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Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Collis, Jr., and their
daughter Sherry Ann, two and half years
of age, are living at 106 Ennis, Bryan,
while Collis continues his work at A. &
M. Their mailing address is P.O. Box 2168,
College Station. Texas.
Lt. Erwin F. Schroeder, Jr., who served
with the 551st Prcht. Inf. is at home on
terminal leave. He received the Bronze
by
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Star Medal and the Purple Heart. He is
the son of Dr. Erwin Schroeder, Chieff
of Staff, Memorial Animal Hospital, 180-
184 Youngwood Avenue, Boston, Mass.
Lt. Frank J. Kramptiz, Jr. is on tempo-
rary duty with the Transportation Corps
as a Special Service Officer aboard a
Troop Carrier, S. S. Grenville M. Dodge,
. Major Dwight
R. Sayles is serving in the U. S. Naval
Disciplinary Barracks, Great Lakes, Ill,
but is expecting to a “Mr.” and back at
303 N. Second St., Clinton, Missouri, by
the first of the year.
Lt. Frank L. Thompson dropped a note
from the Dibble General Hospital in
Menlo Park, Calif.,, that he expects to be
altar bound on Dec. 18. We would like
to have morn info about the trip—give
Frank. His mailing address is P. O. Box
2524, Houston.
Lt. Ross B. Cashion, Jr., is on temporary
duty at Iwo Jima doing work in weather
electronics. He reports Sgt. Al Bradley
’43, being assigned there with him. Ross’s
address is 2nd Weather Group, APO 953,
% Pm. San Francisco, Calif.
Capt. M. H. Borer is at home at 934
Michigan Ave., Miami Beach, Fla., on
a 45-day recuperational leave. He has just
returned from Italy . . Lt. Rex W.
Hill is at home, 1605 S. College, Bryan,
following overseas service.
Jack Yates is back from Germany and
living at 5016 Lilac Lane, Dallas 9, Tex-
as. . . .Major Charles A. Bell, Box 2112,
March Field, Calif., is stationed at March
Field, Calif. . . . The Association Office
would like the address of Major Harold
G. Talbot. . . . Capt. Paul C. Wright is
in Japan waiting for the boat to bring
him to El Paso, Box 3123, Sta. A. Accord-
ing to Paul he was practically on his
way at the time of his letter.
1942
Capt. James B. Hervey
APO 953, c/o Pm.,
San Francisco, Calif.
Wedding Bells: Walter R. Clark; Capt.
Roy H. Thompson; Lt. James Wright Rus-
sell, Jr; Capt. Billups Gayle Prestridge;
Capt. Winston Earl Frost; C. C. Sprinkle,
Jr.; Thomas Earl Mostyn; Joe F. Seeley.
Silver Taps: Lt. John Harold Allen;
Lt. Ransom D. Kenny, Jr.; Lt. T. A.
Williams. $
Jack L. Lamberson was a recent visitor
on the campus and had with him his wife
and 18 months old daughter. He had just
been released from the service, after a
period of three years and seven months.
At the time the war closed he was a
pilot on a B-29 and was located at Lin-
coln, Nebraska.
James J. Cupples was on the campus
for the Thanksgiving game accompanied
by his wife, the former Miss Billey F.
Newman. James was released from the
service as a Lt. after spending 36
months in the ETO. He was wearing 9
battle stars and Bronze Arrowhead. They
are living at 636-Third Ave., Dallas, but
after the first of the year will go to
Pittsburgh where James will be connected
with Westinghouse
John W. Persohn has been promoted
to the rank of Captain and is getting mail
at Hq. Oaku Sig. Sv., APO 958, % Pm,
San Francisco, Calif., according to recent
word from Mrs. Persohn who lives at
2030 Swift, Houston, Texas.
Ben F. Ramsey is back at home at 612
Tyler, Texas, following
E. Oakwood St., ;
his discharge from service. . . . apt.
Faris J. Hess is ranching at Memphis,
Texas, following his discharge in Sep-
tmber . . %~ . . Capt. J.-M, “Bil Vivian
is stationed at the F. W. A. A. F., Fort
Worth and gets mail at 610 Parkdale Ave-
nue, of that city.
