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~~ od + WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, Among A & M MEN Continued from Page 2 Throckmorton. He and Mrs. Payne, and their son Jerry Bob, make their home in Gainesville, LT. COL. JACK N. NAHAS was re- cently promoted to that rank in the 6th Army Headquarters. He wears the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He is a com- munications and public utilities officer. Mrs. Nahas lives at 2305 Laurel, Houston. COL. MARVIN SLEDGE, APO 487, NYC... . RAY WALKER is State Con- servationist for the Soil Conservation Service at Salt Lake City, Utah. . . . COL. FRANK H. NEWMAN, JR., AP 627, NYC, reports a number of Aggies in China, %~ '& ,-. .CAPT. WALTER R. SWANK, APO 902, San Francisco, reports MAJ. A. E. KOCH, ’39, Executive Officer of his battalion. . . HUBERT L. SPEN- CER, FSA Supervisor, has moved to Car- rizo Springs, Texas, and gets mail in Box 21%. . . THOMAS ANDERSON, JR. 1978 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, California . wi SL. 2(jgy CB. RAY, USNR, is somewhere in the Pacific aboard an LST. ....LT. S. W. FLORENTIN is stationed at the NAS, Memphis, Tenn. . . . E. G. HOLT, JR., Box 1890, Hattiesburg, Miss., is a scout for Humble Oil & Refg. Co., scouting South Miss., and South Ala. He and Mrs. Holt have three children, two boys and a girl. LeROY C. ZAPALAC, 3405 Crutcher Pl, Dallas, has been released from active duty and is employed by the 8th Service Command as civilian assistant property auditor, with headquarters in Dallas. . . . LT. COL. EWELL C. PHILLIPS, Asst. Chief, Power Plant, Lab., ATSC, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, was recently promoted to that rank. . . . MAJOR HENRY TIMMERMAN is assigned as Director of Operations, Seattle Control Gp., Box 1912, Seattle, Washington. . . . CAPT. JOSEPH W. JENNINGS, Aero. Med. Lab., Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, has lived out of Texas for the past 10 years, but hopes to return after the war. . . . CAPT. DELBERT H. TAYLOR, APO 821, San Francisco, is in the Philippines and reports STEVE FARQUHAR, °’30, is his tent- mate. RAETZSCH W. WAGENER is ranch- hg at Inez, Texas. . . . LT. PHILIP ROBERTS reports moving so fast that he is having mail sent to 808 N. Anglin St., Cleburne, Texas. He is at present in the Philippines. . . . LT. COL. VIRGL A. VAUGHN, 1307 Buchanan, Wichita Falls, Texas. 1 932 Lt. Col. Luther E. Bell 509 N. Payne St., Alexandria, Va. Silver Taps: COL. JAMES T. CON- NALLY; CAPT. WILLIAM MARK CUR- TIS. DEAN E. ALEXANDER, APO 6, San Francisco, has been promoted to the rank of Mojor. He is at present on Luzon. MAJOR S. S. SUMMERS, JR., is the first Aggie to land in Norway so far as is known. He went ashore in Stavanger on May 86. He is the QM for the American forces in that country. He writes that it is beautiful country tnd impressive in its cleanliness and people. A pair of old Roebud friends, LT. COL. J. W. GIBBS and MAJOR JACK TARVER, '33, were decorated for their starring roles in the rescue of over 2,000 internees from the Japs at Los Banos on Luzon last February. Gibbs commands the 672nd Amph. Tractor Bn., and Tarver is his Executive. : : FELIX R. McKNIGHT, Assistant Man- aging Editor of ‘“The Dallas News”, has been named as a representative of Texas A. & M. College.on the directorate of the Dallas Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. The others from A. & M. are JOE UTAY, 08, and TYREE L. BELL, ’13. MAJOR HENRY G. BOHNENKAMP requests a change of address to APO 358, San Francisco. . . .CAPT. ROGER J. MORRIS, JR., writes from the Philippines and reports that he is being returned to the States. Capt. Morris has been over- seas 30 months and has 100 discharge points to his credit. He is having mail hent to 5106 Purdue St., Dallas. . . . CAPT. A. L. BATJER, JR, is in the Philippines, APO 24, San Francisco. He reports recently running into HUFF- HINES; ”’38.", MAJOR HAROLD M. HOFFMEISTER is on duty at APO 19, NYC. . . . THOMAS B. HILL gets mail at 615 Powell St., San Angelo, Texas. . . . CAPT. MAY L. BENKE, 101 Franklin St., Long Branch, N. J. . . . LT. C CARL J. HENSEN, APO 93, San Fran- 1SCO. § MAJOR R. J. ROEDER, JR., APO 562, NYC, has been overseas for 34 months. . . . LT. (ig) ALLEN NV. PEARSON, USNR, gets mail % FPO, San Francisco. . . . MAJOR JAMES W. HUNT is on duty at APO 410, NYC. eth MAJOR THURSTON R. QUALLS is as- signed to Hq., 3rd Bn., 6th Regt., AGFRD 2, Ft. Ord, Calif. . . . CAPT. MARK D. JACKSON requests a change of address to APO 75, San Francisco. He is in the Philippines. . . . MAJOR LOUIS DAEU- BLE, JR., is Post Engineer at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. . . .CHARLES W. SMITH resides at 204 Forest St., Amarillo, Texas. . . . JUDE J. ADAMS gets mail at 3959 Everest St., Arlington, Calif. . . . . MAJOR LAWRENCE M. HOVEY, APO 413, NYC, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. : : LT. COL. WM. J. MOSER is stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. Armd. G. S School. . . . . CPL. WALTER F. JOHN- SON is a member of Sqdn. N, AAF Ord., Kearns, Utah. . . . LT. COL. CLAUDE M. EVANS, Assistant Executive Officer at Fort Sumner, N. M., has been selected to attend the Air Staff Course at the C&GS School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. . . . LT. COL. LOUIS W. HERNDON is on duty at APO 403, NYC. . . . . WILLIAM W. TAGGART, 4677 Southern, Dallas, has been promoted to the rank of Major. . . . CHARLES O. REED, JR. is County Agent for Donley County, head- quarters at Clarendon, Texas. . . . LT. COL. ALFRED A. ROBINSON, Hotel Hollley, Wash. Sq. West, New York, N. Y., is assigned to the NYPOE Ord. Office as Deputiy P.0.0. He reports returning last Dec. from a trip to the ETO, where he ran across many A. & M. men, among them COL. GARZA, ’16; BOB HARD- CASTLE, ’32; and FRANK HOLMES, ’31. CAPT. HARVEY L. CHENAULT, APO 230, NYC, writes from Germany. . . . CAPT. MAY L. BENKE gets mail at 307 7th Ave., Asbury Park, N. J. , . . CAPT. SYDNEY S. BAILEY, Suffolk CAAF, Westhampton Beach, N. Y. . . . CAPT. V. G. DAVIS is on duty at APO 