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* * With the Armed ForcesAS THE EUROPLAN fighting entered finalstages last month, Sooner alumni in allbranches of the service were scatteredamong Allied forces gradually drivingtoward a German defeat .00- Commanding general of the SecondDivision which played an important partin the battle of France is Maj . Gen. WalterRobertson, '07, who was recently awardedthe Silver Star for gallantry in action .

General Robertson has been in com-mand of the Second Division since No-vember, 1942, when it began training atFort Sam Houston, Texas. A graduate ofWest Point, he has served in Manila,Honolulu, France, Italy and at numerousposts in the United States .At one time, General Robertson was an

instructor at the Command and GeneralStaff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .He is a brother of Mrs. Wyatt Marrs,wife of the head of the department ofsociology at the University, and Mrs. Gar-rison Buxton (Virginia Robertson, '29fa),Oklahoma City .

to- Spearheading the attack in the Alliedlandings in southern France was that vet-eran fighting group, the 45th Division,composed chiefly of men from Oklahomaand Texas. It was the fourth enemybeachhead the men of the 45th havestormed across since July 10, 1943, whenthey plunged into the surf at Sicily .From Sicily they went into the bitter

battle of Salerno in September, 1943, andafter the Allied advance stalled at Cassino,the 45th Division was pulled out for theinvasion of Anzio in January, 1944, andsome of the bloodiest fighting of the war.New commander of the 45th is Maj . Gen.William W. Eagles .

Lt . Col. Hal Muldrow, '28bus, Nor-man, commander of the 189th Field Ar-tillery battalion of the 45th Division whowas home on leave at the time of thesouthern France landing, last month re-joined his troops in France.

His brother, Maj . Alvan Muldrow,'33law, commanding the 12th battalion ofthe Second Division with the First Army,was also in the thick of fighting on thecontinent.

A bylined story by Ira Wolfert, cover-ing the St . Lo-Periers front, recountedthe fierce fighting at St . Lo and the finalsuccess of the Fourth Infantry Division,commanded by Maj. Gen. Raymond Bar-ton, '07, Ada, in breaking through theGerman lines there.

General Barton directed the fighting ina small, emptied-out living room on aFrench widow's farm . There was an ovaltable in the room, two chairs, a lot ofboxes to sit on and to hold telephones

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In the European fighting as com-manding general of the famed SecondDivision was Maj. Gen . W. M.

Robertson, '07.

and a big piece of plywood over which laya stretched-out map.Mr . Wolfert told how the general

talked over the telephone in a soft, courtlyvoice before and during the battle, check-ing to see if his men were in place andknew what to do and later to direct battlemoves and inquire about casualties ."Even when the sky filled with airplanes

and the battered stone house shook andshed stale dust over him," the correspond-ent reported, "his voice remained soft andhis manner courtly. He had the kindest,most unworried looking eyes I have everseen in a man in battle ."

On the Pacific front, Allied forcesbrought aerial warfare closer to the Jap-anese homeland . Capt . Louis J. Lamm,'37-'39, Vici, a squadron leader, helpedlead the first attack by Seventh Air ForceLiberator bombers on Iwo Jima in theBonin Islands, 60 miles from Japan.

In French InvasionLt. Col. T. T. Beeler, '37med, Norman,

is executive officer of an Evacuation Hos-pital which took care of the first woundedsoldiers in the invasion of Normandy.The unit arrived in France four days afterthe first landings and in the next four daysevacuated 2,200 wounded.

In the two-day period, surgeons of thehospital staff performed 185 major oper-ations . The hospital used the assembly

line method of caring for surgical cases,surgeons working steadily on 12-hourshifts . Blood plasma used by the hospitalwas flown from London . Colonel Beelerjoined the unit last January.IN- Capt . Edwin C . Yeary, '39med, Okla-homa City, was a member of the firstsurgical team to land in Normandy byglider on D-Day. For several hours afterlanding, he and the other Medical Corpsmen cared for American wounded in thefield, later making their way to a village,where they set up a clearing station .No- Capt . Thelma B . Forbes, '37nurse,Independence, Oklahoma, is on the staffof an Evacuation Hospital in Francewhich has been devoted largely to thecare of wounded German prisoners. Cap-tain Forbes has been on foreign duty withthe Army Nurse Corps since February,serving in Ireland and England beforegoing to France .No- Lt . Thomas E. Shockley, '36-'39, Wil-burton, was with the 82nd Airborne Di-vision in France, having made a success-ful parachute jump into Normandy in theinitial phase of the invasion .

Col . Frank S. Cleckler, '21ba, formerexecutive secretary of the Alumni Associ-ation, is in France with the QuartermasterCorps. In a recent letter to friends, hewrote that he was quartered in a smallhotel and working 15 to 16 hours a day,seven days a week .

After landing on the French beach atdawn and setting up equipment, ColonelCleckler visited a farmhouse across theroad and discovered he rememberedenough French from his A.E.F . days tobuy some hot water and eggs .No- Lt . (jg) J. R. Forrester, '41bus, Mus-kogee, was serving on board a ship whichtook part in the invasion of southernFrance . In a recent letter describing theaction, he said, "We made our attack indaylight hours of the morning after al-lowing our air forces to bomb thebeaches first . . . . The bombing was so ter-rific that the ship actually vibrated fromthe concussion . . . . We, on this ship, didnot see a single enemy plane althoughsome were reported near . . . . We don'thave any idea as to when we will becom-ing home again but we do know that thecompletion of this operation is one goodbig milestone that is passed ."

