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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER < Ae MAY 7 1947 Among Bs A&MMEN Continued from Page 2 their 4-year old, son are living at 3926 Southwestern, Houston, Texas. Sgt. Close wears the European theater ribbon with three battle stars. He served as an aerial photographer and as a chemical warfare decontamination equipment operator. MAJOR LYNDSAY G. PHILLIPS, Stephenville, is home on a 45 day leave after three years and .three months over- seas. He has been in the Pacific and wears campaign ribbons with 5 battle stars and the Bronze Star and cluster. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Phillips, Stephenville. MAJOR WALTER L. ROBERT was a visitor on the campus on July 27th. He en- tered the military service as a reserve officer in January, 1942, with the rank of 1st Lieutenant and has been a Major since Feb. 1945. He reported that he was on his fifth leave granted in preparation for overseas duty and he had about reached the point where he doubted whether he would ever go overseas. Mrs. Robert, the former Mary Frances Harris, and their two children, a son and a daughter, will make their home in Bryan while Major Robert is in overseas service. CAPT. GLENN MILLER feels confident that he will be with the boys on this Turkey Day and so writes for tickets from Russellsheim. . . .. HAROLD HART has been promoted to, CAPTAIN in the Marianas, according to word received by his wife, who lives at 202 Circle Drive, Dallas. Before entering the service, Cap- tain Hart was employed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He has been overseas since November 1943. MAJOR WOODROW M. “WOODIE” BELL, former Three I and Texas Lea- gue’s outfielder has been assigned as tactical inspector with Hqgs. Alaskan Divi- sion, Air Transport Command. Major Bell became the property o fthe St. Louis Browns, after leaving A. & M., and moved on to Ean Antonio wheer he was playing when he entered the service in July, 1941. During the off-season he was associated with the Sun Oil Co., as a petroleum en- gineer. Mrs. Bell makes her home at 1193 St., New Braunfels. LT. J. C. THOMPSON, JR. is with an Engineer Depot Co., APO 331, % Pm. San Francisco, Calif. . . . MAJOR RAYMOND HELPERT is in Tooele, Utah, Dugway Proving Grounds. . . .. LT. (ig) HUGH L. CLEARMAN is with the NAAS Diepensary, Beeville, Texas. At the time a card came to us from CAPT. CHARLES V. GAGE, APO 627, N. Y., asking for the address of SGT. JOE J. CLONTS, we did not know Joe’s whereabouts. Please note in this class column that such information has been received and is so printed. " SGT. JOE J. CLONTS, JR., returned to the States in October and may be ad- dressed at 1201 Washington Ave., Laredo, ‘Texas. He completed 50 missions on a Liberator with the 15th Air Force and was awarded the DFC Air Medal with four ‘Oak Leaf Clusters and the Presidential Unit Citation. 4 LT. COL. WILLIAM “BILL” TRABUE passed through College in July while on a 45-day leave home after 4 1-2 years in the Pacific. He expects to return to Manila. He reports seeing MAJOR RUFE BYNUM at Fort Sam, Hq. 4th Army, who sent re- gards to all his friends. . . . . . . LT. HERMAN YEZAK, recently honorably discharged from the Army was a campus visitor in July. He is State Representative for Robertson County. CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. COWAN, JR. of Stephenville, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic and meri- torious service throughout his combat career in Europe. He also participated in the Battle of the Rhineland and crossed the famous river late in March. While ‘billeting at Ammerchwihr, Alsace, Cap- tain Cowan moved cows out of a house and moved in 20 of his men into the cow’s former boudoir—the fireplace being the resting place for the smallest man in his outfit. Another loyal Aggie wife has joined the fold and Mrs. A. M. Shook, 1320 Convent Ave., Laredo, send the news that CAPT. AUSTEN M. SHOOK has been transferred ‘to the Inspector General’s Dept. and re- parted for overseas duty in the Pacific. Michael, the young son of the family, and Mrs. Shook are living at Laredo. Col. Robert M. Williams ROBERT M. WILLAMS has been pro- moted to the rank of full Colonel. He is commander of the 398th Inf. of the 100th Division in the 7th Army in Germany. He has eommanded the 398th since last De- cember when the regiment was assaulting the Maginot Line, strong point of Bitche, and continued in that capacity throughout the following 4 months of combat. A na- tive of Greenville, Col. Williams graduated in 1938 in Petroleum Engineering and en- tered the Regular Army. Mrs. Williams is living at Columbia, S. C. It is believed that Col. Williams is the youngest A. & M. men ever to reach that rank. After serving 31 months as a member of a coast artillery corps unti in the Eu- ropean Theatre, MAJOR TOM B. STRO- THER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Strother, of Anna, Taxes, has been re- turned to the U. S. Major Strother holds the Bronze Star medal and the European campaign ribbon with four battle stars. CAPTAIN A. B. NORTON is assigned to the St. Louis Ordnane District, 3663 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, 8, Mo. PRIVATE HENRY F. POTTHAST is overseas, APO 11759, N. Y. . . .The Broze Star has been awarded to CAPT. RALPH W. PARKER for performance of duty in Germany. His home is in Texarkana. . . . EMILE