246, San Francisco. . . . DR. BERNHARD G. ZIMMERMAN, 825 Harding St., West- field, N. J., would like to see some of his friends returning from overseas via NYC. His telephone number is Westfield 2-5347- M. .. . LT. COL. ROBERT B. COLLIER, APO 91, NYC, is at present in Northern Italy and would like to hear from LT. COL. GEORGE J. FIX. . . . LOUIS H. SHEA- RER receives mail at 208 E. 12th, Austin eI. COL. ROY <C. HOENE re- quests a change of address to APO 518, NYC. ... .CAPT. DAYTON V. KITLEY is stationed at Blumenthal Field, Wilming- ton, N. C. ; MAJOR JAMES H. CADDESS is Post Signal Officer at the Thayer Gen. Hosp., Nashville, Tenn. . . . LT. COL. MAVIS P .KELSEY, Chief, Service Liaison Branch, Aero Medical Lab., Wright Field, Dayton, recently promoted to that Ohio, was C rank. Col. Kelsey is also serving , as Editor of “The Air Surgeon’s Bulletin”. . . . MAJOR OSCAR D. PRICE is-on duty at APO 501, San Francisco. . . . MORRIS DENMAN, Lee Blvd. Hts.,, Rfd 1, Falls Church, Va., is still with the Corps of Engineers and reports running into Aggies frequently. 1933 Lt. Col. T. C. Morris APO 2, ¢/o PM, New York, N. Y. LE edding Bells: LT. JACK W. SHECK- Proud Papa: LT. COL.3 DAVID F. TAYLOR. LT. COL. RICHARD H. “BEAR” WRIGHT sends an interesting but dim snapshot from a rest camp in the Philip- pines. Mrs. Wright is living at 820 Myrta, Kerrville, Texas. With Col Wright in the picture were CAPT. ERNEST GOULE, ’84, MAJOR HENRY HAUSER, ’41 and MAJOR CLINT HERRING, ’32. AL D. HOLCOMB, a former College Station Postal employee, who has been in the Navy and on duty with the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, was recently dis- charged and was a visitor on the campus in early June. Immediately before entering the service, he was with the U. S. Post 1945 . Office at Galveston, Texas, and will re- turn to that office, where his mailing ad- dress will be Postal Clerks’ Box, Galveston, Texas. COL. JAMES D. HOWDER, APO 512, NYC., was promoted to that rank on May 7. He sends the welcome news that COL. J. B. “BO” CORNETT, ’32, who has been missing in action, is safe and on his way back to the U. S. “Doug” re- ports those eagles rest very happily on his shouders, and his friends are happy for him. MAJOR RAYMOND R. SARTAIN is home after 26 months in the CBI Theater with the U. S. Engineers on the Ledo Road. He previously served 16 months in the Caribbean. He is getting his mail at P. O. Box 1284, Commerce, Texas, but does not know what his next assignment will be. REXFORD WELLS spent two weeks on the campus in June attending the Special Cotton course. He is a cotton ginner at Rosebud, and doing a little ranching on the side. He was released in 1942 from military service. CAPT. MILAS W. WHITMIRE, JR. is assigned to Hq., AGFRD 3, Ft. Riley, Kan. .... THEODORE T. CARTER gets mail at 1105 Michigan Ave., Mobile, Ala. . . . LT. J. EDWIN MOELLER has mail sent to 2115 S. 54th Ave., Chicago, Ill. . . . B. L. DELLENY was released from the Navy in Dec., 1944, to return to his former position with the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. He has been assigned as the District Manager at Victoria, Tex- es, and gets mail in Box 124. Prior to his release from the Navy, Delleney was in charge of a Navy detection group in the Pacific for 2 years. . . . CAPT. ROBERT B. LONG requests a change of address to APO 812, Miami, Fla. LT. COL. ERNEST S. RAMBO, 1330 Schley, San Antonio, Texas. . . . SGT. RUFUS M. WEBB’s new address is APO 246, San Francisco. . . . LT. COL. ROBERT J. UHR, New Braunfels, Texas, has been appointed Air Communications Officer at the AAF Tng. Com. Hgq., Ft. Worth, Texas. Prior to entering the serv- ice in March, 1941, he was electric power dispatcher with the San Antonio Public Service Co., San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Uhr resides at 320 N. Seguin St., New Braun- fels. . . . CAPT. LOUIS L. CARPENTER is o nterminal leave from the army and is having mail sent to 2411 S. Shepherd Dr., Houston. . . . LT. IBRY R. ADAMS is assigned to the Gunnery Dept., TAS, Ft. Knox, Ky. CAPT. MILTON FALK writes from Ger- many, APO 350, NYC. . . T. M. GRE- GORY receives mail at 4213 Bryan Mawr, Dallas. . . . DAVID F. TAYLOR, APO 980, Seattle, Wash., is somewhere in the Aleutinas and was recently promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. He reports the birth of a son in March. 1934 Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald 17 West Passaic Ave. Rutherford, New Jersey Silver Taps: PVT. DONALD M. COR- TIMILIA ; LT. JACK C. HERRON; PVT. J. GALEN LAWRENCE; LT. LAW- RENCE H. McGINNES; PVT. ROBERT V. WYNNE. LA eudings Bells: SGT. SAMUEL HAS- M. Proud Papas: LT. COL. TULL N. GEARREALD ; MAJOR JOHN R. RICH- ARDSON. : W. O. “BILL” LUSE is with The Texas, Company at Henderson, Texas, and makes his home at 211 Alta Vista in that city. MAJOR. ROBERT T. “TED” ALEX- ANDER, with Patton’s Army, recently re- ceived the Bronze Star. COL. ERNEST D. BROCKETT, JR. Fort Worth, recently spent a 30-day leave with his family after 30 months in the Southwest Pacific, the majority of which was spent in amphibious landing begin- ning at Lae and continuing to the Philip- pines. He holds the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters, Silver Star, British Distinguished Service Order, and Air Medal. Col. Brockett was. called into service in Deec., 1940., and left for over- seas duty in Deec., 1942. After 3 months in Australia, he moved to New Guinea to prepare for the landing at Lae, and after the fall of Lae took part in the Philippine campaign. Mrs. Brockett and their 7-year-old son reside at 1010 DeVitt St., Fort Worth. MAJOR HARRY W. ALDREDGE is as- signed to ASTU 7, MCAS, El Toro, Calif. . + + «LT. COL. ERNEST L. PETREE ‘is on duty an APO 36, NYC. . . . FRED L. HANSEN, 508 Renss Blvd., Cuero, Tex- as. . . .CAPT. ROBERT T. NELSON is assigned to Hq., ASFTC, Ft. Belvoir, Va. «.. .. MAJOR JOHN R. RICHARDSON resides at 903 S. Washington St., Alex- andria, Va. . . . CAPT. JAMES PF. LOPER’s new address is APO 235, San Francisco. . . . PT. DAN M. LaROE requests a change of address to APO 