Major C. A. Campbell has joined the
ranks of a civilian at Jasper, Texas. .
Lt. Robert K. Whitfill, USMCR, is happy
to be back at his home on Rt. 2, Denison,
Texas. . . .Julius P. Schmalz saw combat
service in France and Germany from June
44 until Oct. 1945 and spent 22 months
overseas with an anti-air craft Battery
attached to the 79th Inf. Division. He is
living at 1286 Tranquilla St., Dallas 18,
Texas.
Lt. W. C. O’Kelley has really been see-
ing the world—among those places he has
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hit during his overseas experience are
Egypt, Syria, Libya, Gold Coast, Brazil
and many others before finally getting
to Japan where he is with the Hq. 72nd
Ord. Base Gp., APO 713 ¢% Pm., San
Francisco, Calif.
Lt. E. D. Wilborn has changed his. ad-
dress to Red Lion Road, Torresdale, Phi-
ladelphia, 14, Pa. . . . James H. Bentley
came back to San Francisco on the U.S.S.
Saratoga and was discharged in Bremerton,
where he will live for awhile. His
mailing address is 237-6th St., Bremerton,
Wash.
Lt. James R. Davis is back at his home
at Stephenville, Texas, after service in
Europe. . . A. Fred Renaud, Jr., 1950
Dryden Avenue, Houston, was a recent
visitor on the campus, following his re-
lease from service. He spent 19 months in
the Pacific with the 511th Prch Inf. Reg.
Mr. and Mrs. Renaud have a son, Fred,
III, whom Papa Renaud saw for the first
time when he arrived home from the wars.
Lt. Willard I. Dowling is Mine Property
Officer for the Harbor Defenses of Balboa.
He reported seeing Walter Clore who has
been promoted to the rank of Captain,
and is now Aide to Major General Homer
Lt. and Mrs. Dowling have a daughter,
born November 25. . . . Capt. E. A. Ster-
ling is a patient at the Dibble General
Hospital, Meno Park, Calif., and would
like to know of any other Aggies
in that vicinity. His mailing address is
Box 834, Stamford Univ., Calif. His father,
Lt. Col. Edward A. Sterling, ’15, is sta-
tioned at Korea.
Lt. (jg) Judd W. Cayton, 100 Irvington,
S.W. Washington, D. C., would like to
know some of the ’42 graduates in “and
around Washington . . . Thomas C. Sul-
livan has been promoted to Chief Petty
Officer. He is expecting to be at his home
in Houston, 2309 Hazard St., soon. . . .
Emerson M. Connell, Jr., was released
from the service with the rank of Major
and is living at 1827 W. 10th St., Dallas,
Texas. . . .Lt. James E. Clutter is sta-
tioned at Ft. McClellan, Ala. Co. B. 26th
Bn. IRTC. . . . Major J. W. Smith has
changed his address to 218 E. Woodin Blvd.,
Dallas 16, Texas.
1943
Dan R. Sutherland
College Station, Texas
Wedding Blls: Capt. Thomas Jones Bol-
ling, Jr.
Proud Papa: James A. Ullom.
Silver Taps: S/Sgt. Newell M. Ballard.
Lt. Russel T. Cook landed with the 4th
Inf. Div. on D-Day on the Utah beach in
Normandy and fought through to Cher-
bourgh, St. Lo, Belgium and the Bat-
tle of the Bulge. He is now working near
Paris in a Reinforcement Depot. His
mailing address is Hq. 19th Reinf. Depot,
APO 176, % Pm., New York.
Lt. Edward C. Mann, a prisoner of the
Germans for 14 months, has returned to
the States and received his discharge
from the Army. He is continuing his work
for a B. S. degree at Tulane University
and plans to start taking medical work
there next summer. Lt. Mann entered the
service in May, 1942, and received his
commission as a pilot in August, 1943. In
November, 1943, he went overseas as co-
pilot of a B-17 and was based in Eugland
making missions over Germany until March
6, 1944, when he was shot down in the
first big raid over Berlin. He was taken
prisoner and interned in Stalag Luft I
near Barth, Germany, until his release.