B. DUBUISSON has changed his address to Box 1084, Bryan, fexos. vo Lv LT. yC0l.: Hi ROBERT ARCULARIUS is with a Bomber Com. in the Pacific. CAPT. FRANCIS M. SHERRIL, Rock- springs, Texas, has returned from 18 months overseas, He saw duty in Hawaii, Marshall Islands and Marianas, and par- ticipated in the campaign for Mandated Islands. He was married on July 18 to Miss Vera Belle Nichols, of Kerrville. . . . CAPT. J. RALEIGH JACKSON has been assigned as instructor to the Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Ga. LT. COL. THEODORE H, ANDREWS has changed his mailing address to Cald- well, Texas. . . . CAPT. WM. A. FRENCH, JR., is home after servin gwith the 2nd Division. His address is 1250 Miander, Abilene, Texas. . . . CAPT. WILLIAM B. COWAN, JR. has been awarded the Bronze Star for services in the European Theatre. Before entering service, he was vocationa lagriculture teacher at Paint Creek High School, Haskell. His parents, live en Stephenville Star Route, Stephen- | 1939 Capt. Robert M. Adams C.W.S. Repl. Pool Edgewood Asenal, Md. LT. JOHN A. “GOOBER” STANSELL is home after being a German prisoner of war for 14 months. He was captured in Jtaly during the battle of Salerno and liberated by the Russians just before V-E Day. His next assignment is unknown. . . _ LT. BEAL HARGROVE is located at Fannin. Corr. FREDERICK M. KAHN has transferred from Biloxi, Miss., to Keesler Field, Miss., Box 142, O. M. R. . .. MAJ. LUTHER W. GREGORY was promoted to that rank recently. He su all communications matters for the Army's Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia area. Before going into active service, Major Gregory was a radio engineer with +. 1, 1945 end \ > ¥ Le Westinghouse Electric Corp., Baltimore. APT. E. D. HRDLICKA, who has been overseas with the Second Division of the First Army in Europe, is at home in Bryan enjoying a 30-day leave with his wife and daughter and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hrdlicka. He will report to Camp Swift for re-assignment. Capt Hrdlicka has five campaign stars, the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and the Croix de Guere. SGT. JAMES M. COUNTS, former Fort Worth City Engineering Department em- ployee, has most of the comforts of home plus a Filipino houseboy in Luzon. Acting under directions from his brother, who is a county agent, Sgt. Counts is attempting gardening to the extent of planting green vegetables and Parker County watermel- ons. MAJOR ERNEST KEITH LANGFORD has been awarded the Bronze Star for services rendered in France and Germany. He is the son of Professor and Mrs. Ernest Langford, ’13, College Station... . . A recent letter from CAPT. EARL F. THOMAS, with an Airborne Division, re- ported seeing quite a bunch of Aggies at the French Riveria. Among those were MAJOR TONY KETTERSON, ’31, and MAJOR WALTER B. CAUGHRAN, ’42. » fast for J. G. “PETE” FRY, III, liaison officer with a field artillery unit, when he was promoted to the rank of CAPTAIN and awarded the Bronze Star Medal. His wife and their daughter Melinda live at No. 10 Park Hill Apartments, Fort Worth, 4, Texas... . . MAJOR PHILIP M. HUT- CHINS is serving in the Pacific. MAJOR JOHN W. STARK writes from Weilburg, Germany. He is Executive Of- ficer of a TD Group. LT. VINCENT C. WHITE, 1517 Jack- son, Amarillo, is home after two years and five months imprisonment in Ger- many. He was released on May 2, 1945, by an American patrol. The AGGIE extends sympathy to PAUL LAMONT FERGUSON in the recent death of his brother, Judge H. O. Ferguson, of Bryan. Paul is with the 7th Regional War Labor Board, Kansas City, Mo. He and his family live at 3234 Cypress Street in that city. CAPT. GEORGE. G. GRIMMER, Dallas, is a member of the 3156th Signal Service Company, which has been awarded a Mer- itorious Unit Plaque. Capt. Grimmer is now stationed in North Africa and has been overseas since January, 1943. 1st Lt. John R. C. McGowen Twice awarded the Silver Star for lead- ership of Alamo Scout patrols on hazard- ous missions in the Pacific, Lt. John R. C. McGowen has returned to the U. S. for reassignment. He spent nearly three and a half years overseas. He led 10 missions and took part in the preparation of many more. Wounded in the Philippines on one of his Scout team’s patrols, he also earned the Combat Infantryman Badge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Thompson, 2200 Lipscomb, Amarillo. CAPT. CARL H. SCHOLLE has return- ed from the Southwest Pacific wearing the Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon with five battle stars and the Philippine Lib- eration campaign ribbon. He served as a Veterinarian in . that theatre for 39 months. He and Mrs. Scholle are in Miami awaiting Capt. Scholle’s next assignment. CAPT. ROY L. DYE, JR. is on duty at APO 44, NYC. . . . LT. PAUL ‘A. SPAUGH is assigned to the 8th Nav. Dist., USN Tng. Cen., New Orleans, La. .... LT. BILL G. DEES is stationed at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, Okla., | with the 8rd Air Force, and lives at 1907 N. W. 10th St.,, Apt A, Oklahoma City, ....M/SGT. ROTH E. PARKER, APO 350, NYC. . . . LT. ERMON A. MIL- LER is a pilot with the ATC in the CBI Theater and reports flying over the Hump. His address is APO 433, NYC. . .CAPT. JACK W. CRAIG is assigned to the 261st AAFBU, CCTS-F, Abilene, Texas . . . . CAPT. JAMES W. TAYLOR is at the Camp Butner Conv. Hospital, Camp But- ner, N. C. ... LT. ROWLAND A. PREIS, JR., is stationed at Brooks Field, Texas, 2510 . B.