WARNER V. MADDOX, Fac-
ulty C. & G School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,
was promoted to that rank in Jan. He was
Dairy Specialist in the A. & M, Exten-
sion Service before going to active duty.
H. B. WITTE, 201 ¥. Gonzales St., Yoa-
kum, is one of THE AGGIE’S most pro-
lific correspondents and reporters. .
LT. FRED W. HOFSTETTER is with the
829th T. D. Bn. at North Camp Hood,
Texas. . L. A. MACHEMEHL, Bell-
ville, Texas, ‘has a son, CHAS. W. MACHE-
MEHL, ’44, who is now in the Army.
MAJOR DAVID P. TUNSTALL is con-
nected with both the Elwcod Ordnance
Plant and the Kankakee Ordnance Works.
His address is Elwoced Ordnance Plant,
Joliet, Ill. . . . MAJOR RUSSELL D.
BROOKS, APO 709, % PM, San Francis-
co, writes: “I was glad to get HOP
REYNOLDS’ letter the other day. Received
a letter from J. LOUIS HILER. He is
county agent at Ashdown, Ark. .
CAPT. JOE C. HALLAMAN, Route | X,
Box 90, Dzllas, has returned from one and
one-half years with the Aviation Signal
Corps in Alaska. He is the son of Mrs. J.
M. Hallaman of Dallas. LT. 1%
BROOK DOUGHERTY has been trans-
ferred from Dallas to the Transportation
Dept., U. S. Naval Air Station, Norman,
Okla, d
Headquarters Commandsnt with the 36th
Division Headquarters Co. in Italy is
CAPT. GEORGE D. SMITH, formerly of
225 E. Limira St., San Antonio.
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March 18, 1944
Dear “Hop” :—The WILDCAT wzs for-
warded to me and I more than enjoyed
hearing about the fellows of the class of
’30. Since I last saw you I have become
a member of Uncle Sam’s forces. I was
inducted Sept. 30, ’43, and have just
completed Basic Training in the Med.
Corps. My classification is Veterinary
Technician, which I hope I get. I am now
awaiting my assignment which I hope
comes through soon.
My wife and baby daughter are at
present on the ranch, and I have hopes
of bein gable to have them with me as
soon as 1 receive my assignment. This
afternooa I spent somz time with our mut-
val friend, CAPT. A. A. “GUS” STOREY,
He is Supply Officer of the 43rd
Tank Bn, of the 12th Armored Division.
Gus and I were talking about the Howe
twins recertly, and I was surely glad to
know where they are. Give my regards te
any of the boys you may know.
PVT. GEORGE E. LOVE, JR.
Co. B, 65th Med. Tng. Bn.
Camp Barkeley, Texas.
1931
C. R. “Dick” Coneway
Humble Oil & Ref. Co., Houston 1.
C. J. BURGIN, PhM 2 /e¢, writes from
Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco: “Aus-
tralia has been my home for the past few
months, where I am attached to a mobile
hospital unit, The work has been very
interesting but, needless to say, I am
looking forward to the time when I can
get back to stateside. Have not seen any
A. & M. men in my vicinity, but would
like to get in touch with some.” . .
CAPT. FRED MORRISON BURKEY, Hous-
ton, was recently promoted to Major.
. THE AGGIF would like to have the
present address of JESS M. RUSSELL,
formerly at Eagle Pass. . . , Mrs Gar-
len Randolph Bryan and two children,
Bill (414) and Betty (1 mo.) make their
home at 619 W. French Ave., Temple,
while LT. COL. GARLEN RANDOLPH
ERYANT is in England.
MAJOR EMMET GIFFEN is stationed
at the A.A.F., Western F. T. C., Santa
Ana, Calif.
CAPTAIN ROBERT L. HERBERT is
in England, APO 505, New York City,
LT. (jg) CLARIS B. RAY is now sta-
tioned at the University of Ariz., Tuc-
son, Ariz.
K. S. McCAFFREY’S mailing dress
is. Box: 399,"Crane; «Texas. 4. +¢ » E.
McCORQUODALE, Philadelphia, oe is
still with the Sun Oil Company. He re-
ports that he was transferred about a
year ago from the Development Labor-
atory to the Patent Division. W. T.
ASKEW, also with Sun Oil Co., is now
an asst. supt. of the refinery at Mar-
cus Hook, Pa. Other ’31 Aggies with Sun
Oil Co. are foremen L. C. BAKER and
J. E. LANEY. R. E. BLAND is
located in the Houdry Laboratories of the
Catalytic Development Co. near Marcus
Hook, Pa. LY. COL. iH. “A+ FD=
DINS is Executive Officer, ERTC, Fort
Belvoir, Va. He reports that there are
several A. & M. men located there.
The residence address of MAJOR F. M.
BURKEY, with the 8th Service Command,
is 1114 Wcod Stret, Dallas 2. . . .. CAM
ERON SIDDALL, formerly with the Ex-
tension Service of Texas A. and M., has
been promoted recently from lieutenant to
Captain. . . | JAMES B. SMITH is now
a Major on duty at APO 655, / PM, New
York City. He says he doesn’t get tc read
much of anything except THE AGGIE.
CAPT, WALTER R. SWANK, CEORP,
EUTC, Camp Sutton, N. C., has been
placed >a 6 months temporary limited serv-
ice, following 5 weeks in the Hospital.
The new address of LT. COL.
FRANK H. NEWMAN, JR., is 4909 Whar-
ton Drive, Galveston. 3 CMAJORTL. TT.
BURNS is now with the 253rd QM Rmt.
Squadron at Camp Lockett, 16 Calif, He
is Squadron Commander.
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March 2, 1944
Dear Mac:—The January 20th issue of
THE TEXAS AGGIE arrived today and I
think that I have already read every
word in it. My address has changed, and
I want to get it to you so I won’t miss
any issues of the paper. I am CO and
gathering gray hairs in a hurry. Back
in ’31, as company commander of B
Signal Corps, 1 thought at times I had
quite a lot of worries. Comparisons now
make it look funny because this is the
real thing. No Lt. Neal to take my
troubles to. By the way, I heard a rumor
that it was BRIG. GEN. PAUL L. NEAL
now. It is so?
My wife's brother, THOMAS TUCK-
ER PENNINGTON, is now a Major. His
dress is APO 512, ¢% PM, New York
id ‘think the class agents idea is fine,
and am looking forward to seeing it in
operation, I'm always wondering what
has happened to someone, and don’t know
how to find out where he is. This should
help out things like that.
MORTIMER H. STEWART, CAPT.
AYO 817, C6" PM
New York City.
32
Lt. Col. Luther E. Bell,
509 N. Payne St., Alexandria, Va.
CAPT. WILLIAM O. ALEXANDER is
in the QM Corps at Camp Wallace, Texas.
