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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1945
Among
“A&M MEN
(Continued from Page 2)
for land clearing and general farm
use.
MARILL M. BARNARD is with
the Bowen Motor Coaches at Ft.
Worth. . ... COL. M. E. TILLERY,
somewhere in the Philippines, gets
mail through APO 72, San Fran-
cisco. Mrs. Tillery is living at
1625 Franklin St., Beaumont. , . .
C. SCOTT JONES, 1616 Ave. F,
Bay City, Texas. i. o.% LT. JOHN
M. ROLLINS has mail sent to
2368 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati
6, Ohio.
1927
Allen R. Menger
111 West Travis St., San Antonio
LT. LEM W. WEBB, APO 23,
NYC, reports finding himself
across the table from another Ag-
gie in Paris a few weeks ago.
LT. COL. ERNEST H. BRUSS
left Kirtland Field, Albuquerque,
N. M,, in February for a perma-
nent transfer to Williams Field,
Chandler, Ariz.
CARL A. ALTENBERN is Gen-
eral Manager of the Wisconsin
Southern Gas Co. at Burlington,
Wis. He and Mrs. Altenbern make
their home at 441 Edward St. in
that city. . . . CLAUDE A. MIL-
LER is still raising sheep and cat-
tle in Coleman County. He gets
mail in Box 934, Coleman, and re-
ports enjoying class letters from
Class Agent Allen Menger.
GEO. E. BEAN gets mail in
Box 333, Harvey, La. . . . BAR-
NEY G. LEE is living at Eola,
Texas... . .. LESCOL GUS “AY
SCHATTENBERG is stationed at
the Rec. Station, Ft. Bliss, Tex. . .
JAMES J. DURHAM has moved
to Pauls Valley, Okla., Rte. 2, where
he is farming and ranching. He
graduated from A. & M. with a
degree in Agriculture. . . . LT.
LAURIN D. BLACK, JR., resides
at 3420 39th St., N. W., Apt. A703,
Washington, D. C. . . . FRANK
M. GRACEY is Asst, Co. Agric.
Agent at Dallas.
1928
J. F. Blount
Box 431, Amarillo
J. H, SUROVIK is County Agent
at Weatherford, Texas.
While LT. JOHN J. FRITCH is
on overseas duty, Mrs. Fritch is
making her home at 4104 Emerson,
Apt. 12, Dallas ib... %CAPT. TD.
H. ANDERSON is somewhere in
the Philippines, APO 72, San Fran-
cisco. Mrs. Anderson lives at 1217
N. Wall St., Belton. . . . MAJOR
KIRK P. BROCK has been trans-
ferred to Ft. Meade, Md., AGFRD
Tan ma LT. JULES V. SIKES,
NATB, Pensacola, Fla, . . . LT.
ERNEST M. BUSBY gets mail c/o
FPO, San Francisco.
1929
Austin C. Bray
Box 264, Dallas, 1
LT. W. C. “BUCK” MORRIS,
USN Seabees, was a recent Hous-
ton visitor. He entered the Navy in
June, 1942, as a yeoman and later
received his commission. He has
been commanding gun crews aboard
merchant ships and has sailed in
five of the seven seas. Although
serving a large part of his first
year as commander of a gun crew
on the Northern Atlantic convoy
route when submarine loss was at
its worst, he never lost a ship. He
was editor of the “Battalion” dur-
ing his Aggie days and later was
oil editor of “The Houston Post”
before going into the engineering
department of the Humble Oil and
Refining Company. His Houston
address is 4227 Purdue.
BEN F. NORMAN, JR., Power
Plant Superintendent of the Free-
port Sulphur Co., Freeport, Tex-
as, sends news of the rescue of his
nephew, JAMES COY HUGHES,
’37, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Hughes of Palestine, from San
Tomas in Manila.
LT. COL. RICHARD B. GRANT,
509 E. 30th, Bryan, is on terminal
leave from the Army. He was a
physician in Bryan before enter-
ing the service in December, 1940,
and plans to again open an office
in that city after about two months
of study in clinics at Galveston
and Tulane. In 1942 Col. Grant was
assigned to the Brooke General
Hospital at San Antonio in surgi-
cal service, and later became as-
sistant chief in charge of penicillin.
CAPT. A. A; STOREY, JR, is
now overseas, APO 262, NYC. . .
H. 0. HARRIS, Superintendent of
the Sanger Ind. School Dist., San-
ger, Texas, sends news of other
Aggies. . . . LT. ISAAC W. CAR-
HART, USNR, is somewhere in
the Southwest Pacific. Lt. Carhart
who graduated from A. & M. with
a degree in Electrical Engineering,
is having mail sent to his home
address, 4218 Stonewall St., Green-
ville. . . . IRB H. FOOSHEE is
with the Neches Butane Products
Co. at Port Neches, Texas.