« 'U.," San... H. .'. v5. | TZENOX M. LIGON, Box 238, Llano, Texas, reports on the Muster held in Llano. MAJOR CHARLES H. HUDSON, APO 126, NYC, is in Germany and has been in the ETO for 83 months. . . . CAPT. ROY D. THOMPSON, JR., is on Okinawa, APO 96, San Francisco. . . .CAPT. JAS. A. SCOFIELD, JR. is stationed at the RAAF, Roswell, N. M. . . . J. O. YAE- GER. 414 Lamar St., San Antonio, sends news of his brother, MAJOR WM. H. YAE- GER, JR., 37. ... EARL J. WENT- WORTH is employed by the Balcer En- gineering Co., 305 Moore Bldg., San Antonio, and makes his home at 305 Ada St., in that city. MAJOR JOHN M. COOK has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in February while directing an attack against Jap pillboxes in the Manila suburbs. Overseas for more than a year, Major Cook has also been awarded the Air Medal and the Bronze Star. Mrs. Cook is making her home in Columbus, Ga. LT. JOHN W. POTTS has returned from duty overseas and is now located at Birmingham, Ala., Dallas CWSD, 1320 Comer Bldg. . . CAPT. HARRY H. HALSELL gets mail through APO 447, NYG. ~ ox MAJOR FRANK FISHER- MAN, Big Spring, Texas, was recently promoted to that rank. He is at present in Italy and has been overseas since June, 1943. Major Fisherman wears the Med- iterranean Theater Ribbon with * three battle stars. . . . CAPT. K. S. KENNER- has returned to the States from overseas and is at present on duty at Fort Bliss, Texas, AAATC.' .: .. CAPT. EDWARD E. HAGAN, APO 726, Seattle, Washington. . . . N. A. MOORE, JR., 135 Furman, Apt. 8, Asheville, N. C., reports recently seeing MAJOR JOE P. MILLER, ’33, and LT. HARRY E. McDONALD, ’40. He says that LT. COMDR. JAMIE S. MORRIS, NATB, Barin Field, Pensa- cola, Fla., would like to have news of LT. JIMMY PRUGEL, APO 640, NYC.; CAPT. PERRY A. BEVILLE, APO 113, NYC.; and CAPT. TOMMY CLOPTON, APO 104, NYC. CAPT. JOHN C. RICE, JR., Munday, Texas, was one of the few men in his 31st Inf. Div. unit who completed an exhaust- ing 15-day “‘mop-up” push into the mountains in Midanao recently. Wounds, exhaustion or illness claimed two out of three of his men. . . .. . SGT. JOE T. MACEO is a member of the 382nd Bomb. Gp., Salina, Kan. LT. COL. ALVIN P. UTTERBACK, JR., APO 403, NYC, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Germany. He is with the Third Army and has been made Executive Officer of a Cav. Mech. Group. Mrs. Utterback is making her home in Brackettville, Texas. 1940 Capt. F. Max McCullar Box 652 Kingsville, Texas Births: CAPT. H. G. “JIGGS” HO- WARD, JR., L. L. NACHLINGER. Silver Taps: MAJOR CHARLES B. ADAMS. MAJOR D. B. “WOODIE” VARNER visited the campus in early August en- route with Mrs. Varner on a short trip to Houston. He has just returned {from Europe. Mrs. Varner and their son have been making their home at 1901 Ethel, Waco. Woodie’s next assignment is at Camp Cooke, Calif... LT, U. MM. ALEXANDER has been awarded the Bronze Star in the European theatre. His mother lives at 1109 Elmwood, Fort Worth, Texas. J. FRANK ROGERS was erroneously omitted from the list of contributors to the 1945 Development Fund. He has contribut- ed each year since the fund started. LT. J. W. HOLLAND, of Hezrne, has returned just recently from a Germany prison camp where he was interned after capture last October. He will soon go to Miami Beach for re-assignment. Lt. Promotions and awards came thick and] ; wg : y ¥ ad ] THE TEXAS AGGIE "Aggies In 2nd Infantry Division The 19 A. & M. men above are officers in the veteran 2nd Infantry Division which landed on Omaha Beach D plus 1 and earned 5 battle stars during the drive from Normandy into Central Europe. Most of them have been together since the Division was stationed at Fort Sam Houston during pre-war train- ing days and the majority of them have more than the prescribed 85 points. Left to right front row: Capt. John M. Stephens, ’41, Tyler; Capt. J. T. Noton, ’41, Austin; Lt. Col. F. G. Prutzman, ’37, Beaumont; Major Chas. R. Baugh, ’37, Dallas. Left to right second row: Capt. Paul J. Lemm, Jr. ’40, Brenham; 1st Lt. Jesse E. Fussell, ’41, San Huntington; Major H. N. Maples, ’40, Bonham. Augustine; Capt. Edward B. Hrdlicka, ’39, College Station; Capt. Herbert W. Hortung, ’37, San Antonio. Left to right third row: Major Carl A. Martin, Jr. 40, Menard; Major George D. Calloway, ’37, Bay City; Capt. Russell R. Riggs, ’41, Victoria; Lt. Col. Morris B. Montgomery, ’36, Richards; Capt. Joe A. Dickie, ’37, Woodson; Major Fred W. Valentino, ’41, Houston; Lt. Col. Tom C. Morriss, ’33, Waxahachie; Capt. John W. Fritts, 40, Beaumont; Lt. Robert B. Cockrell, ’42, Dallas; Capt. Robert L. Polard, ’42, Holland entered the service immediately after graduation. T/SGT. W. N. COLSON is stationed at Fort Sam Houston in the War Department Personnel Center. “FLOP”, as he is known to Campus folks, and his wife are living at the Grande Courts. APT. W. M. DUNCAN is home from the wars in Europe and stationed at Camp Swift, Texas. HQ, 2nd Inf. Div. Art. He and his wife and young daughter will re- side at Elgin, near Camp Swift. LT. WILLIAM A. HAMILTON, JR. has been moved to Camp Fukuoka on the Island of Honshu, Japan, according to in- formation received by his father, Mr. W. A. Hamilton, 5551 Monticello, Dallas. Lt. Hamilton was with the Coast Artillery in the Philippines when the war began and has been a prisoner for more than 