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~r “last March. . He will report to San Antonio i A - a 5d oes ‘MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, ‘Among : A & M MEN Continued from Page 2 seas. He is anxious to catch up with Aggie " news and wants a handful of football tickets. . ; a : LT. L. L. MEDLOCK is in Harmon Gen- eral Hospital, Longview, Ward A-14. He was injured in France. MAJOR JAMES A. MARTIN is with the ASFTC, Military Sec., Indiantown Gap, ‘Pa. ... . ... .MAJOR HENRY M. ~QUALTROUGH has returned from the ETO and is with the 4th T. D. Grp., Fort Jackson, S.:C. 5.7% + LT. ;COL.<H. 8 TNRNER, JR., has changed his address to 2805-8th Street, Arlington, Va. Former yell leader for the Aggies in 1935, DR. L. M. “LITTLE JOCKO” 'RO- BERTS was a recent campus visitor. He hs just been released from the service after serving since 1942. Dr. Roberts re- ceived his Doctrate at Yale and plans to return for a refresher course before ac- cepting one of the several offers he has received. While in service he flew in the ETO but flak caused his plane to land in Switzerland where he was interned until Capt. W. A. Ruhmann APO 45, c/o PM. New York, N. Y. ALBERT EARL VOELKEL was promo- ted to the rank of MAJOR in April and has been overseas 17 months. His address is DBS, G-3 Section, APO 772, ¢% Pm., New York, N. Y. Mrs. Voelkel is living in San Antonio. CAPT. and MRS. JACK BOLING were campus visitors in late August. Capt. Bo- ling is stationed at Camp Livingston, La., an dtheir home address is 906 N. 5th St., Temple, Texas. . COL. DOYLE R. YARDLEY, of Ray- ~mondville, Texas, escaped prisoner of war and commanding officer of a parachute battalion that participated in the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy, has com- pleted a lecture tour of Central and South ‘American countries, arranged by the Mili- tary Mission Division of the Caribbean Defense Command and is at home on leave. Col. Yardley spent 17 months of im- prisonment in the German prison camp Oflag 64, Szubin, Poland. Among his deco- rations are: American Defense Ribbon, European Theater of Operations Ribbon with three battle stars, American Theater of Operations Ribbon, Combat Infantry- man Badge, Bronze Star, the Presidential Unit Citation and the Purple Heart. ~ WALLIS H. AIRHART has assumed his new duties as adminstrative officer of the AAA in McKinney. For the past 8 years he has served in the same capacity for Palo Pinto County. : _ P. MUNZ is teaching industrial arts at Alvin High School. He spent two years doing aviaition engine overhaul work for . the navy. Mr. and Mrs. Munz have an 8 months old daughter, Marianne. MAJOR J. D. SMITH has been re- leased from the Army Air Force and re- cently bought a home at 1709 Brun St., Houston, where he is residing with his wife and two young sons. He i sengaged in the oil business with his father, TRA- VIS L. SMITH. JR. ’98. He was on active duty for 52 months. 3 “DICK” CONNOLLY DR. EDGAR A. GRIST has besn-ap e. JR., is Ex. Off. of his company in, the Pacific . . . . MAJOR WM. G. BURNETT, Texas. K. F. ROBINSON is in Mexia now and “getting ‘his mail at 812 E. Commerce St. _. .. Mrs. Irvin B. Murray, Scurry, Tex- as, sends in her husband’s gife to the Development Fund while he is in Troyes, France. CAPT. MURRAY ‘has been over- seas for some time. F5- A mild complaint comes in from MA- JOR ASA B. GIBBS, Box 151, Kelly Field, San Antonia, because we have had him listed with the ’34 Class. He is properly listed now and all is forgiven . The . S. A. really looks good to MAJOR JESSE W. VOLLENTINE, JR., now at home from overseas duty, at 246 W. Homestead, Medina, Ohio. 1938 Capt. John H. Bone APO 2117, ¢/o P. M. San Francisco, Calif. Silver Taps: LT. WILLIAM M. TAY- LOR, JR.; MAJOR JOE G. TURNER. Wedding Bells: CAPT. FRANCIS M. SHERRILL. : MAJOR EVERETT C. CLARK, JR., is back from 33 months spent in the Persian Gulf Command. Following his leave spent in Oklahoma City with his wife and daughter, he will report to his new as- signment at Htar. Army Ground Forces, S. I. S. Section, Army War College, Wash- ington, 25, D. C. CAPT. NOBLE D. JONES, Grogan Ho- tel, Quitman, was accompanied by his wife for a visit to the campus In early Septemebr. Capt. Jones served two years in the Southwest Pacific flying P-27kh in the Southwest Pacific flying P-4T’s, and P-51’s, and has 200 missions to his credit. for re- asisgnment. A CAPT. WALTER W. GLASS, JR, is a doctor stationed at Harmon General Hos- pital and may be addressed Box 87, % Harmon Gen’l Hospital, Longview, Texas .. .. LT. FRANKLIN H. DENNIS has changed his address to 604 Pearl St. Fayetteville, N. C. 3 ENSIGN PAUL D. BROUSSARD, now in the Pacific, has moved that he and his AGGIE have missed con- nections. ’ At a ceremony held at Wiesbaden, COL. NATHAN R. CLARK, of Burleson, was awarded the Bronze Star. Col. Clark served in the personnel section of 12th Army Group Headquarters. LT. COL. CHARLES E. .GREGORY was a reeent campus visitor enroute to a temporary station at Sioux Falls, S. D., following his return from Italy where he served with the 15th Air Force. His pre- sent mailing address is 802 Kipling St., Houston, 6. He reported seeing MAJ OR WILL E. HUBBARD just before leaving Italy and saw LT. BUCK MORAN, ’86, just recently in Houston. A While LEROY E. JOYNER, JR. is erving as an ENSIGN aboard an LCT, stationed in the Okinawa area, his wife, Mrs. Edith Joyner, Hugo, Okla., keeps the ‘Association Office posted on his progress. A LT. JAMES D. CARTER’s address is Co. A., 170th Bn., 96th Regt., IRTC, Camp Hood, Texas... .