226, NYC. . . LAWRENCE E. SOMMERS, Dallas, has been proomted to the rank of Lt. Col. He is commander of a Field Artillery Battalion. Col. Sommers holds the Bronze Star for heroism in combat. Mrs. Sommers resides at 2828 Jarrard St., Houston. LT. COL. RAYMOND B. HODGSON, JR., gets mail at 419 Santa Fe Bldg., Dal- las. . . . MAJOR WILLARD L. KEE- LNG, 1416 Austin, San Angelo, Texas. . . MAJOR JOHN A. WORLEY gets mail through APO 49, NYC. . . . MAJOR H. W. DUGAN, APO 253, NYC, has been awarded the Bronze Star. . . . RICHARD H. CUTTING gets mail in Box 884, Cisco, Texas. . . MAJOR OSCAR W. SCHU- CANY, Jefferson Proving Gd., Madison, Ind., would like to hear from “BIG DOG” PITTMAN. . . . LEONARD FARBER, Executive Officer at the AAF Conv. Hosp., Bowman Field, Ky., has been promoted to teh rank of Lt. Col. Col. Farber entered the service in July, 1941, and prior to being stationed at Bowman, was located at Foster Field, Texas. Col. and Mrs. Farber have three children. MAJOR CLIFFORD M. SIMMANG, on leave from the Mech. Engr. Department of the College, has recently been awarded the Bronze Star for ‘““meritorious achieve- ment in connection with the Philippine Islands from November 17, 1944, to March 23, 1945.” Mrs. Simmang is employed in the Mech. Engr. Department. LT. COL. CHARLES A. TOSCH is in the Philippines, APO 710, San Francisco . +... MAJOR LOUIS A. SHONE, II, has been moved to an island in the Southwest Pacific and gets mail through APO 81, San Francisco. . . . . MAJOR LLOYD O. ZAPP, Executive Officer of an Engr. Ser. Bn. somewhere in Italy, was recent- ly promoted to that rank. Major Zapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. HUGO W. H. ZAPP, ’12, Houston, was called to active duty in April, 1942, and wetn overseas in Feb., 1943. Mrs. Zapp and their tow children make their home at 1303 Tulane St., Houston. . . . MAJOR R. F. “DICK” HARTMAN, APO 742, NYC, reports that he and CAPT. R. J. BUCHANAN, ’31, went over to- gether. Hartman also reports having a visit with MAJOR O’NEAL, ’36. 1935 Capt. Frederick W. H. Wehner 102nd AAF Base Unit (Hq IFC) Mitchell Field, New York » Silver Taps: CAPT. ROY M. VICK, JR. MAJOR A. G. SUTTON has been award- ed the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Germany. He now commands a Combat Engineer Battalion. CAPT. RICHARD KING commands the Sanitation Unit of the Fifth Air Force Service Command on Luzon and has made an outstanding record in tropical disease control in the Pacific. He received his de- gree at A. & M. in Civil Engineering and later took his Masters at Illinois Tech. Prior to entering the armed forces, he was on the civil engineering staff of the University of Connecticut. His wife is residing in Los Angeles. Capt. King is from San Antonio. LT. COL. EARL O. CULLUM, Dallas, is the commanding officer of a military police battalion in India. Col. Cullum has been overseas for over 20 months. E. K. CROUGH recently resigned as Director of the pasture experiment station in Lufkin to be associated with the Hud- gins Ranch at Hungerford. The Hudgins Ranch is the largest breeder of Brahman cattle in the United States. MAJOR COURTNEY A. TIDWELL, APO 331, San Francisco, spent a 7-day leave in the States before going to the Pacific. He was previously located in India and holds the Bronze Star Meday. Mrs. Tidwell is making her home in Marfa, Texas. . . MAJOR MILTON F. MARTIN requests a change of address to APO 455, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. IRA L. SOLO- VEY is assigned to the QM branch of the Fuels and Lubricants Sec., in Washington, D.C... . LT. COL. CECIL E. GUNTER is on duty at APO 331, San Francisco. . . LT. GEORGE L. CLYBURN gets mail % PO, San Francisco. . . . MAJOR GEO. THE TEXAS AGGIE Battle Vets Relax at Muster Left to right: Maj. Orvil W. Crisman, ’38, Overton, Texas; Lt. W. W. Moore, ’39, Alvin, Texas; Capt. George K. Fell, ’36, El Paso, Texas; Petree, ’34, Kilgore, Texas. met the year before in Naples, sistance of Lt. Tommy M., Littlejohn, ’39, Petree, ’34, Kilgore, Texas; Lt. Col. Texas; Capt. Richard C. Slack, Aggie 36th Division veterans of Salerno, campaigns mustered April 21 at Erfenbach, Germany, Kaiserslautern. Every available Aggie in the Division was present. The same group Italy. The Division Artillery Band, with the as- Lt. Jack J. Forman, ’42, Galveston, Texas; and Lt. Col. Ernest L. Southern France, and German a small town northwest of Anzio, provided music and Aggie songs. Lt. Col. E. L. Petree, ’34, was Muster chairman. The following were present: Lt. Col. E. L. Theodore H, Andrews, ’3! Maj. James P. Giles, ’41, Henderson, Texas; Maj. Orvil W. Crisman, ’38, Overton, ’38, Paris, ’38, Caldwell, Texas; Texas; Capt. George K. Fell, ’36, El Paso, Texas; Capt. Fred A. Stallings, ’89, Moody, Texas; Capt. George A. Derryberry, ’37, Waco, Texas; Capt. John D. Bennett, ’39, Corsicana, Texas; Capt. Ernest L. Sample, ’39, Bryan, Texas; Lt. Jack J, Forman, ’42, Galveston, Texas; Lt. D. W. Matthews, ’43, Lubbock, Texas; Lt. Bill Galloway, ’43, Throckmorton, Texas; Lt. W. W. Moore, ’39, Alvin, Texas; Lt. John Smith, 43, Bonham, Texas; Lt. T. M. Little- john, ’39, Tulia, Texas; and Cpl. Jack Moore, ’45, Galveston, Texas. W. COX, APO 200, reports recently seeing LT. COL. CARL ELLIOTT... .MAJOR JAMES W. WILSON, APO 758, NYC. ROLAND H. BURKS, 119 Lovington Dr., Fairfield, Ohio, has been promoted to the rank of Major. . . LT. COL. SIDNEY T. MARTIN writes from Germany, APO 408, NYC. . . .GEORGE D. JAMAIL lives at 2418 Mandell, Houston. . . . CAPT. RICHARD ALEXANDER is sta- tioned at Camp Ritchie, Md., Cav. C, 1st Tr. Bn. . . . FRANK BEDNAREK, APO 343, San Francisco, has been promoted | to the rank of Lt. Col. in the Philippines. Mrs. Bednarek resides at Carlsbad, Calif. . « MAJOR LOUIS M. THOMPSON, Repl. and Sch. Command, Birmingham, Ala., reports that he is in the same section with LT. COL. E. J. HOWELL, = and MAJOR ROBERT SECHRIST, FRANK W. MEDLEY gets mail on Rte. D, Box 62A, Lamesa, Texas. . . . MAJOR MAX D. LOVETT has returned to the States after serving for 38 months as an engineering officer in the South- west Pacific. He holds the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon with three battle stars, the Philippine Liberation campaign ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation. Mrs. Lovett has been making her ohme in San Angelo, Texas. 