Lt. 0. W. Schuchart, 906 Cincinnati
Ave., San Antonio, has been released
from service after spending three years
in Porto Rico.
Col. John R. Watson was inducted into
the service in April 1943 and served at
Camp Roberts until July, 1944. He was
with the 7th Armd. Div. in France, Bel-
gium, Holland and Germany, and was at
St. Vith during the German breakthru
into Belgium. He is now doing occupa-
tional duty and getting mail at Bt. I, Co.
B. Sect. 2, Biarritz American University,
APO 1772, % Pm., New oYrk, N. Y.
Lt. Billy O. Jones, Route 1, Kosse,
Texas, spent 27 months in China. He is
to report to Fort Sill for further assign-
ment. . . . Lt. Donald G. Griffin has re-
turned to the States after 18 months in
the Pacific with the 38rd Amphibious
Forces. He was with the first American
forces that landed in Yokohama. He is
getting mail at 1307 Travis, Amarillo,
Texas.
Lt. Edward M. Cumbie 1s doing occu-
pational duty in Austria and gets mail at
79 Ftr. Gr. 85th Ftr. Sad., APO 374, N.
Y. «wi Xib: Chas. "Wm.. Mull, Ce: D; 277
Tk. Bn.,, APO 444, Camp Cooke, Calif.,
wants to hear from Lt. (jg) Ned Solether,
’45, and Gene Finney, ’43. We do not have
the addresses and would like to have them
for the office files, if anyone knows their
whereabouts.
Lt. J.'C. Denney, C Co., 1876 Eng. Avn.
Bn., APO 929, ¢% Pm. San Francisco,
would like for any Aggies in his area to
get in touch with him. He expects to be
there until spring. He is at Fukuoka,
Japan.
Marvin M. Alexander, Jr., has changed
his address to 3928 Locke St., Fort Worth
7, Texas Capt. E. ‘“Oley’ Jonsson
is hoping to get back to his home at
Crystal City in time for this edition of
the AGGIE. His mailing address at that
city is Box 193 . 3 Lt. Emmett R.
Holekamp, Comfort, Texas, arrived home
from the ETO on November 22. He spent
17 months with the 159th Engrs. Combat
Bn., and earned the ETO Ribbon with
five battle stars, the Purple Heart, for
wounds received at Luxemburg, and the
Bronze Star for his performance of duty
in the Battle of Ardennes.
Lt. Robert L. Seay, Jr. 4033 Bowser,
Dallas, was a recent campus visitor. He
arrived in New York on December 6 after
28 months of overseas duty in China. On
terminal leave until March 6, 1946, Seay
plans to return to school in February.
He reported hearing the Thanksgiving
game while on a boat enroute to the
States.
Sgt. Alfred H. Conrad is back at his
home on Route 2, Bryan, following his dis-
chareg from the service. He plans to re-
enter school in Feb. Sgt. Conrad and
Mrs. Conrad, the former Carolyn Anderson,
of Watertown, Mass., plan to make their
home in Bryan.
Among the many miniature reunions
held on the campus during the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays was one of six A. Cav. boys—
Joe Woodley, Alfred Yorston, Reggie Smith,
Worth Parker, Bob Moore and Bob Ward.
The last three ’43’ers are now out of
service and in school. After 25 months
in New Guinea, Luzon, Philippines, and
Kobe, Japan, Sgt. Morris B. Osborn is
on his way home. His mailing address is
Route 2, Claude, Texas. .
1944
Lt. Gus Boesch
Whitney, Texas
Wedding Bells: Robert William Ivey,
Lt, Walter E. Kruse.
Proud Papas: Lt. Jerry R. Ratcliff.
Silver Taps: Sgt. Harland B. Parks, Lt.
Forrest D. Sharpe, Jr.
Lt. L. E. Dooley is overseas and getting
mail at Army Ground Forces, A-G Sec.
APO 331, ¢% PM, San Francisco, Calif.
