The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, October 01, 1945, Image 3

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1945
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A & M MEN
Continued from Page 2
Director of Personnel under Col. John
P. Wheeler, well-known to College Station
people.
WAYNE L. SIGLER, 701 S. Zarzamora,
San Antonio 7, sends regards to his class-
mates and friends. He has suffered a long
illness but continues deeply interested in
A. & M. affairs and A. & M. friends.
LT. (jg) EARL S. HORN is in Tokyo
Bay doing Officer Messenger Mail work,
aboard the LST-648 near Yokosuka. Has
had made a trip into Tokyo and made a
very interesting report of the results of
the atomic bomb incident. He would like
for his friends to contact him at OMMC-
LST-648, with the idea of forming a
Tokyo Aggie Club. His mailing address is
OMMC Navy 3923, FPO, San Francisco,
Calif.
Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald
Fairfax, Virginia
Proud Papa: M. R. PROCTOR.
COL. HENRY C. WENDLER, 20th, SCU,
Hg. FEAF, APO 925, San Francisco, cover-
ed 7.000 odd miles in about 42 hours
while enroute to his new station. He re-
ports narrowly missing a visit in Manila
with LT. COL. TOM DOOLEY, ’35, when
Dooley passed thru enroute to the Jap
surrender with Gen. Wainwright. Wendler
would like to attend any A. & M. meetings
in his area of the Philippines, or help
form a club there if none is in operation.
LT. JULIUS B. HEINEN, JR., a mem-
ber of the famed Lost Texas Battalion,
captured by the Japanese on Java in
March, 1942, and who has been reported
missing, has been liberated from a Jap-
anese prison camp and now is recuperating
in an unnamed hospital. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Heinen, 4537 Munger,
Dallas, and a brother of MAJOR CLA-
RENCE H. HEINEN, ’36, now in the
occupation forces in Japan.
CLASS AGENT T. N. GEARREALD,
Lt. Col. QMC, has been transferred to
Washington and is in the Office of The
Quartermaster General, Subsistence Divi-
sion. He is getting his mail at Fairfax,
Virginia.
CAPTAIN J. A. GOLASINSKI has re-
turned from the ETO and is stationed for
the present at Camp Bowie with the 1853rd
S. C. U. Separation Center, helping the
“lucky boys get their discharges, and wish-
ing I could find two more points some
place so I could join them.” His mailing
address is 1748 Toomer St., Lake Charles,
La.
The many friends of MAJOR LOUIS R.
PIETZSCH join us in extending sympathy
to him and his: family in the loss of
his brother, LT. WILLIAM L. PIETZSCH,
’47, killed in an airplane crash at Tampa,
Fla., recently. Major Pietzsch is stationed
at S-I Hq. FARTC, Ft. Bragg, N. C.
CAPT. HARRY C. SMITH writes from
Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, that he intends
to be home soon and to send his mail to
Box 723, Gladewater, Texas. :
MAJOR KERMIT H. “DUTCH” HEIN-
RICH left the U. S. in September 1943
and has spent most of his time in India,
China and Burma. Six months of that time
was in combat with Chinese forces in
Burma. He gets his TAY att Ha 20>: Cas,
APO 284, ¢% Pm., N.
LT. COL. FRANK % LILLEY has re-
turned home after three year of over-
seas duty. He is assigned to the Haq. 4th
Army, Orlnance Section, and gets his
mail at 201 Inslee St., San Antonio.
i935
Capt. Frederick W. H. Wehner
3031, 30th St. S. E., Apt. 1
Washington, 20, D. C.
Silver Taps: CAPT. CHARLES M.
DEMPWOLF ; CAPT. SYDNEY R. GREER.
LT. COL. WALLACE R. LANGSTON
is Commanding Officer of the 136th AAA
‘Gun Battalion, a unit which received high
praise for its part in blasting the German
Air Froce to bits before V-E Day. His
battalion saw action at Omaha Beach on
D-Day, then provided an air defense for
the Port of Cherbourg. His wife resides
at 3103 French Place, Austin, Texas.
S/SGT. CHAS. W. DAGNER is with
Sadn. C-6, 2532 BU, Randolph Field, Texas
. . CAPT. OSCAR E. SCHIER is sta-
in Mindanao, according to word
from Mrs. Schier, who lives at Dickin-
son, Texas. i LTS. ST. COOPER
writes from Germany that he has fond
hopes of being at home soon and to send
his mail to Trinity, Texas.
CAPT. JOSIAH S. HARLAN is with the
9th Serv. Command, Camp Roberts, Calif.
GRADY F. KEATH gets his mail at
Box 204, Thorndale, Texas.
FRANCIS W. WILSON with the 233rd
‘General Hospital, APO 337, ¢% Pm. San
Francisco, Cilaf., has been promoted to
LT. COLONEL.
LT. GEORGE W. BROCKMAN with the
501st BM Grp., APO 182, ¢ Pm. -San
Francisco, Calif., writes from Guam that
he and the A. & M. men in his vicinity
have a number of get-to-gethers.
We are grateful to the loyal Aggie
wives, and among them Mrs. W. R. Brown
sends in greetings and gift to the Devel-
opment Fund for her husband, MAJOR
W. R. BROWN, still overseas. Mrs. Brown
gets her mail at 507 Texas Bank Building,
Dallas, 2, Texas.
MAJOR CHARLES HUTSON ROLLINS
has been released from the service and
is back at his old job as plant superin-
tendent of the Mobile Plant of the Gulf-
port Creasoting Company, and gets his
mail at Box 449, Mobile, Ala.
LT. COL. NICK WILLIS
at McCloskey General Hospital,
tioned
is a patient
Temple,
Ward 118-A.
CAPT. GEORGE H. GAITHER has re-
turned from 6 months in England, 11
months in Africa, 8 menths in Sicily and
13 months in Italy—and wherever he went
he reported that he found plenty of Ag-
gies. He is expecting his discharge shortly
and getting his mail at Fayetteville, Texas.
LT. COL. BRUNO A. HOCHMUTH,
Executive Officer of the Fourth Marines,
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THE TEXAS AGGIE
was among the first Americans to land
at a naval base near Tokyo. He began his
service with the Marine Corps in 1937,
being on duty in China. He was called
again to active duty in 1940, and was on
the staff of the Marine Corps School in
Quantica, Va. He led the Fourth Marines
through the Okinawa battle, and this unit
was selected to make the initial landings
in Japan when that country surrendered.
His wife and small daughter are living
in Kansa City, Mo., and his parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Hochmuth live at 2034
Colquitt, Houston, Texas.