1936 Capt. D. J. Lewis C.E,, U. S. Eng. Office c/o Prod. Sec., Mobile, Ala. Silver Taps: PVT. M. EARL HINER. Wedding Bells: LT. CARL E. MAX- WELL Proud Papa: MAJOR RICHARD C. HALTER. LT. COL. JOSEPH H. BATJER is on duty at APO 719, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. GEORGE H. PLETCHER, JR., has been discharged from the service after 2 1-2 years of overseas duty. He is making his home in Harlingen, Texas, 1717 W. Harrison St.,, where he owns a nursery and floral company and farms. . . . JAMES P. DERRYBERRY, McKinney, Texas. . . . . CAPT. JOHN J. HANRA- HAN is assigned to the ASFTC, Ft. Lewis, Wash. . . . CAPT. WOODROW WwW. ECHOLS is stationed at Camp Callan, Calif.) Com. .Sch., . ATB. '.: ." . CAPT. GEORGE S. LEONARD has gone over- seas, APO 331, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. JACK K. WEHRMAN is on duty at APO 887, NYC. MAJOR EDWIN L. HAMILTON, Ward 40A, US Naval Hosp., Oakland, Calif., sends news on MAJOR A. G. SUTTON, JR., ’85. . . .CAPT. FRANCIS N. RO- BINSON, APO 244, San Francisco. . . . WELDON F. APPELT is living at 2401 Dickey, Houston. . . . JULIUS T. ESPEY, JR., % FPO San Francisco, has been promoted to the rank of Lt. (jg). He is on an island in the Pacific and reports keeping busy. . . . MAJOR DAVID M. GLASSFORD, Waxahachie, Texas, has been selected to attend the Officers’ Re- fresher Course at the FAS, Ft. Sill, Okla. . . . . CAPT. MURELL K. TAY- LOR receives mail at APO 920, San Fran- cisco. \ MAJOR EDWIN M. EADS is assigned to the 432 F. A.,, Gp., Camp Bowie, Texas .. CAPT. LEONARD L. MEEK recent- ly returned from 17 months on duty in the ETO. He is a patient at the AAF Conv. Hosp., Ft. Logan, Colo. . . CAPT. GEORGE BARGMANN is on duty at the Sierra Ord. Depot, Herlong, Calif. . . . LT. DAYTON M. CARRELL is attending the C&GS School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. . .. .MAJOR RICHARD C. HALTER, APO 707, San Francisco, is in the Philip- pines and reports seeing LT. COL. MAX MOSESMAN and CAPT. JESSE OWENS, ’39. . . .CAPT. DON A. PAYNE is as- signed to the 342nd AAFBU at Perry AAF, Perry, Fla. . . . MAJOR HUGH R. WILSON is stationed at the Ft. Worth AAF, Ft. Worth, Texas, and gets mail in Box 212. JAMES T. HARDY, APO 543, San Francisco, has been promoted to the rank of Major. He has been overseas since Jan. 1944, and has participated in the campaigns in the Solomons and Luzon. Mrs. Hardy and their daughter make their home at 5442 Mercedes, Dallas. . . . CAPT. SAMUEL W. HENDERSON, JR., is in the Philippines, APO 31, San Fran- cisco. LT. Col. Warren W. Simpson LT. COL. WARREN W. SIMPSON, 2739 Barbara Lane, Houston, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for out- standing work as C. O. of the 99th Div- vision’s special troops. He was the first man of that division to cross the Rhine. Prior to the war he was Sales Engineer for the Lone Star Cement Corporation at Houston. He and Mrs. Simpson have a son, Dick Wildon. MAJOR NASH O. THOMPSON has an interesting assignment—in charge of the Hotel Gablerbrau, operated for® transient officers of the 15th U. S. Corps in Salz- burg, Germany. 1937 Capt. W. A. Ruhmann APO 45, c/o PM. New York, N. Y. Wedding Bells: M/SGT. CHARLES M. ROYALL; HAROLD W. C. WOODARD. Proud Papas: EDWARD S. HYMAN; GEORGE W. WEST. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Scrivener, Box 164, Taft, Texas, have been notified that their son ,CAPT. WILLIS A. SCRIVENER, has arrived safely at Camp Fukuoka, Japan. Capt. Scrivener has been a prisoner of the Japanese since 1942, ANDREW GRIFFITH JOHNSON, Franklinton, La., has been awarded the Franklinton Civic Award Cup for out- standing civic activities and leadership during 1944. y MAJOR WILLIAM H. YAEGER, JR. Box 88, Hebbronville, Texas, has returned to the States from duty overseas. Major Yaeger was released from a prisoner of war camp in Rumania in September, 944, and since that time had been in England. LT. COL. JOHN W. FLOORE is sta- tioned at Randolph Field, Texas, following his return from internment in Sweden. His plane lost a motor over Hamburg, but managed to land in Sweden, where Col. Floore was interend. CAPT. JOHN L. MOGFORD, former A. & M. County Agent, was recently pro- moted to that rank. He is serving with a U. S. Combat Section of the Chinese Com- bat Command. Mrs. Mogford and their two sons are making their home in Colorado City, Texas. HERBERT H. WALLING, for the past four years manager of the A. & M. Creamery, recently purchased a creamery at San Marcos, Texas, ‘and has entered that business. He will operate the Walling Creamery at San Marcos. HAROLD W. C. WOODARD was dis- charged from the Army in May after 26 months overseas and is at present living at Elkhart, Texas, where he is employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He sends news of his marriage in June. . . . LT. COL. PAUL K. WALKER, APO 925, San Francisco, is in the Philippines. . . . MAJOR WOODROW WALKER was re- cently promoted to that rank. He is in Alaska and has been there since Oct., 1942, Mrs. Walker is making her home at 2223 Madera St.,, Dallas. . . . LT. OSCAR R. LOPEZ requests a change of address to 820 Thomas Court, Briarfield Manor, Hilton Village, Va. . . LT. COL. JOHN W. FLOORE is stationed at Ran- dolph Field, Texas, and gets mail in Box 38. . . . CAPT. HARVEY S. TREWITT, JR., is on duty at APO 244, San Francisco. M/SGT. CHARLES M. ROYALL, 2015 Tenth St., Galena Park, Texas, is back in the States after 25 months of duty in the ETO. He was wounded in action and sent to Wm. Beaumont Gen. Hosp. El Paso, Texas. Royall reports his marriage on May 21 and says that Mrs. Royall is living at Galena Park until he receives his medical discharge. . . . CAPT. JOE L. HARRIS, veteran B-25 pilot recently returned from overseas, has been assigned to Turner Field, Twin-Engine Pilot School, at Albany, Ga. Capt Harris flew bombing missions in the ETO for a year before re- turning to the States, and wears the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the ETO Ribbon. LT. COL. HENRY G. ABBOTT is on duty at APO 75, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. JAMES R. ROBERTS, Tng. Grp. Hq., 2536 AAFBU, San Marcos, Texas, was a recent visitor on the campus and re- ported that it was the first time in 5 years that he had been on the campus .... CAPT. CHARLES A. WILLIAMS is assigned to Hq., 10th ET Bn., ASFTC, Ft. Belvoir, Va. .'s .