Dalton T. Carter was released from mil-
itary service October 19, 1945, with the
rank of Sgt. During a brief visit to the
Association Office he reported that he
spent 29 months, 2 days and 3 hours in
the ETO and MTO. He participated in the
invasions of Sicily and France and was
awarded five battle Stars, the Croix de
Guerre, and Bronze rrowhead. His home
address is Rte. 1, Box 277, Port Arthur,
Texas, and he plans to return to school in
February.
Lt. Alton A, Novasad was released from
service in November, and was a recent
visitor on the campus making plans to
re-enter school in February. He was ac-
companied by his wife, the former Miss
Connie Seljos, of Bryan. Mr. and Mrs.
Novasad are temporarily living at Route
2, Caldwell, Texas.
Lt. Robert L. Schultz, 717 Clinton,
Brenham, Texas, has returned from service
in the ETO. He will return to A. & M.
in February.
Pfe. Chris J. Barber is with an Admin-
istrative Sqdn. at the Pueblo Army Air
Lt. Jefferson R. Rainey, Jr., is in
Germany with the Army of Occupation. His
wife resides at 915 Gore Blvd., Lawton,
Okla.
James D. Traver is out of the service
and living at Del Paso Heights, Calif. His
mailing address is Box 1111. . Ens.
David W. Benson is on U.S.S. Bronstein
(DE 189) Inactive Fleet Berthing Area,
Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Sgt. Nicholas Joseph Mees, Jr., 593rd
JASCO, APO 170, % PM, San Francisco,
Calif. has attended two Aggie meetings
on Okinawa and the Septemher meeting
at Manila.
Lt. Jack B. Gregor, is company com
mander of Ha. Hq, 1165th Engr. (C)
GP, and gets mail at APO 901, ¢% PM, San
1 Base, Pueblo, Colo.
He Pulled a Surprise
R. Harry Stiteler, ’31
The biggest football upset of
45 in the Southwest was the
emergence of Harry Stiteler’s Waco
High School Tigers as co-champ-
ions of Texas high school football.
The Tigers won that honor when
they tied Highland Park in the
final game. It was Stiteler’s sec-
ond championship, his previous one
being as coach of Corpus Christi
High School. Stiteler’s team went
into the final game doped to lose
by practically all experts.
Aggies Win — Lose In
Opening Court Games
Marty Karow’s 1946 Aggie basketball
team got away to a fast start in the
current conference race by trouncing S.
M. U. in the DeWare Field House at
Kyle Field, but dropped their next tilt to
the T. C. U. Frogs. Although the season
is too young for standings, Arkansas, Rice
and Baylor loom as the top teams of the
league. The Razorbacks, featuring giant
center Kok, are top-heavy favorites for
the title. Karow’s team is due to win
more games that the Aggies have won
in the past several years but is hardly a
title-contender in this building-back per-
iod. The Cadet’s big star to date has been
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captured when his plane was shot down on
a mission over northern Germany on
January 11, 1944, An older brother, Maj.
Thomas E. “Ted” Duce, ’41, who had been
on duty in the Pacific for about 19 months,
landed in California in December aboard
a hospital ship. Major Duce suffered a
broken neck and burns on his right side
and arm in a serious plane crash in Japan
on October 13.
Lt. Carl A. Steinhagen is with the 6th
Army Divisional ~ Artillery in Southern
Japan, Mrs. Steinhagen, the former Miss
Mary Jane Barnes, whom he married in
July, 1945, is living in Beaumont, Texas,
and gets mail at P. O. Box 2528.
Lt. Norman E. Finck is overseas with
the 654th Engr. Topo. Bn. His mailing ad-
dress is Route 2, Box 49, St. Charles, Mo.
Cpl. Marshall Gatton is stationed at
Mountain Home, Idaho.
Lt. Delbert M. Fowler gets mail at APO
4330, % PM, New York, N. Y. He is with
an Engineer Unit and sailed for his over-
Seas assignment the early part of Novem-
er.
Sgt. George H. Golman, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Abe Golman, 5931 Martel, Dallas, has
received his discharge from the Army and
he and his bride are making their home
in Dallas. Sgt Golman returned to the
States about the middle of 1945 after sev-
eral months of imprisonment in a Ger-
man prison camp. He was captured by the
Germans in Belgium in December, 1944.