3 years. He was moved from Manila to Camp Fukuoka in December on a ship that was torpedoed, but apparently was rescued and taken to Japan. MAJ. ARCHIE M. McFARLAND, APO 662, New Orleans, La., and LT. COL. CARL KUETCKE would like to hear from CH. PETTY OFFICER ARTHUR L. HARRIS. They sent congratulations to Class Agent Max McCullar for the good standing of the class in the 1945 Development Fund. The class ranked 7th among all classes and, in addition, Max won a hat from Bob Adams, ’39. i CAPT. CHARLES WILKINSON has re- turned to his home in Menard, after spend- ing 14 months in a German Prison Camp. After spending four years in the army HAROLD M. ANDERSON has returned to civilian life and may be addressed at San Angelo, Box 3823. . . . CAPT. H. G. HOWARD, JR., writes from overseas that he was wounded in Germany in April and at the time of writing was in the Hospital awaiting shipment home and would like for his mail to be sent to his home at Pleasanton, Texas. He has been awarded the Bronze Star. He mentions the arrival of a daughter in the Howard household but does not disclose her name. Major Fred C. Sandlin Fred Sandlin has been promoted to the rank of Major at the Santa Ana Army Air Field, Calif., where he is a specialist in repairs and utilities for the Supply and Maintenance Section.. Before being trans- ferred to the Western Flying Training Com- mand Headquarters, at Santa Ana, Major Sandlin served as Post Engineer at the Marfa Army Air Field, Marfa, Texas. He and his wife and 1l-months-old son are living at Corona del Mar, Calif. Mail addressed to MAJ. CHARLES R. McINTIRE, APO 520, N.Y.C.,, has been returned bearing the notation, ‘““Missing.” No details have been received. . . . CAPT. JIM DAVIS has been awarded the Silver Star in the Philippines for heroic action in the freeing of internees at the Santo Tomas prison. His wife and son are living at Plainview for the duration. LT. EWARD N. TILLEY has been as- signed to Fort Crook, Neb., after serving 33 months in the Pacific. . . . LT. JO- SEPH D. HINESLEY, APO 331, San Francisco, has been in the service for four years. The Association extends sympathy to him in the loss of his father on June 27. Lt. Hinesley was on Okinawa at the time he passed away. The Hinesley home address is 414 Brooks Drive, Corpus Christi .... CAPTAIN MAHLON B. HUFFMAN, a veteran of the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre has been assigned as a member of the staff and faculty of the F. A. School, Fort Sill. He is the son of Mrs. M. B. Huff- man, 5803 Gaston, Dallas. MAJOR ARCHIE M. McFARLAND has been assigned as Air Force Supply Office with headquarters in Panama. .. . MAJOR CHARLES A. BECKMAN is a squadron commander in a Bombardment Group sta- tioned at Great Bend, Kansas. . . . ~ JACK E. RUST is flying A-26’s from India to his new base. He reports a great time at the Muster held in his vicinity. . . CAPT. WILLIAM A. AKARD, JR, is in McCloskey Gen’l Hospital, Temple, after being wounded on Luzon on April 22. His outfit ,the 87th Div. fought in Manila. Capt. Akard spent 8 years in the Pacific. His home is at Grapevine, Texas. . . . L. L. NACHLINGER is still traveling around the country but claims 1301 Woods- wether Rd., Kansas City, 6, Mo., as his home. He is quite proud of a son born on June 8. FRANK R. DUKE, Major, has retired and living at Livingston, Texas. . . . WILLAM J. HAUSER is quite busy at Kelly Field in public health work. His address is 322 S. Presa, San Antonio. . . . DR. WILLIAM A. BELCHER is living at Bracketville, Texas. . . . . The Asso- ciation Office appreciates a most inter- esting letter from LT. WELLINGTON C. CORNELL written from Luzon giving the names of the different Aggies he had run across in that section. A/S G. P. “GEEP” RHOTEN is an instructor in the Electronics School, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Corpus . « « « Mrs. FRANCIS M. McCULLAR, wife of CAPTAIN FRANCIS “MAX” Mec- CULLAR promises to keep us posted on news about Max while he is overseas. Mrs. McCullar is living at Kingsville, Texas. . . fo J HN F. LYONS is in the Har- mon Gen. Hospital, Lonview, Texas. CAPT. SAM J. DWYER, JR., El Paso, Texas, was liberated from a German prison camp on May 2 and, after re- cuperating in an American hospital in Europe, was returned to the States. Capt. reported a prisoner of the Germans. He is the son of ‘Sam J. Dwyer, El Paso. LT. (jg) D. L. DROW, 1012 San Pedro Ave., San Antonio, has been in the Paci- fic for 20 months and is being returned to the States. He reports a good Muster on New Caledonia. . . . CAPT. CLINTON D. MIMS, PMGRP, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. ... CAPT. CHARLES B. ADAMS is on duty at APO 712, San Francisco. . . . JOHN L. WARD is employed by USDA, Bureau Entomology and Plant Quaran- tine, Div. Foreign Plant Quarantines, 907 Pere Marquette Bldg., New Orleans, La., and makes his home at 2110 Selma St., in" that ‘eity. i. LE. HAROLD © M. ANDERSON recently arrived at the 4th Air Force’s Army Air Field at Mountain Home, Idaho. MAJOR RAYMOND P. KETELSEN, Houston, has been awarded the Distin- achievement while participating in sus- tained bomber combat operations over Germany. A veteran bomber pilot, Maj. Ketelsen was previously awarded the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters. Maj. Ketelsen entered the Air Force in Nov., 1940, and since his arrival in the ETO in June, 1943, has completed 30 combat operations as lead pilot on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Mrs. Ketelsen is making her home at 2630 Rosedale, Houston. LT. JAMES R. “BOB” DAVIS, APO 374, NYC, reports working with LT. W. M. ADKISSON, °43, and having seen CAPT. G. L. SMITH, ’42, and LT. BALL, 43. . . . . CAPT. JOHN V. McCALL, San Antonio, is at the 4th Air Force's Army Air Field, Mountain Home, Idaho. .. . CAPT. BRUCE G. KEITH is assigned to the Engr. Repl. Pool, ASF Tng. Cen., E Camp Claiborne, La. ... . 