-. . LT. COL. FRANK GILCHRIST has returned from overseas and is getting his mail at 5450 McCom- mas, Dallas 6, Texas. MAJOR WHEELER H. HUNT, enroute from the ETO, sends in his gift to the Development Fund and his home mailing address of Crystal City, Texas. . . . A D. THORNTON has changed his address to 4912 Gaston, Dallas 6, Texas. CAPT. WARREN E. CHURCH is located a tthe Officer's Mail Sec., AAB, Gulfport, Miss. - vs MAJOR’ WILLARD 'E. SIMPSON is Area Engineer with his out- fit somewhere in Turkey. He has been in all parts of North Africa and the Middle East since November, 1942. His address is 1271 AAF Base Unit, NAPDATC, APO 788, ¢% Pm., New York, N. Y. LT. (jg) BOB S. SMITH is now with the Hydrographic Dept., of Air Navigation Office of the Pacific Air Fleet, according to Mrs. Smith, 521 East 6th Ave. Belton, Texas. . . . . CAPT. DAVE C. TERMIN, JR., is with the 97st Cav. Recon. Sa., AP 464, ¢ Pm., New York. N. Y. : 1939 Capt. Robert M. Adams C.W.S. Repl. Pool Edgewood Asenal, Md, Wedding Bells: LT. JOHN THOMAS BURKES, JR. Proud Papas: LT. THOMAS G. ATLEE, JR.: HERMAN J. HOFFMAN; MAJOR L. L. GADDIS. MAJOR G. PAT EASLEY, Caldwell, is Se rR i ar a RES CV TRS around so much" Johns, RTE a i > 1] THE TEXAS cali ct At Figg ob od rt Jialig) v > ~ 1945 stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., after 38 months service in New Guinea and Aus- tralia. i CAPT. JACK L. FUGATE is in Ward B-15, Harmon General Hospital, Long- view, following an injury in Germany. T/SGT. WADE F. LOWE is in the Per- sonnel Office, McCloskey Gen’l Hospital, Temple. . . . For service as a staff pilot with the 6th Photographic Reconnaisance Group, with the 5th Air Force, MAJOR ORVILLE L. COUNSELMAN has been awarded the DFC and the Air Medal with three clusters. He was employed as an as- sistant district engineer for the Magnolia Pet. Co., in allas, before enlisting in 1941. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Counselman, Summerfield, Texas. MAJOR KARL K. STEFFENS, of Bra- dy, has recently been assigned as As- sistant Operations Officer of the 7th Fighter Wing in the Hawaiian Islands. He was formerly at the De Ridder Army Air Base in Louisiana. Mrs. Steffens and their son are residing in Coleman. LT. COMDR. JAMIE S. MORRIS is stationed at Barinfield, NAT-B, Pensacola, Fla. He reported MAJOR EDWIN HA- MILTON, ’36, having just submitted to an operation on his hip and is in the Navy Hospital, Oakland, Calif. CAPT. WILLIAM E. JAUER, WRATSC, Supply Division, Robins Field, 1, Ga., ex- pects to be released from active duty soon. W. H. LEGRAND, son of Mrs. A. L. Huebner,” Bryan, Texas, will leave soon for Kuwait on the Persian Gulf where he will be employed as Petroleum engineer for the Kuwait Oil Co. For the past five years he has been employed as field production engineer for the Gulf Refining Company with headquarters at Buras, La. Mrs. Legrand will join her husband as soon as it is possible. LT. HAROLD M. TOPLETZ, enroute home after three and one half years of service overseas, met up with his brother F/O Jack M. Topletz in the officers’ club of a Dakar airfield. Lt. Topletz holds the Silver Star and Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Cluster. . . . . CAPT. G. G. GRIM- MER, 5139 Denley Drive, Dallas 8, Texas, is on terminal leave and expects to have his discharge b ythe end of the year. He is planning a visit to his brother, CAPT. RICHARD A. GRIMMER, JR. ‘38, 813 Fourteenth St., Alexandria, Va., whom he has not seen in four years. MAJOR T. F. SHARP, JR. is returning to the states, having completed 49 months of overseas service. His home address is 3702 Holland, Dallas. . . . SGT. BILLY F. WALKER, USMC, is with a Casual Bn., in the Pacific. . . . LT. COL. DOR- SEY E. McCRORY has returned from over- seas and is stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., APO 95. ; MAJOR JOE R. GOLSTON, JR., has been transferred to the MAAF, Marana, Ariz. . . . . LT. DONALD H. ROSE has exchanged an overseas address for Coun- ter Mortar Team, FA Sch. Bldg., CC 5, Fort Sill, Okla. . . . CPL. CLINT G. JOHNSON has been transferred to Sadn. H, 330th AAF BU, Dyersburg, Tenn. . . . CAPT. ADAM J. BARTHELOW is getting his mail at 234 Neff Ave., San Antonio, 7. CAPT. OWEN M. WATKINS, JR. is serving in the Pacific and would like to hear from CAPT. WILLIAM G. NORTH, JR., Troop C, 42nd Cav. Ren. Sq., Mecz., APO 403, % Pm., N. Y. Capt. Watkins is ‘serving with the 485th AA (AW) Bn. APO 31, San Francisco, Calif. ‘ Another good Aggie wife sends in a gift to the Development Fund for her husband, CAPT. EDWIN S.. BROWN, who is now stationed at Bayreuth, Germany, with the 9th Arm’d Div. Mrs. Brown says he is scheduled to return to the states within a month or so. She also en- closed a gift and wants their son, Edwin Brown; II, listed with the Class of ’65. LT. CLAY L. SEWARD, JR., has changed his overseas address to Route 5, Brenham, Texas. . . . NORBETT A. MOORE, JR., is now a S/SGT, and gets his mail at 1785 Furman, Apt. 3, Ashe- ville, N. C. -. MAJOR JOHN WAYNE STARK sends in an interesting report of an Aggie meeting held recently in the French Ri-| viera, in Cannes, France. The group met in MAJOR RAY TREADWELL’s *40, room, with some 15 Aggies present. W/O WM. M. COUNTS, after serving 39 months as an auditor in the Southwest Pacific has been returned to.the states and is awaiting his next assignment. He ‘is the son of M. C. Counts, 3224 Rogers Roard, Fort Worth. While W/O Counts was overseas he was awarded the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign ribbon. Before going in- to service he was employed by the Shell oil Co. . . . . LT. MARION N. WILLIAM- SON is located at Charlotte QM Depot, Charlotte, N. C. : : IR, 1B. BILL? LIVINGSTON is serving with the 116th .Bn., 27th Div, APO 904, ¢% PM., New York. ... MAJOR AUSTIN A. LUCKENBACH, Assistant Air Officer in the Artillery Air Section of Lt. Gen. Eichelberger’s Eighth Army Hla. has been awarded the Air Medal. He has completed 112 hours of flying over enemy territory, in an unarmed liaison plane flying at low altitudes over mountainous terrain and under adverse weather con- ditions. His home is at 1318 Lynwood, San Antonio. : CAPT. JOHN A. BAILEY is stationed in Manila and is Stock Control Officer for the Ordnance General Supply Depot. . . . CAPT. FORREST W. JORDAN is with | the 2nd Cav. Troop E, Ren. Sa. APO 403, ¢% PM., New York. .. .. LT. LEROY W. EDWARDS is with the 932nd F. A. Bn, APO 403, % Pm. New York. CAPT. RAYMOND C. MATHEWS is at home after a 26 months tour of duty in N. Africa and Italy. He is stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wash., Co. C. 2808 Engr. G. S. n. ... +. .MAJOR JAMES R. STORY, 20th Arm’d Div., has been awarded the Bronze Star. As assistant chief of staff, G-1, the major was staff direction oll all personnel. His home address is Alice, Texas. MAJOR L. L. GADDIS gets his mail at 4708, 80th St. S., Fairlington, Va. . . . . ATLEE M. CUNINGHAM, MM3/c, is on duty in the Pacific aboard the U., S. S. Odum and has charge of the ship’s refri- geration equipment. His wife, Mrs. Carlos Cunningham, is making her home at