LT. JAMES T. “TED” JONES, 1303 S.
15th St., Temple, has returned from over-
seas service in the ETO. The former
Aggie baseball player looked in fine shape.
He was a member of a Railroad Bn., and
was with the Santa Fe Railway at Temple
before entering service.
CAPT. WARREN D. SORRELS is a
member of the Office of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff on duty with the Army-Navy
Petroleum Board in Washington. Navy
Bldg., Washington, 25, D. C. This work
follows much the same as his work as
civilian petroleum engineer in South Amer-
ica representing the Standard interests
there. ibs ;
1950
Capt. D. J. Lewis
C.E., U. S. Eng. Office
c/o Prod. Sec., Mobile, Ala.
MAJOR EDWIN S. MARTIN, JR. 714
Viola St., San Marcos, reports that Texas
still looked mighty good after his re-
turn from England, France, Germany and
Austria. He expects to see several Aggie
football games this fall.
FRANK G. KNAPP gots his mail at 14
El Fuste, Mercedes, Texa
CAPT. HARLON C. BUTTRILL arrived
in the states on August 3 from a year’s
service on Attu Island, where he was Sa.
Operations Officer. He is getting his mail
at his homt in Decatur, Texas. Capt. Butt-
rill paid the campus a visit during Sept.
Friends will rejoice with MAJOR CLA-
RENCE H. HEINEN that his brother LT.
JULIUS B. HEINEN, JR. ’34, who was
a member of the famed Lost Texas Bat-
talion, captured by the Japanese on Java
in March, 1942, has been liberated from
a Japanese prison camp and is recuperating
in an unnamed hospital. Major Heinen
is serving with the occupation forces in
Japan. His home address is 4537 Munger,
Dallas, Texas.
CAPT JACK K. WALKER, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. O. Walker, 924 College, Fort
Worth, was freed from a Jap prison camp
in Manchuria. He reports his health is
good. It was the first word from him
since July, 194.
CAPT. GERALD A. WAKEFELD is
in Saqdn. B-2, and gets his mail at APO
19647,-B, ¢% Pm., San Francisco, Calif.
MAJOR VINCENT A. McCOLLOUGH
has been on convalescent leave from the
Brooke Gen’l Hospital, but is hoping that
he will be out soon and back in civilian
life. His mailing address is 224 West 18th
St., Houston.
MAJOR JACK P. GOODE is serving
overseas with the 5th Bomb Sq., 9th Bomb
Gp., APO 336, San Francisco, Calif. His
home address is 2502 Greensboro Drive,
Houston, 4, Texas.
MATT M. MOSELEY is doing radio
maintenance work with Braniff Airways,
6413 S. Kilpatrick, Chicago 29, Ill.
MAJOR J. G. HAMNER gets his mail at
559 Main Street, Metuchen, N. J.
LT. L. P. JOHNSON, Sqdn A-1, 3541
Base Unit, LAAF, Lincoln 1; Nebraska,
is getting homesick for a Aggie football
game and some bull sessions.
1937
Capt. W. A. Ruhmann
APO 45, ¢/o PM.
New York, N. Y.
CAPT. SEARCY BIRDSONG, JR., 512
Noel Drive, Longview, si now in Austria
with the occupational air forces. He has
been with the 79th Fighter Group, which
has been cited twice by the War De-
partment for outstanding action. Capt.
Birdsong went overseas in October 1942
and wears the European-African-Middle
Eastern theatre ribbon with ten battle
stars and the Bronze Star. Before en-
tering the Army, he was employed by
the United Gas Pipeline Co., Longview.
CAPT. B. E. TODD. gets his mail at
1946 Army Parkway, New Orleans 19, La.
COL. DOYLE R. YARDLEY received his
eagles in June. He led the first TU. 8S.
ground troops battalion into England and
his battalion was the first parachute troops
in action. He was captured in the invasion
of Southern Italy and was a German
prisoner for 17 months. He escaped and
was with the Russian Army for several
months. He is at present assigned to the
Reception Center, Station 10, Ft. Sam
Houston, Texas, but is getting his mail
at Dublin, Texas. He wears the Bronze
Star, the Purple Heart, the ETO Ribbon
with campaign stars, the American De-
fense Ribbon, the Combat Infantry Badge
and the War Department Unit Citation.
VAL L. FORSYTH has been transferred
to Los Angeles, Calif., as Field Service
Engineer for the Lane-Wells Company,
5610 South Soto St., Los Angeles, Calif.
Val was one of the ‘“‘main stays” of the
Oklahoma City A. & M., during the time
he was residing in that city, and is look-
ing forward to a pleasant association
with the A. & M. Club in Los Angeles.
TANDY R. KENNEDY is in the Finance
Office, 27th Inf. Div., and gets his mail
% PM, APO 27, San Francisco, Calif.
CA PT. R. HOLLOWAY HUGHES re-
cently released from active duty has been
appointed as Assistant to Athletic Di-
rector Homer Norton of A. & M., suc-
ceeding Bill Carmichael, ’28. Principal
feature of Hughes’ position will be liaison
work with Athletic Commitees of A. & M.
Clubs and assisting athletes in school in
improving their scholastic standing. He is
the son of Prof. and Mrs. W. H. Hughes,
College Station.
Capt. Hughes was on active duty for
414, years and was a single engine pilot
after transferring to the Air Corps from
the Coast Artillery. He saw service in
Italy and Corsica.
A. T. BRATTON has accepted the posi-
tion as Superintendent of the Joe Car-
rington Jersey Farm and gets his mail at
South Austin Station, Box 3055, Austin,
Texas. CAPT. GERLACH SORY is
now stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., fol-
TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL SQUAD 1945
Numerical List—A Squad
Tommy Murnane, Student Manager
No. Player Home Town Pos. Age Wt Ht. Exp.