5 . . SCHILLER, JR., USNR, gets mail ¢ FPO, San Francisco. . . .CAPT. CHAR- LES W. ZAHN, Box 62, 87583 Elm St., Hapeville, Ga., has received a letter of conmmendation from the Quartermaster General for outstanding work in super- vising inspection of poultry in the North Georgia freeze area. . . . . . FRAN- CIS O. CANTINI is at present in England, APO 90, NYC. CAPT. J. W. WALKER, 1202 Central Terminal Bldg., Buffalo 12, NY, returned from overseas duty last September and is at present assigned as Asst. District Vet., District 4, 2nd Service Command, Buffalo. . +... MAJOR CARL E. TAYLOR, 444th AAFBU, Daggett, Calif., expects to leave soon for Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. to at- tend C&GS School. . . . LT. ROB D. TRIMBLE, JR., 804 W. 6th St., Tyler, Texas. . . . DEE S. FINLEY, APO 690-3, NYC, has been promoted to the rank of Capt. He is somewhere in India. . . . LT. WILLIAM B. BAYLESS is at McCloskey Gen. Hosp., Temple, Texas, recovering from shrapnel wounds received in France in November. . . . . MAJOR C. ROGER SPARRA, APO 403, NYC, is commanding a Field Artillery Battalion which has been commended several times for its record, Major Sparra holds the Bronze Star Medal and the Silver Star Medal. LT. VESTAL H. CARAWAY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Caraway, 1702 Win- bern St., Houston, arrived in the States in June after liberation from a German prisoner of war camp on May 1. Lt. Cara- way entered the Air Corps in November, 1940, receiving his wings as bombardier on a B-24 Liberator in April, 1943. He was sent overseas in September and saw extensive service with the 15th Air Force before being shot down over Italy in December, 1943, and captured by the Germans. CAPT. WARNER M. BRUNDRETT re- quests a change of address to APO 493, NYC. . . . CAPT. JERRY H. BUTLER is now stationed at the Great Bend, Kan., Army Air Field, where he is bombardier of a combat crew. Capt. and Mrs. Butler and their son are making their home at 2545 Broadway, Great Bend. . . . . SGT. JAMES G. DENTON requests a change of address to APO 902, San Fran- cisco. He is at present on Okinawa. . . . LT. CHARLES L. WILBORN, APO 70, San Francisco. . . . . MAJOR JAMES 1. HOPKINS, APO 247, San Francisco, is stationed on Tinian and reports having seen LT. JAMES McKEE, 41. . . LT. L. B. MARTIN has gone overseas, APO 446, NYC. . .. W. S. GOODLETT, JR., has been transferred to the Soil Conservation Serv. at Mineral Wells, Texas, and is living in the Crazy Hotel. . . . JAMES B. GIBSON, AerM 1/c, is at the Nav. Air Sta., Whidbey Island, Wash., Box BA, Aerology. . . . WALLACE B. STAF- FORD, JR., Summerfield, N. C. 1941 Capt. Tom B. Richey APO 201, c/o PM. San Francisco, Calif. Wedding Bells: WILLIAM EDWARD SMITH. Proud Papa: CAPT. WILLIAM T. DINWIDDIE. While serving with the Seventh Army, in Germany, CAPT. RALPH W. PARKER was awarded the Bronze Star. He has been overseas since August 1943 and has earned five battle stars, two in Italy and three in France and Germany. His home address is 655 Robinson Court, Texarkana, Texas. .. . LT. ROLLIN J. TILTON, home after 14 months with the 5th Armored Division, doing front line ordnance repair work, was an August visitor in the sociation Office. In his same battalion were the following A. & M. men: LT. W. J. McBRIDE, CAPT. R. L. McSPADDEN, LT. BILL “MUFFINHEAD” ROGERS, LT. ZACK MITCHELL, LT. EARL LEWIS, and LT. JAMES PETTIGREW, all of the Class of ’42. Lt. Tilton’s present address is Box 345, Benavides, Texas. HENRY L. LITCHFIELD has been re- leased from the Air Corps following four years service. He was a fighter pilot in the ETO. He has plans to enter business in Dallas but at the present is getting his mail at P. O. Box 370, Houston 1, Texas. CAPT. GABE D. ANDERSON, Farwell, Texas, has returned from the European theatre after serving 27 months as a Bat- tery Commander. While there he was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the European campaign ribbon with six battle stars. LT. PRESTON M. BOLTON, son of Dean and Mrs. F. C. Bolton, College Sta- guished Flying Cross for extraordinary Lt. Bolton was awarded the Bronze Star. LT. PAUL G. HAINES, JR. has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthum- ously, according to information sent to MR. AND MRS. PAUL G. HAINES, SR., ’17, Bryan, Texas. . . . FRANK R. LEWIS has recently been promoted to the rank of MAJOR and is stationed at Camp Robinson, Ark. CAPT, ANDREW DOWNS, after serv- ing 10 months with a Bomb. Grp., 8th Air, has returned for a visit to his home 215 Avondale Ave., San Antonio. His next assignment is unknown. Capt. Downs was a visitor in the Association Office in early August, T/Sgt. Lyman B. Campbell T/Sgt. Lyman B. Campbell is shown being decorated with the Bronze Star at a ceremony at a China Air Base. This award was given for outstanding services rendered with the “Flying Tigers’ in China. Before entering the service in 1942, Sgt. Campbell was engaged in farming and ranching at Matador, Texas, where his wife and their son, and parents reside. Stationed a Wright Field, Box 1361, Hdgs., ATSC, Dayton, Ohio, BEN H. ROBERTS has been promoted to the rank of LT. COL. Mrs. Roberts and their son make their home in Dayton. . . . LT. CHARLES J. WOLFER, on Luzon, is hunting an address for CLARENCE L. KORTH. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of said KORTH, please advise the As- sociation Office. CAPT. JOHN L. KENT is in Manila. CAPT. ROBERT B. GALT, Btry. A, 173rd C. A. Bn., Ft. Funston, Calif., writes that he recently attended an Aggie meet- ing in San Francisco, the first since he left school. He also reported seeing LT. FRANK L. THOMPSON, ’41, in town for a few days from a nearby hospital where he is receiving treatment for wounds suf- fered in Luzon. . . . PFC. M. M. ECHOLS, Sad. No. E, P. A. A. F., Pampa is one of the Echols brothers—one being CAPT. W. W. ECHOLS, ’36, who has returned to the Pacific for his second tour of duty and the other being LT. D. D. ECHOLS, ’42 at Ft. Sill. LT. GEORGE FUERMANN, 95th Divi- sion Public Relations Ofice, is back in the U. S. RAYMOND J. BERGER has been pro- moted to LT, COL. according to word re- ceived by his wife, who lives at 3809 Tella, Dallas, Texas. Col. Berger was a bomber pilot and squadron commander in the Ninth Air Force and had completed 62 combat missions before hostilities ceased in France. WILLIAM B. PIERCE has been pro- moted to CAPTAIN and awarded the Sil- ver Star for outstanding services rendered in Austria, His parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Pierce living at Irving, Texas, and his wife is employed at Fort Benning, Ga. where he was stationed before going over- seas. Together in the Pacific-toughened 25th Division since the Solomons Islands cam- paign, the two SHIELS brothers now hold equal ranks—MAJOR EUGENE SHIELS recently promoted to that rank, in addi- tion to receiving the Oak Leaf Cluster, and MAJOR R. T. SHIELS, JR., ’40, who holds the Silver Star. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Shiels, Sr., ’10, 602 Brookside Drive, Dallas. LT. LUTHER L. ADAMS, North Zulch, Texas, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. Lt Adams, at present in the Philippines, en- tered the services in August, 1942, and went overseas in June, 1943. Mrs. Adams is living in Houston. L. W. CASON spent three weeks on the campus in July attending a special Graduate Poultry Course given by the sev- eral Poultry Departments of the College. He is teaching vocational agriculture at Era in Cooke County, Texas. LT. REN A. SLADOVNIK, of Bartlett, has been a patient at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, for some time. His mail- ing address is Ward 118A, McCloskey Gen- eral Hospital. He served with the 359th Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division in Germany. He was recently awarded the Sil- ver Star. CAPTAIN ROSS H. CORLETT, JR., son of Ross Corlett, Sr., Wichita Falls, ’11, was awarded the Bronze Star for services rendered in the Southwest Pacific. CAPTAIN JOHN C. BRAY, Command- ing Officer of the 819th Amphibian Truck Co., has been awarded the Bronze Star for service rendered in Germany. He has participated in five campaigns against the enemy in Europe. Mrs. Bray lives at 2510 Roanoke Ave., Dalles. . . . Congratulations to REX B. GREY for his promotion to CAPTAIN. He is now working on Jet airplanes at Wright Field, and may be addressed at Box 658, Area A, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. . . . . CAPT. LEWIS J. NELSON is at the GLO School, Key Field, Meridian, . CAPT. JOHN B. DU BOSE is ‘with a Gun Bn., APO 758, % Pm. New York e . . While serving in Italy with the Fifth Army, JAMES F. SCHEUMACK was recently promoted to the rank of MAJOR. Formerly adjutant, platoon commander, company commander and operations offi- cer, he is now Executive Officer in the 401st Engineer Battalion. He is a brother of CAPT. POWELL SCHEUMACK, '48. It is now MAJOR GRAHAM B. PUR- CELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Pur- Dwyer was first reported missing in ac- tion in Belgium since Jan. 16, and later I : L i Js 3 i Ph IR EEA ER TR Ea BA a LAN CFT MN eR TR tion, has arived back home on a 30-day redeployment furlough. While! in Europe EW ei ALY ely 8 Ls oy a cell, Archer City. Formerly a platoon 142245 at SLA it ne leader in a horse cavalry regiment, Purcell is assistant staff officer in Hda. IV Corps. His wife lives at 720 North Treat Ave., Tucson, Ariz. . . . BEN N. ROBERTS, in the air technical com- mand, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, has been promoted to LT. COL. Prior to go- ing into service, he worked for Inter- national Harvester Company in St. Jo- seph, Mo. : STAFF SGT. RAY L. CURE and CPL. BILLIE A. NEWMAN, “AG” graduates, were two of the four Texas men chosen to hold key positions in an experiment which promises relief from ‘“C’ rations for the men in the Pacific. The method is known as hydroponics and involves growing plants without soil by using a nutrient solution. LT. FRANK K. CuURTNEY requests a change of address to APO 503, San Francisco. . . . LT. WALTER J. Mec- AULEY TSCEP-5F, Hq. ATSC, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, recently returned- to the States from overseas duty and is in Fighter Flight Test at Dayton. Lt. Me- Auley saw extensive overseas service in Italy, North Africa, China