Lt. Geo. H. Jackson is with the 538th
Engrs. Light Poton Co., Camp Brecken-
ridge, Kentucky, but is expecting to be
discharged soon. His home address is 224
W. Nevada, El Paso, Texas. His overseas
service was in the ETO.
Lt. and Mrs. John H. Elphick get their
mail at 2392A Virginia Ave., Berkeley,
4, Calif. They have a young son, John II,
born on Dec. 1. Lt. and Mrs. Robert Max
Wright, recently married, are at home
at 233 Compton, San Antonio. Lt. Thomas
R. Lutner is on terminal leave at 915
Gore, Lawton, Okla.
T/5 Arthur C. Padilla has arrived back
in the states and stationed at C-13-5,
F.A.R.T.C., ‘Fort Bragg, N. C. ... .. After
a tour of duty in the ETO Lt. Elmer
E. Harrell is at Fort Knox, Ky., Troop
C 13th Cav., 4th Regt. . . . Lt. William
H. Vail is still in Italy and getting mail
at 488 Port Bn., APO 782, ¢% PM, N. Y.
Cpl. Robert B. Williamson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Williamson, ’11, is sta-
tioned at Fort Knox, Co. B. T. G. T. A. S.
. . . Lt. Norman R. Whitaker is in Manila
and gets mail at 116 Cml. Proc. Co. APO
75, % PM, San Francisco, Calif.
Pfc. Conrad J. Sommers, is stationed at
Fort Richardson, Alaska, in a chemical
warfare service unit, according to a re-
cent letter from his old roommate T/4 Rex
Shanks, Jr., now stationed at the PW
Camp, Camp Bowie.
Lt. Horace B. Williams is with Q.M.S.O.
Ant. Gen. Dep. 1, APO 846, ¢% PM, Miami,
Fla. . D. W. Dodson spent 37 months
in the British West Indies and is back
in college getting mail at P. O. Box
2902, College Station, Texas.
Lt. Wm. N, Walterman has been sep-
arated from service and living at Riverside,
Texas, until Feb. when he will return to
A. & MM. . . J. D. Behling is out of
service and in school. Mailing address:
Box 2912, College Station.
Barney Welch, a former Stephenville
Jamie Dawe, returned last fall from High school grid star and Texas Aggie
A&M y star stole the show recently when his team
: k fg. ft. fl. tp met the Tlst Inf. Div. on a snow-soaked
Underwood. t 3 1 “17 gridiron in Nuerberg, Germany. Mrs.
Weber Y 0 0 0 0 Welch, the former Miss Jane Porter, and
Foldberg P 171.9 "8 their young son, Russell Lee, are making
Yeomar 4 £ 11:1 18 their home at Stephenville while the
Devson. 0 8 274 14 “Mighty” Welch is overseas.
Hall rig 150 9 a Lt. Walter W. McMahan, Jr., 320 Hun-
A dais pA 33° 04 a stock Ave, San Antonio, 4, reports that
Yocs 2 1.0 Fre the biggest thrill of his overseas tour
Townsend, 3.1 8.7 of duty was on August 19 when the Jap
7 ’ DAT delegation Listed Son Mac Artimet head-
quarters. t. McMahan earned the Air
Total he oh 192.75 17.45 Medal, Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Rib-
SS M.U i ; bon with seven campaign stars and the
a fe. ft. fl. tp. Philippine Liberation ribbon and one
Lloyd, £ 54 0 14 star. . Frank Craig is back at 4902
Robinson ¢ 9-00.40 Abbott, Dallas, 5, Texas. }
Rowland. £ 0 0-120 Cpl. Thomas Hale is enroute to his
Cannady, £ 0-3 1:3 home in Bryan, from India. 3 Lt.
Teal ic ¥ Fahd Harold A. Reich is stationed at a Dis-
Zatopock ” 0008878 ciplinary Training Camp, and gets mail at
Smith y 5:11." Detia DRC Det. <6837," APO' 712, % PM,
’ a ew OTrkK.