30 Zeitman, Harold Z. Dallas B18 160~ 5.8 3HS
31 Butchofsky, Bob L. Ysleta B21 165: 510 2-L
33 Beard; Glenn G. Kermit Bit 17 1205.9 3HS
35 Smith, Preston W. Bryan B 18.-1715-.5.9 3HS
37 Matthews, Mason L. San Antonio B 22 170 5.8 1-L
40 Feagan, Johnny R. Sweetwater B 19 160 5.10 3HS
42 Sloan, Robert R. San Benito 8B 17:- 175. "BY 2HS
44 Goode, Robert L. Bastrop B13 200. 6.3 4HS
46 Daniel, Tom C. Kerrville B.<17.-190.-6.1 1-L
48 Hart, Lillard D. Tyler B 17- 190 62 4HS
50 Guly, Garrett A. San Antonio C 18 170 6.0 3HS
55 Ellis, Herbert W. Kilgore C’195:°190.. 6.2 1-L
57 Knight, John A. Dallas C 22 195 64 2HS
58 Yeoman, Bill F. Glendale, Ariz. C 17 190 6.1 2HS
60 Nielsen, Marvin F. Dallas G.17:180 6.1" 2HS
61 League, Thos. T. Hamilton G21 195.60 1-L
62 Abraham, Arthur A. El Paso G 22 175 5.9 1-.L
63 Daniel, Guy B. Abilene G17. 180-+5.7 2HS
64 Gray, Geo. W, Garland G.+21 205. 6.0 1-L
65 Hart, Wm. T. Beaumont, G’ 23 190 5.83 3HS-2JC
¢6 McKenna, Thos. J. Ennis G1:25 1855.11 SHS
67 Darnell, Grant S. Tulsa, Okla. G 21.7190 6.0 2-1,
70 McDonough, Jesse E.Henderson Bal. 5190 56:2 1HS
71 Millican, E. Lester Ysleta TI8<2006.1 3HS
72 Winkler, James C. Temple T518./205: 62 2HS
73 Schmidt, Vernon R. Troy T=21..205-.6-2 1-S
75 Denton, Dean M. Harlingen T 18° 225.682 1-S
76 Payne, Lawrence J. Fort Worth T-.23 2200--6.0 3HS
78 Moncrief, Monte P. Dallas T-.200 2056.3 2-L
79 Dickey, Leonard M. Alto BE 27.210. v8.1 1-L
80 Dismuke, Kenneth L. Sweetwater E 18 160 5.9 3HS
81 Geer, Wm. E. Fort Worth BE. 20-160" 5.10 2-L
82 Mortensen, James E. Crystal City E 17 190 6.3 2HS
83 Foldberg, J. Dan Dallas E 17115 6.1) 2HS
R4 Settegast, Warren E.Houston B51 A480 "6.0 1HS
85 Yeargain, Chas. W. Dallas E 19 180 6.3 1-L
86 Higgins, W. Norton Galveston E 18 190 6.0 1-L
87 White, Oscar M, Rising Star E 22 185 64 1-L
HS denotes high school letter, JC is junior college, S means on A. &
M. squad but did not letter, and L indicates returned lettermen.
Nnmeral in front stands for number of years such letters won.
lowing his return from overseas. Mrs.
Sory and their daughter, Patricia, have
been making their home with Mrs. Sory’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Johnson,
of Bryan, during Capt. Sory’s absence.
CAPT. TOM B. WILSON, son of Add
G. Wilson, ’12, McKinney, has been serv-
ing in the Pacific area with the Engineers
for some time and is now enroute home,
417 North Waddill, McKinney, where his
wife and children are residing.
CAPT. W. S. JOHNSON, whose home
was in Bryan during his boyhood and col-
lege days, was a visitor on the campus
Sept. 4. At the time he entered the service
he was employed in Indianapolis, Indiana.
He was married to an Indianapolis girl in
March 1939. Captain Johnson entered the
service as a 1st Lt. in the Officers Re-
serve Corps and was sent to Panama,
there he was promoted to the rank of
CAPTAIN. After serving 18 months in
Panama he went to the Pacific for 16
months and has seen a total of 20 months
of service in the states. His last duty was
with the 738th AAA Gn. Bn. on Saipan.
He will be on terminal leave until Oct.
1945.
LT. DAVID M. SNELL, captured by
the Japanese when Corregidor fell, has been
liberated from a Japanese prison camp
and expects to be home soon, according
to word received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Snell, 3921 Shenandoah, Dallas.
Lt. Snell, who survived the sinking of .a
Japanese priscn ship last December, had
not been heard from some months prior to
his liberation on September 7.
LT. COL, LEVERETTE H. BARFOOT
gets his mail at Box 348, Claremore, Okla.
CAPT. JOHN N. STULTING has been
transferred to Sheppard Field, Wichita
Falls, where he is in the Finance Office.
1938
Capt. John H. Bone
APO 2117, ¢/o P. M.
San Francisco, Calif.
DR. PAUL TURMAN has his Veteri-
nary Hospital at 221 N. Fenton, Tyler,
Texas. He and Mrs. Turman have two sons
they are listing as follows: Paul M. Tur-
man, II, with the Class of 1962, and
Will Allen Turman with the Class of
1965.
MAJ. DOYLE M. RANSOM is located
at Saalfelden, Austria, which is located
just south of Salzburg. He has been with
the 42nd Rainbow Division since it was
activated in 1943 and fought through with
it from France to Austria. He was in
Munich on V-E Day and reports that from
then on he has been on the move assist-
ing in the restoration of the country. Mrs.
Ransom and their daughter are living in
Abilene, Texas.
LT. WILLIAM K. BOYD, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Boyd of Tahoka, Texas,
has been released from a Japanese prison
camp. A Marine observer, Lt. Boyd was
captured on Corregidor.
After serving overseas with the army
engineers for 25 months, LT. STEPHEN
P. SAKACH set sail from Marseille, ex-
pecting to head for the Pacific but land-
ed in the U. S. This came about by the
ending of hostilities when his ship was
five days out. He wears the battle stars
for the Normandy, Northern France, Rhine-
land and Central European campaigns. Be-
fore going into active duty, Lt. Sakach
was a landscape architect at the University
of Houston, Houston, Texas.
CAPT. WM. A. FRENCH, JR.
ting: his -mail at’ 12th SEB.* C. "Bn.
Swift, Texas.
CAPT. JACK W. TUCKER has been
placed on inactive duty after spending
several months in the hospital recovering
from wounds received while serving over-
seas with the 2nd Infantry Division. He
is now Manager of the Brazosport Chamber
of Commerce, Freeport, Texas, and gets
his mail at Box 896, Freeport, Texas.
CECIL P. JAMES is a Civil Service
Aeronautical Engineer at the Navy Lock-
head Service Center, Van Nuys, Calif.
CAPT. PAUL R. HABLE, in China, is
on an operations job and stacking up mis-
sions pretty rapidly in fighters, accord-
ing to the last word from him. He hopes
to get back to the states by the first of
the year.
A letter from Class Agent JOHN N.
BONE (Capt.) indicates that it was
written on his trip to the Pacific. He
promises to write more in detail when time
will permit. He mentioned having several
Aggies on board with him which makes
the trip most pleasant.
CAPT, GLEN H. HARRIS is with the
933rd Engr. Avn. Regt. APO, 901, ¢% PM,
San Francisco, Calif., according to Mrs.