T/4 ALBERT J. BECKWAY is now
stationed at Camp Wallace, Texas.
MAJOR FORREST P. ELLIS, JR.
formerly with the State Highway Depart-
ment at Atlanta, Texas, is now assign-
ed to the Reception Center, Camp Wol-
ters, Texas,
COLONEL JAMES T. “JIM” CON-
NALLY, U.S.A.F., is now stationed at
Dalhart, Texas.
MAJ. WM. NELSON REES was pro-
moted to that rank in Feb. He is some-
where in the Alaskan area, APO 948, %
PM, Seattle. He has been in the area
over two years. He reports a recent let-
ter from LT. (jg) W. H. “BILL” WAR-
ING ’26. REES played halfback on the
Aggie football teams of his day and is
well remembered for one sensational long
distance touchdown gallop that proved the
turning point in an Aggie-Baylor game
at Kyle Field. He was with the Atlantic
Oil and Rfg. Co. before going on active
duty.
LEON C. RANSON has been trans-
ferred from Armstrong county to the posi-
tion of County Agri. Agent for Floyd
Count, with headquarters at Floydada,
xas, . . Friends have been informed
CAPT. CARL HALL, formerly of
Electra, is ncw with the Army Air
Forces in New Guinea. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C, Hall, live in Texarkana.
. MAJOR CHARLES H. FLOURNOY
is in the War Plans Division, Office of the
Chief of Engineers, New War Dept. Bldg.
Washington, D. C.
ist. LT. THOMAS ‘SMITH, JR. has
been transferred from Oklahoma A, & M.
at Stillwater to Fort Crockett. His new
address is Hdgs. 1856th S. U., Fort Crock-
ett, Texas.
MAJOR CHARLES H. FLOURNEY is
in the War Plans Division Office of the
Chief of Engineers, New War Dept. Build-
ing, Washington, D. C. . ... The new
address of LT. COL. W. P. CORNEL-
IUS is P. O. Box 1111, Knoxville, Tenn.
wie; LLSICOL. ALVIN I. SCHEPPS is
with the Infantry at APO 90, ¢% PM,
New York City. . . . The new address
of MAJOR H. G. BOHENKAMP is APO
709-2, % FM, San Francisco, Calif.
MAJOR GEORGE D. BURCH is over-
seas now. . . . LT. COL. WM. W. “BILL”
HARRIS writes from somewhere in Italy:
“About all I know of interest is that
CAPT. WM. C. “PETE” GARDNER, '41,
has returned to the States after nearly
twenty mcnths overseas, all of which
he served vnder me. CAPT. E. Y. LONG,
’35, is here with me, His address is the
same APO No. 765, ¢% PM, New York
City.” . . . COL. JACK GROSS is with
the Hq., 3rd Air Force, Field Office of
the Air Inspector, Tampa, Florida.
MAJOR A. L. SEBESTA recently com-
pleted Advanced Officers Training at
Ft. Benning, Ga. and has reported to
Lis division, the 2nd Bn., 377th Inf., 95th
Div., Indiantown Gap Mil. Res., Indian-
town. Gap, Ba.” <i. MAJOR NATHAN
0. CORMAN, who was an engineer for
Magnolia Petroleum Co., until he en-
tered war service, has been promoted
to lieutenant colonel in the Army Corps
of Engineers, on duty in the India sec-
tor of the Chira-Burma-India theater.
CHARLES YOUNG lives at Kyle,
Texas . . MAJOR THOMAS PEN-
NINGTON II is on overseas duty, APO 512,
% PM, New York City.
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March 18, 1944
Dear Mr. Mac:—I was transferred from
Ft. Benning to Camp Hood, Texas last
week. There are so many Aggies here.
They are crganizing a rew Infantry Re-
placement Training Ce nter here at South
Camp Hood and moving the Tank De-
stroyers tc North Camp Hood. I haven’t
contacted JODIE HOWELL yet, but I
am sure there are enough Aggies here
to have an excellent Muster on the 21st.
I have a battalion here and MAJOR T.
C. FITZHUGH, ’38, is my executive offi-
cer, MAJOR KIRK BROCK, ’23., is here
as is MAJOR DAVID J. BRATTON, ’31.
CAPT. WM. R. LACE, ’34, is gasoline
ration officer. He tells me that the Camp
Morale Officer is an Aggie, plus lots of
others. 1 saw. CAPT. W. 0. COX, 29,
who is a student at T. D. Comm, School.
I also talked to COL. JIMMIE ASTON,
’33, while in Washington D. C., but was
unable to contact LUTHER BELL.
LT COL. JOHN U. PARKER
178th Bn., 97th Regt., IRTC
South Camp Hood, Texas
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March 4, 1944
Dear Mac :—Just a note to say “Howdy”
and everything is O. K. Contrary to most
of the Yanks, including us Rebels, I like
this country. The weather is a little
rough on us thin-blooded southerners, but
I guess we will come through with a lit-
tle less than triple pneumonia,
If you see TOMMY MAYO, DR. BIL-
SING, VAN LITTLE, FRANK RROWN
or H. G. JOHNSTON, give them my re-
gards and by the way, tell Tommy to get
that coffee pot going about next Tur-
key Day 1,000 hours, cause I'll be there.
CAPT. JOHN M, LANDRUM
APO 256, % PM
New York City
1933
Major T. C. Morris,
APO 2, c/o P.M., New York, N. Y.
COL. JOHN F. BATJER is overseas,
APO 520, % PM, New York City.
MAJOR C. GLENN BROCK, somewhere
in England, reports attending the recent
. cooperative alumni dinner in London for
ex-students of Texas A. & M., Texas
University and S. M. U. He reports a
grand time and very enjoyable occasion.
Major Brock was with the Soil Conser-
vation Service before going on active duty.
MAJOR THOMAS B. GOODRICH is
statisned at the A.A.F., Western F.T.C.,
Santa Ana, California and gets his mail
at 1016 W. Richland, that city. He sends
regards to all of his campus friends.
LT. V. M. HARRIS is an instructor at
Yale Univ. His mailing address is A. A. F.
T. T. C., Yale Univ.,, New Haven, Conn.
MRS. RALPH E. RINN, El Campo,
Texas, sends a gift to the Development
Fund. Her husband, MAJOR RALPH E.
RINN, is overseas. - - - LT. FRANK E.
FRIDKIN is with a Fighter Control
Sadn., APO 638. He sends a ‘Hello”
to his many friends of Aggieland.
ALFRED D. HOLCOMB, SPC (M) 3 /e,
was a visitor on the campus just before
the close of March. He had just completed
boot camp and his present mailing ad-
dress is Co. 44-095, U.S.N.T.S., San Diego,
33, Calif. Al was employed in the U. S.
Postoffice at College Station for several
years and was with the Postoffice at
Galveston before going into the Navy.