Pons g 1 ! 3 5 Lady Luck smiled on V. J. Hermenson,
Friast $ S100 .1 veteran of World War II with three
»:E gn 2 years of service in the Air Corps, when
Total 12 14 16 38 he found himself the possessor of a 1946
Half-time score—A&M 25, SMU 22.
Free throws missed—Underwood, Fold-
berg, Yeoman, Dawson 5, Vass, Townsend,
Lloyd 2, Smith 2, Penn, Rollings 2.
Officials—Hayes and Curtis.
Francisco, Calif. He reports his brother,
Lt. Alex. McGregor, ‘45, being there also
as well as several ’43 boys. Jack will send
in a report of their ‘Turkey Day” meeting
at Ascom City, Korea.
Lt. Thomas A. Lancaster, son of Mr.
and Mrs. N. E. Lancaster, Lampasas, Tex-
as, is back in the States after having been
a prisoner of the Germans in Rumania
from July 3 to August 31, .1944. He was
co-pilot on a bomber and had been over-
seas only about three weeks when his
plane went down. He is at present as-
signed to the Adjutant’s Office at Perrin
Field, Sherman, Texas.
Lt. Orlin J. Gibbs is Chemical Officer
for Camp Bowie and mail may be address-
ed to him there, at 1853rd SCU, Sta. Com.
John E. Washburn, Cleburne, is back
{n school following his discharge from the
Air Corps. . . . Lt. Burton F. Parker is
assigned to Ft. Leonard Wood, and living
at 1128 Beverly Viewland, Lebanon, Mo.
Capt. Sid V. Smith gets his mail at Hq.
102nd Div. Arty., APO 102, ¢% PM, NW.
NY. He just recently received his promo-
tion, and is stationed at Munchberg, where
he and Lt. “Buck” Ware are rooming
together. ... . Ens. Geo. Puls, Jr., is sta-
tioned at Shumaker, Ark.
Richard J. McDonough has returned from
a tour of duty in the Pacific and is in-
structor in Jacksonville, Fla. He recently
was promoted to the rank of Lt. (jg).
Mailing address, Box 277-0 No. 101, U.S.
Naval Air Station. . . . Lt. Helmut
Sommer is on the staff and Faculty, CSCS,
Camp Crowder, Mo.
Lt. and Mrs. Walter E. Kruse, newly-
weds, are living at Muskogee, Okla. while
the groom is stationed at Camp Gruber.
Lt. Kruse and his wife both served over-
seas in the ETO, Mrs. Kruse being an
Army nurse, . Pfe. Lloyd W. Smith
is in Bremen, Germany with the Hdaq.
Co. First Bn., 115th Inf., APO 29, ¢%
PM, N. ¥X. :
Lt. John Rafferty is with the 567th
Eng. Mait. Co., APO 513, ¢% PM, N.Y.
. . . Lt. Wm. G. Holbrook returned to the
states in September from duty in the
Pacific and is spending his leave at his
home at 7615 Garden Ave., Houston,
awaiting further assignment. . . . Aubra
G. Draper ,Amarillo, was a December
campus visitor making plans to re-enter
school in Feb., following his release from
service, 1 945
Eugene F. Howard, Jr.
P. O. Box 1924
College Station, Texas
Wedding Bells: Lt. Robert Max Wright,
William J. Graff, Jr.
Proud Papas: Lt. John K. Elphick.
Silver Taps: Lt. Taswell F. Hackler,
Sgt. Billy E. Smith.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lt.
Wm. M. Warren, please send in informa-
tion to the Association Office.
F/O Wm. M. Paulk is at his home at
Vernon, Texas, 1521 Paradise, Texas. He
spent 11 months and 17 days in the ETO,
landing back home in October. He plans
to return to school in Febtuary and he and
his wife will reside at College Station.
J. E. Fry has entered school and gets
mail at Box 2054, College Station. He
was released in October after 34 months
in the Marine Corps serving at Bougain-
ville, Guam and Iowa Jima. He received
the Purple Heart for wounds received on
Guam. He was married on Oct. 6 to Miss
Lois Mikeska, of Beeville.