Harris who is making her home in Irv-
ing, Texas.
CAPT. FRANK GENSBERG, a prisoner
of the Japanese since the fal lof Bataan,
was" recently liberated from a Jap prison
camp. Capt. Gensberg is the son of Mrs.
Anna Gensberg, Big Spring, Texas.
CAPT. WALTER GLASS gets his mail
at Box 87, Harmon General Hosiptal, Long-
view, Texas. . It is now MAJOR D. M.
Ba som, 282 Inf., 42nd Inf., APO ‘411,
% PM,
LT, co PAUL W. STEPHENS has
returned from France and is at his home
at 807 S. 25th St., Temple, Texas.
MAJOR ROGER W. JACKSON
among the first Americans to enter
Vienna as a member of General Mark
Clark’s forces in Austria. He is opera-
tions officer in the Engineer Section of
USFA, which will function under Gen.
Clark as an army of occupation in the
American Section of Austria. Called to
active duty in August, 1941, Major Jackson
was assigned overseas in April, 1943.
He saw combat with the 36th Inf. Div.,
and wears six battle participation stars on
is get-
Camp
was
his Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Ribbon. Mrs. Jackson resides at 411 West
Central Ave., Temple.
WILLIE H. RATCLIFF is RM 3/c, on
the USS Mercury AKS 20, ¢% Fleet Post
Office, San Francisco, Calif. bon MAJ.
JAMES E. PINNEY is Chief of Field
Equipment Repair Branch (Fifth Echelon)
of The Arsenal, at Rocky Mountain Ar-
senal, Denver, Colo. He spent 31 months
in the South Pacific, and upon return to
the states, spent nearly five months ex-
piditing construction of carbon black
plants in South Texas, Panhandle, Okla-
homa and Louisiana for the Production
Division of the ASF
S/SGT. BROWNRIGG H. DEWEY, JR.,
is with the Office of Enemy Property
Custodian, and gets his mail at APO 707,
% PM, San Francisco, Calif.
S/SGT. WILLIAM A. BOSSE recently
spent a 30 day furlough at home, 1695
Franklin, Beaumont, after completing 35
missions over Japan as a B-29 gunner. He
wears the Air Medal with four oak leaf
clusters, DFC and Pacific campaign rib-
bon with three battle stars. Mrs. Bosse and
their son, Billie, make their home in Beau-
mont at the have address.
CAPT. FRANK J. ALTICK, Flight Sur-
geon, U. S. Medical Corps, has returned
from the ETO. His home is at 591 Goliad,
Dallas, When he is released from the
army he plans to practice medicine in
Dallas.
LT. WILLIS POWELL CULP, Elgin,
Texas, has been liberated from a Japanese
prison camp
MAJOR OSCAR S. LONG recently re=-
turned after extensive combat service in
the Mediterranean and Europe has been
released from active duty and has already
gone into business at Port Arthur. He
will be in the radio and supply business,
with an agency for one of the larger tire
manufactures and will handle petroleum
products. His addres is 1101 Proctor St.,
Port Arthur. He and Mrs. Long and their
three-year old daughter reside in Port
Arthur.
Major Long was a member of the 756th
Tank Corps Bn., and saw combat service
in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France
and Germany. He was awarded the Bronze
Star, Croix-dr-Guerre, the Presidential
Unit Citation, and six battle stars.
1939
| Capt. Robert M. Adams
C.W.S. Repl. Pool
Edgewood Asenal, Md,
CAPT. J. L. DEAVENPORT is in the
army of occupation and is getting his mail
at APO 19638A, Casual Sqd. A-11, New
York, according to his wife who resides
at Midland, Texas.
After four years and seven months
FLOYD B. WATTS has returned to his
practice as Veterinarian and may be ad-
dressed at 401 E. Hickory, Denton, Texas.
At the time of his release from service
he was a MAJOR.
Recently liberated from a Japanese prison
camp was LT. JOHN R. NOLES, son of
Mrs. E. L. Winn, Stephenville, Texas. Lt.
Noles was captured by the Japs at the
fall of Bataan.
LT. LEWIS B. CHEVAILLIER, son of
Mrs. Katie Chevallier, Marshall, Texas,
has been released from a Japanese prison
camp. Lt. Chevallier was captured by the
Japs when Corregidor fell.
MAJOR LUTHER W. GREGORY is As-
sistant Signal Officer, Hq. Third Service
Command, Baltimore, My.
MAJOR PRICE NEELEY was a recent
campus visitor folowing his return of 32
months service in Africa, Sicily and Italy
with the 39th Combat Engineers. He was
heade? direct to the Pacific but two days
out from Gibralter, due to Jap surrender,
orders were changed to return to the
U. S. He reported to Camp Swift, where
he is assigned to the 643rd Engr. Bn.
He was awarded the Silver Star at Anzio
Beach.
After three years of overseas duty SGT.
RICHARD M. SHAW, Rt. 2, Tatum, Tex-
as, has been released from the service. . .
. S/SGT. JAMES O. SIMMONS, JR. is
stationed at 5232nd AAF BU, Randolph
Field, Texas.
MAJOR JAMES D. JAMISON gets his
mail at 612 E. College St., Seguin, Texas.
LT. JAMES M. JONES has returned
from 36 months overseas and is stationed
at Fort Sil, Okla.
From somewhere in the Pacific D. E.
NEWTON, JR. sends greetings.
CAPT, JACK W. CRAIG has trans-
ferred to 621st AAF BU, Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, Texas.
S/Sgt. David A. Markle
S/SGT. DAVID A. MARKLE has been
awarded the Silver Star. ‘After flying 43
missions in the ETO he was shot down en
the 44th and spent 10 months in a Ger-
man Prison Camp. He is back in the
U. S. He was a B-17 gunner. His home
is at 1206 Alta Vista St., Austin. In addi-
tion to the Silver Star, Sgt. Markle wears
the Air Medal with five clusters and the
Purple Heart with one cluster.
LT. URBAN C. HOPMANN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Hoppman, Beasley, Texas,
was recently liberated from a Japanese
prison camp. He had been a prisoner since
the fall of Corregidor and was interned
in Osaka, Japan.
LT. IB BOYD RICE was a recent cam-
pus visitor, having returned from 22
months service with the 10th Mt. Division
in Italy. He is expecting his release short-
ly. Lt. Rice holds the Bronze Star with
Cluster and the ETO Ribbon with four
battle stars. He was with the Soil Con-
servation Service before entering service.
Word has been received that LT. CARL-
TON J. WIMER, San Antonio, has been
released from a Japanese prison camp
near Tokyo.