Mrs. Holcomb is with her parents at Col-
lege Station.
Formerly at Leavenworth, Kansas, MA-
JOR ELEHUGH LEVY is now at Camp
Swift, Texas. He sends gifts to the Junior
Development Fund in the names of his
two sons, Frank Lester Levy, ’58, and
Stanley David Levy, ’63. - - - CHARLIE
MALONE, 6-foot 4-inch A. & M. football
star who later spent a decade in profes-
sional football with Washington Redskins,
is now tossing telephone messages for
Uncle Sam, according to a report from
Camp Lejeune, New River, N. C. rs.
Malone, the former Elizabeth Leo of
Dallas, resides at Silver Springs, Md.
They have two children, Charles L., 8,
and Patricia, 6.
STEVEN H. CHRISTENSEN, Houston,
was recently promoted from First Lieu-
tenant to Captain. - - - The mailing ad-
dress of CAPT. JOHN H. BROWN is 102
Pecan Grove, Monroe, La. - - - Mrs. F.
M. Shaw, Ferris, Texas, advises that her
husband, MAJOR FREDDIE M. SHAW,
APO 645, % P. M., New York City, is
now somewhere in England continuing
The School of Military Government that
he started in Charlottesville, Va. In the
same mail came one from the Major, him-
self. He writes: “I finally landed in
England ready for work. It is a beautiful
country to see. We had a meeting of all
Texans last night. I saw a few Aggies.
You will get a complete report soon.”
- - - the new address of PVT. ELI O.
WOTIPKA is Has. Co., Reception Center,
Fort Bliss, Texas.
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March 2, 1944.
Dear Mac:—I hope you will be interest-
ed to hear from me after so long a time.
I have been off the civilian airline job
and on duty with the AAF for quite a
while. I have been overseas a good part
of this time and have seen service in
North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Mine is
a combat unit and we’ve had some fun—
wish you were here with me. I haven’t
any idea as to what you people are doing,
as I have been away from the States too
long and seldom hear any news regarding
A. & M. I am sending along a small con-
tribution to the fund, however, and hope
it will help with whatever program is in
progress. I also would appreciate THE
AGGIE. I would like to hear from you if
you have the time.
WILLIS W. MITCHELL
Colonel, Air Corps
APO 638, ¢% PM, New York.
1934
Major T. N. Gearreald,
17 West Passaic Ave.,
Rutherford, New Jersey
M. R. PROCTOR is with The Atlantic
Refining Co. with headquarters at 910
Central Building, Wichita, Kansas.
CAPT. JOHN D. CUNNINGHAM is
with the Army Service Forces, Hqrs., En-
gineering Fire Fighting School, Camp
Pontchartrain, New Orleans 12, La. He
hopes ‘‘the day is not far distant when we
can stage that Victory homecoming.”
FELIX J. BURTON has been transferred
to Nacogdoches from Rusk county, where
he is county agricultural agent. - - -
CAPT. WM. R. PARR is with a Bomb
Division, APO 634, ¢% PM, New York
City. - - - Mrs. John R. Eidson, Hamil-
con, reports that her son, ENS. JOHN
R. EIDSON, JR., USNR, is now back in
the States after 10 months in the Pacific.
His address is Barracks B4-121, Camp
Peary, Va., and he will probably be in
the States a month or more. He was re-
cently commissioned.
CAPT. JAMES G. SCHLATHER, 731
Franklin St., Baton Rouge, La., is sta-
tioned at the Engineer Depot, where engi-
neer equipment is repaired and shipped
all over the world. - - - MAJOR W. Z.
BURKE is still at S. A. A. S. F. Depot,
San Antonio, as Assistant to the Depot
Veterinarian. He reports that CAPT.
CHAS. J. STEEGER, ’36, is also there.
- - - CAPT. THOMAS W. ATKINS is a
member of the 442nd Infantry at Camp
Shelby, Miss. - MAJOR HENRY F.
BELL is with the Field Artillery, APO
9492, ¢, PM, New York City. - - - LT.
GEO. H. DRAPER’S address is Co. A,
506 Mil. Police Bn., Fort Jackson, S. C.
- - - MAJOR GEORGE H. FAIRBANKS
is with the Coast Artillery Regt., APO
700, ¢% PM, New York City.
CAPT. WILLIAM A. HERING is with
the Engineers, APO 928, ¢ PM, San
Francisco. - - - LT. JAMES A. JEFFRIES
is at the 3rd Redistribution Station, Santa
Monica, Calif. - - - CAPT. DAN M. LA
ROE is a member of the 695th Ordnance
Ammunition Co., Camp Rucker, Ala.
LT. SAMUEL T. LOGAN’S address is
Office of District Engineer, Little Dock,
Ark. - - - SEC. LT. FRANK G. THOMAS
is with the 82nd Base Hq. & Air Base
Sq., Davis Monthan, Ariz. - - - MAJOR
CHARLES A. TOSCH is with Hq. & Ha.
Sq., AAF Base Trn. Cen., Greensboro, 10,
N. C. - - - MAJOR JOHN U. UPCHURCH
is at the QM Depot, Chicago, Ill
CAPT. JOHN H. WILLARD’S address is
APO 201, San Francisco. He is with the
Cavalry. - - - CAPT. LLOYD O. ZAPP is
a member of an Engr. Pl. Co., APO 763,
9" PM,.:New: York City. - - = LT.~-KEN-
NETH E. ZIMMERMAN is with the U. S.
Engineer Office, Manhattan Dist., Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
CAPT. JOHN W. HERRING, JR., APO
645, ¢, Postmaster, New York City, writes
that he is not lonesome ‘‘somewhere in
England” because there are so many Ag-
gies all around him. He very much en-
joyed the Texas Independence Day meet-
ing, and especially the few Aggie songs
that were sung then. - - - LT. COL.
SAMUEL S. GRAHAM, Huntsville, is
presently serving as Bn. Commander in
an Infantry regiment with the 36th Texas
Division in Italy. He has been awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross for extra-
ordinary heroism in action. He is married
to Mrs. Irma M. Graham.
MAJOR STONY MILTON STUBBS is
now at the Replacement Center, F. A. S.,
Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
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Feb. 24, 1944
Dear Mac:—Haven’t met many Aggies
in Australia yet, but I know they are
bound to be here. Came over on the same
boat with CAPT. D. D. DEMPLE, V.C,,
’41, who is going north from here shortly.
There aren’t any bullets flying around here,
but at least I won’t have to tell my grand-
children that I fought the ‘Battle of Ft.
Huachuca.” Then, there is always the
chance of being sent forward!
(CAPT.) RUSSELL W. FICHTNER
APO 923, ¢% PM, San Francisco,
California.