Calallen. CAPT. ROBERT M. ADAMS has changed his address to 537th Cml. Bn., Camp Gru- ber, Okla.. . . . GLYNN L. SYBERT gets his mail at Frost, Texas. . . . T. JAMES A. PRUGEL was wounded the first week of the invasion of Normandy and has been attached to a rehabilitation center. He is in 114th General Hospital, APO 121-A, % Pm., New York, and ex- pects to be home soon, according to his wife, Mrs. Yvonne Prugel, Ft. McKavett, Texas. Lt. Prugel was with the 90th Inf. Div. : CAPT. E. B. LOMAX gets his mail at Route 1, Box 238, El Paso, Texas. . LT. TOM M. LOVE has returned to the states and gets his mail at 5510 Waterman, St.' Louis, Mo. . . . LT. JOSEPH B. DEODATI is attending the California In- stitue of Technology studying Naval Aero- nautical Engineering.” His mailing address is AE (Naval Tng. Sch.) Caltech, Pasa- dena, Calif. PVT. HERBERT T. JOHNS is with a field artillery observation battalion near Verona, Italy, but expects to be home soon and re-enter A. & M., according to word from his mother, Mrs. H. T. 1606 N.. Congress, Austin. . . . JOHN R. WOOD is Game Supervisor for the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Com- mission with headquarters at Brownwood. | MAJOR LEROY A. BALSER is stationed with the OCE, Contradt Termination Branch, Columbus 16, Ohio. : 1940 Capt. F. Max McCullar Box 652 . Kingsville, Texas Silver Taps: LT. ORMAN L. FITZ- HUGH ; MAJOR CHARLES R. McINTIRE. Wedding Bells: LT. (jg) EDGAR J. BUTSCHEK. BILLY G. SMITH has been promoted to the rank of CAPTAIN. Captain Smith is Adjutant of the Ha. & Haq. Sq. Sixth Air Force, at Albrook Field, C. Z. LT. JOHN F. LYONS, JR., is in Ward A-14, Harmon General Hospital, Long- view. . . . CAPT. EDWARD Y, PETTIE, is also at Harmon, Ward B-15. MAJOR FRANK M. POOL is at the McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, fol- lowing his return from Germany. His home address is 1601 N. 15th St., Waco, Texas. % « MAJOR HENRY HERDER has been assigned as a member of the staff and faculty of the F. A. School, Fort Sill. A veteran of service in China, Major Herder holds the Bronze Star Medal. His wife resides in Lawton, near Fort Sil. . 2. CAPT. WC... WH ST, mem- ber of the 101st Airbourne Div., has been awarded the Bronze Star. He is a veteran of three years overseas duty. LT. COL. JAY T. ROBBINS of Coolidge completed the war as one of America’s high-scoring air aces. He has a total of 22 Jap planes to his credit. WEE LT. N. S. MEYER, 1318 Meander St. charged with the Abilene, has returned from France and hopes soon to be released from military duty. He expeets to return to his work as a civilian engineer—specializing in public utilities. MAJOR LEHMAN campus visitor on August 24. He has just gotten back to the states after spending 3 years in England with a heavy bombard- ment group of the 8th Air Force. He was married to Miss Margaret Parker, of North Hampton, England, on Sept. 9, 1944. Mrs. Rahn was not able to come to the states with him but expects to arrive within 60- 90 days. Major Rahn entered the service as a private and received his commission at the Officers Communications School, Scott Field, Ill., August 8, 1942. He went over- seas within 30 days after receiving his commission. He was accompanied on his campus visit by SKV 3/c CHARLES A. RACHUIG, ’41, who was his roommate during the Major’s last year in school. 40 Lt. Ormon L. Fitzhugh, LT. ORMAN L. FITZHUGH, who was lost on December 15, 1944, when the Jap- anese prison ship he was aboard was torpedoed in Subic Bay. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Fitzhugh, Tolar, Texas, and a brother of LT. P. P. FITZ- HUGH, ’39; CPL. H. M. RITZHUGH, ’38; CAPT. G. W. FITZHUGH, °42; V. F. FITZHUGH, 28; and H. A. FITZHUGH, 33. . 3 CAPT. RICHARD L. PATRICK was a visitor in. the Office in August while on sick leave from the Beaumont General Hospital. Capt. Patrick has returned home from 39 months service in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. His mail- ing address is Box 604, Bryan, Texas. . . CAPT. DEE S. FINLEY, 93rd F. Sqdn., 81st Ftr. Grp., APO 690-3, % Pm., New York, plans to be on hand for the Turkey Day game. MAJOR F. A. “BODIE” PIERCE, in Haidmuhle, Germany, is anxious to get are making their home in Sabinal, Texas. . +... MAJOR CLARENCE R. DOYLE gets his mail at 332 Key Bldg., Okla. City, Okla. . . . . CAPT. BENN A. GLEASON is enroute home from overseas and is getting his mail at Hico, Texas. Another ’40’er returning to the states is LT. ROSS H. HOWARD, 424 Argo Ave., San Antonio. . . . ROBERT M. IRVIN has changed his address to Box 302, Freeport, Texas. . . . LT. GERALD B. NUTT is changing his overseas address to 413 St. Mary’s St., Beeville, Texas. Mrs. Wm. V. Wooldridge, 513 N. Ave, 50., Los Angeles, 42, Calif., advises that her husband, SGT. WM. V. WOOLDRIDGE is stationed in France with an Airb. Sadn. . ... LT. PHILIP E. BOCQUET is with the 95th Ftr. Control Saqdn., Camp Pine- dale, Calif. . . . SGT. WINSTON C. Mc- KNIGHT gets his mail at Base Ha., 1390 AAFBU, APO 100, ¢% Pm., New York. JAMES R. HART is Manager of Sears Roebuck and Co., Farm Store at 4200 South Main St., Houston. . . . LT. ROY G. MARTIN is Director of Operations, AAF, Walla Walla, Wash. . . .CA QUENTIN S. BULLOCK has been trans- ferred to 556th AAF BU, Long Beach AAB, Long Beach, Calif. MAJOR EDWARD DREISS, 515 N. Frost St., Pampa, came out third in the finals in the Allied Track Championship, held recently in Florence. Overseas seven months Major Dreiss wears the Mediterra- nean Theater Ribbon with two battle par- ticipation stars and has been awarded the Bronze Star. While at A. & M. he was co-captain of the track team in 1940. LT. J. ARNOLD SHAW sends greetings from Manila to his friends and the hope that he will be here on the campus for the Turkey Day game. . .. CAPT. WM. R. LOUDERBACK is in Ward 121-A, Mec- | Clockey General Hospital, Temple, follow- ing an injury to his right arm. The wound was received on June 12 on Mindanao. LT. COL. CARL LUETCKE, JR., of San Antonio, was one of the fortunate Aggies who had a part in the atomic bomb devel- opment. He took part in the bomb testing which was done last winter in the United States. . CAPT. BOB L. ADAMS is a member of the staff and faculty of the Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, following his return from the European theater. His wife is living at