and India. . . . LT. HERMAN F. MYATT is assigned to 556th AAFBU, Ferrying Div., Long Beach, Calif. . . . LT. WILLIAM H. PATTON, Course, Cl. 40 (Ad.), Camp Lee, I CAPT. TOM M. HAGOOD, JR. assigned to Hq. 11th Bn., BTS, Ft. Lewis, Wash. . . . ROY F. ECKERT gets mail in Box 301, Buruingame, Calif. ... . LT. KAY K. COX, APO 339, NYC, landed in the ETO in Dec., 1943, spent about six months in England and then landed in Normandy on D plus 9. He is with the 1st Army and at present in Germany. CAPT. ELMO B. KYZAR has been transferred to Camp Callan, Calif., where he is assigned to Hq XXXVI Corps, IGD. . « +» LT. ROSS B. CASHION, JR., on temporary duty overseas, is at present in Hawaii, APO 953, San Francisco. . . . ENS. W. J. DAVIS, USNR, ¢% FPO, New Orleans, La., has mail sent to Winters, Texas. . . . MAJOR CHARLES B. CHRISTIAN, 1442 22nd Ave., Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . CPL. VINCENT B. MAZZARA is on duty at APO 72, San Francisco. . . J. P. GILES, JR., Henderson, Texas, has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. in the Field Artillery. Col. Giles entered the service in Sept., 1941, and went overseas in April, 1943. With the famous 36th Div- ision, Col. Giles has seen active duty in North Africa, Italy, Southern France, and Germany. He holds a Divisional Citation and the Legion of Merit citation. June 13, 1945 is Dear Classmates: We are still here in the Philippines, and of course sweating the points. Who isn’t? One of the men with no more than I put it this way, “All I need to make me happy is a coupla Kids to call me pappy.” Letter writing time sure “snuck” up on me this time—hope this makes the press. I certainly enjoyed a letter from Mack Wilson, who is over across the China Sea (guess that’s between here and China); so I am going to share it with you. Recently I spent a few days with Bob Langford and ‘Rusty’ Coward down in New Guinea. The' Air Corps was mighty kind to this old foot soldier. I saw Ran- som Kenny and H. S. Mogsford, both ’42, down there, too, and they look fine. Ed. Whitney wrote me from the Mari- annas. “Eli” has been enjoying Browns- ville , Tex., up until now, but they got him off his chair. George Motz is here on the island with me, but too far away to see right now. Maybe we'll get to- gether soon. I am enclosing a nice, newsy letter from Lloyd Mayfield. He's had some darn hard luck. I'll let you read about it in his letter. Hope you made Brooke Gen- eral Hosp., Lloyd. That ‘“tow-headed’’ son should be pretty proud of his “pop”. I'd better not close without including these addresses: Capt. George Motz, APO 70, San Francisco; Capt. Edward P. Whitney, APO 246, San Frahcisco; Lt. W. L. Mayfield, APO 772, New York (Lloyd is probably at home now); Capt. Robert I. Langford, APO 323, San Fran- risco; Capt. A. Coward, APO 920, San Francisco; Lt. H. S. Mogsford, APO 920, San Francisco; Capt. Ransom Ken- ny, APO 565, San Francisco; Pfc. Mack R. Wilson, APO 210, New York; Pvt. Edward Aaron, APO 2, New York; and Capt. W. F. Silvey, APO 922, San Fran- cisco. Time to draw this to a close, so take care of yourselves wherever you are men, and don’t forget our get-to-gether back at College some fine day. Sincerely Tom Richey March 30, 1945 Somewhere in China Dear Tom: X Thanks for the last class letter. I left the States in October, ’44, for India, thence to China. Ran into T/S Preston Ingram, of the old Aggie F. A., and Pfec. B. W. Clyatt. Have met Capt. Ruel Guinn, who was just passing through. It will be seven years tomorrow since our last April Fools Day which I know none of us will ever forget. : I am still single and nothing inview along that line. I think the class letter is a grand idea, and the only better thing I can think about is the day when we can all get together again for a class reunion. Mack R. Wilson April 2, 1945 Dear Tom: Your interesting class letter has just reached me and really helped cheer me up. Then, too, I've been wanting addresses so I can do all that writing I’ve often planned to do and never got around to. You are plenty busy now days to say the least. My outfit is finally the last one into Germany across the Rhine, but I’m here on an enforced rest! Just 6 weeks ago tomorrow I got hit by a Jerry AP slug that went up through my seat, flak pad, wallet, and lodged in my upper femur. Luckily I wasn’t too far from my station so managed to set my little ‘‘Superfort”, as you call ’em, down intact. Now I've spent about half the required . time in traction and after the remainder I go into a cast for travel- ling back to Texas—Ft. Sam if I'm lucky. I read in the Aggie that Lee Rice was there in Brooke Hosp., which is only 3 miles from my folks’ home. Major Bob Myers was my Asst. Army Air Officer, but I didn’t last long enough to see Focke, Giles, or any of the rest. I did get to visit Bob a few times and had quite a party one Sat. nite. Now you know I wasn’t so bulletproof any more than my armored seat pad. I was sorry to read about Abe Kahn's death—I can remember taking Fish Chem- istry with him and Tom Powers. I often wonder what became of Bob Alexander since I haven’t noticed his name in the Aggie. I hear that Graham Purcell is over here as Capt. in a tank or reconnais- sance outfit, and has some decoration or star. My “old lady’, H. J. Richards, is with the 7th Armd. Div.,, so is deep into Germany now. My ex-roomie, Hervey Hut- chins, is a Capt—engineering officer for a