- T/3 TANDY BR. KENNEDY request sa change of address to APO 37, San Francisco. . . .MAJOR WALTON O. THREADGILL, 316 AAFBU, Sq. CY, Drew Field, Fla. ©. .MAJOR PAUL M. WILEY gets mail in Box 2461, Little Rock, Ark. . . . LT. CHARLIE A. DeWARE, APO 25, San Francisco, is in the Philippines and ‘would like to hear from any other Aggies in that area. LT. COL. BENRNARD G. JOHNSON, Houston, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in di- rect support of combat operations in the Mediterranean Theater. A veteran of 30 months overseas, Col. Johnson was among the first American troops to land in French Morocco in the invasion of North Africa in Nov., 1942. Mrs. Johnson and their tow children make their home at 210 S. Everton St., Houston. MAJOR WILLIAM W. BARNES, JR. APO 38, San Francisco, would like to hear fro many ’37 men near him. . . .ROBERT F. HOPPER is employed as Industrial In- spector for the Southern Counties Gas Co., 296 W. Tth St., San Pedro, Calif. He and Mrs. Hopper and their two children make their home at 1078 Sepulveda St., San Pedro. . . . .RILEY W. CARLTON is living at 1408 Ave. ‘“S”, Lubbock, Tex- as. . . . CAPT. ROBERT D. SHIPP is having mail sent to Burnet, Texas. MAJOR NEWTON E. JARRARD, San Antonio, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in con- nection with operations in Germany. Maj. Jarrad has been overseas since Feb., 1944. LT. (jg) A. PETE DOWLING, 1273 Morris, Houston, returned in October from the ETO, where he took part in the in- vasions of Normandy and Southern France. After training in Norfolk, Va., he has again gone on foreign duty. . . . MAJOR E. P. KISER, APO 719, San Francisco, was recently promoted to that rank. He is in the Philippines and reports being overseas for 28 months. 1938 Capt. John H. Bone 13th Regt. Camp Fannin, Texas Silver Taps: MAJOR JOHN C. CONLY. Wedding Bells: CAPT. LLOYD I. CREWS; MAJOR ALEXANDER NORD- HAUS, JR. Proud Papas: CAPT. WILLIAM H. AIKEN; CAPT. WALTER S. McGRE- GOR; HAROLD TAYLOR. G. P. COKINOS, 947 Hazel St., Bean- mont, Texas, reports the death of his father on May 20. MAJOR JIMMIE CO- KINOS, ’40, recently arrived in Beaumont for the first visit with his family in nearly two years. He came in from the Philip- pines and has seen extensive service in the Pacific. LT. MIKE COKINOS, ’43, is with the 8th Armd. Div. in Czechoslovakia. LT. W. S. EDMONDS, Box 152, College Station, recently spent a thirty-day leave in the States before reporting for duty in the Philippines. Lt. Edmonds is with the Army Courier Service and was previously stationed in New Guinea. WARRANT OFFICER WLLIAM M. COUNTS was a visitor on the campus on July 7, 1945. He had just returned follow- ing thirty-nine months in the Southwest Pacific, where he was with the Finance Corps. Before entering the service he was with the Shell Oil Company. S/SGT. GEORGE L. Von ROEDER is on duty at APO 90, NYC. .. . MAJOR MERRILL K. ERIKSEN, Houston, was recently promoted to that rank. Major and overseas for 35 months in England, North Africa, Italy, France and now Germony. . . . LT. WILLIAM R. WHITE is stationed at Biggs Field, El Paso, Tex- as, AAFBU. . . . CAPT. WILLIAM H. AIKEN, Brooklyn Polptechnic Inst., Brook- lyn, N. Y., reports that CAPT. JOHN M. “MITCH” DEIB is in the Air Corps and his permanent statioin is Hondo, Texas .. CAPT. HARRY N. DUNCAN, APO San Francisco, would like to hear from some of the boys. He is in the Philippines. . . . CAPT. RUDOLPH R. San MIGUEL, 9808 TSU, CE Dets, San Antonio Engs. Dist., San Antonio, Texas. BILLY B. ROGERS gets mail in Box 124, Andrews, Texas. . . . CAPT. ROY E. SMITH, APO 90, NYC is anxious to see some Aggie football games. . . .CAPT. PRENTICE A. CARAWAY is assigned to Co. C, 133rd Bn., 34th Tng. Regt., Camp Livingston, La. . . . FRANKLIN T. FIELDS, 105 Schilling, Goose Creek, Tex- as. . . . MAJOR ROBERT L. DALBY ets mail through APO 512, NYC. . . T. JOHN NICKOLS has been an instruc- tor in Mines and Demolitions at the Engr. School, Ft. Belvoir, Va., since receiving his commission in 1943, . . . MAJOR JOHN F. KEETON, Quarters 28A, Ft. Winfield Scott, Calif., would like to hear from classmates, especially MAJOR TOM B. STROTHER. . . . M/SGT. LANIER C. HARRIS, - JR.," "APO: ‘'140,. NYC... >. _. MAJOR MELVIN M. LAWSON is in the Philippines, APO 707, San Francisco, and has been overseas 40 months. CAPT. S. A. KERLEY is on duty at Quacheta College, Arkadelphia, Ark. . . . CAPT. WOODROW M. BELL is having mail sent to 1193 Lee St., New Braunfels, Texas. . . . MAJOR MALCOLM M. LONG, APO 1758, NYC, was promoted to that rank in May, . . . . PVT. FRANK W. MITCHELL is in Ward D-5, Harmon Gen. Hosp., Longview, Texas. . . . CHARLES D. KROEGER, BM 1/¢, % FPO, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. CARL B. MUEL- LER, APO 331, San Francisco, is back overseas aftersa 6 months rest in the States. He is in the Western Pacific. . . . MAJOR DANIEL E. BRASWELL is now on duty at headquarters of the Air Tech. Serv. Com., Wright Field, Ohio. Maj. Braswell was sent to the CBI theater in August, 1942, and returned to the tSates in July, 1944. MAJOR LEOPOLD R. KRUEGER, JR., is stationed at. Clovis, N. M., CCS, CAAF. «+. WILLIAM P. BRENNAN, JR., gets mail at 3217 Buena Vista, S. E., Washing- ton, D. C. . . . CAPT. GEORGE F. SINGLETARY, JR., is assigned to Haq., 8th Tng. Regt., FARTC, Ft. Sill, Oklo. «++. MAJOR CHARLES M. HONAKER is at present on duty at the First Air Force base at Westover Field, Mass. An overseas veteran, Major Honaker piloted a heavy bomber in the ETO and won the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the ETO Ribbon with three battle