Lt. Charles R. Thomas, 505 N. Spurgeon,
Altus, Okla., was a campus visitor in early
December. He returned to the States on
October 20 after a year and a half of
overseas duty. Lt. Thomas received his
commission in Australia last June, and his
last location before returning to the
States was Yokohama, Japan.
Lt. John E. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Wilson, 203 N. Adams, Beeville, Tex-
as, was liberated from a German prison
camp at the end of the war with Ger-
many after 7 months of imprisonment.
A navigator on a B-24, he was shot down
over Kassel, Germany, on October 7, 1944,
and after bailing out was almost beaten
to death by German people before being
rescued by German soldiers. After return-
ing to the States, Lt. Wilson spent a 60-
day leave at his home and is now station-
ed at Ellington Field, Texas, Box 2226,
Branch 3. He plans to return to A. & M.
after release from service to finish his
work for a degree.
Lt. Jack A. Duce, son of Mr. E. A.
Duce, 433 Palmero, Corpus Christi, is at
present stationed at Scott Field, Ill. He ar-
rived in the States in July, 1945, after be-
ing released from a German prison camp.
A navigator on a Flying Fortress, he was
Ford automobile as the result of the an-
nual give-away by the American Legion.
He is back at school taking a refresher
course in Marketing and Finance. His
home is at Victoria.
Lt. Lewis: H. Blunts, 627 F. A. Bn.,
APO 758, PM, N.Y. is in the German
Army of Occupation. Overseas for 12
months and he has received the Purple
Heart and two battle stars. Lt. Charles
R. Davenport is in the Agriculture Section
of the Miliary Governmnet, APO 757,
ii
Wedding Bells: B. J. Carmichael, Lt.
Robert L. Blazek.
Silver Taps: John C. Sanford.
Jack W. Wier, 2909 Strand, Hermosa
Beach, Calif.
Mr. C. L. Bryan, 242 21st St., Santa
Monica, Calif., reports that his son, S/Sgt.
Jackson T. Bryan, returned to the states
in June, 1945, after about 15 months of
internment in a German prison camp.
Sgt. Bryan has been released from service
and is now employed at the Douglas Air-
craft Corp., but plans to enter U.C.L.A.
in March. He was a waist gunner on a
B-17 when shot down over Germany in
February, 1944. He was awarded the Purple
Heart with three Oak Leaf Clusters and
the Air Medal
Staron E. Ammons was a recent visitor
on the campus. He was released from mil-
itary service Nov. 4, 1945, after serving
with the Army Air Corps on Patrol duty
from Nov. 18, 1944, to July 1, 1945. His
home address is 212 13th Ave. N, Texas
City, and he plans to return to scheol.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mosley, 2121
Morrow St., Waco, Texas, were recent
visitors on the campus. Wililam spent 34
months in the service and two years of
that time were spent in t he Pacific. He
participated in the invasions of the Solo-
mons, Saipan, Luzon and Leyte.
Thomas L. Stovall, 3067th Engr. Dump
Trk. Co., APO 331, % FPO San Francisco,
Calif. was recently promoted to the rank
of 1st. Lt. He would like to hear from
Floyd D. DuBois, ’46. We do not have
an address on Floyd and would like for
someone to send in some news on him.
Ens. C. Sumner Hunter, 1633 Irving St.
N. W., Washington, D. C., is working with
the Navy Ordnance Lab. at John Hopkins
University. He reports that Ens. John
Cornish was at the Bomb Disposal School
in Washington until shipping out a few
months ago, and Ens. John Arthur is at
the Ammunition Handling School in Mas-
sachusetts. On a recent visit to New York
Hunter ran into another classmate, Buddy
Harrison, who is at present stationed at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Ralph Steinmann, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry W. Steinmann, 4230 Trowbridge
St., El Paso, was liberated from a German
prison camp after about 5 months of im-
prisonment and was flown to France where
he entered a hospital to regain his
strength and health after months of star-
vation. He arrived in the States the latter
part of July and following a furlough was
ea
sent to Santa Barbara, Calif. He was then
transferred to Ford Ord, Calif., and work-
ed in the Redistribution Center there for
3 months before being discharged. He
plans to continue work for his degree.