Lawton, Oklahoma, near ‘Ft. Sill. CAPT. SAMMY DWYER, twice a pris- oner of the Nazis, has been in Bryan vis- iting his little son, Bitty, who makes his home with his grandparents, Judge and Mrs. W. S. Barron. Capt. Dwyer was a prisoner of the Germans from January to March and a few days after his liberation was again taken prisoner but was out again on April 29. He is with the 12th Arm’d Div. Capt. Dwyer holds the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. J. FRANK ROGERS gets his mail at 3336 W. Jefferson Avenue, Dallas, Texas ....LT. (jg) EDGAR J. BUTSCHEK, of Moulton, returned in February from 21 months service in the Southwest Pacific and is on his way over again as command- ing officer of a minesweeper. CAPT. WARNER M. BRUNDRETT is with Hq. 8th A.F., APO 902, % Pm., San Francisco, and is a mighty lonesome Aggie, acocrding to a recent report from him. .... JOHN D. REED is employed by the Soil. Conservation Service as Soil Con- servationist at Eden, Texas. . . .CAPT. MONROE E. McNIEL is located at Main BOQ, USMCAS, Cherry Point, N. C. * 1941 Capt. Tom B. Richey APO 201, c/o PM. San Francisco, Calif. Wedding Bells: CAPT. E. F. SMITH; MAJOR MILTON FRYER, JR.; LT. DA- NIEL A. STORY. GRAHAM B. PURCELL, who has served overseas 17 months, first in North Africa and now in Italy has been promoted to the rank of MAJOR. . . . . The Bronze Star Medal has been awarded posthumously to LT. PAUL G. HAINES, JR., College Sta- tion. The Medal was presented to his father, PAUL G. HAINES, SR., ‘18, in a ceremony at Bryan Army Air Field. The award was for heroic achievement from November 4, 1944 ,to February 24, 1945, in Holland and Germany. ‘ CAPT. FRANCIS C. KINCANNON, Rt. 1, Box 216, Waco, Texas, is home after spending 10 months in a German prison camp. He will be accompanied by his wife to Miami, Fla., for reassignment. He was flying a B-17 when shot down over fetiuany and was interned in Stalag uft 1. i . ENSIGN E. WAYNE PETTIT visited the campus August 24 enroute to New Orleans, La., for reassignment. Out of a total of 44 months in the navy he has been at sea for 26 months. His first sea duty was on the U. S. S. Markab, a destroyer tender. He was ‘commissioned while in service and after being sent back to the states for training in com- munications was assigned to the U. S. S. Caravan, from which he was released and transferred to New Orleans for re-as- signment. Since entering the service, ePttit has seen 43 of the 48 states in the Union. LT. COL. ROBERT HERRING is anxi- ous to get to Tokyo and look up his class- mate—Lt. Col. Teranaki, staff officer of Hirohito’s air corps. Herring is staff of- ficer with a 5th Air Force Bomb wing. After Col. Herring graduated from A. & M., he took a graduate course at South- western, Georgetown, and a classmate In one of his classes was one Teranaki—that should provt to be an interesting meeting. Congratulations to GUSTAV C. SCHMIDTZ for promotion to CAPTAIN. He advised the Association Office that he is on the move again and hopes there won’t be any misses in his TEXAS AGGIE. He gets his mail AP0331, ¢% Pm., San Francisco, Calif. . . . . Thanks to Mrs. Stevie Stach for her contributiion to. the Development Fund in memory of her son MAJOR PAUL J. STACH, killed W. RAHN was a back to his wife and young daughter who AGGIE Aggies Meet In Aggies hee Philippir Aggies are everywhere and plenty of em. That was the popular contention recently when forty-seven met in the south- ern Philippines. Aggies showed up from everywhere—even from under each other’s noses. Fourteen classes were represented. Marlin ' D. Lewis, class of ’25, held sen- iority while Ed Crown Miller, class of 47, was the ‘fish’ of the group. A short business meeting was held and The Southern Philippines A. M. Club was formed. Officers were elected and plans put under way for a next meeting in the near future. Lewis was elected president by acclamation. Other officers elected were Frank Bednarek, ‘35, lst vice president; B, P. Burtner, ’40, 2nd vice president; Lloyd E. Clyburn, ’42, secre- tary; Woodrow W. Potter, ’39, treasurer; and James F. Spiver, ’43, publicity direc- tor, The Club hopes its next meeting can be held in Tokyo. . Credit for this successful muster goes to- B. P. Burtner, ’40; Jack Stidham, ’39; ‘| Tom R. Pappas, ’42; and Martin Lindsay, ’39. It is through their efforts that the word got around. And thanks to their re- organization, the 100th N. C. B., who were such wonderful hosts. It was re- gretted that Lindsay was shipped out and was unable to attend the meeting. Highlighting the program was Junius Fox’s, ’44, version of Buster Keeton’s yell-leading. It is reminded by this Club that they were not the first Aggies to meet in the Philippines and prayers went out- from all attending for that little group that mustered on Corregidor April 21, 1942. d Members of the Club are A. A. Pucken- bact, J. H, Stewart, Eugene P. Kiser, ’39; Arthur W. Clifton, Junius B. Fox, ’44 ; Aurvil E. Johnson, ’46 ; Edwin E. , ’45; Jack E. Stidham, ’39; Robert Lynn, ’42; Jerald Mieed, ’42 ;-J. R. Adams, Morris L. Crow, ’44; Jack D. Swatzell, Jim W. Erdson, Willard A: Flowers, 44; Philip G. Hawnn; Volney B. Stubbs, ’41; Ben L. Smith, ’43; Freddie A. Wolters, ’44 ; Andrew C. Yezak, ’42; Thos. L. Fer- guson, Ray E, Garlington, ’46; James Alred, ’44; M. Regenbogen, ‘42; F. 8S. Dengler, ’42; R. L. Burnham, W. F. Files, Lester L. Jay, ’45; Kong M. Ng, 44; James G. Brown, ’38; Ed C. Miller, Jack H. Connor, Thos. R. Pappas, Henry M. Peoples, Jr., 40; J. M. ’42 ; Ed Monteith, C. B. Schmid, J. ’44; T. G. Smith, Jerry Tem- pleton, ’43; and Eugene B. Mueser. in the Europeant theatre in June, 1944. JAMES L. RICE gets; mail at Route 2, Wichita Falls. . . . .LT. H. W. HEIT- MANN, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Heit- mann, Jr., 2803 Jackson, Houston, has been ‘missing near Tinian since May 25. He was one of the first 12 men to be commissioned as a flight engineer on a B-29 at the Boeing aircraft factory .in Seattle, Wash. He holds the air medal with three clusters, the distinguished fly- ing cross and four battle stars on his Pacific theater ribbon. His wife and small daughter live at 6548 Community Drive, Houston. Another faithful Aggie wife sends in a contribution to the Development Fund while her husband LT. LYNN C. ATKINS, APO 469, N. Y. takes care of the business in