stars. . . ..CAPT. EDWARD B. CARU- THERS, APO 408, NYC, was recently proomted to that rank, and reports that PERRY SCHOENFELD, APO 518, NYC, was promoted to the rank of Major. . . ENS. JOHN BRUCKNER, JR. is at the Amphib. Tng. Base, Little Creek, Va. MAJOR DANIEL P. GREEN, APO 696, NYC. . . . PAUL B. BLUNT, Box 1742, Ft. Sill, Okla., has been proomted to the rank of Major. . . . MAJOR JOHN W. TOMPKINS, APO 75, San Francisco, is in the Philippines. . . . LT. DON W. WIL- LIAMS, USNR, is taking a refresher training course at the USNAS, Hutchin- son, Kan., but is having mail sent to Gilmer, Texas. He returned to the States from foreign service in April. . . . LT. GILBERT R. HUEBNER is on duty in Italy, APO 394, NYC. . . . CAPT. VER- NON D. CHADWICK, APO 149, NYC, was in Germany at last report. . . . LT. COL. THEODORE H. ANDREWS, 222 Spruce St., Leavenworth, Kan., is located at the C&GS School, Ft. Leavenworth. . . . CAPT. GLEN H HARRIS is on duty at APO 246, San Francisco. CAPT. CHARLES B. FOSTER, JR. Shreveport, La., has been selected to at- tend the Officers’ Refresher Course at the FAS, Ft. Sill, Okla. Capt. Foster is a veteran of service in the South Pacific theater. . . .' WILSON B. BUCKLEY, Sox 96, Arkadelphia, Ark. is with the Soil Conservation Service. . . . . MAJOR SIDNEY L. LOVELESS, APO 532, NYC, sends an account of the marriage of MAJOR ALEX NORDHAUS, in Italy to a Red Cross employee. .. . CAPT. JOHN M. DRINKARD, McGregor, Texas, was recently sent back to the States for a 30-day sick leave, after 38 months of overseas duty. . . . JAMES P. HIGGIN- BOTHAM ,who has received his B. D. Degree and has been ordained by the Presbyterian Church, - is now serving as pastor in Winters, Texas. . . . ELMO E. NACHLINGER has been transferred to Birmingham, Ala., by the Lone Star Cement Corp. He is living at the YMCA and reports that he is gradually becoming accustomed to civilian life again. Nach- linger was discharged from the Army last December. MAJOR RUFE S. BYNUM, San Antonio, has returned to the States after serving for 35 months as a plans and operations officer in the Southwest Pacific Theater. He holds the Asiatic-Pacific campaign rib- bon with two battle stars, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Philippine Liberation cam- paign ribbon. . . CAPT. GUS J. PENA, 802 W. Dick St., Hugo, Okla. . . S/SGT. KENNETH CHAMBERS is in the Philip- pines, APO 925, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. WALTER S. McGREGOR is as- signed to Dispensary A, ASF Reg. Hosp., Ft. Benning, Ga. . . . O/C SETH M. FORD is a member of the 1st Co., 3rd STR, TIS, Ft. Benning, Ga. 1939 Capt. Robert M. Adams C.W.S. Repl. Pool Edgewood Asenal, Md. Silver Taps: MAJOR ROBERT BALCH; CAPT. WILLIAM R. ROSS. Proud Papas: RAYMOND G. PIPKIN; JOHN R. WOOD. LT. WILLIAM C. JANENSCH was a campus visitor in June. He was en- joying a leave before reporting to the BRAAF, Boca Raton, Fla., where he has been assigned to Sq. B, 3501st AAFBU. ROBERT L. ATKINSON, after two years and seven months in the service, has received a discharge. His new mailing address will be 209-7Tth Street, San Antonio, Texas. He plans to return to A. & M. after a few months for completion of his work for a degree. JUDSON G. “PETE” FRY, III, was recently promoted to the rank of Capt. He writes from Germany, APO 84, NYC, and reports hearing from LT. ED. GAR- BUTT ’43, and LT. THOMAS HARDI- SON. CAPT JOHN W. “BILL’ HOWDER is overseas with a Veterinary Unit, follow- ing a long stay at Fargo, N. D. HENRY “PELLY” DITTMAN is wear- ing ‘eagles’ following his promotion in early July. He is Commanding Officer of the Herington, Kan., Army Air Field. He and Mrs. Dittman have a 2-year-old son. A native of Goose Creek, the former Ag- gie track and football performer saw ex- tensive service in the Philippines and South Pacific in the early days of the war before returning to the U. S. in May, 1942. He was with the 19th Bomb- ardment Group in the Philippines that performed so heroically during its gradual evacuation in the dark days beginning December 7, 1941. CAPT. JACK L. FUGATE was a recent Bryan visitor with his family on conva- lescent leave from Harmon General Har- mon Hospital, Longview. He was injured when his jeep crashed through a blown out bridge in Germany. He reports LT. JOHN F. LYONS, JR. ’40, is also at Harmon General Hospital. Capt. Fugate suffered a broken arm and other injuries, but is recovering nicely. LT. THOMAS G. ATLEE, JR., is in the Philippines. He reports a Muster en route on April 21. His address is APO 6500, San Francisco. CAPT. ROBERT M. ADAMS is now at the CWS Repl. Pool, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., after making the rounds since his return from overseas. He is happy over winning a hat from CAPT. JOHN BONE, ’38, on the outcome of the 1945 Development Fund. Adams had challenged Bone and CAPT. MAX McCULLAR, 1940 class representative, to a three-cornered hat bet in which Bone was the big loser. McCullar won a hat from Adams, and Adams won a hat from Bone. For his leadership on three 8th Air Force Flying Fortress bombing attacks over Holland and Germany, MAJOR JA- SON L. CAMPBELL, 3808 Lovers Lane, Dallas, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. LT. CLAY L. SEWARD, JR. gets mail through APO 149, NYC ... . LT. JACK R. TINNEY, Bowie, Texas, has been assigned to duty in the AAF Tng. Command Hgq., Ft. Worth, Texas, where he is in the Adj. Gen. Office. Lt. Tin- ney previously spent 23 months overseas and made 17 combat missions in Africa 72, and England with the 8th Air Force. He Eriksen has been in the service 4 yearsholds the Distinguished Flying Cross, the / Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart. . . . MAJOR FELDER W. CULLUM, Dallas, is back in the States after a year in the South Pacific with a troop carrier squadron of the 13th Air Force. Maj. Cullum was leader of his squadron and actively took part in carrying supplies to combat troops and in evacuating casualties, winning the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and other honors. CAPT. WILLIAM E. LAWSON, APO 545, NYC, is in an