Westinghouse has received enthusiastical-
ly the ideas that CHARLES EDWARD
“CHILI” NOBLES conceived in rebroad-
casting television and frequency modula-
tion radio programs from airplanes, which
is to be known as Stratovision, ‘While
attending A. & Nobles showed his
skill in the field of electricity, by earning
a part of his expenses by repairing and
maintaining instruments in the laboratory
of the Electrical Engineering Department.
He has been wit hthe Baltimore branch
of Westinghouse for nearly six years and
is ‘batching’ it in Oaklee Village, Balti-
more, My.
LAWRENCE J. MEYER has been re-
leased from the army and is employed at
Senior Engineer with the Railroad Com-
mission, Oil and Gas Division, Austin,
Texas.
LT. LEVI ‘L. DIXON is on detached
service at Vienna, Austria, after spend-
ing three months at Munich, Germany. He
is hoping to get home for the Turkey
Day game. His home address is 719 Viendo
St., San Antonio, Texas.
COL. HENRY “PELLY” DITTMAN is
Station Commander, Hqds. Army Air Field,
Herington, Kansas.
SGT. EDWYN W. STEEN is returning
home from the ETO and will get his
mail at Box 909, Bryan, Texas.
CAPT. B. M. “MIKE” HACKEDORN
gets his mail at Box 157, Officers’ Mail
Sec. CCTS (LB) Florence, S. C.
LT (jg) CURTIS L. GODFREY is
Executive Officer of the USS Eagle 38.
His wife is making he rhome at Coving-
ton, Texas, during his absence.
CAPT. EUGENE M. WHITE is with
B. Btry., 99 F. A. Bn.,, and gets his mail
% APO 403; PM, New York.
CAPT. J. T. WILLIAMS is stationed at
Ft. Belvoir, Va., ASFTC Group III.
CAPT. A. C. BASSETT has been with
the 3rd Army through the whole show
over there but is on his way home with
five campaign stars and a Bronze Star.
His maling address is 517 E. 14th St.,
Colorado City, Texas.
MAJOR CLAYTON A. BIRD gets his
mail at Hq. MPLS, APO 887, % PM,
New York.
1940
Capt. F. Max McCullar
Box 652
Kingsville, Texas
Silver Taps: LT. MARSHALL H. KEN-
NADY, JR.
Proud Papas: WALLACE KIMBROUGH.
MAJOR LEWIS JOHNSON, of Lueders,
Texas, has returned from the ETO having
spent 1 year with the US Engineers and
is stationed at Camp Breckenridge, Ky.
. ROY H. DAVIDSON, a prisoner o
the Japanese since the fall of Bataan, was
recently liberated from a Jap prison camp.
Lt. Davidson was sent to the Philippines
in October, 1941. Mrs. Davidson is living
at 1381 Amarillo St., Abilene, Texas.
CPL. THOMAS B. WARDEN, JR. is
now stationed at Camp Swift, according
to his father, T. B. WARDEN, °’03. Cpl.
Warden may be addressed at 1605 West-
over Road, Austin, Texas.
LT. JAMES E. WALL, son of Mr. C. J.
Wall, Grapevine, Texas, has been liberated
from a Japanese prison camp. Lt. Wall,
who was first reported missing in action
in December, 1944, was pilet of a P-51
with the Yellow Scorpion squadron based
in China when captured by the enemy.
LT. HARRY E. McDONALD gets his
mail at Box 204, % G. A. Plummer, East-
land, Texas.
CAPT. E. B. WARNER is sweating it
out in th ETO, and hoping for an early
boat home. His address is 591st Eng. (C)
Grp., APO 772, % Pm., New York.
RALPH E. LINRSEY, County Agri-
cultural Agent, from Palo Pinto, Texas,
was a recent campus visitor.
LT. SIDNEY R. CLARY, Hdq. Co., 501
Prcht. nf., APO 472, % Pm.; iN, «is
awaiting redeployment in France.
LT. HENRY B. BUTTRILL is with the
555th AAF BU ,and gets his mail % Box
31-B, Dallas, Texas.
MAJOR LLO¥D W. TERRY, Junction,
returned in August after 26 months in the
Pacific. Until a few months ago he was
with the First Cavalry Division and saw
in Australia, New Guinea, the
service
Admiralties, Leyte and Luzon. His most
recent assignment was with Hq., 1st
Corps. He expects to be discharged on
points and to return to A. & M. to com-
plete work on his Master’s Degree in Horti-
culture. He and Mrs. Terry have one son.
JOHN R. “JACK” WEST is working
with the Mosher Steel Co., Dallas, as Sales
Engineer, and gets his mail at 3622 Mock-
ingbird Lane, Dallas 5, Texas.
MAJOR JACK H. RUDY, JR., has been
released from the Ai rCorps and plans
to enter the Physicians and Surgeons
School of Dentistry in San Francisco. He
is at present using Mrs. Rudy’s address,
1881 West Acacia St., Stockton, Calif.,
for mail. He and Mrs. Rudy are the happy
parents of Patricia Diane, born last
March 17, giving her a perfect right to
the name of ‘Pat”. Jack was a campus
visitor in Sept., after separation from the
Army at San Antonio. He inquired
about many class-mates and sends his
regards to all.
CAPT. CHARLES R. McCLINTICK
writes from the 500th Bomb. Grp, APO
237, San Francisco, that he will soon be
home and expects to see the Thanksgiving
game.
ALFRED C. COLLINS is with the U. S.
Geographical Survey of Oklahoma City,
Okl
a.
CHAPLAIN JAMES A. CARLIN is with
the 58th Air Service Group of the 55th
Bombardment Wing on Tinian in the
Pacific. He was pastor of the A. &M
Methodist Church from 1936 to 1942.
CAPT. CHARLES M. WILKINSON was
a campus visitor in September, following
his return to the states, and enroute to
Miami, Fla., to the Distribution Center.
He was captured by the Germans at
; Mrs.
Casino on January 27, 1944, interned first
at Oflag 64, in Poland, and later at
Luckenwalde, in Germany, and liberated
in April, 1945. He is getting his mail at
his home address at Menard, Texas.
PL. R. S. ‘BOB” STONE is stationed
at Scott Field, Belleville, Ill., and has
played baseball this summer with the
Field’s team. Mrs. Stone is making her
home at 2509 Colcord, Waco, and Bob uses
that as his best address. He was a recent
campus visitor and looked to be in the
pink of condition.