the European theatre. Mrs. Akins gets her mail at Box 724, Trinity, exas. Ist Lt. THOMAS M. HORNE LT. THOMAS M. HORNE, who, due to his innumerable brushes with death, has |. become a legendary figure in his company has been awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry on Iwo Jima. He also holds the Navy Cross, Bronze Star Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with Star. He also participated in the Saipan, Tinian and Marshall Island campaigns. CAPTAIN WILLIAM T. DINWIDDIE after a stretch overseas in a Fortress with the 8th Air Force is back in the states and would like to hear from some of his ole Aggie buddies. He brags quite a bit about the son born into the Dinwiddie family on May 31. Capt. and Mrs. Din- widdie are living at 521 Wiltshire Blvd., Dayton, 9, Ohio. . . . . CAPT. JACK YATES reports a great time the last few days of the war. His battery of 160 men was surrounded by about 10,000 Germans who were in a hurry to surrender and get across the Elbe River. ; MAJOR ERNEST L. WEHNER, Exe- cutive of an FA Bn, hopes to be heading home soon and looks forward to a trip to the Campus. . . . W/O LUCIAN C. BAIN is serving in the Southwest Pacific. CAPT. C. A. LILLY, JR. . receives mail at 2425 Medford Ct. W., ‘Ft. Worth, Texas. . . . CAPT. MARTIN E. COLLIS, JR., son of COL. MARTIN E. COLLIS, dale, Calif. . . . . Mr. and Mrs. A. M. JAMES, SR., ’19, 110 W. 10th St., Dal- hart, Texas report that their son, LT. ANDY M. JAMES, JR., was moved from the. Philippine Prison Camp No. 1 in Oct., 1944, and was presumably moved to Jdpan. They have had no further in- formation of him since October. . . . LT. EDWARD FLORES, USN, has completed 34 months of consecutive sea duty in the European-African, Asiatic-Pacific theaters. He is now attached to an Aircraft Carrier "back in the States for repairs, and reports 17 months in the Central and Western Pacific. LT. ALLAN M. MADELEY, College Station, has been awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. He has been overseas since January. PVT. JAMES W. WILKERSON, APO 45, NYC, has been overseas since Novem- ber. He was wounded in action in France in January and was in the hospital dur- ing January and February. He reports the recent birth of a daughter. . . . LT. JOHN B. LINK has returned to the States after completing 51 missions in the Mediterranean Theatre as navigator on a B-17. He holds the DFC, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and four battle stars. Lt. Link is at present stationed at Ellington Field, Texas, taking a six weeks’ refresher course in navigation. . . . . LT. CHARLES H. HORNE gets mail ¢ Abraham Bros. Packing Co., Browns- ville, Tenn. . . . CAPT. JOHN H. ROBINSON is back in the States and is assigned to the 904th BU, KAAF, Kissim- mee, Fla. .... CAPT. PINCUS BROUNES is in Germany, APO 408, NYC. _ LT. TOM E. CHAPOTONE, JR., Waco, Texas, has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while parti- cipating in sustained operational activity against the enemy. He is gunnery officer n a B-24 Liberator of the 15th Air Force, and has been overseas since February. PVT. ROY D. THOMPSON is on duty at APO 261, NYC. . . . LT. JAMES J. GALLAGHER, 1864 Engr. Avn. Bn, Drew Field, Fla., reports MAJOR EARL SHEPHERD, ’84, and CAPT. JAMES L. McBRIDE, ’42, in. the same battalion. Gallagher would like to hear from PAN- CHO SANTONI. . .. JOHN H. MILLER, JR., has been transferred from the posi- tion of Asst. County Agent of Wichita County to County Agent of Clay County, with headquarters at Henrietta, Texas. . « CPL. J. C. YEARY, JR., is in the Philip- pines, APO 810, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. WALTER E. HABERER, San An- tonio is navigator on a bomber of the 8th Air Force based in England. He wears the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters. . . CAPT. CHARLES D. LACEY is in Pana- ma, APO 662, New Orleans, La. GEORGE P. BARRON, Sp. (Y) 3/e, NOTS, NAAF, Inyokern, Calif. . . . 8/SGT. TONY A. VARISCO writes tioned at Ft. “Det. 14, is with the 31st Ftr. Sqd. at Palm- seas, Belgium, APO 228, NYC. . . .MAJOR CHARLES A .BELL is assigned 'to Ha., 321st Wing, Municipal Airport, Sacramen- to, Calif. He reports running across lots of Aggies in his present work and reports CAPT. WM. P. ALEXANDER, ’85, also in the Wing. . . . CAPT. CHARLES A. LEWIS requests a change of address to APO" ~220, NYC... : ‘MAJOR A.“ J. “JACK” HENDRICK has been trans- ferred to Greensboro, N. C., Sa. H, Branch 7, AAFORD. He reports his marriage in May. . . . CAPT. E. F. SHIELS, APO 25, San Francisco. . . . LT. SAM S. MARTIN is in France, APO 228, NYC, and would like to hear from classmates... . . LT.. C. V. MILBURN is on duty at APO 562, NYC. MAJOR JACK HOLT, APO 149, NYC, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He is at present in Luxembourg and has been overseas for 39 months. ; LT. JULIUSL. LYBRAND at APO 18282, San Francisco. . . . WAL- TER HOLDEN, JR. is in Caracas, Venezuela, Rogers-Ray Co., Party 4, % Socony-Vacuum Co., Apartado 246. . . . CAPT. JOE H. WELLBORN recently completed a course at Camp Ritchie, Md., and is now at San Diego, Calif., Ha. Section Army, Amph. Force, Pacific Fleet. .... CAPT. M. B. OWEN, JR, is sta- Monroe, Va., Mine Tng. , C. A. School. .HARMON W. JONES, 207 Butler St., Gilmer, Texas... LT. CHARLES H. COX, JR. gets mail at 1104 S. 29th St., Temple, Texas. . . . MAJOR A. H. HAMNER, JR. is as- signed to the Admn. Sadn., 215 BU, AAB, Pueblo, Colo. LT. HARRIS H. HALL, Sadn. N, AAAF, Amarillo, Texas. . . . MAJOR BEN F. KRAL has been transferred to Stinson Field, San Antonio, Texas, 98lst Eng. Sq., 563 ASG. . . . WM. J. STROMAN gets mail at Mountain Home, Texas. He is ranching. . . . LT. BERWIN B. Mec- CURDY, APO 75, San Francisco, is in Manila and would like near-by Aggies to get in touch with him. Before going to the Philippines, McCurdy was stationed in New Guinea. . .CAPT. DAVE B. YARBROUGH is assigned to Dept. III, The Engr. School, Ft. Belvoir, Va., and reports liking his location fine. He has run across LT. JOE BOURN; LT. GEO. CARNES; CAPT. C. A. BROWN, ’40; and CAPT. WM. B. ALLEN. . . . MIT- CHELL H. TURNER, JR., APO 758, NYC, has been promoted to the rank of Major .... SGT. IRA F. LEWIS is now sta- tioned at the LAAF, Lincoln, Neb., Sa. R, Adm. Branch 17. SKV 3/c CHARLES A. RACHUIG vis- ited on the campus with his former