1930
J. A. Reynolds
Dreyfus & Son, Dallas
LT. COL. JOHN F. DAY com-
pleted his thirty-eighth month
overseas in January, He is Chief
of Troop Units for ASCOM, and is
attached to the Sixth Army, APO
358, San Francisco. Mrs. Day is
living at Bonham.
CPL. LEONARD L. CRIS-
WELL’s new address is Cas. Det.
7th Hq., Camp Bowie, Texas. . . .
LT. HUBERT B. LACKEY has
been transferred to the U. S. Naval
Air Station at Dallas.... THOMAS
A. STREET gets mail at 6774 Wilt
St., Omaha, Neb. . . . CHARLES
F. CODRINGTON, Rte. 5, Box 430,
Waukesha, Wis., would like to
have a visit with any Aggies around
Milwaukee.
1931
C. R. “Dick” Coneway
Humble Oil & Ref. Co., Houston, 1
Proud Papas: MAJOR K. LIL.
HAGGARD; TOM G. BANKS, JR.
WILLIAM D. STAPLES is now
at home with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, C. M. STAPLES, ‘96, 3817
San Jacinto St., Houston 4.
MAJOR K. L. HAGGARD, Post
Engineer, PAAF, Pratt, Kan., and
Mrs. Haggard are happy over the
birth on St. Valentine’s Day of a
daughter, Metha Jane. The Hag-
gards have four sons, ages 3, 5, 7,
and 9; hence, are doubly happy
over the arrival of Metha Jane. In
reporting her birth, Kenneth tells
os ha interesting coincidence.
Knowing no physicians at Pratt,
he picked out the name of DR.
CYRIL V. BLACK. When he called,
he was surprised to see on Dr.
Black’s desk a copy of the TEX-
AS AGGIE and to find that Dr.
Black was a member of the class
of ’28.
Lt. Col. Luther E. Bell
509 N. Payne St., Alexandria, Va.
LT. COL. O. E. “TIGER” TEA-
GUE is on his way back to the
U. S. for further recovery from
serious wounds suffered in Ger-
many. His home address is 3307
College Road, Bryan.
LT. COL. RUFUS C. CARHART
is stationed in Oregon as Pro-
visional Engineer, but has mail
sent to 4218 Stonewall St., Green-
ville, Texas.
CAPT. JOSEPH R. “MAC” Mec-
MAHAN, JR., was recently moved
from New Guinea to New Cale-
donia, APO 502, San Francisco.
and reports running across MAJ.
CHARLES E. MITCHELL, ’30. . .
LESTER C. BURK gets mail ad-
dressed Seymour, Texas. . . . .
DeWITT KINARD, MaM 3/c, re-
ports from his present location at
the Naval Air Station, Banana
River, Fla. . . . MAJ. THOMAS
J. ELDER is located somewhere
in -France, APO 513,” NYC. .'. .
CAPT. ZECH C. DAMERON is
assigned to 174th Inf. Regt. at
Camp Gruber, Okla. . , . LT. COL.
J. E. DUPREE is on duty at APO
650, NYC.
COL. JAMES T. CONNALLY
is serving as a Wing Operations
Officer somewhere in the Mari-
anas. . . . MAJ. JACK A. REY-
NOLDS requests a change of ad-
dress to 5014 North Capitol, Wash.,
11;°D. GC. 5 ILA.-COL. ' THOMAS
M. MAXWELL recently arrived in
the Philippines, APO 70, San Fran-
1933
Lt. Col. T. C. Morris
APO 2, c/o PM, New York, N. Y.
DE WITT KINARD, MaM 3/c,
Naval Air Station, Banana River,
Florida, sends regards to his Aggie
friends. He is a former member
of the Texas Legislature and at-
torney of Port Arthur.
MAJOR J. KIRBY JONES re-
turned to the States in September
after serving overseas for more
than 30 months. He is at present
stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas,
7th Hq. & Hq. Det., Sp. Trps.
CAPT. ROBERT JE. OCON-
NELL is stationed somewhere in
Italy and gets mail through APO
782, NYC. Mrs. O’Connell is making
her home in Marlin. . . . . CAPT.
CHARLES W. DAVIS has been
transferred to Camp Pinedale,
Fresno, Calif., Sig. AW Det. 50. ..
MAJOR EARL T. SHEPHERD is
at Miami Beach, Fla., for reassign-
ment after returning from over-
seas duty. He was with a Detach-
ment of Engineers during 29
months in the European theater.
Mrs. Shepherd is living at 2300
Proctor’ St. Port Arthur. .~. ..
LT. COL. WELDON A. STEIN-
MANN'’s present station is Brooks
Field, San. Antonio, Texas. . . .