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March 8, 1944
Dear Mac:—Plans for our East Texas
Muster have not yet hit ‘‘gale’” strength,
but feel sure that under our local club
president, GUY CROOM, we will have a
good gathering of all the local exes.
In throwing in with you whole-heartedly
on the idea of Class Letters and a closer
bonding of each class thru these bulletins,
may I suggest that it would be of great
interest to all the members of each class
to know more definitely where each mem-
ber was and what class of effort that
member is engaged in. How about asking
each member to pass along a few inter-
esting facts about himself and his work.
I personally would very much enjoy know-
ing more thoroughly where each member
of my class now is and what he does to
keep body and soul together.
Since getting tied down so close on our
Marine Gears, I haven’t had an opportu-
nity to get out as much as I'd like and
as much as I had the opportunity in
past years. I've been serving as produe-
tion engineer on the drives we are now
building for LST boats, Army Cargo
Ships and generator gears for Destroyer
Escorts. Spend quite a bit of time away
from the plant but around the shipyards
on Great Lakes and on the coasts, I don’t
run into many of our dry-land Aggies.
GORDON G. LANGSTON, ’85, who is
associated with our Trailer Division, does
see a great number of the fellows scat-
tered from Washington south and west.
Referring again to the suggestion of a
bulletin covering all members of the class,
I would be happy to help if possible in
the more complete listing of these fel-
lows than is allowed in the limited space
of THE AGGIE.
A. E. CARAWAY
Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co.
901 N. First, Lufkin, Texas.
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March 2, 1944
Dear Mac: —I think this class letter
idea is a good one, and want to commend
you and Jake Hamblen for putting it into
operation. I welcome the opportunity to
communicate with some of my old buddies
again. To the Class of ’34 I will say:
It’s a real break to have the opportunity
to again get in close touch with the old
gang, especially the many of you that I
haven’t seen in years. I haven’t seen Tull
in a long time but his letter sounds like
he’s the same old guy we elected to lead
us a decade ago. Let’s rally behind him
again.
Quite a number of our classmates are
in the service now and really putting out
to get this thing settled. I’ve been stationed
here in Washington shuffling papers since
Oct. 1940. Frequent field trips make it
interesting. I'm now a member of the
National Organization of “Swivel-Chair
Pilots.” You have to have a real “spread”
to get in! Other class members who are
veterans of the Pentagon-Potomac cam-
paign are LT. COL. “SMUCK” KENDER-
DINE, QM; MAJOR JOHN R. RICHARD-
SON, Engr.; MAJOR W. H. “JUG” TUR-
NER, Ord.; CAPT. JACK BAKER; and
LT. JOHNSON CHARSKE (Navy—one of
our allies). I saw MAJOR LOUIS
PIETZSCH on his way through here to
India. Also BARNEY HOLMES, a Major
shortly after he’d returned from Africa.
TY TIMM, DONALD HOOSER, FRED
GRIMMEL and CARROLL ROBERTS
were also in the Capital at one time. MA-
JOR “MIT” S. MILTON STUBBS was
checking up on PX’s last time I was in
Dallas, and MAJOR ED ERWIN is at
Denver with the AAF.
I was sent on a short trip to England
in January. There are lots of Aggies
over there and some of them big Army
men. I ran into CAPT. BILL BARRETT,
’36, coming out of ETO Hq. and we had
a short chat. He’s been over there for
some time. Ask him about the “Piccadilly
Commandos” when you see him again.
Next time you get to Washington, make
it a point to attend the A. & M. Club
meeting the third Thursday in each month.
The 1934 FLAG POLE sounds O. K. to
me. Personally, I haven’t been able to
think of a better name for our letters.
I certainly agree with Tull that 40th
is no place for the class of ’34 to finish.
A bunch of first-raters should be right
at the top! If you haven’t mailed your
Development Fund check for 1944, how
about doing it now?
Let’s get this thing over with soon, get
CARY ABNEY, J. B. HEINEN, and other
prisoners of war home again and have a
reunion down at Aggieland. Best regards.
HENRY C. “SQUARE” WENDLER
Lt..#Cols;? ALC.
Ha. Army Air Forces
Washington, 2D; $
1935
Capt. F. W. H. Wehner,
Box 36, North Postal Annex,
Boston, 14, Mass.
MAJOR JEROME SORRENSON, Lil-
lian Ave., Stephenville, is serving as re-
gimental executive officer in an Infantry
Regt. with the 36th ‘Texas’ Division on
the: Fifth (Army front in® Ttaly.i > .t.o LT.
IRVIN A. REID, U. S. Maritime Serv-
ice, 11591% No. Bronson Ave., Holly-
wood (38), enjoys THE TEXAS AG-
GIE and is proud of the record made
by Aggies in the current conflict. “I am
always proud to consider myself as one
of them’, he vows. . MAJOR FLOYD
H. HELM, JR., of Dallas was recently
promoted from Captain. . he new
address of MAJOR LUCIAN M. MOR-
GAN- Hs A." 1G. \D. Has., J JRTC., "Camp
Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.
Promotion from the rank of lieuten-
ant to that of Captain has been given
WILLIAM G. BREAZEALE of Moody.
Now stationed somewhere in the South
Pacific, Capt. Breazeale has been over-
seas nearly two years. . . , LT. J.
KELLY, 1309 Grant St., Denver 3, has
been assigned to the Denver Medical De-
pot doing supply work. . . . Mrs. Court-
ney A. Tidwell, Box 174, Marfa, Texas,
writes that her husband, MAJOR COURT-
NEY A. TIDWELL has arrived safely
in India with an Air Depot Group, APO
493, % PM, New York City. . . . CAP
SAM A. TAYLOR
F. Hq. Co., APO 633,
City.
GEORGE D. JAMAIL’S address is 2418
Mandell, Houston. . . . Formerly at Camp
Siebert, Ala., CAPT. RAY C. HARBEN
is now at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
His address there, according to his
father, Jess M. Harben of Richardson,
Texas, is Flt. K, Hq. & Hq. Sadn, "
MAJOR MARVIN E. LINDEMANN,
commanding officer of Seventy-Seventh
College Tng. Det. of the AAF since the
organization was sent to Austin College
in March, 1943, has left for active duty.
His present assignment is not known by
THE AGGIE. . CAPT. JASON L.
RICHMOND, Kyle, was promoted to Maj-
or recently.
A promotion to Major for CAPT. EARL
O. CULLUM was recently announced from
the China-Burma-India theater, where he
is in charge of military police traffic con-
trol, His wife and three children reside
at 2919 Lucas Drive, Dallas, He was for-
merly instructor of Traffic Control at
the Provost Marshal School at Ft. Custer,
Mich. ‘«%;. H.W. “HY”. DAVIDSON
of Odessa has been elected vice-president.
and named general supt. of the Davidson
Drilling Co. of Fort Worth. The firm
is headed by his brohter, C. J. “RED”
DAVIDSON, ’17.