room- mate MAJOR LEHMAN W. RAHN, ’40, on August 24. SKV 3/c Rachuig entered the Navy on Oct. 38, 1944, received his boot training at San Diego and later served at Sampson, N. Y., and Jacksonville, Fla., before being sent to NAAS, North Bend, Ore. His home address is 6602 Annapolis, Houston, 5. HECTOR A. HERNANDEZ, son of Mr. and Mrs. Epifanio Hernandez, 8 Wilson St., Ponce, Puerto Rico, has been promoted to the rank of CAPTAIN and designated as Signal Center Officer for GHQ Signal Operations group, U. S. Army Signal Corps in the Pacific. He was a test en- gineer with the General Electric Company at the time of his enlistment. He has par- ticipated in the New Guinea, Leyte and Luzon campaigns. A CAPT. CLARENCE H. COLGIN was a campus visitor in ‘August. He returned from overseas duty in Europe about a month ago and at present gets mail in Box 63, Brownsville, Texas. LT. DANIEL A. STORY has recently re- turned from the ETO wheer he was liberated from a German prisoner of war camp and is temporarily asigned to Miami Beach, Fla. Lt. Story has just recently married Miss Lavita Love, of Corsicana. Following his return from overseas, LT. (jg) JACK W. ADAIR is stationed with the Amphib. Trng. Base, Coronado, Calif. .... PAT TOWERY gets hs mail at 208 Westmoreland, Houston. . . . . LT. JOHN B. LINK has changed his address to Box 72, F. W. AAF, Fort Worth. One of the youngest COLONELS in the service is HARVEY LEE CASE, age 24, is on duty and son of City Detective Lee Case, 5705 | Sherman, Houston. Col. Case is home on leave to tell his friends and family about the 500 Nazi planes his frighter group of 85 destroyed. The Colonel is officially credited with knocking out 11 German planes, 10 of which were on the ground. He has completed 119 missions and logged more than 300 combat hours, has pending an award of the Distinguished Service Cross, second highest award the nation can bestow upon an army man. Among his decorations are the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross with oak leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 12 oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star, the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Presidential Citation with oak leaf clus- ter. Besides 11 planes, Col. Case destroyed 20 tanks and 25 locomotives. His fighting blood comes natural—his father is a vete- ran of World War I. CAPT. CHARLES “JACK” KEESE is in Ward 121B, McCloskey General Hos- pital, Temple, Texas. . i LT. ELIAS J. GUERRERO gets mail at ‘Hq. 211, FAGP, APO 562, 9% Pm. New York, N. Y. A brother R. GUER- RERO, ’47, is attending A. & M. MAJOR JAMES J. RILEY, JR., 2305 St. Anthony Ave., San Antonio, returned in the summer from the XIV Corps in the Pacific. SGT. HAROLD M. PRATER gets his mail at Box 493, Camp Pinedale, Fresno, Calif. LT. GEORGE G. HARRIS has returned from overseas and gets his mail at 6519 Westchester, Houston, Texas ... SGT. IRA F. LEWIS is at SAD AAF, PDC, Sa. B., 1045th AAF BU, San An- tonio. He reports CAPT. THOMAS WAR- RICK, ’30, being there but soon to be sent to Victoria. . . . . MAJOR ANDREW J. HENDRICK, with the 63rd Air Depot Grp., APO 486, ¢% Pm., New York, is sta- tioned near Cairo, Egypt. CAPT. FRANCIS C. KINCANNON has been found at Route 1, Box 216, Waco, Texas, after being lost for some time off ouh mailing list. . . . MAJOR MILTON FRYER, JR., has returned from Italy and gets his mail at Quanah, Texas. He also “got himself’ a bride on August 9. . . . LT. CLAUDE V. BREITHAUPT, JR., has changed his aldlress to 112 Marine Ave., Apt. 3-D, Brooklyn 9, N. Y. LT. LOUIS R. MORRIS has returned from two years overseas duty and is en- joying a recuperation leave, at the end of wheh he will be at Camp Campbell, Ky., 5th Ren. Troop, 5th Inf., Div. . . . LT. JOE P. CLUTTER is located at-Marine Brks., NATB, Pensacola, Fla. . . . MA- JOR HARRS M. BROWDER is located at the C&MS Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, following his return from the CBI Theater where he served for two years. 1942 Capt. James B. Hervey APO 953, ¢/o Pm. San Francisco, Calif. Silver Taps: CAPT. WALTER M. HART ; LT. KIRBY C. MUSICK. Wedding Bells: LT. ROBERT B. COCK- RELL; CPL. MAC EDWARD STERLING. Proud Papas: LT. ANDREW G. BON- NETTE: LT. RICHARD WEIRUS. ROBERT M. WARREN has been re- lased from the Army Air Forces and makes his headquarters at Frisco, Texas, Box 13. CAPT. G. DON GABRIEL is getting his mail at 2037 Windsor Pl, Fort Worth 4, Texas. . . . Another '42’er changing his address from overseas is CAPT. CLYDE E.. J ESTEROOE, 415 N. Marlborough, Dallas. : 3 CAPT. CHARLES R. HAGGARD has returned from overseas duty and for the present time gets his mail at his home, 1135 N. Clinton, Dallas, 8, Texas. . . . CAPT. JOE M. ROUTH gets his mail at Seguin. He is anticipating a trip over- . CAPT. W. H. BUNGER has returned to the states after 34 months in the Pacific. He participated in ecam- paigns at—Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Glo- cester, Palau, and Okinawa. Whiel await- ing re-assignment, he is at his home in Ozona, Texas. CAPT. R. G. “BOB” POWELL and LT. BERNARD SAMPSON, ’44, recently renewed their vow to have an A. & M Club organized soon in Tokyo. This session took place in place sometime during the first part of July in the Pacific. T/5 ROSWELL CLIFTON TAITE has just returned from serving seven months with a ship repairing outfit and is ex- pecting further overseas duty a tthe ex- piration of his furlough. At the present time he is getting his mail at 147 Gazin, Houston, Texas. v CAPT. RUSSELL D. YANKEE has been awarded the Bronze Star fo rservice in connection with military operations against the enemy in Central Europe. Mrs. Yankee lives at 1009 Arch Adams, and his pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. C, D. Yankee live at 900 Marion, Fort Worth. MAJ. SHIBLEY AZAR, JR. of El Paso, has been awarded the Bronze Star, eli- maxing three years of overseas service, \¢ 4 his. during which time he has “risen from the rank of 2nd Lt. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shibley Azar reside at 3014 Pershing Drive, El Paso. : LT. HENRY W. KINGSBERRY has re- cently returned from overseas duty where he was wounded ‘on his 25th bomber mis- sion on a B-24, and is now stationed as an instructor at Bryan Army Air Field. . . LT. JAMES C. RIVENBARK is in Manila and recently discovered LT. “WHIPPY” CORNELL, ’40, in the unit next to his. . . . LT. JOSEPH P. WAT- SON, JR., Overton, Texas, has been in Porto Rica since December 1944. CAPT. LUKE MOORE has been award- ed the Bornze Star for services rendered with the 7th Army. He has also just re- ceived his sixth campaign star for the bat- tle of Germany, the others being—Africa, Sicily, Southern Italy, Anzio, Southern France. His home is in Waco. _LT. A. FRED RENAUD, JR., of Hous- ton, who won a Bronze Star in the Leyte campaign, was commander of the com- pany that acted as ‘pointer’ for the drive into Manila and beat his deadline of “Manila by tonight” by two hours. Be- fore being transferred to Liaison Officer, Lt. Renaud was in the line 83 days. His wife and son reside at 1950 Dryden, Hous- ton, and his parents live at 2009 Dryden. Lt. Renaud is looking forward to seeing his son for the first time. A W. SIMS “BILL” CAMERON in a re- cent letter tells the sad news of his broth- er, ARM 1/C JACK C. CAMERON, ’44, being reported missing in action. Bill is with Robb & Rowley United, 314 South Harwood, Dallas 1, Texas. . . . CAPT JOE STOKES, JR., of Port Arthur, is lia- ison officer in the outfit whose commnad- ing officer was credited with knocking out so many Jap positions on a hill on Leyte. CAPT. GEORGE A. ADAMS, Bryan, received the Bronze Star for action on Iwo Jima. He is serving with the U. S. Marine Corps in the Pacific. Mrs. Adams and their baby are living in Bryan. LT. W. M. PETERSON is on duty in the Pacific as commanding officer of a ship repair crew. He has been in the Pacific for almost two years and spent most of the time in repairing ships. His father, L. T. Peterson, lives at 3402 Mec- Farlin, Dallas. LT. KENNETH HENRY STALLINGS, son of Mrs, Katherine L. Stallings, 2420 North Haskell, Dallas, was ‘awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received while serving as a platoon leader with the 5th Marine Division in the Pacific theatre. The award was made at the Naval Rospi- tal, Corpus Christi. LT. (jg) CHARLES R. RICHARDSON, son of Mrs. C. M. Richardson, Trenton, Texas, graduated from Mine Warfare School at Yorktown, Va., in March, and is now overseas, % FPO, San Francisco, Calif. . . . CPL. KENNETH L. PETER- SEN, APO 18287, % Pm., San Francisco, writes that life is not “too bad” in his parts. . . . LT. CICERO C. SPRINKLE, is stationed at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, Hq. Air Tech. Serv. Command, TSAES, Area B. . . . . LT. EWELL E. WRIGHT must be looking to a visit home shortly since he writes to send his mail to 233 Compton Ave., San Antonio, instead of his overseas address. . . . LT. LAWRENCE A. DUBOSE is on sick leave at his home in Alice, Texas. He was wounded on Feb. 21 near Saarbucken. He, LT. W. L. MAY- FIELD, ’41, and LT. E. O. OLSON, ’43, Southern France but only Olson was able to attend. While at the William Beaumont General Hospital he was in the ward with several dozen Aggies, among them being LT. ROY BUCEK, ’42. Bucek gets his mail at Schulenberg, Texas. LT. WALTER H. CRUMP is with a Marine Div., % FPO, SF. Calif. He is the son of Mrs. Rena Crump, Hughes Springs, Texas. . . . While serving with the Fifth Army in Italy, JEFF P. ENOCHS was promoted to CAPTAIN. He holds the Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, and European Theatre Ribbon with Battle Stars. Mrs. .Enoches lives in Somerv,lle, Texas. ; CAPT. GEORGE R. SOMERVILLE, JR., writes from his overseas station to send his AGGIE to 134 Schreiner Place, San i CAPT. JOHN R. RICH- Council for Germany. . . . . T. COOPER, APO 472, ¢% Pm., NY, is with a Parachute Bn. LT. R. G. SKIDMORE visited the Asso- ciation Office recently and left his ad- dress whic his 19th Bn. 5th Regt., Camp Gordon, Ga. . . . . Until further notice, CAPT. BILLYE J. HINSON wants his mail sent to his home at Frankston, Texas. . . . L. W. C. O’KELLEY led the convoy across Germany and France with the Lone Star flag flying from his jeep and created quite a sensation with the motorcycle escort he rated in Lyons. After 27 months of overseas duty, CAPT. ‘JAMES F. STEPHENSON has been .assign- ed to Room 2202, OANLC New War Bldg., Washington, 25, DC. He reports all the Aggies he left in Iran in good health but pretty homesick for the old satate. GILES SINGLETARY is with the Center Insurance Agency, Glenn Bldg., Center, Texas. . . . . ENSIGN T. H. LITTLE- PAGE is at the U. S. Naval Training Cen- ter, Miami, Fla. . . . LT. EDDIE B. JUNGE made the trip “over” with BILL DIXON, ’45, and NEIL SANDERS, ’44 both of whom are Liaison Pilots. Lt. Junge flew 50 missions without even getting a hole in ‘The Susan Rose” and has received the Air Medal . . . DR. FRED P. KALLINA is at the Charleston Gen. Hosp., Charles- ton, SW. Va. . +. S/SGT. JAMES.’ D. WRIGHT is in the Philippine Islands. . . LT. ZACH A. McREYNOLDS has four battle stars to ‘his credit and is ready to get back to the U. S. MAJOR HARVEY P. LYNN; JR., APO 650, NYC. ni LT ROBERT W. HEN. DERSON is assigned to the Student Af- fairs Bn., Armd. Sch., Ft. Knox, Ky. . . . LT. WILLIAM L. COOK has returned from the Southwest Pacific and is at the AAF Convalescent Hosp.," Ft. Logan, Colo. .... CAPT FRED C.'HOMEYER, APO 718, San Francisco. . . . CAPT. ROBERT G. POWELL writes from APO 331, San Francisco. . . . CPL. ROY D. GOLSTON, JR., is at the ARTC, Ft. Knox, Ky. . . LT. EUGENE E. KRIBBS is in the Philippines, APO 75, San Francisco. * Sincere sympathy is extended ‘to CAPT. GEO. W. FITZHUGH in the death of his brother, LT. ORMAN L. FITZHUGH, ’40. (See Silver Taps of this issue). Capt Fitz- hugh is located in Berlin and gets his mail Co. G., 41st Arm’d Inf. Regt., APO 252, ¢% Pm., New York. LT. R. WILLIAM “JITTERBUG” HEN- DERSON, famous Aggie footballer, was a recent campus visitor. He is on leave from Fort Sill, Okla., but expects to report within a short time to Fort Ord, Calif. Mrs. Henderson and their daughter are living in Hearne, Texas. CAPT. and MRS. REESE LITTLEFIELD wer recent campus visitors. Capt. Little- field has returned after spending three years in the Pacific with the Tth Fighter Command. He was Staff Radar Officer and participated in the Marshall, Marianas and Iwo Jimo campaigns. Their home address is 1039 N. 34th St., Waco. CAPT. JACK K. HERING, McGregor, who suffered a wound in his hand on Leyte, is on sick leave from the Wm. Beau- mont