MAJOR ELMER W. COLGLA-
ZIER, Acad. Dept., TIS, Genl. Sec.,
Ft. Benning, Ga.
After 27 months with infantry
combat intelligence in the South
Pacific, LT. COL. JOHN J. GATES
returned to the United States last
November for hospital treatment.
He recently spent a 30-day leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Gates and his wife, Mrs. Flo
Gates, Houston.
He wears the Purple Heart for
wounds received at Segi, New
Georgia, while on his most exciting
and important mission.
He and five others set out from
Guadalcanal in a submarine on a
reconnaissance patrol of the New
Georgia area. It had already been
pre-determined that the island of
Segi would be ideal for a landing
strip because of the large amount
of coral to be found there, which
could be used in building the strip.
Apparently the Japs were un-
aware of the presence of the re-
connaissance patrol. The party
picked up a couple of native guides
for the mission, and whenever they
heard the Japs approaching, they
moved off the main trails to hide.
“One time I was slow getting off
the trail,” Gates said. “I got a
bullet in the shoulder from one
lone Jap who spotted me, Fortu-
nately he was alone, and my buddy
knocked him off.”
Gates continued with the party
for the remaining three days in
spite of the wound. Having made
full plans, the small band returned
to Guadalcanal, from which the
main operation of landing and oc-
cupation took place July 1, 1943.
1-5-45
Dear Mac:
Picked up the Aggie when I got
in tonite, and “Bango”, my face
was red. If a man can be for-
given for forgetfulness, maybe I
can be partially excused. Anyway,
attached is my contribution to the
Dev. Fund which I would ordina-
rily have sent in last Oct. Shore
slipped my mind, pardner.
See where Satch Elkins is back
in this country at Fort Knox. Will
write him in a day or so. That Ag-
gie is best yet for keeping up with
everyone. i
Still up here doing engineering
work for the Office, Chief of Ord-
nance, Detroit. My particular ba-
bies now are the Jeep, and the
Weapons Carrier and personnel
carriers built by Dodge. Have
another Ford Truck, some tractors,
ete. thrown in for good measure.
About all us chair-borne soldiers
get out of this is praise from the
guys who get good service out of
their vehicles and cusses from those
‘that don’t. Have
never worked
harder or longer hours in my life,
but my past: looks pretty small
when compared to Jelley Ford,
Satch. Elkins, and -guys. like them.
Oh well, guess someone has to do
this slipstick work.
I hear from home that Jelley
Ford’s wife has received additional
evidence of his death, that he was
shot while parachuting out over
Yugoslavia. Died 1 hour after
landing, and is buried there. Will
let you know all the details when
I get the facts straight. The death
of Sis Blodgett and brother Bob
was also a body blow. You know
Jelley, Sis, and I roomed together,
in the 3rd floor suite of Hart our
senior year. For my money, those
damned Germans have plenty to
answer for.
Our club here still meets once
a month, with a month skipped now
and then, either on the third Wed.
or Thurs. nite of the month at the
Olde Wayne Club, 1033 Wayne St.
Andy Cothran, ’16, is Pres., and
Walter A. Mosteller, ’23, is Vice-
Pres. Capt. J. E. Copeland, ’40, and
I share as Sec.-Treas, Lt. C. D.
Lowery, USNR, ’32, is a new mem-
ber, having moved here from Aru-
ba, B. W. I, last month. We have
a few Rice and Texas men that
break bread with us occasionally
and we all get along unusually well
together.
Enough for now. Best regards
to you and staff.
“Preacher”
Capt.“H. Durst, TI, ’33
17631 Fielding Ave.
Detroit 9, Mich.
1934
Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald
17 West Passaic Ave.
Rutherford, New Jersey
Proud Papa: MAJOR LEONARD
FARBER.
LT. COL. WELDON McLARRY,
Sulphur Springs, was recently
Promoted to that rank, He is
somewhere in the India-Burma
area.
LT. COL. SAMUEL S. GRA-
HAM, known as the “most decora-
ted officer in the 36th Division”,
was honored by 400 citizens of
Huntsville at a banquet in that
city on February 19 upon his re-
turn home on a 30 days’ leave af-
ter 2 years of overseas service. He
was a member of the faculty of
Sam Houston State Teachers Col-
lege when he reported for active
duty. Various speakers who had
been associated with Col. Graham
both in a civil and military career
paid him high honor.
CAPT. STONEY M. STUBBS,
former member of the Teaching
Staff of the Accounting and Statis-
tics Dept., is now at the Field
Artillery School, Ft. Sill, Okla.,
where he is a gunnery instructor
in the Advanced Officers Course.