LT. CHARLIE GERLACH is stationed
at AAF, Western F, T. C., Santa Ana,
Calif. . .. GORDON T. HILL is a mem-
ber of the staff of the Civil Engineering
Dept., of the A. & M. College. His wife,
the former Miss Thelma Tuttle of Somer-
ville, Texas, holds a secretarial position
in the E. E. Dept., on the campus. They
live in the College Hills Addition, Col-
lege Station. . SGT. CHARLES W.
DAGNER writes from APO 634, ¢% PM,
New York City and says his AGGIE is
coming through fine. He reports that LEE
BRON HARDIE’S address is 1020 E.
Rio Grande. El Paso.
Formerly county agent at Nacogdoches,
MELVIN B. HILL has been tarnsferred
to the same position for Smith County,
with headquarters at Tyler. . . . Friends
of LT. COL. and Mrs. RAY L. MURRAY
will regret to learn that their nipe-
months-old son died last month of pneu-
monia. On duty in the Pacific with the
Marines, Col. Murray flew home for a
few days, Entering A. and “M.. from
Nixon, he majored in Landscape Art and
was Lt. Col. of the Inf. Regt. during his
senior year. On the varsity football squad,
he was Asst. freshman football, basket-
ball, and track coach in 1935. . . . CAPT.
H. FISHERMAN, V. C., Station Hospi-
tal, Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz., sends
a gift to the Junior Development Fund
in the name of his son, BARRY NAT
FISHRERMAN, ’64, whose picture he
inclosed. The youngster was wearing min-
iature fotball sweater with “TEXAS A.
& M., 64” in bold letters across the
chestt THE AGGIE would like to print
this picture, but it is too dark to re-
produce well. Father Henry “Hank” says:
“Am enclosing a snapshot to show you
what the fullback of ’64 looks like now.”
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March 18, 1944
Dear Mac:—By the time you finally
get my address settled, there will be a
gerious shortage of metal used for the
Addressograph plates. Rolled in here a
few days ago from practically the foot
of a gang-plank. So, far one more year
I must serve the country fighting the
Battle of Fort Sill! Tell KNOX WAL-
KER, ’18, and PHIL NORTON, °’26, that
I am again back in the architectural
business, I reported and was assigned
as a Gunnery Instructor, and then prompt-
ly put on SD to do sketches for a $20,000
combina<ior Bath House, Lounge, and
Bowling Alley to tie in with the Officers’
Club. I had thought I had kept the fact
that I was a one time pencil-pusher a
deep secret. but apparently not. Best of
luck.
MAYFIELD, JR.
S.J &"F,
is with an Eng. Aj
% PM, New York
HENRY D.
Capt., FA
Gunnery Dept.,
Ft. Sill, Okla.
1936
Capt. D. J. Lewis,
C. E, U. S. Eng. Office
c/o Prod. Sec., Mobile, Alabama
LT. CLARENCE E. MANLY, JR. of
Cotulla was recently promoted to Cap-
tain. . MAJOR MILTON A. LAN-
DRY is in Italy with the 36th Division.
His wife lives at 1731 W_ Craig Place,
San Antonio... . . CAPT. E. J. EFFEN-
BERGER is with the Engineers, APO
929, % PM, San Franeisco. . . APT.
JOHN J. HANRAHAN is at Camp Clai-
borne, La. with the Engr. Pet. Tng.
School, . . CAPT. MAYNE L. BRUM-
LEU, FA, is spending a thirty-day leave
in Bryan with his family, after almost
two years of serviee in the Caribbean
area. His present station is San Juan,
Puerto Rica.
LT. DAYTON M. CARRELL has trans-
ferred from Fort Meyers, Fla., to the Dept.
of Training, Tyndall Field, Panama City,
Pla... <. % The mailing address of J. E.
HUTCHISON, JR. is Box 1403, Bay City.
+. (CAPTAIN. FRANCIS C. SCHLEI-
CHER is with a Casual Detachment, APO,
9070, New York City, is the father of a
new son, Frank Crain, Jr., born De.
18. Mrs. Schleicher and the baby are mak-
ing their home in Vicksburg, Miss., while
Capt. Schleicher is on overseas duty. . .
. I. J. BARKIN has moved from Deni-
son to Route 5, 9% Mrs, Walter K. Love,
Knoxville, 17. He is now employed by the
Tennessee Valley Authority in the Elec-
trical Design Section.
Formerly in the U. S. Engineer Office at
Galveston, CAPT. M. FOY MARTIN is in
the Eng. Office, APO ©58, % PM, San
Francisco. He has been on the Island
of. Oahu,” TT. . H. almoest’ia’ year.» -.
VANN B. DAVIS, Box 235, Eagle Pass,
is now a First Lt. with the cavalry on
duty in the Southwest Pacific. . . . Ac-
cording to his brother, J. E. “JOCKO”
ROBERTS, ’33, Agr. Experiment Sta-
i, P. 0. Box 205, College Station, LT.
M. “LITTLE JOCKO’”’ ROBERTS,
M. S., ’38, and Ph. D. (Yale), ’42, head
vell leader in his day, now pilot of
B-24 Liberator bomber, is in combat in
Italy. His address is APO 9546, % PM,
New York City. He recently wrote that
on his way over, by way of South
America, CHAS. -H. JONES, .’28,'+“C”?
Co, Inf., Livingston, Texas, met him
in S. A. and they really had a time. He
reports that food gets worse and beds
harder the farther he gets from home.
The new address of CAPT. B. F. SE-
BESTA is Hq. Btry., 367th AAASL Bn.,
Camp Haan, Calif. . . . LT. COL. WIL-
LIAM R. “BILL” LARGE, JR., APO 520,
% PM, New York City, writes that he
made the trip over with CAPT. E.
“STINKY’’ DAVIS, ’39, and “expect to
see lots more exes.” , .. MAJOR C. M.
SIMMANG is with Hq. 674, Glider FA Bn.,
Camp Polk, La.
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March 14, 1944
Dear Mac: —Enclosed is my contribution
to the Development Fund. I received Dud-
ley’s letter and got quite a kick out of
it. I'm enjoying my AGGIE, too. Since
leaving the States, I've made Africa,
Sicily and Italy and, of course, I've run
into Aggies at every place.
LT. JOHN STRADINGER, JR.
APO 464, ¢% PM
New York, N. Y.
1937
Lt. W. A. Ruhmann,
APO 45, ¢/o P.M., New York, N. Y.
LENWOOD A. ORICK, formerly of
| Bonham, has been promoted to first lieu-
tenant . . . LT. G. B. RANDOLPH, JR.
is with the Seabees on duty in the Pacfic,
address 9% Fleet P. O., San Francisco.