CAPT. DENVER CURTIS MARSH after
serving 9 months in the ETO with the 8th
Air Force has returned to the states and
was a recent visitor in the Association
Office. His home address is Route 1,
Breckenridge, Texas. For his services
overseas Capt. Marsh was awarded the Pres-
idential Unit Citation, the DFC, Air Medal
with two clusters and the ETO Ribbon with
3 battle stars.
LT. WILLIAM E. LEWIS, prisoner of
war of the Japanese since the fall of Cor-
regidor, has been liberated from a Jap
prison camp, according to word received
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lewis
of College Station.
T.“F. SHARP, -JR., has _.re-
turned from four years overseas in the
Pacific where he served as a member of
an anti-aircraft coastad artillery unit. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Sharp
who reside in Bridgeport, Texas.
LT. ROBLEY D. EVANS, son of Mrs.
W. W. Evans, Rte. 2, Box 44, Ft. Worth,
Texas, has been liberated from a Japanese
prison camp. Lt. Evans had been a prisoner
of the Japs since the fall of Bataan and
had only recently been transferred from
a prison camp in the Philippines to the
Zentsuzi Prison Camp, Island of Shikoku,
Japan.
LT. LEWIS M. GROVE is getting his
mail at Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, 16,
Calif. . . SGT. LOWIE E. RITCHEY,
JR., has been transferred to Orlando, Fla.,
902nd AAFBU.
CAPT. R. C. RODDY, Sad. Q, Branch
Postal Section 1, Buckley FIld., Denver,
Colo., expects to be on hand for the
Thanksgiving game. . . . . LT. ROBERT
L. HEARN, JR., is stationed on an island
about 40 miles from Honolulu and finds
it a most interesting place. He wants to
hear from CAPT. DOUGLAS H. WAT-
SON, last heard from with Hq. 196th
FA Group, APO 339, % Pm., New York.
Lt. Hearn gets his mail at 1945th Ord.
Am. Co., APO 949, ¢% Pm., San Francisco,
Calif.
CAPT. PAUL T. MARION is planning
to be at 1318 N. Ocho St., El Paso, soon
and to be on the A. & M. Campus on
Thanksgiving Day Mrs. Hugh
Scott, wife of CAPT. HUGH SCOTT, now
overseas, is planning on his return soon.
He may be addressed at 4530 Kingsbury
Lane, Houston 4, Texas.
LT. JAMES G. DENTON has been
transferred to the Signal Corps Training
School and gets his mail at APO % h
Pm.,.iSan Francisco, Calif...
AUDISH, CSP (A) is in Guam eo La
Rec. Station Gen. Detail, Navy-926, FPO,
San Francisco, Calif.
LT. STEWART MCADOO while on his
13th mission on Tinian had the misfortune
to have his plane damaged by flak and
crashed in landing at Iwo Jima, at which
time he suffered a broken back. He is now
in the Det. of Patients, Fort Logan Conv.
Hospital, Fort Logan, Calif.
ONNIE B. GRAHAM, C-SP, gets his
mail at Box G-52, Bremerton, Washington
. . . PVT. TOM THAXTON, USMCR,
is getting his mail at Gen. Sup. Co., 6th
Serv. Depot. FPO San Francisco, Calif.
In a recent letter he reported having, seen
CAPT. LAURIE OLIVER and LT. GEO-
RGE OGDEE, both ’42’ers. He also re-
ported seeing Dr. Quisenberry several times,
who formerly was associated with the
Genetics Department here on the campus.
S/SGT. BENIE D. EWING has returned
from his services overseas and is getting
his mail at Route 1, Olney, Texas . . .
LT. (ig) GERALD B. NUTT is assisting
in discharging naval personnel at the U.
S. Naval Rec. Station, Galveston, Texas.
In a recent letter from CAPT. PAUL
T. MARION he tells of being in the
Metz area where he visited the grave of
LT. RAY E. DICKSON, killed in action
Nov. 8, 1944, in the American Military
Cemetery in Limey. Capt. Marion gets his
mail at 277th F. A. Bn., APO 513, %
Pm., New York.
CAPT. THOMAS F. MCCORD is in Co.
D., 149th IRT Bn., 90th Res. Camp Hood,
Texas. 194 1
Capt. Tom B. Richey
APO 201, c/o PM.
San Francisco, Calif.
Proud Papa: CAPT. TOM M. HAGOOD.
CAPT. GEO. JAPHET gets his mail at
537th Cml. Mortar Bn., Camp Gruber,
Okla. . . . BEN B. GRIFFITH received his
commission on June 9 as LT. and is
win Co. A. . 19th. Bn.,. ARTG, ‘Ft. Knox,
Satin a CAPT. CHAS. J. KEESE is at
Ry okt Gen. Hospital, ‘Temple, Texas,
Ward 121-B. He would like to hear from
any of his old Aggie friends. . . . LT.
FRANK J. KRAMPITZ, JR., is with the
Ships Complement, Box 250, Army Base,
Boston 10, Mass. . . .CAPT. ARTHUR K.
KING, JR., is with the 3676th AM Trk.
APO 772, % Pm., New York, N.Y. .I.
CAPT. WILL O. BRIMBERRY gets his
mail at Visiting Officers Quarters, Bolling
Field, Washington, D. C.
CAPT. SHERMAN G. GRAY spent some
time in Africa, was injured, returned to
the states and was Executive Officer at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., before being
sent to the Pacific. The Association Of-
fice has been unable to secure his present
mailing address. . . . . CAPT. REDMOND
E. EVAN’s entrance to a local Men’s
Furnishing Store in Houston, following
his discharge from the army, appeared in
one of the Houston papers recently. He
entered a CAPTAIN and came out a full-
fledged MR. with all new civilian wearing
apparel, ready for his new job of selling
oil industry equipment. As a P-38 Pilot
during the North African campaign he
flew 38 combat missions and won the Air
Medal with three clusters. Mr. Evans has
a wife and 4-Month-old son.
ALFRED S. WITHROW, 323 Geo. Wash-
ington Way, Richland, Washington, is one
of the many A. & M. men who take pride
in the fact that they worked in the Rich-
land, Washington, plant where the atomic
bombs were manufactured. . .CA
CLYDE A. LILLY, ‘a veteran of the
Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns and of
the battles of Southern France and Ger-
many, is now assigned to the F. A.
School, Fort Sill, Okla. He holds the
Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal and
wears the Purple Heart.
MAJOR JOHN R. MULVEY, JR., pilot
of a P-38 Lightning with the Dirty Dozen
squadron, 13th AAF Fighter Command, has
been awarded the fifth Oak Leaf Cluster
for the Air eMdal. His wife, Mrs. Margie
Mulvey, lives at 402 Hunt St., Houston. . .