TULL GEARREALD and HEN-
RY WENDLER have been pouring
it on MAJOR JOE ASTON for help
on the ’34 class letter. Mapor As-
ton is with the Sixth Army in the
Philippines and recently sent the
following message through brother
JIMMY, ’32, who is in Washing-
ton: “Tell Tull Gearreald and Hen-
ry Wendler that I received their
request to write a class letter, but
that if I had that much time, I
would take a bath.”
DAN C. ALANIS, three-time
winner of the Silver Star, has been
promoted to the rank of Lt. Col.
Overseas fourteen months as a
battalion commander of the 4th
Armored Division, which was one
of the spearheads of Gen. Patton’s
drive across France, he received
his second Oak Leaf Cluster in
lieu of a third Silver Star for gal-
lantry in action at Bastogne on
Dec. 26. He also holds the Bronze
Star for action at Queran, France,
and the Combat Infantryman’s
Badge. Mrs. Alanis is living at
1425 Garrett, Dallas.
LT. DAN O. NANCE is at Ft.
Benning, Ga., Inf. Sch., Off. Spec.
B. Course, Class 16. . , .CAPT.
THOMAS K. SMITHWICK has
been transferred to Ft. Bragg, N.
C., where he is assigned to the
346th Ord. Bn. . . .CAPT. JOHN
A. WORLEY gets mail at 4103
Holland, Dallas. . . . W. E. SCAR-
BOROUGH, 1935 W. McKinney,
Houston, ,.. ." LT. "CHARLES ‘A.
SULLINS is located at Ft. Lewis,
Wash.,, with the Engr. Cons. Bn.
ASFTC. . . . CAPT. WADE M.
WATSON is on duty overseas, APO
845, NYC. . . . MAJOR FOY O.
COOK is at Miami Beach, Fla., for
reassignment after completing a
tour of duty overseas. He served
as Commanding Officer of a Squad-
ron during 31 months in the South-
west Pacific theater and was hos-
pitalized upon his return to the
United States. Mrs. Cook is living
at 6722 Harrisburg St., Houston.
FRED C. DRAKE, 1715 Damon
Sit. Larrant, Ala... I COT
JOHN F. SMITH, APO 511, NYC.
is somewhere in England. . . .
CAPT. JESSE B. RAWLS, JR, is
stationed at the Denver Med. Dept.,
Denver, Colo... .. CAPT. HARRY
C. STEFANI was recently assigned
as Special Services Officer of Gal-
veston Army Air Field, Galveston,
his home town. Prior to being called
to active duty, Capt. Stefani was
assistant pay roll supervisor at
Camp Wallace. He was called to
duty in August, 1941, and served
overseas from November, 1942, to
August, 1944. He and Mrs. Stefani
are living at 614 12th, Galveston.
MAJOR LEONARD FARBER is
Executive Officer at Bowman
Field, Louisville, Ky. He and Mrs.
Farber became the parents of a
daughter in December. . . LT. COL.
FRANK S. LILLEY, APO 887,
NYC., was recently promoted to
that rank. He has been in Paris
since November and completed his
fourth year of overseas duty in
February.
1935
Capt. Frederick W. H. Wehner
102nd AAF Base Unit (Hq IFC)
Mitchell Field, New York
LT. COL. LUCIAN M. MOR-
GAN, AGD, is at Camp Robinson,
Ark., Hq. IRTC. During the Christ-
mas holidays he was right in the
middle of the recent widely publi-
THE TEXAS AGGIE
Snatched From Japs
Lt. Clifton H. Chamberlain, ’40
Lt. Clifton H. Chamberlain, Jr.,
’40, son of Mrs. C. H. Chamberlain
of Marlin, was the only Aggie
among the 500 prisoners rescued
from the Japs by the recent daring
patrol action on Northern Luzon.
The above picture was taken of
Lt. Chamberlain during his cadet
days at A. & M. He received his
degree in Petroleum Engineering
and was a cadet officer in “F”
Coast Artillery. He had been a Jap-
anese prisoner since the fall of
Corregidor and was one of the
immortal group who held the Aggie
Muster on Corregidor on April 21,
1942, only a few days before the
rock fell.
cized shipment of men by plane
under an emergency order.
LAWRENCE M. HUBBY re-
quests a change of address to Box
109, Houma, La.
LT. COL. JOHN W, HULL, on
overseas duty, gets mail through
APO 650; NYC... SGT. TRA-
VIS T. VOELKEL is stationed at
AGFRD- No. 2, "Ft. "Ord., Calif.
... MAJOR MELVIN F. FINCKE
has been assigned to duty at the
MAAF, Muroc, Calif... LT. COL.
KENNETH TUCKER, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Tucker, 509 E. 5th
St., Burkburnett, is serving as
Director of ~ Administration and
Services at Bryan AAF, Bryan,
Texas. Prior to being called to
active duty in 1941, Col. Tucker
worked for and later operated an
auto accessory and service busi-
ness at Burkburnett.