. . CAPT. ANDREW M. GRUY is at
headmerters, B10. 0. .C., Camp Claiborne,
(ig) JAMES R. HARDY is
in the U. Lx Navy, Norfolk, Va. . .
Liaison officer and Asst. G-3 for the
36th Div. Hgs. in Italy is CAPT. FRED
A. STALLINGS, 400 Church Street,
Moody, Texas. He is the son of Mrs.
Lou Ollie Stallings. Also with the 86th
in Italy is CAPT. JACK T. BROWN, Bn.,
S-3. He is the son of Mr. Gus T. Brown,
700 Bowie St., Luling, Texas.
ARYLES H. DOWSAN’S address is
1245 W. Hopkins St., San Marcos, Texas.
ie DWithi Ga) Fighter Bomber Gp., LT.
JAMES H. McNAMARA is now at APO
9680, % PM, New York City. . MAJ.
ERCELLE H STAPLES is with the
Corps of Engineers, APO 506, ¢% PM, New
York, City. ".0 VL JOHNGM. 'STULT-
ING’S new Miami Beach, Florida ad-
dress is 405 Training Group T. C. No.
1. He and Mrs. Stulting are rejoicing over
the recent arrival of their second daugh-
ter, oie aw CAPT. “W. S.
JOHNSON is with a Gun Bn., APO
% PM, San Francisco. He says LT.
JOE H. CROXTON, ’39, is with him.
LT. AUBREY L, THOMPSON writes from
APO 638, ¢% PM, New York City: “I
am now in England with an Engr. Avn.
Bn. We keep fairly busy with plenty of
work ahead of us. I am doing my bit
for Texas and the College. I make it
known that I'm from Texas, and have
my English acquaintances saying: “Texas
is not only the biggest but the best state
in the United States.” .. . LT. THOMP-
SON mentions running across MAJORS
FOSTER C. SMITH, GEO. C. WARNER,
and RAY S. TREADWELL, ’40.
“Hello,” writes HOMER LEE TERRY,
3365 MecMaddin, Beaumont, ‘“Time sure-
ly does fly! Tonight as I finished my in-
come tax report, I saw the Development
Fund dope in my desk. Says I: ‘You had
better mail this now !’—so here it comes.”
. . MAJOR N. E. JARRARD is with a
Photo Group, APO 638, / PM, New York
City. . T. COL. JOE H. BURRUS,
JR. is now on duty at APO 750, ¢% PM,
New York City.
Mrs. M. E. Warner, Bryan, Texas, re-
ports that her sons are overseas at the
following addresses: MAJOR GEORGE C.
WARNER, ’37, at APO 230, ¢% PM, New
York City; and LT. AUSTIN MACK
WARNER, ’40, with an FA Bn. at APO
8, % PM, New York City. LT. ROANE
LACY, USNR, Pensacola, Fla., re-
cently married Miss Marjorie Carter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Carter, 4230 Arcady, Dallas. . . . Former-
ly at San Angelo, JAMES A. ULMER,
JR. now lives at 5408 Miller Ave., Dal-
lasixG. ii. CAPT. C. ‘E. LONG, JR. is
on duty with the 514th: T. #D.: Bn., Pt.
Lewis, Wash. He is still rejoicing over
the arrival on December 16 of C. E.
Long, III
The new address of MAJOR WELDON
C. BUTLER is APO 502, San Francisco,
Calif. FRED A. COLLIER, 82331
Glenbrook Drive, Houston, is planning
to return for The Texas Company to Car-
acas, Venezuela, which he predicts. will be
his last move, as he hopes to make his
life’s work there. He spent more than
three yzars with the company in Colum-
bia. His permanent zddress is Box 300
Giddings, Texas.
From somewhere in Italy comes a let.
ter from S/SGT. HAROLD WOODARD.
“I am in the same regt. with MAJOR
J. W. SORENSON, ’35, and CAPT. WM.
A. BEASLEY, ’39, and I see them quite
often,” he says. “I’ve been in quite a bit
of combat and it is plenty rough. Wish
I could tell you about it, but it is the
kind of stuff that wouldn’t get by the
censor. Hope I get to see some of the
football games this season. Keep sending
THE AGGIE my way.” His address is
APO 36, ¢% PM, New York City.
CAPT. THOMAS G. HOLDEN now
Squadron Adminisiration Officer of Kear-
ney Air Ficld, Kearney, Nebraska, says his
Army transfers have cured him of the
wanderlust which he had whea he left
A. and M. Soon after graduation he spent
11 months in Central America working
for a fruit company. Following his return
to the U. S. he went into extension serv-
ice in Ark. until July, 1941, when he
went into the Army as first lieutenant.
Assignments have taken him to Tucson,
Ariz., Topeka, Salina, Kons., Scott Field,
and his present assignment. Mrs. Holden
and their four-year-old son live in Kear-
ney.
CAPT. ASA B. GIBBS, Hq. Sig. Trng.
Center No. 3, Kelly Field, Texas, writes
to “get the record straight on ‘How and
Where Reveille’. He says crediz for
bringing her to the campus should go to
ROSS REID, ’34, who aied in Australia
in 1942. He relates that Reid found her
outside ‘he North Gate, vadly injured, and
kept her in Room 3, Milner. When well,
she began eating with Co. A, Sig. Corps
in the Mess Hall, and soon became the
idol of the entire corps. Capt. Gibb’s re-
sidence address is 13827 Victoria St.
Beaumont, Texas.
1938
Lt. John H. Bone
16th Regt., Co. D, 77th Bn.
Camp Fannin, Texas
CAPTAIN WALTER L. ROBERT was
a visitor on the campus the latter part
of March while enroute from Ft. Ben-
ning, Georgia, to Camp Hood, Texas. Cap-
tain Robert will be remembered as a
member of the basketball team during
his school days and immediately following
graduation was with the Extension Serv-
ice. At the time he was called to active
duty, he was with the Soil Conservation
Service located at Buffalo, Texas. Cap-
tain and Mrs. Robert have two children—
a daughter and a son. Mrs. Robert and
children are currently visiting with her
parents in Bryan.
CAPTAIN JOE R. BARTON is sta-
tioned at the A.A.F., Western F. T. C,,
Santa Ana, Calif.
MAJOR JOHN C. CONLY, U.S.A.F,, is
now stationed at Dalhart, Texas. He was
formerly on duty at Winter Park, Flor-
ida.
MAJ. WHEELER H. HUNT, Pcarsall,
is overseas, APO 254, N. Y. C.
L OL. J. H. WILLIFORD was re-
cently promoted to that rank and trans-
ferred to the A. A. F. at Liberal, Kan.
He is in B-24 training. Col. and Mrs.
Williford are happy over the arrival of
their first child, a son, born Feb. 28.