.. MARSHALL ROBNETT, All-Aemerican
Aggie Guard on the famous Maroon and
White team of 1940, was a recent campus
visitor. He has been given a medical dis-
charge from the army, after serving for
four years, and announced that he would
play pro football this coming season. . . .
MES H. “JIMIE” PARKER has been
added to the staff of the Director of Stu-
dent Affairs, under the supervision of
J. W. “DOUGH” ROLLINS, ’17. When he
received his discharge from the Air
Corps he held the rank of LIENTENANT
with the 453rd Bomb Gp., a part of the
8th Air Force, and had participated in 30
missions. He has been awarded the Dis-
tinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal
with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and wears
the ETO ribbon with 4 bronze campaign
stars.
MAJOR CHARLES B. CHRISTIAN is
getting his mail at 622 Dallas St., Grand
Prairie, Texas, following his return from
overseas. He holds the Bronze Star, Purple
Heart, Presidential Citation and two com-
bat stars. . . . LT. JACK P. FULLER is
in the Forney General Hospital, Palm
Springs, Calif. . . . CAPT. DAN N. HEN-
DRICKS has returned home from England
after 33 months overseas with the 8th
Air Force and gets his mail at 3722 Farbar,
Houston, Texas.
CAPT. ED C. CLINE, 523 QM. Car. Co.,
APO 464, % Pm., New York, N. Y. wants
to hear from LT. WILLIAM FRANCIS
DICKERSON—last heard of in the 36th
ar: Ren. Sa. APO 339, % Pm., New York,
. SOL MASON JONAS, Route 1,
Hee 282C, "Port Arthur, wants to hear from
ROBERT BUNIVA, "44. The Association
Office does not have this address and would
like to hear from anyone who might know
it
‘CAPT. RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Sullivan, 1065
Sheridan, Shreveport, La., was awarded
the Bronze Star recently in Germany. He
wears on his ETO ribbon five battle star.
Sullivan and their son are living
at 3312 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport.
CAPT ABRAHAM L. BULLARD is with
atfer serving 26 months as Ass’t Squadron
leader in the European Theatre. While
there he was awarded the Silver Star
medal, the Bronze Star eMdal and the Eu-
ropean campaign ribbon with five battle
stars. His present address is 2115 Monroe,
Amarillo, Texas.
MAJOR WM. J. MONTGOMERY has
changed his address to Mason, Texas. .
LT. JOHN A. NANCE is serving as Civilian
Personnel Officer at the Greenville Army
Air Field, Greenville, Miss.
CAPT. JOSEPH C. BRADEN has re-
turned to the states and is stationed at
OCS Combined Arms, FAS, Ft. Sill, Okla.
«+... LT. JAMES A. PRIDMORE is on
Okinawa and his wife and son are living
at 222 West Lovett, Edinburg, Texas . . .
LT. VOLENY B. STUBBS reported a
meeting recently of the Aggies in . his
island and the boys on another island and
plans to send a picture of the group.
MAJOR E. L. ‘PETE’ WEHNER sends
in a gift to the Development Fund (from
Germany) for himself and his son, Arthur
Lee Wehner, now two years old. His
family. is living at Del Rio. . LT
ALLAN M. MADELEY writes in from
Kaufbeuren, eGrmany, on a day that we
will never forget—August 15. . . . CAPT.
TOM E. CHAPOTON, JR., is getting his
mail at 2112 Homan, Waco.
MARION E. KRUG has returned to
College to continue his work toward a
degree and gets his mail at Box 907,
College Station, Texas. He formerly worked
for the Dow Chemical Company, Freeport,
Texas.
LT. COMMANDER EDWARD E. VE-
ZEY, JR., USNR, is in command of the
USS Mercer, recently commissioned at the
Boston Navy Yards. He is the son of
Professor and Mrs. E. E. Vezey, of Col-
lege Station.
LT. (jg) H. D. RAMSDEN, USNR, gets
his TEXAS AGGIE at 454 Vassar Ave.
Berkeley, 8, Calif., and was recently pro-
moted to the above rank. Ae has seen ex-
tensive service in the Pacific, was in the
invasion fleet off Japan but at last re-
port was at Okinawa.
LT. GEORGE FUERMANN returned
from overseas early in the summer and is
stationed at present at Camp Shelby, Miss.
Mrs. Fuermann is living at 607 Southern
Ave., Hattiesburg, Miss.
Mrs. R. W. Parker, Jr., 655 Robinson,
Texarkana, writes in for tickets for the
SMU-A&M game and the news that her
husband, CAPT. R. W. PARKER, will be
home from overseas on Oct. 1 and plans
to have a ‘big reunion” with some of his
friends here on the campus on that day.
S/SGT. TONY VARISCO is at Ant-
werp where the American forces have
taken over another hospital and reports
being quite busy. He expects to be there
for some time.
S/SGT. H. B. MENDIETA has returned
to his home in Bruni, Texas, after spend-
ing 42 months overseas. He expects a dis-
charge soon.
CAPT. GEO. P. TOWNSEND has been
in the Southwest Pacific for 43 months
and is more than ready for a trip back.
SGT. IRA F. LEWIS has received his
release from the service and is living at
Bryan, Texas.
CAPTAINS ROGER W. “GAT” GAR-
RISON and DEE FINLEY are in the 93rd
Fighter Sqdn., APO 690, ¢% Pm. New
York, N. Y., and are in the army of
occupation in Germany. Gat and Mrs.
Garrison have a son, Dave, who they are
listing as a member of the ‘64 Class. Mrs.
Garrison lives at 220 West Nopal Stree,
Uvalde, Texas.
After serving 4 years in the armed
service and 8 months of that time over-
seas, LT. BENNIE F. TRCALEK has re-
ceived his release and is living on Route
3, Caldwell, Texas.
LT. J. P. FULLER was arecent visitor
in the Association Office, following his re-
lease from military service. He is getting
his mail at 401 4th St., Alice, Texas.
LT. BEN B. GRIFFITH has changed
Js nqaross to 3906 Free Feray, Ft. Smith,
rk.
WM. L. HILLER, JR. gets his mail at
General Delivery, Lake Charles, La.
HOWARD W. MONZINGO has received
his promotion to IST. LT., and is serving
with a Gun Bn., in the Pacific. Mrs. Mon-
zingo resides at Hempstead, Texas.
MAJOR JOHN H. FOCKE, JR. is get-
ting his mail at Has. 187, F. A. Group,
APO 403, ¢% Pm., New York, N. Y.
MAJOR BRYAN W. BROWN is getting
his mail at 311 Elizabeth, San Antonio,
Texas.