General Hospital, El Paso. He plans to return to A. & M. as soon as he re- ceive§ his release from service. MAJOR PETER C. HENRY expects to be discharged from the Army Air Forces in the near future. His home is at Lake Charles, La. : CAPT. CHARLES R. HAGGAHRD was released from active duty at the Air Technical Service Command, San Bernardi- no, Calif., on Sept. 1. LT. HAROLD 6. BALLARD, Saqdn. S, Key Field, Miss., hopes to be reelased from active duty soon. His permanent address is 225 Majestic Bldg., San Antonio, Texas. LT. CHARLES BURCH is in Ward 119 A, McCloskey General Hospital, Temple. F/O WILLIAM J. STEEL, JR., is in Harmon General Hospital, Longview, Ward B-15, following an injury in France. . . . M/SGT. HUELAND F. SMITH, known as “Mopey”’, is in Viernheim, Germany, with the 7th Army. Mrs. Smith is living at 617 Johnson Ave., White Bear Lake, 10, Minn. Mrs. Smith says that Mopey intends to re- turn to A. & M. to complete his work toward a degree when he gets back to the states. : LT. (jg) WILLIAM M. PETERSON, stationed aboard the ARD-13 since last November was in charge of supplies for the ship’s repairmen. Before entering the service, .he worked at North American Aviation’s Plant in Los Angeles. His wife and two daughters live at Bryan, Texas. LT. DOUGLAS E. STRICKLAND has been enjoying a 30-day leave at his home in Dalas, 804 N. Barnett St. He flew as a lead bombardier in a 15th Air Force Liber- ator based in Italy. He wears the Dis- tinguished Flying Cress, The Air Medal had planned to attend the Muster in| tle star. ; STALLINGS, son of Mrs. tharine Stallings, 2420 N. Haskell, Dallas, ! awarded the Purple Heart at the Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi, for wounds ceived while serving as a platoon leader with the 5th Marine Division. br Tee CAPT. W. E. MOLLER, who served a year and half: with the 89th Fighter Sa., 80th Fighting Gp., in the CBI, has réturned to -the states, and awaits his next assign- ments at-his home in Los Fresnos, Te He flew 225 fighter combat missions poe 1 holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Oak Lead Clusters, the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Capt. Moller had the honor of being the personal pilot for Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Pick for three months. General Pick was at one time as- signed at the College in the Department of Military Science. ] ig CAPTAN WILLIAM L. BANNISTER was a campus visitor in early August and was just back from four months in Italy. During that brief time he earned 3 battle stars. After a 30-day leave he was to report to Sioux Falls, S. D. oR CAPT. HARRY WHITMORE has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal, for his performance with the Ninth Arm’d Div. in Germany. He has returned from over- seas and is getting his mail at Bryan, where his wife, the former Martha Jane Nunn, made her home during his overseas > ‘tour of duty. LT. OLIVER A. BONNER, JR., was a recent campus visitor. A Bombardier on a "| B-17, he was shot down over Berlin on September 12, 1944, and taken a prisoner’ of war. He was released on May 13, 1945. Present mailing address is Fairfield, Texas. omfwyp CAPT. the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, four cam- paign stars on the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon. He was in the Philippine campaign also. LT. RAYMOND C. LOOMIS has changed his address to 1122 Wyatt St., Houston . . . CAPT. EDWARD R. CLARK has transferred to Geiger Field, Spokane, Wash. . +. CAPT. L. Ai LARRY,“ JR., zets hist mail at 1738 West Summit, San Antonio, INEXAB cop 1s Vase LT. KRISS CLONINGER, JR., is in the states and gets his mail at 3028 Robinhood, Kouston 5, Texas. i 1913 5 Lt. Dan R. Sutherland "id APO 520, c/o PM. 4 New York, N. Y. Silver Taps: LT. FERRIS ALBERT L. MATTESON. Wedding Bells: LT. JAMES L. ROSEN- THAL ; LT. TANNER H. FREEMAN, JR.; LT. (ig) J. M. PENEBAKER, JR.; LT. ALFRED E. FLOCKE. Proud Papas: DR. PERCY A. CLAY- TON, JR.; LT. JIMMIE LYNCH; LT. BOB E. ALEXANDER. g LT. J. C. DENNEY is on the move so much in the Pacific that he has his mail sent to his wife, 429 Longview, West, Corpus Christi. He reports meeting lots of his Aggie friends. . . . LT. STANLEY J. MARWIL, son of M. H. MARWIL, ’02, Henderson, has been awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action in the Philippines. LT. WENDELL E, PIERCE, Houston, is serving in the Army Dental Corps in the Philippines. 13 GEO. WM. RUSSELL, son of George H. “Hap” Russell, ’16, has been promoted to 1st Lt. and stationed in Germany. . . . SGT. ROY GOLSTON, in the Philippines, is wanting the address of JOHN HAR- SHEY. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of said HARSHEY, please advise this of- fice. . . . LT. BURREL B, THOMPSON advises that he has been “redeployed” after a year in the E. T., O. : ; LT. W. E. HUFFINES, JR., Dallas, has been awarded the Silver Star for gal- lantry in action on Mindanao. He has been overseas 15 months. Mrs. Huffines is liv- ing at 3635 McFarlin, Dallas. 4 LT. DURWARD W. JAMES was re- cently awarded the Bronze Star for combat service in Italy. He served as battery commander with the 10th Mountain In- fantry Division, His mother, Mrs. Thelma Lee James, lives in Sulphur Springs. LT. GARLAND RAYMOND WALKER, a patient at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, was a recent visitor to the As- sociation Ofice. He is recovering splendidly from injuries suffered in the Normandy landing. His home is in Waco, Texas. . . . LT. W. M. ROBERTSON returned from overseas in May and is stationed at Kl lington Field, Texas. LT. and MRS. DON LITTLE are the guests ‘of LT. COL. and MRS. J... T. L. McNEW, ’18, at College Station. Lt. Little returned from overseas in April and has Leen hospitalized at Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Little was the former Elizabeth McNew. y . 1st JLT. JOHN B. ROBERTS, 200 ©. Bowie St.» Beeville, is attending the Sia Artillery Pilot Course at Fort Sill, LM ) It took an Aggie to put on a first class rodeo and in fact the first on to be seen in Austraia. That is just what LT. SAM H. WHEELER did by command- eering horses and so forth from the popu- iation. Lt Wheeler is serving with th Army of Occupation. He is the son of Mr Wi-ifred Wheeler. Houston. i 1ST. LT. BRUCE W. 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