Actinz Battalion commander in an In-
fantry Regt., 36th ‘‘Texas’” Division in
Italy is CAPT. THEODORE ANDREWS,
son of Mrs. Eva E. Renfroe, Caldwell,
Texas. . . . CAPT. GAINES BOYLE, son
of Mrs. Lee M. Boyle, 52 S. Twenty-
sixth St., Paris, Texas, is regimental liai-
son officer, 36th Div., somewhere in
Italy. . . . CAPT. MALCOLM M. LONG
is with the 165th Eng. Combat Bn.. Camp
Breckenridge, Ky. He was formerly at
Geiger i'ield, Wash. He and Mrs. Long
visited at McKinney, Texas the first
of March. APT. ROBERT E.
HUCKER, Amarillo, was recently promot-
ed from Lieutenant.
LT. CHARLES S. YUST writes from
APO 38, 9% Postmaster, San Francisco:
“I have been enjoying THE TEXAS AG-
GIE very much. I think the Class Letters
are a swell idea. Let's keep them go-
ing. Ran int» MARTIN “BOMBER”
LINDSAY at the Texas Day celebration
in Honolulu. . LT. JEFTHA M. KENT,
APO 12643, % PM, New York City, has
been in North Africa since early in
December. He is a technical oficer of
the Signal C. . . Honorably discharged
from the Army at Camp Hood on May
25, 1943, R. A. BROWNING, JR. 2111
College Ave., Fort Worth, is now em-
ployed by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
Corp in the Prodution Control Dept.,
there.
CAPT. SIMON T. LAKE, JR., Ord.,
U. S. Army, 1855 So. Kedzie Ave. Chi-
ago 23, is expecting foreign service
soon. . . . CAPT. JACK R. SINGLE-
TON is with a Trk. Co.,., APO 183, Los
Angeles, and anxious to get a class ring.
. A recent promotion te the rank of
Captain has been anncunced for HU-
BERT T. -DUKE, son of Mr. M. B.
Duke, Tulia, Texas. Prior to his entry
in the military service, he was an ad-
ministrative officer, AAA, and County
Agri. Agent in the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. He entered active duty
in March, 1942 with the 80th Inf. Tng.
Bn., Camr Roberts, Calif., attended the
Infantry Shool at Ft. Benning for the
Officers’ Motor Course. and returned to
Camp Roberts as an instructor. In Sept.
1943, Capt. Duke was assigned duty as
an instructor in the Automotive Section,
Academic Dept. of the Infantry School.
Capt. and Mrs. Duke aer now living at
1051 Roosevelt” Ave., Columbus, O.
The new addres of MAJOR HOWARD
S. WHITE is Hq. 483 AAA AW Bn,
Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. Others
with him are CAPT. RAYMOND BEAN
and CAPT. RUSSELL HILLYER, of
906th FA Bn., Capt. and Mrs. White have
a fine one-year-old future “Aggie quar-
terback’—“Fine,” says Capt. Duke, ‘‘For
T.. U. in’ 1963.”
LT. (jg) JAMES G. LOWDON is see-
ing sea duty now. Mail for him goes %
Fleet Post Office, New York City. .
. The following letter came from LT.
GEORGE H. CUNNINGHAM, 738 W.
Third Ave., Corsicana, Texas: ‘I cer-
tainly am happy to be back ir these
good old United States after eleven months
of foreign service in the Mediterranean
theater. THE TEXAS AGGIE reached
me occasionally and proved to be good
reading matter. Several times in Italy
and Sardinia I ran into boys from school.
There are a large number of them in
Naples. It is grand to see Texas faces
when one is so far from home. On my
return trip to the ‘states, I ran into sev-
eral of the fellows in Africa. I had the
privilege of returning to the states with
MAJOR JOHNIE BLALOCK, ’36. He
one of our Aggie ‘IT" men”. Lt.
was
Cunningham was bombardier of a Mar-
auder crew that stayed together and
weathered 40 bombing missions, which is
reportedly an unheard of record. Lt. Cun-
ningham, together with the other five
crew members, earned the Air Medal with
seven Oak Leaf Clusters for their mis-
sions over Pantelleria, Sicily, Sardinia,
Italy and France. Miraculously, none of
the crew was ever seriously wounded,
and their ship, Little Salvo, was one
of the Big-tails’ Iluckiest—mnever return-
ing to base with more than two or three
flak holes in it. Cunningham was in
the cattle business and entered the army
in Sept.
The new address of JAMES C. MOR-
RISS, JR., is 1513 Colegrove Ave., Monte-
bello, .xCalif. i. *. : . s CAPT. OSCAR ‘E.
SCHIER, APO 928, ¢% PM, San Fran-
isco, is a Battery Commander in New
Guinea. Ir business in Sealy when he
entered the service March, 1942, he took
a Refresher Course ‘n the CA at Fort
Monroe. From there he went to Camp
Davis, N. C., and was subsequently as-
signed to the AA in Camp Hulen and
Camp Cook, Calif. While Capt. Schier
is overseas, Mrs. Schier makes her home
at Dickinson, Texas. Another Capt. Schier,
CAPT. CLARENCE J, SCHIER, ’38,
has been in Hawaii for almost two years.
. .. CPL. F. C. STEVENSON, Lytle Lake,
Abilene, is mow overseas, where he is
serving with a FA Bn., APO 464, %
PM, New York City. .
LT. ROBERT L. McELROY, APO 520,
Yo PM, New York City, is flying B-24’s
in Italy. His wife and children live in
Belton, Texas. JOE R. CAMPERELL’S
address is 315 Dryden Road, Ithaca, N.
Y.. HOG MITT? SWIFT is) teach-
ing vocational agriculture at Cooper,
Texas. . Mrs. W. S, Thomas, 2345
Harrington, Ft. Worth, 4, recently sent
THE AGGIE a picture of her husband
(which is too dim for reproduction), LT.
WILLARD S. THOMAS, taken at Sta-
lag Luft 38, Germany in Aug. 1943. A
Flight Commander stationed in England,
his crew was known as ‘The Model
Crew of England.” He was pilot of a
B-17 shot down over France and has
been a prisoner of the Germans since
last May. A recent letter {rom Lt.
Thomas reveals that prisoners have forgot-
ten about money, and count their riches
by letters they receive from the good
old U. S. A. He reports that there are
a number of Aggies in POW camp with
him.
The new address of O/C RAMON C.
ESTRADA is Co. C, OCS, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Md. . . . MAJOR JERRY
REGMUND had the good fortune to be
transferred from Fort Crockett to Port
Aransas, only 30 miles from his home
town, Corpus Christi, ‘“where fishing and
hunting are excellent.” One of his com-
pany officers is LT. ALLEN H. PEO-
PLES, ’28, former yell leader at A. and
M. and member of old Black I Co. Major
Regmund is addressed THD Aransas,
Port Aransas, Texas. _ . . A recent letter
from MAJOR GTORGE H. WESSLER
of ». Arlington, Texas #10" "Prof. {iM.~;C.