LT. JAMES G. MURAY, USNR, %
Bureau of Aeronautics Representative,
Navy-Lockheed Service Center, Van Nuys,
Calif., hopes to be a civilian within a few
more months. He has seen extensive serv-
ice in the Pacific and has also been sta-
‘tioned at Memphis, Tenn. ,and Washington,
D. GC.
LT. LESLIE WILLRICH was a recent
campus visitor after serving 2 years in
the Atlantic and 1 year in the Pacific as
Engineering Officer on a Navy Tanker.
His present mailing address is La Grange,
Texas.
MAJOR and MRS. JACK G. HINES were
September visitors in the Association Of-
fice, following the Major’s return from
overseas. Major Hines had the distinction
of being on hand at the Presidential Con-
ference last March at Yalta. For the present
he may be addressed at 1811 N. Veitch,
Arlington, Va.
C. CHING who graduated in Civil
Engineering and took his Master’s De-
gree in Municipal and Sanitary Engineering
has been Mechanical Engineer at the Navy
Public Works (Pearl Harbor) has recently
resigned and is awaiting a call to return
to China. In a recent letter to Professor
S. R. WRIGHT, ’22, he advised that there
are openings for experienced Sanitary
Engineers in China. His latest address is
% Dr. B. A. Liu, Chinese News Service,
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, XY.
MAJOR JOSEPH C. BLOODWORTH
was a campus visitor in September while
on leave from his tation in Columbus,
Ohio. He returned last April 39
months of service with the En-
gineers in the Pacific, ranging from Aus-
tralia to the Philippines. Since his future
assignment was uncertain, he changed
his address to his home at Olney, Texas.
MAJOR JOHN KIMBROUGH, Aggie
grid great and All-American full-back,
who is now stationed on Guam with the
Army Air Forces, was a recent visitor
on the campus. He is on a 30-day leave
and made the trip to visit his brothers
CAPT. JACK C. KIMBROUGH, ’41, with
after
the Military Department at College, and
WALLACE KIMBROUGH, °’40, Brazos
County Agricultural Agent, Bryan.
CAPTS. H. C. HOLMES and VIRGIL
STANLEY, roommates at A. & M., served
together for 36 months in the ETO, re-
turned on the same ship and now have
the same assignments at Camp Claiborne,
La. Capt. Holmes was a recent visitor
in the office and brought greeting from
Virgil. Capt. Holmes served with the 7th
Army and holds the Bronze Arrowhead tor
an amphibious landing in Africa. .
LT. ROBERT C. ROBBINS, son of ¥
Mrs. Lena Robbins, Brookland, Texas, has
been liberated from a Japanese prison 3
camp. Lt. Robbins was interend at the ;
Zentsuji Prison Camp, Island of Shikoku,
Japan. be
CAPT. G. C. SCHMIDTZ is on Naha, “=
Okinawa working on the airfield. He is
getting his mail at H & S Co. 1884, Eng. 5
Avn. Co., APO 180, San Francisco, Calif.
« Peto x DAVID ‘PHILLIPS BASURTO
gets his mail at Ave. Del Caucaso No. 1380,
Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico, D. F. He 3
would like to have any of the A. & M.
men who come his way to call on him.
_..LT. TRAVIS J. SMITH, captured by
the Japanese on Java in March, 1942, has
been liberated from a Japanese prison
camp and is at present directing the re-
lease of war prisoners from 12 camps in
the Osaka administrative area. Lt. Smith
was a member of the ‘Lost Battalion”
when captured by the Japs and was first
taken to Singapore, but later moved to
Japan. He was sent to Hakodate Camp 1
and in August, 1944, was moved to Zent-
sugi and later to Rokoroshi. In August,
1945, Lt. Smith and another prisoner at-
tmptd to escape and seek food from civ-
ilians, but were recaptured and sentenced
to death. Before a courtmartial could be
arranged the Japanese surrendered, and the
men were released. Lt. Smith is the son
of Mrs. Brandon Smith of Electra, Texas,
and is a brother of CAPT. BRANDON E.
SMITH, ’40.
1042
Capt. James B. Hervey
APO 953, ¢/o Pm,
San Francisco, Calif.
Proud Papas: LT. E. D. WILBORN ; LT.
E. H. NELSON. : 5
SGT. CHESTER A HOWELL has trans-
ferred to AAF ORD, Xearns, Utah. . . .
MAJOR SHIBLEY AvAR, JR. is at's
3014 Pershing Drive, El Paso, Texas. . .
LT. CHAS. L. SMITH is in 358th F. A. =
Bn., APO 95, Camp Shelby, Miss. . . .
CAPT. HENRY G. CREEL, JR. is back
from overseas at 235 N. Waverly Drive,
Dallas, 11, Texas. . . . JAMES STRACE-
NER stationed near London, has been
promoted to the rank of MAJOR. He is
the senior aircraft maintenance officer at
a terminal on the 14,500-mile network of
air routes spread across Europe by ATC’s
European Division. He is assisting in the 3
program of flying troops back to the
states. :
3
CAPTAIN KENNETH V. TERRELL has
reported at the San rans POE. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Terrel, 2306
Grant Ave., El Paso. . . LT. R. KR.
LONG writes from Manila that he and
several other Aggies celebrated The April
Muster on board the S. S. Fairisle, some-
where in the middle of the Pacific, but
“Their hearts were back at the ole school.”
CAPT. MALCOLM SHAW, JR., is back
from overseas and gets mail at Carthage,
Texas. . . LT. C. D. RAMSEL, 56
QM Base Depot, APO 1758, 'N. Y., “says 3
that it looks like the Army of Occupation 1
for him. He would like to hear from :
some of his old friends. . . WM. H.
De FEE is with the American Airlines’
Inc., Meacham Field., Fort Worth. .
LTO LL.D; CARRUTH is serving with the
Armed Guard of the Navy on a merchant
vessel in the Pacific. His home address is
Box 668, Denton, Texas. . . . LT. EARLE
E. REYNOLDS, Ward 22, WBGH, El Paso,
is improving nicely and would like to hear
from his Aggie friends. . . . CAPT. W.
C. CARTER sends in a word of cheer for 4
the football team from his post in Burma
a
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« . CAPT. L. H. PACKARD, JR.:iis
with the 537th Chm. Bat. Camp Gruber,
Okla.
From Guam comes word from LT. HA- :
ROLD E. COWLEY who at that time had
completed 23 missions. He reported that
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education and experience to the Engi-
neering Department, Beech Aircraft
Corporation, Wichita 1, Kansas.