CAPT. KARL S. HAGIUS, 2446
Northview Dr., Alexandria 15, La.
. . CAPT. CHARLES E. MOORE
has been sent overseas, APO
18237, San Francisco. . . VERNE
C. ANDREWS has been trans-
ferred from the position of Co.
Agric. Agent for Rockwall Co.,
to the postion of Co. Agric. Agent
for Burleson County with head-
quarters at Caldwell, Texas. . . .
ROLAND H. PROVE now gets
mail in Box 689, Lockhart, Tex-
as. . . . CAPT. ALFRED H, ZIM-
MERMAN is on duty at APO
508, NYC.
MAJOR ROBERT H. KLOSS-
NER has been awarded the Legion
of Merit according to word from
his father, R. H. Klossner, Box
1981, San Antonio.
MAJOR A. H. BARBECK is
stationed at the Stuttgart AAF,
Stuttgart, Ark. .. .CAPT. JACK
W. ASKINS, JR., has been trans-
ferred from Coral Gables, Fla.,
to Air Base Headquarters, Gei-
ger Field, Wash. . . . LT. COL.
KARL F. ELLIOTT, somewhere
in France, sends a change of ad-
dress to APO 89, NYC.
1936
Capt. D. J. Lewis
C.E., U. S. Eng. Office
c/o Prod. Sec., Mobile, Ala.
1ST. LT. ALFRED H. WALKER
of Brackettville, an Air Force offi-
cer, has been repatriated from a
German prison camp. He was taken
to Walter Reed Hospital in Wash-
ington. The extent of his injuries
or illness was not known.
MAJOR W. TAYLOR WILKINS,
1408 E. 24th Street, Bryan, has
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal for contributing to a marked
extent towards the success of
airborne operations in Holland. He
went on active duty in 1941 from
El Paso, where he was football
coach and R. O. T. C. instructor for
the El Paso school system. Mrs.
Wilkins and their two children, a
son and a daughter, live in Bryan.
Taylor’s home is at Franklin. He
was an all-conference end in foot-
ball during his A. & M. days.
LT. COL. ORMOND R. SIMP-
SON, USMC, APO 500, San Fran-
cisco, is on General MacArthur's
staff in the Philippines.
CAPT. STANFIELD A. STACH,
son of Mrs. Stevie Stach, Box 307,
Rosenberg, Texas, will be returned
to the United States for permanent
duty from his overseas assignment
with an infantry unit. Capt. Stach’s
brothers, MAJ. PAUL J. STACH,
’41, and T/Sgt. David L. Stach, are
war service casualties, and he is
being returned in accordance with
a policy recently adopted by the
Army whereby the sole surviving
son of a family which has lost two
or more sons in the service of their
country shall be retained in or re-
turned to the continental limits of
the U. S. for permanent assign-
ment. Capt. Stach is at present in
a hospital somewhere in England
recovering from wounds received
in Belgium on Jan. 2, and will be
returned to the States at the earl-
iest practicable date.
LT. COL. WM. E. McENTIRE
gets mail at 409 W. Evergreen St.,
San Antonio. . . . MAJOR CLA-
RENCE M. LAMKIN, 108 Dower
St., Hot Springs, Ark., has been
given a discharge from the Army.
CAPT. FRANCIS N. ROBIN-
SON has been transferred to Ft.
Ord, Calif., AGFRD Neo. 2. . . .
DR. CHARLES L. COLEMAN
receives mail in Box 146, Santa
Barbara, Calif. . . .MAJOR ED-
WIN L. HAMILTON is in Ward
40A, U. S. Naval Hospital, Oak-
land, Calif. . . . CAPT. PERCY
R. REID is on overseas duty,
APO 345, NYC. . . CAPT. THO-
MAS F. STEPHENS, JR.s pre-
sent address is T. C. Bldg. 345,
Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
1937
Capt. W. A. Ruhmann
APO c/o PM, New York, N. Y.
Proud Papa: JOHN H. ROBIN-
SON.
CAPT. WILLIS A. SCRIVENER,
prisoner of war of the Japanese,
was at Camp No. 1 on Luzon when
last heard from by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Scrivener, Box
164, Taft, Texas. In a card dated
July 10, 1944, Capt. Scrivener re-
ported being well and said he had
received the cable and radiogram
sent by his parents.
JAMES COY HUGHES, Japa-
nese prisoner since the fall of the
Philippines, has been reported as
among the Americans rescued from
San Tomas in Manila and his con-
dition is reported as good He was
in Manila with the International
General Electric Company for over
a year prior to the outbreak of war,
and was captured and interned
over three years ago. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hughes of
Palestine, Texas.