Hughes, indicates that with him in New
Guinea are the following Aggies: MAJ.
GEORGE D. BURCH, ’32; LT. CLAR-
ENCE E. “BULL” MARCUM; MAJOR
JOHN. T. . TROTTER, :233;. CAPT.;. 'E.
GERALD JONES, ’38; COL. BENNIE
A. SCHRIEVER, ’31; CAPT. JAMES
ALFAXNDER, ’38; MAJOR STEWART
“BEVO” EEVAN, ’38; and MAJOR MAR-
CUS MULLER, ’25. Col. Schriever is
Chief of Staff of the Fifth Air Force
Service Command in the Southwest Paci-
fic. Major Wessler indicated that he
and Major Trotter expected soon to come
to the States. Major Trotter was in the
Philippines and Major Wessler was in
the Netherlands East Indies hefore the
war, so a trip home will be a real treat
for them and ‘heir friends awaiting
them.
Mrs. ‘Roger W. Jackson advises that
her husband, ROGER W, JACKSON is
overseas. She is making her home at 411
W. Central, Ave., Temple, Texas.
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Feb. 23, 1944
Dear Mr. Mac:—Because I have been
moving around so fast the past few
months, my TEXAS AGGIE ‘s several
months old when it catches up with
me. Incidentally, I went to Schofield
Barracks Officers Club yesterday and met
CAPT. BLONDIE CROSS, ’36, and LT.
HOMER LEMBURG. Homer returned re-
cently from action on Kwajelein, where
he landed in the third wave. He was
also in action at Attu. Blondie has been
here 28 months and was strafed in a fish-
ing boat when this place was blitzed
Dec. 7, 1941.
CAPT. FRANCIS M. SHERRILL
APO 959
% PM, San Francisco, Calif.
1939 :
Capt. Robert M. Adams
APO 913, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
LTS. JOE WALKER RHOADS of
Gainesville and THOMAS S. CLOPTON
of Sunray, Texas recently were elevated
to Captain. CAPT JOHNSON B.
ALLEN is with a Ren. Tr., APO 1716,
% PM, San Francisco, and reports hav-
ing “bounced around for a couple of
years out here.” He hopes the Develop-
ment Fund is a success, and thinks the
Aggies in his sector are doing a great
job. . . . CAPT. E. H. REAGAN is sta-
tioned at an Air Depot, APO 884, ¢,
PM., New York City. He and THE TEXAS
AGGIE would like to know the address
of his former roommate, LT. ROBERT
R. TEISSLER. Capt. Reagan says every
Aggie he has met is planning on seeing
a game on Kyle Field and on enoying
a real Aggie reunion in better days ahead.
. . . LT, ALEXANDER A. BROWN, JR.
has been on active duty more than two
years. He trained at Fort Sill, Okla. and
Camp Beale, Calif. before his present
overseas assignment. He is mighty anx-
ious to hear from some of his Aggie
friends. His address is APO 15161, ¢
PM, San Francisco. His wife, the former
Miss Betty Hamarly of San Antonio, and
their small son, Alexander A. Brown, III
reside at 719 Howard St., San Antonio,
JR
LT. COL. DEXTER HODGE, son of
Mrs. O. J. Hodge, Jr. of Pledger, Texas,
recently received high honors in military
circles. He is of the youngest officers to
be advanced to the rank of lieutenant
colonel in military history, and his picture
and biography will be placed in the Hall
of State, Austin. Entering the service in
the CA branch, he later transferred to
the Air Corps, and was graduated from
the Air School in Phoenix, Ariz. and
sent overseas in August, 1941 as pilot of
the heavy bomber, B-24. He is now sta-
tioned in England, and recently visited with
his brother, LT. ROBERT J. HODGE,
’35, there. Married only one month before
sailing, Col. Hodge’s wife .makes her
home in Bryan. He has received three Oak
ver Cross, and the Distinguished Service
Cross since being stationed overseas.
THURMAN N. WILSON still lives in
Wharton, and adds his bit of news about
the foregoing report of LT. COL. DEXTER
HODGE. The two lived only eighteen miles
apart and knew each other well, Wilson
is conencted with the People’s Cotton Oil
Company in Wharton. .. . LT. BIRDWELL
J. McKNIGHT, USNR, is with a Trans-
port Unit at Corry Field, N. A. S. Pen-
sacola, Fla. . CAPT. HAYDEN G.
BUTLER, USMCR, MAG 34, Cherry
Point, N. C., is the address some kind
friend sent THE AGGIE.
Somewhere in England, CAPT, C. H.
BERGMANN’S address is APO 637, New
York iCity.” .(...
JEAN was recently commissioned at Aloe
Field, Victoria, Texas. He is a native
of Dallas. . .". LT.{ROBERT .C. BECK,
Harlingen, recently completed the course
at Lubbock Flying Field, and received
his commission. . . .. LT. ALBERT A,
MABERRY is with the ASTP, BOT, Ft.
Benning, Ga. He was formerly at Fort
Sill, “Okla, =". | LT. RALEIGH C.
BARNES, JR., Bartlett, recently completed
the course at Blackland Field, and receiv=~
ed his commission. . . . According to his
wife, ENS, DICK S. TODD, Immortal foot=
baller at A. & M. and later’ excelling in
pro circles, is a V-12 instructor of athletics
at the U. S. Navy Air Base, Dallas, Texas.
DONN Q. FERGUSON, Glendale, Calif.
recently completed the course at Elling-
ton Field, Texas, and received his coml
mission. FLIGHT OFFICER RAY-
MOND E. ELLIS of Houston, recently
completed th ecourse at Altus Field, Okla.
. FRED J. NICHOLS’ new mailing ad-
dress: is ‘Box: 57, Lakehurst, NN. iJ. tu.
The new residence addres of E. L. KIL-
LINGSWORTH is 2229 N. 5th, Waco. .
LESTER MUELLER has moved to
436 Rhode Island Ave., Norfolk, 8, Va.
. . Formerly a member of the Economics
Dept., of the Agr. Experiment Station,
College Station, ENS. JOE R. MOTHERAL
recently reported to Hollywood, Calif., NTS
(I), Hollywood Beach Hotel,
The correct address of CAPT. H. H.
WEHNER, JR. is Production Division,
Resources Control Section, Wright Field,
Dayton, O . LT. J. S. “DOC” MOR-
RIS is a Navy Pilot. His address is Box
1844, Corpus Christi, Texas. He has two
brothers also in the armed services: LT.
(jg) K. H. “HAPPY” MORRIS, ’40, is
in an FGF outfit in Melbourne, Fla. and
LT. A, E. MORRIS, ’37, is an instructor
pilot at Peterson Field, Colorado Springs,
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