squadron of B-29’s out your way. He's a recent proud father—H. S. H. IV! He wrote about flying all the way to Texas for the arrival of his son. He mentioned seeing Capt. Wally Crain with the ATC out there in the Far Pacific. I saw Earle Shields at POE. He's a proud papa and Bn. S-3 up for majority. Ralph Parker wrote early in Dec., that he was B. C. of an Observation Btry. but haven’t heard from him since. I hope that wasn’t his outfit that was captured and slaughtered in mid-December. Last April I was at Ft. Sill for the Muster and naturally knew most of the gang. Gus Worthington turned up there at Sill after his experiences—getting sent to Australia instead of Manila in Deec., ’41, and serving with the Port Bn. in New Guinea. I wrote Bill Becker out there and hope it reaches him. Will hold down Texas if I get there. Best of luck. Lt. W. Lloyd Mayfield P. S. Oh, yes, forgot to mention that I have a little tow-headed son a little over a year old who is with his mother in anil IMD Capt. James B. Hervey APO 953, c/o Pm. San Francisco, Calif. ; a Bells: JORGE ARTURO VILL- AMI. Proud Papas: LT. LESLIE G. CAR- RUTH, SGT. GLENN TAYLOR, JR. Silver Taps: CAPT. JACK E. GOLD » Within the space of one week CAPT. LOUIS A. ,- JR., fought Ger- mans in Czechoslovakia, disappeared, was Ww reported missing in action, then reported captured, then liberated and finally it was Major being captured. In the army s Capt. Larrey is at present recupera an English hospital. Mrs. Larrey is m her home in San Antonio. . . . BILLYE J. HINSON, Frankston, Texas, had a part in Germany's defeat while fly- ing :15 missions as pilot of a B-17 Fly Fortress of the 8th Air Force. He holds the Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cl MH for ‘‘meritorious achievement’ during » squadron. CAPT. HENRY M. Texas, was recently awarded the Bronze Bertram. . Flying Tigers LTS. JESSE A, TEAGUE, Bellevue, and LEWIS B. SMITH, right, of Houston, are serving together with the squardron of the Flying Tigers, 14th Air month in service in China and has flown 19 combat missions against the Japs. Lt. Smith has flown 34 combat missions. CAPT. ROBERT K. KOELLING, Cen- Air Force in Italy. He completed 50 mis- sions. oh assigned to Co. C, 18th Bn., 8th Regt., Ft. overseas for almost 2 years, is now sta- tioned at Camp Hood, Texas, Co. B, 150th Inf., 91st: Regt., IRTC. . . ." LT. (2) JOHN S. SAXON, USN, gets mail Gen. Del.,, Pensacola, Fla. . . . LT. GEORGE E. COFFEY, Officer Bn., Bldg. 507, USA Conv. Hosp., Camp Carson, Colo. . . . LT. E. E. WRIGHT, APO 149, NYC, reports that the biggest thrill of the April 21 Muster at Paris was a reunion with his whom he hadn’t seen for some time. EDWIN F. THOMAS, ¢% Navy Fleet Pm., San Francisco, would like to have the S. Bonner, Tyler, Texas; and LT. JONES F. WEBB, who is at KAAF, Box 84, Kingman, Ariz. . . LT. WALTER R. PANKEY, JR., gets mail through APO 230, NYC. He holds the Bronze Star for action in Germany. .. . LT. HOWARD T. CHANG requests a change of ad- dress to APO 430, NYC. . . . LT. ROBT. L. SMOCK received his commision at Ft. Benning, Ga., in April and is at present assigned to Co. D, 155 Bn., 92 Regt., IRTC, Camp Hood, Texas. He reports that JOHN W. COOPER, III, ’46, and GLEN GAL- LOWAY went through OCS with him . . . JOSEPH H. HALL is County Agric. Agent, Houston, Texas. LT. GEORGE P. KELLY, recently re- turned to the States after 7 months in England with a P-51 Group, is at LVAAF, Las Vegas, Nev., but reports that he has volunteered for a second combat tour. . . . CAPT. TERRY THRIFT, JR., APO 408, NYC, reports seeing CAPT. BRUNDRETT in Holland recently and hears regularly from MAJOR CEDRIC LANDON, somewhere in Italy. .. . CAPT. JEAN C. ERXLEBEN, APO 842, NYC ....LT. JACK J. FORMAN requests a change of address to APO 765, NYC. . . . CAPT. WINSTON G. SMITH has re- turned to the States after 18 months of overseas duty and is at present assigned to the Base Ord. Office, CAAB, Columbia, member of Sqdn. P, Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. 339, NYC. . ENS. JOHN S. STIFF gets mail ¢ FPO, San Francisco. . . . LT. JEROME D. HARDNG, APO 140, NYC, expects to be home soon. . . . LT. MARK G. GOODE, APO 758,, NYC. . . . LT. DAVID F. RODDY, APO 655, NYC, reports CAPT. ERNEST R. KEETON, ’41, in the same battalion. . . . PVT. CARL C. CONLEY is on duty at APO 742, NYC.".". . CAPT. JAMES L. WILSON is in Germany, APO 403, NYC . - .. LT. GORDON H. GROTE, APO 952, San Francisco. . . . ENS. GUY F. MAIN, USNR, is at the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Fla. ... , LT. JAMES C. RIVEN- BARE. is on duty at APO 322-1, San rancisco. . . . S/SGT. HOM H. LYNCH writes from Germany, eR 872, NYC. . . . LT. SIDNEY W. HERZIK is Ft. Ord, Calif. LT. JOE B. NASH. USMCR, is in Ward 23, U. S. Navy Hosp., Norman, Okla. He and Mrs. Nash are the proud parents of a daughter born in May . . . . CAPT. GARTH W. RAMSEL, APO 339, NYC. . LT. LEONARD S. JOERIS Abilene, is 2 CAPT. J. M. CUNNINGHAM, Whitesboro, Texas, was seriously wounded recently while saving a company of men from an- nihilation, and is at present recovering in a hospital in Manila. Capt. Cunningham Continued on Page & Apme-Raye Edited to fit the diversity in crops and livestock of the Southwest Sunbelt Frank A. Briggs, Editor A. B. Kennerly ’27, Associate Editor Walter F. Schultz, Associate Editor Texas 522 Barziza St., Houston, Tex. 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