MAJOR JAMES F. CREWS,
Training Hq., Camp Ritchie, Md.,
reports the only other Aggies at
that station that he knows of are
LT. COL. T. J. GUERDRUM, ’36,
and CAPT. JOSEPH C. HICKER-
SON, ’38.
LT. COL. EDWIN H. MOORE is
on duty at APO 444, NYC.
BILL PARKER, brother of LT.
COL. J. U, PARKER, ’32, was a
visitor on the campus in Febru-
ary. He is with the Texas High-
way Patrol at Conroe. . . CAPT.
JAMES O. McADAMS is having
mail sent ¢/o A. E. Wenham, 3275
Blackmon Rd., Beaumont, Texas
. MAJOR WILEY H. HORN,
formerly Camp Veterinarian at
Camp Howze, Texas, has been as-
signed as Station Veterinarian at
Hot Springs, Ark. . .. “Am en-
joying the Florida sunshine and
palm trees,” writes CAPT. WIL-
LIAM N. STOCKTON, Hq. 18th
Engr. Bn. (C), USNATB, Fort
Pierce, Fla. He is working with
the joint Army-Navy Experi-
mental and Testing Board.
FRED A. COLLIER is with the
Texas Petroleum Co. in Caracas,
Venezuela, S. A., Apartado 267.
He has been there since last May,
and Mrs. Collier and their young
daughter joined him in August.
. .. MAJOR CHARLES L. BYRD
is on duty overseas, APO 17113,
NYC.
LT. COL. BRUCE W. REA-
GAN, Waco, has been awarded
the Purple Heart for wounds re-
ceived in action. He is with the
Engineers, Third Army, and had
previously been awarded the Dis-
tinguished Service Cross and
Bronze Star Medal.
1938
Capt. John H. Bone
13th Regt.
Camp Fannin, Texas
LT. R. R. NELSON, c/o FPO,
San Francisco, on an island some-
where in the Pacific, reports three
other Aggies near him. He has been
kept too busy to look them up, Lut
hopes to do so in the future.
CAPT. ROBERT A. BETANZO
has been transferred to Lowry
Field, Colo., 3705th AAFBU.
GEORGE R. BURCH has been
promoted to the rank of Major. His
new address is c¢/o Surgeon Gen-
gral Office, Box 576, New York,
Yn
MAJOR BILL N. RECTOR
wants his address changed to
APO: .200, NYC. SEBRON
L. STONEHAM is with the Sun
Oil Co. at McAllen, Texas. . . .
LT. CHARLES N. DRAPER, JR.,
is on duty at APO 519, NYC. . ..
CAPT. DAVID A. COOK gets
mail at 409 Monroe St., Waxa-
hachie, Texas. . . , WILLIAM M.
HOLLAND, S 1/¢ (Y), has been
transferred to Norfolk 11, Va.
where he is stationed at the ATB,
Camp Bradford. . . .CAPT. HU-
BERT T. DUKE, Box 623, Tulia,
Texas... . . VICTOR C. LOUPOT,
1101 N. Jester, Dallas, was a visi-
tor on the campus in February.
vos". «CAPT. DOYLE M. RAN-
SON somewhere in France, APO
17797, NYC. ...\ (CAPT. JACK
C. KNOX has been assigned to
784th F. A. Bn., Camp Bowie,
Texas.
Friends of LT. and MRS. TOT
M. LOVE will regret to learn of
the death of their one-day old son
recently. Mrs. Love is living at
1306 S. College Ave., Bryan,
while Lt. Love is overseas. . . LT.
KEITH MAXWELL, APO 758,
NYC, is somewhere in France and
reports that he is on the lookout
for his cousin, LT. KENNETH
EDWARDS, JR. ’43, who is in
that neck of the woods. . . LT.
COL. ROY O. KLOSSNER, APO
562, NYC., would like to know
the whereabouts of his “ole la-
dies” MAJOR L. JAMES CO-
QUET and JAMES CLARY. Co-
quet is at APO 5587, San Fran-
cisco, but the Association office
has no record of Clary’s address.
He is asked to report.
MAJOR JULIAN R. THORN-
TON, JR., Farwell, Texas, is at
Miami Beach, Fla., for reassign-
ment after returning from over-
seas duty. He flew 45 missions
as bombardier on a B-17 Flying
Fortress heavy .bomber.. in the
ETO, for which he was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross
with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air
Medal with six Oak Leaf Clus-
ters, and, for wounds received in
combat, the Purple Heart. Mrs.
Thornton has been making her
home in Albuquerque, New Mex-
ico.
REPORT FROM THE
LEGAL DEPT.
February 12, 1945
Captain John H. Bone
13th Regiment
Camp Fannin, Texas.