Daniel C. Herndon is out of the army
and at home at 7010 Takalon, Dallas, 14,
Texas. . . . Lt. Robert L. Blazek is living
at 1511 Ft. Bragg Road, Fayetteville, N.
C. He was married recently to Miss Martha
Willford Grisson, of Steel, Mo.
Cpl. Harvey J. Chelf was released from
the army on Oct. 28 and had earned the
DFC, Air Medal with three clusters and
five battle stars. He is now Inspector for
the Cameron Iron Works, 617 Arlington
St., Houston, Texas. . . . Jay S. Williams
has changed his address to 526 Coleman
St., Marlin, Texas,
Clarence Joseph Janak spent three
years, two months and 17 days in the
Coast Guard. He is back at his home in
Granger, Texas, making plans to return
to school in February. . Pfe. Phillip
Patterson is expecting a re-assignment
and is having mail sent to his home at
Bloomington, Texas.
H. Michael Sheaner was missing in action
as of Dec. 16, 1944, and later it was
learned he was a POW of the Germans
at Stalag IV. He has been released from
the prison camp and is at home at 2501
Abrams Rd., Dallas, Texas.
Charles B. Boddie gets his mail at Box
981, College Station. . . . Dan Hightower
is back in school and gets mail at Box
2222, College Station, ditto for Earl Wayne
Grogan, Box 3001. 1
Attention Lt. Thomas L, Stovall—The
address of R. Floyd Dubois, Jr., has been
obtained ad is 904 West 30th St., Aus-
tin, Texas.
Pvt. Homer Sylvester Boone is at Fort
Lawton, Washington, 9222 TSU, TC, Ships
Comp. . .. James E. Bray S 1/¢ (A.M.M.)
is .on the U. 8S. 8. Tripoli (C.V.E.) ¥-2
Division, ¢% FPO, San Francisco, Calif.
1 Charles Ray Richardson has been
promoted to Lt. Senior Grade. His ship
went through the typhoon at Okinawa
but came out without injury. He gets his
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1946
mail at U.S.S. Y.M.S. 281 ¢% FPO, San
Francisco, if.
B. J. Carmichael has received his dis-
charge from military service after spemd-
ing several months overseas as a prisoner
of war of the Germans. He has received
the Presidential Citation, Combat In-
fantry Badge and . Purple .Heart. Mr.
Carmichael and Miss .Jeanne . Pederson
were married on Dec. 14 and are living
at 4429 Lemmon, Dallas.
Ens. Philip A. Masquelette is Ship's
Liaison Officer, Supply Dept., Charleston
Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C.
Pvt. Henry Gilchrist’s mailing address
is Btry. C, 901 AAA AW Bn. APO 829,
% PM, New Orleans, La. . . . Benjamin
A. Goodman, S 1/c, is stationed at Great
Lakes, Ill, USNPSC, Bks. 3007. . . .
James E. Fowler is at Ft. Velvoir, Va.
9817 TSU-CE, Engr, Bd. . . . Raymond
E. Stotzer, Jr., is with the Supply Dept.
Treasure Isl., 3225 Lzguna St., San Fran-
cisco, Calif. He was married last April
to the former Miss Mary Ann Conness, of
Seguin, Texas. . . . S/Sgt. John H. Mil-
‘ler is in Yokasuka, Japan, with the Marine
Corps, and gets mail at SMS, 31, MAG.
31, % FPO, San Francisco, Calif.
1947
Ens. Max E. Mohnke gets mail at U. S.
S. Slater (D.E. 766) ¢% FPO, San Fran-
cisco, Calif. He serves as the Supply
Officer of the ship,
Pfe. Richard A. Osterhold, Box 815,
Texas City, was a recent visitor in the
Asogiation Ofice. He is being sent to an
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Ensign T. J. Chapman is on the U.S.S.
Vicksburg, % FPO, San Francisco, Calif.
He has transferred considerable scholastic
credit hours from the University of South
Carolina and the U.S.N.R. midshipman’s
school. ;
Robert A. Seyle was on the campus re-
cently making plans to re-enter school in
February. He recently received his dis-
charge from the Air Corps.
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