Officer Training Cen- ter somewhere in France ... CAPT. S. P. “BUDDY” MANDELL is stationed with the 3rd Air Force Personnel Depot at Drew Field,. Tampa, Fla., and he and Mrs. Mandell are living at 309 N. Osceola St., Clearwater, Fla. . . +S LT. T. M. LITTLEJOHN is on duty at APO 658, NYC. ... MAJOR JOSEPH R. REH- MET is assigned to Base Operations, RCAAB, Rapid City, S. D. ... LT. ROBT. L. DOSS, Veterans Hosp., Legion, Texas LT. WILBUR H. SYNNOTT re- quests a change of address to APO 331, San Francisco. na .MAJOR JOHN H. WIGGS is somewhere in the Philip- pines, APO 718, San Francisco. MAJOR J. WAYNE STARK, APO 758, NYC, has ben awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He has participated in the cam- paigns of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. Mrs. Stark is making her home at Conroe, Texas. MAVIS M. JETER, 1419 E. Odneal St., Sherman, Texas . . . .CAPT. HARLEY BEBOUT’s new address is APO 742, NYC. ... LT. RALEIGH C. BARNES, JR., gets mail through APO 719, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. EDWIN E. FISHER is stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga., 14th STR. . . . LT. NEIL O. BURNSIDE is going through B- 29 ‘transition at the AAAF, Alamorgordo, N. M. His brother is serving as his co- pilot . . . . LT. FRED G. HOWARD is assigned to the 241st AAFBU, Sq. A, Fairmont Field, Geneva, Neb. . . . LT. LOWELL R. ARMSTRONG, APO 25, San Francisco, reports other Aggies in his outfit. . . . . SGT. CLARENCE H. ALD- RICH, JR., APO 234, San Francisco . . . . PAUL H. AINSWORTH, 17 Country Club Road, Tuscaloosa, Ala., is employed by Associated Mechanical Contractors. . . . . LT. I. B. PRICE, APO 845, NYC, has seen Switzerland, Austria and Yugo- slavia. MAJOR ARCHIE J. SHERROD, APO 49, NYC. . . . MAJOR A. R. MOZISEK gets mail through APO 257, NYC. . . . MAJOR A. A. LUCKENBACH is in the Philippines, APO 843, San Francisco. . . . NEWMAN G. NABORS is living at 1320 California St., San Francisco, Calif. . . . CAPT. O. D. BUTLER is at the Hammond Gen. Hosp., Modesto, Calif. recovering from a foot wound received during the drive to cross the Rhine. He has been overseas 20 months. Mrs. Butler, who has been making her home at College Station, recently left for Modesto. . . . LT. LES- TER P. SCHRAUB requests a change of address to APO 513, NYC. . . . LT. DONALD H. ROSE, APO 408, NYC, re- ports seeing CAPT. PACE, ’38. 1940 Capt. F. Max McCullar 90th Inf. Camp Rucker, Ala. Silver Taps: LT. PERCY B. BEN- NETT; DR. WILLIAM R. HUNNICUTT; LT. TOMMIE G. MARTIN; LT. MEL- VIN R. MILLARD; BENSON ROWE. Wedding Bells: CAPT. JAMES S. CRITZ; CAPT. TOM T. JONES; LT. BILLY G. SMITH. roud Papa: WILLIE C. PARKER. LT. MARSHALL H. KENNADY, JR. Jap war prisoner since the fall of Corre- gidor in April, 1942, is now confined at Fukuoka Prison Camp on the island of Honshu according to the first direct word received by his family in over a year. He was aboard a Jap transport that was sunk by American bombers, but survived. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall H. Kennady of Fort Worth. 5 MAJOR FOSTER B. WATSON, Whitney, is Assistant Division Adjutant General of the 33rd Division on Luzon. He taught vocational agriculture before going on active duty. Mrs. Watson is living at Whitney. LT. JOHN W. HOLLAND was a campus visitor in June. He recently returned to the States after being released from a German prisoner of war camp. Lt. Holland had been reported missing in action since Oct. 23, 1944, and Mrs. Holland, who was making her home at College Station, re- ceived word on January 3 that he was a prisoner. His present address is 309 E. Davis, Hearne, Texas. MAJOR O. FINDLEY BREWSTER, Temple, was a campus visitor during the summer while on convalescent leave from Torney Gen. Hosp., Palm Springs, Calif. He was wounded in Belgium on Jan. 8 while serving with the 3rd Armd. Div. His brother, MAJOR ED. BREWS- TER, ’38, is still in Germany. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. ED. BREWS- TER, JR., ’18, Temple. LT. GEORGE H. GAY, JR., famed Navy fighter pilot, left this summer for his third tour of duty in the Pacific. He participated in the Battle of Midway, then returned to the Pacific later for nearly a year of combat on Guadalcanal, Munda and other Pacific islands. For the past year and a half he has been a torpedo bomber instructor at the Miami Naval Air Station. His present overseas assign- ment in the Pacific is unknown. LT. CLARK HARVEY was a recent visitor on the campus. He entered the service in January, 1942, and was com- missioned in October, 1942. He has sefved on the East Coast and in South and Cen- tral America. At the time of his visit ‘he was in the process of transferring to the Naval Air Transpord Service and after a period of training in Atlanta, he will go to the West Coast for re-assignment. SGT. IRVIN THOMPSON was a recent visitor on the campus. He had just returned from Greenland, where he spent sixteen months with the Army Airways Commu- nication System. Following his leave, he expects to be given an assignment in the States. LT. LAWRENCE C. LACY, USNR, gets mail % FPO, San Francisco. . . . LT. QUINTEN S. MATHEWS, stationed in Brazil, gets mail through APO 643, Miami, Fla.’.’ pi. CPLsC, A. .STARLIN, "JR., APO 744, NYC, writes from France . . . CAPT. JAMES S. “HYMIE” CRITZ re- turned recently to the tSates from over- seas duty and at present is stationed at Indiantown Gap Mil. Res., Pa. Capt. Critz reports his marriage in April. He and Mrs. Critz are living at 359 N. 10th St., Lebanan,, Pennsylvania ....' . u's ede CORPORAL DON PARKER is stationed at Luke AAF, Phoenix, Ariz. . . . PFC. VINSON DUVALL, Burkburnett, Texas, is assigned to the Army’s ATC Base in Algeria. . . . LT. WELLINGTON C. CORNELL requests a change of address to APO 75, San Francisco. ,. . .CAPT. J. E. COPELAND, JR., is assigned to the OORP, The Ord. School, Aberdeen Prov. Gd., Md., Box 122. JIM RIDLEHUBER, APO 627, NYC, was recently promoted to the rank of 1st Lt. He is somewhere in China. CAPT. IRA Q. MAYHEW is in the Philippines, APO 159, San Francisco. . . . MAJOR W. C. FREEMAN, JR., APO 75, San Francisco. . . . ENS. WILL H. THAN- HEISER, ¢% FPO, San Francisco, is on Okinawa. . . . S/SGT. CLARENCE E. GARRISON, Sec. B, AAAF, Amarillo, Texas, is an instructor in the B-29 Mechanic School there. Sgt. Garrison went overseas in June, 1944, as a gunner with a B-24 combat crew, and was assigned to the 15th Air Force. On his eighteenth mission, his plane was shot down. Sgt. Garrison was assisted by the French un- derground in getting back to his base in Italy, and only one member of the crew was taken prisoner. Garrison was sent bec kto the tSates after arriving at his base. CAPT. LARRY L. BURLESON, APO 331, San Francisco. . . . GEORGE R. PEPPER has been discharged from the Air Corps and is now ranching at Ros- coe, Texas, Rt. 2. ... . CAPT. JAMES D. PATTON, Armd. Cen., Co. A. Bn,," ARTC, Ft. *Enox, Ky. . + LOWIE C. RITCHEY, JR. transferred to the LAAF, Laredo, Texas, Sqgdn, A. . . .". LT. JAMES O. JEN- KINS, APO 640, NYC, writes from Eng- land. . . . CAPT. JACK K. DORAN has been moved to the Pacific Theater and gets mail through APO 247, San Francis- co. He was previously on duty in India and China. . . . CAPT. M. L. SPECKELS is assigned to the War Dept. Personnel Cen., Ft. Sam Houston, ‘Texas. CAPT. MERRILL SMITH, APO 75, San Francisco, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in con- nection with military operations against the enemy at Bougainville and in the Philippines. Capt. Smith has been on overseas duty since Feb., 1943. ARTHUR REAGOR, JR., gets mail at 428 Craig St., Hillsboro, Texas. . . . CAPT. PAGE 8 x JAMES L. GATTIS, Pottsboro, Texas, has y: returned to the States after serving 51 months as assistant division engineer in the Southwest Pacific. He holds the Asiatic- Pacific campaign ribbon with three battle stars, and the Philippine Liberation cam- paign ribbon. He entered the service in July, 1940. . . WILLIAM R. ROCK- WOOD, APO 331, San Francisco, was promoted to the rank of Capt. in Jan. -: . . +. LT. CLARK HARVEY, ¢, FPO, NYC. «+... LT. JEAN F. McCULLOUGH writes from APO 654, NYC. . . . CAPT. JOHN D. SKIPPER, Ground Liaison School, Course No. 13, Key Field, Miss. . MAJOR HENRY HERDER, Wei- mar, Texas, returned in May from duty in China. His present assignment is un- nown. 1 94 1 Capt. Tom B. Richey APO 201, c/o PM. San Francisco, Calif. Silver Taps: CAPT. AUGUST J. o Ory EOMAN A. HILLIARD. B1s0H edding ells: MAJOR ANDREW J. HENDRICK; LT. ROY J. CHAPPELL JR.; CAPT. MORRIS A. LICHEN. : LT. FRANKLIN D. LOWNy¢, NREL DAN B. WOLF. roud Papas: VICTOR L. KOE : CAPT. JOHN 0. PASCO: PVT. ora; " PVT. JAMES W. WIL. * THOMPSON ; KERSON. 1 Ist LT. JAMES H. PARKER i: Texas, has been released from the Wye, h Air Force, his last assignment being at i San Angelo Army Air Field. He recently tp visited the campus and said his future “8 plans were uncertain. He has been in the ee for & 1-2 years, including an ur dur i his allotted ci Which Je eomplstad ! CAPT. RALPH W. PARKER, Texar- pre kana, Texas, has been awarded the Bronze Ee 3 a, His overseas address is APQ 758, % . A/C WILLIAM S. WINN Sweet 1s at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet ] Center, San Antonio. He was with Dou- ‘ glas Aircraft, Inc., and majored in Aero- ” nautical Engineering at A. & M., but re = ports having a tough time putting that exe ey. perience a0 use in the Army. , . BILL BECKER promoted to Fat rank. He Te en) a I, A. Bn. in the Philippi LT. LUTHER 1 Ap libpines. awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in io ties, Leyte, Luzon, Adams is making Texas. x CAPT. MAURI ip Pearl Street rer: WW: MCCALL of 1703 ; been released W. 8th Ave., Col ; : an impromptu A. & ips, (Ohio, reports h : A. & M. men held recently i S i Se Js y In St. Louis. BERT ro} present were: _ CAPT. R .F. THOMPSON is B : ical Officer at the Alexanorie. oe Chems 3 Ing 2 1-2 years overseas CAPT. N. LESLIE KELLEY eni 3 es Dellearned leave with Mra. joged a 3 an eir daughter duri I heir day hier uring the summer. He Jey Marv Virgina ; r. “an rs. Lil Di i 4 CAPT. JAMES N. “Jia riod M. Brownwood, former star Aggie footballer 3 Jos 4 summer campus visitor following 4 18 return from the Pacific. He had com- by pleted 63 missions in the Pacifi LT. FRANKLIN WN SE ham, was a campus mer following his release from a German a over France. He was blown ou when the ship blew up, but Addl, 3 * : open his parachute and descend safely 1 His next assignment is unknown : s LT. FREDERICK I. ANDERSON is p. stationed at the AAF, Alamogordo, N M Box 523, Base Officer Mail Rm. . MAJOR JACK G. HIN “m: 605 1-2 La Branch St., Houston « . . LT, LEONARD E JHOUGH . «. . LT. CHARLES W. SC is wi the 5th Inf. Tng. Co., Inf. Toe it Ft. Benning, Ga... LT. PAUL F. IRWIN has returned to the States after a tour of duty in the Pacific. He spent some time In a hospital with a broken back and is now at Camp Shelby, Miss Haq 10th IATB, 55th IATR. . . . LELDON P. BEARD is living in Miami, Fla., and Fon Eh, Engineer for Pan American irways, i iami ea A Ware, flying from Miami to IT. COL. ROBERT R. HERRING, APO 321, San Francisco, has completed his third year with the 5th Air Force in “the Pacific. He reports other Aggies in the Philippines are JIM THOMASON; “BUB- BA” JACKSON, 42; JIM STERLING ; and MIKE COKINOS. . . CAPT. S. A. McDONALD, JR. is back with his troop after recovering from a*® wound received in action. He was wounded once on Leyte and twice on Luzon. For his work on Leyte, Capt. McDonald has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal. MAJOR EARLE A. SHIELDS, JR. APG 89, NYC, German, reports CAPT. B. G Continued on Page 4 - fa ’ ok ATT Ad o- Be— Rr TE rR NER ASA HUNT, *22 PUMPS FANS | : BLOWERS EXHAUSTERS 1327 Wood Street — Dallas - - Registered - - Jerseys For Sale To Fit Every Need and : Pocketbook. ® 2 Daughters of 4 Star Bulls now available, Also ® A Yearling 2 Star Bull is. I. B. Duck & Sons "14 — 38 — 48 TUSCOLA, TEXAS Dallas pm-Roy | Texas k Edited to fit the diversity in crops and F. livestock of the Southwest Sunbelt Frank A. Briggs, Editor A. B. Kennerly ’27, Associate Editor | Walter F. 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