Dear John:
I received a letter a few weeks
back suggesting that I give you
a little information on what’s hap-
pened to me since I left school in
1938.
As you know, a few of our
class went to the University of
Texas to study law and for three
years Doyle, Justice, Bryant, Dew-
ey, Will Roddy and myself carried
on a conflict with our yellow-bellied
rivals. Murray Faskin, Paul Blount
and Jim Roark were with us; how-
ever, they couldn’t stand to sit
through the whole session. During
my senior year I did the unexpect-
ed and married Fannie Lou Echols,
a Houston girl, on June 28, 1940,
and completed my last year as a
married student. We now have a
son, David Hunter Coulson, born
on August 5, 1943.
I am engaged in the practice of
law with Vinson, Elkins, Weems
& Francis in Houston, Texas, and
have been with them for approx-
imately two years.
I have found it a pleasure to be
associated with the Aggie Exes in
Houston and am now vice presi-
dent of the local club and chair-
man of the athletic committee. We
have big things in the making
down here and hope that in the fu-
ture a great number of the better
Houston students will be enrolled
at A. & M.
My experinence with the Army
was rather brief. When I gradua-
ted I was too yonng to receive
my commission and had to wait
almost a year and a half before I
was old enough. I attended one re-
serve officers’ camp and applied
for active duty with the field ar-
tillery in May 1941, just a week
before I graduated from law
school. Upon taking the medical
examination I was found to be
physically disqualified and put on
the inactive reserve and eventually
ceived an honorable discharge
from the officers’ reserve corps. I
made several efforts for rein-
statement and secured splendid co-
operation from Dick Conolly of
the Class of “37” and President
Walton and numerous other Ag-
gies; however, my applications
were all rejected in Washington
and I am apparently a civilian for
good.
My brother, Lt. Bennett Coul-
son, Class of “38°, received his
B. S. degree in February 1939, and
took his Master degree in munici-
pal and sanitary engineering in
February 1940, and after his grad-
uation he had the good fortune to
be associated with several firms
of ex-Aggies doing consulting work
In connection with Federal war
projects. In August of 1942, he re-
ceived his commission in the Navy
and for a year and a half has been
in the Southwest Pacific and has
been in on numerous amphibious
engagements and recently reported
on his part of the Lingayen Gulf
landings. He will be the skipper of
his own L. C. I. in a short period
of time; however, that will delay
his return to the States for an in-
definite period of time. Being in
the Navy he has not had too
much opportunity to see class
mates; however, the company of '
infantry which his craft landed at |
Hollandia was commanded by an
ex-Aggie of the Class of “387,
whom I believe he said was named |
Hardwick. I was unable to secure
any trace of him in my class
I will send a copy of this let-
ter to McQuillen together with
contributions to the Development
Fund for my brother and mysilf.
My permanent address is 2244
North Boulevard, Houston 6, Tex-
as, and my brother’s mailing ad-
dress is Lt. Bennett Coulson, U. S.
N. R, U. 8S. S.-L. C. 1.-R, No. 226,
Flotilla 7, c/o Fleet Postmaster,
San Francisco, California.
I have enjoyed the class letters
and ,am very proud of the accom-
plishments of my class mates and
hope to see them all at our re-
union in 1948.
Yours very truly,
Ed Coulson, “38”.
Capt. Robert M. Adams
503 Elm St.
Honey Grove, Texas
Wedding Bells: CAPT. EDWARD
E. HAGAN.
MAJOR ARCHIE J. SHERROD,
907 Main St., Rolla, Mo., reports
hearing from MAJOR ALVA E.
KOCH. Major Koch has seen exten-
sive action in the Pacific and has
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal.
CAPT. GEORGE W. STAPLES,
of the Coast Artillery, is present-
ly stationed at Camp Livingston,
La., and gets mail in Box 127, Jena,
1; .
a.
MAJOR MACK B. HODGES,
JR., has recently been transferred
from the topographic unit he acti-
vated to a combat unit, APO 339,
NYC.
WOODY W. PYEATT gets mail
at 3600 N. W. 21, Oklahoma City,
Okla., and is vice-president of the
Oklahoma City A. & M. Club.
LT. WILLIAM SMITH, JR., son
of Mr. William Smith of Waco,
has been reported missing in ac-
tion in Europe since December 16.
He was attached to the infantry.
Mrs. Smith and their son are living
at Plainview, Texas.
MAJOR PETER H. COMNAS
receives mail through APO 201,
San Francisco.
LT. JAMES E. RAGSDALE,
McAllen, Texas, has been assign-
ed to a veteran Liberator Bom-
bardment Group stationed in
Italy. The group has flown more
than 180 combat missions against
German held targets, and recently
received the nation’s highest
group award, the Distinguished
Unit Citation. . . . MAJOR RO-
BERT R. ROBINSON is on duty
at APO 18284, San Francisco. . .
. . WOODROW W., POTTER, sta-
tioned in the Hawaiian Islands,
was recently promoted to the rank
of Major. He reports having plea-
sant visits with many Aggies on
the same island. Mrs. Potter is
living at 704 Palo Pinto St., Wea-
therford, Texas. . . . CAPT. SAN-
FORD P. “BUD” MANDELL re-
cently returned to the States af-
ter 2 years in Newfoundland and
is at Tampa, Fla., ¢/o Plant Park,
awaiting reassignment, . . . LT.
JOHN E. SMART, Rte. 2, Box
121, Palos Park, Ill., recently re-
ceived his silver wings as an aeri-
al navigator of the AAF upon
graduation from the AAF Navi-
papers.
GOING UP FAST |
From 2nd Lt. to Capt. in 52
days is the unusual record of “Capt.
Newman R. McLarry, 44, APO 80,
New York, now somewhere in Lux-
embourg or in that area. He re-
ceived two battlefied promotions
and when his captain’s bars were
Silver Star for gallantry in action.
He is the younger brother of Lt.
Col. Weldon McLarry, ’34, now in
the C. B. I. area. His home is at
Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Marcos, Texas. . . . LT. BERT-
HOLD Z. JACKSON is stationed
at MacDill Field, Fla., with the
316th AAFBU. . . . CAPT. GEO.
W. FULTON has been assigned
to Hq 87th Bn., Camp Roberts,
Calif. . . . CHARLES A. WRIGHT
receives mail at 11587 Otsego,
N. Hollywood, Calif.
LT. WILLIAM E. KENT, a
bombardier with a 15th Air Force
bombardment unit stationed in
Italy, has been awarded the Air
Medal. Lt. Kent has participated
In missions against vital Axis
installations in the Mediterranean
Theater of Operations. Mrs. Kent
is making her home at 2412 9th
St., Wichita Falls, Texas.
CPL. EDWARD F. CARSON is
on duty at APO 246, San Fran-
cisco. . . CAPT. JOHN A. BAI-
LEY is now serving as ordnance
property officer at a Base Depot
somewhere in New Guinea. . . .
Present address of PVT. WAL-
TER K. GIESECKE is APO 565,
San Francisco. J LUE A ROW.
LAND A. PREIS, JR. is station-
ed at AAAF, Altus, Okla. . . .
... CAPT. RAYMOND C. MAT-
HEWS requests a change of ad-
dress. 10 "APO 782, NYC. ia
MILES I. HALL was recently
transferred to Greenville, Texas,
with the Soil Conservation Serv-
ice. His residence address is 2122
Langford St.
The first Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Air Medal has been awarded
to LT. GILBERT C. HOLICK,
bombardier on a B-24 Liberator
heavy bomber, for ‘exceptionally
meritorious achievement in aerial
combat over Germany and enemy
occupied Europe.” Prior to enter-
ing the service he was in the
leather business at College Sta-
tion. Mrs. Holick is living at Ccl-
lege Station.
1940
Capt. F. Max McCullar
90th Inf. :
Camp Gruber, Okl-.
Proud Papas: RAYMOND F.
MAJOR ROBERT T. SHIELS,
APO 25, San Francisco, and brother
CAPT. EUGENE, ’41, are both in
the Philippines. Major Robert
Shiels, in a recent letter to his
parents, . Mr. and « Mrs. R....:T,.
SHIELS, SR., ’10, of Dallas, re-
ported spending a day in a fox-
hole with LT. CHARLES A. DE-
WARE, JR., ’37. The two dodged
machine gun bullets and knee mor-
tar shells, and during the day
‘found intervals to plan the 1945
| football schedule. and design the
| Student Activities Center on the
‘campus. They also report seeing
| MAJOR ELDON KNOX and sev-
| eral other Aggies in their division,
among them CAPT. GEORGE
BENTINCK, ’41.
COL. GLENN E. DUNCAN, one
of America’s ace airmen, now re-
ported missing in action, was re-
cently honored with the presenta-
tion of ten army medals to his
father, Mr. Charles H. Duncan,
1617 .Winbern, ..Houston. The
medals include the Silver Star, the
Distinguished Flying Cross with
four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the
Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters. Col. Duncan, who destroy-
ed at least 26 enemy planes in com-
bat over Europe before he failed
to return from a flight July 7, was
the first to fly a Thunderbolt to
Berlin and is largely credited with
developing thunder bombing.
SGT. IRVIN M. THOMPSON,
JR., APO 858, NYC, reports a
Muster last April 21 at Simiutak
Island, Tunugdliarfik, Greenland.
HENRY H. WATSON, Box 295,
Edcouch, Texas, writes that he
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