Sgt. Alvin Henderson, '42243, Okla-homa City, earlier reported missing inaction, has informed his parents that heis safe and well and back with his Para-trooper unit . Sergeant Henderson was re-ported missing on the first day of theNormandy invasion while serving as aparatrooper, in charge of the bazooka sec-

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tion of his company. He went overseaslast December .

Also in France were Capt. Walter K.Caudill, '37bus, Maysville, with an In-fantry company, and Staff Sgt. T. R. Luns-ford, '40-'42, Cleveland, Oklahoma .

Back From Battlefronts

Lt . John E. Coenen, '41, Okmulgee, re-turned to the United States after flying14 combat missions over Europe as pilotof a P-47 Thunderbolt. He was sentback to this country for further treatmenton his back, which was broken when hebailed out of a disabled ship on a practiceflight over England after he had flownone combat mission. Hospitalized for fourmonths, Lieutenant Coenen then returnedto duty but after flying 13 more missionsthe strain on his injured back proved toogreat. Before being grounded he shotdown two Focke-Wulfs." Lt . Ralph (Cy) Ellinger, '266a, Purcell andNoble, has returned to the United States afterserving for four months as a combat intelligenceofficer with the Ninth Air Force in England .Lieutenant Ellinger returned to this country torecover from a siege of pneumonia followed bycomplications. Before coming home he was inhospitals in Oxford, Southampton and Bristol .He has been placed on limited service.

Lt . Lottie Miller, '30nurse, Dustin, memberof the Army Nurse Corps, was home on leavethis summer after serving for two years with aGeneral Hospital in Australia.1 Maj . Samuel T. Coleman, '38law, Wichita,Kansas, has returned from duty with the 15thAir Force in Italy to Fort Worth, Texas, wherehe is attached to the Air Force Training Com-mand .1 Capt. Jack Lucas, '4leng, Wetumka, has re-turned to this country after spending two yearsin North Africa, Italy and England with theQuartermaster Corps . He was to report to FortSam Houston, Texas, last month for reassign-ment .1 Capt . Samuel M . Rutherford, III, '41letters,Tulsa, has returned to the United States afterserving for 27 months as a technical supply of-ficer with the Air Force in the European theater .He was sent to the Air Force RedistributionStation at Miami Beach, Florida, before beingre-assigned to duty .1 Lt. Col . Honald N . Maidt, '28-'30, OklahomaCity, arrived in the United States late this sum-mer from India, where he has been stationedfor two and one-half years as director of themotor school of the Chinese Training Command .Colonel Maidt directed the training of Chinesesoldiers in India. Before going to India he wasstationed at Fort Sill .1 Charles F . Barwick, '266a, '28ma, technicianfourth grade, has returned to the United Statesafter serving in England and North Africa as awriter with the morale section of the Army . Heis the author of A Soldier's Guide to Rome andA Soldier's Guide to Naples, booklets whichwere distributed to American troops before theyentered those cities. Before entering the Army,Sergeant Barwick was an inspector in the Wageand Hour Division of the United States Depart-ment of Labor .1 Melroy Glover, '41-'42, electrician's mate sec-ond class in the Coast Guard, spent a 35-dayleave in Norman this summer, after seeing actionin both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war.He was at sea for 15 months .1 Comdr . Clifford C . Fulton, '24ba, '26bs,Oklahoma City, has been assigned to duty atthe Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas,

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after serving for 28 months in the SouthwestPacific." Capt . Albert H . Cole, '33-'36, Oklahoma City,has returned from the Southwest Pacific to at-tend the School for Special Service Officers inLexington, Virginia . Captain Cole, who wasoverseas for 18 months, was special service of-ficer of the first Air Force unit to move over theOwen Stanley Mountains into the Buna area .

Capt . Tipp Watts, '30-'32, Air TransportCommand veteran, came home to Oklahoma Cityon leave this summer after making 66 roundtrips from India to China in 14 months . On oneof his trips over the hump Captain Watts losthis way but found his course again before run-ning into serious difficulty ." Lt. Floyd H . Keller, '39pharm, Woodward,has returned to the United States after six monthsin the European theater as navigator aboard aB-24 . Holder of the Air Medal with three OakClusters, Lieutenant Keller flew on 31 missionsand 36 sorties . After returning to this countryhe was hopitalized for treatment of wounds re-ceived in combat ." James Mills, Jr ., '38-'41, Oklahoma City, chiefradio technician, was home on leave last monthafter serving since December, 1942, on board adestroyer . Most of that time his ship has beenin Pacific waters . He expected to return to seaduty when his leave was up late in September .

Deaths in ServiceLt . Col. Jay P. Rousek, '35-'37, Mus-

kogee, veteran of the New Guinea aerialcampaign, was killed September 3 in thecrash of an Army bomber shortly after ittook off from the Army Air Field at Har-vard, Nebraska, en route to Newark, NewJersey . Nine persons were killed in thecrash.

Colonel Rousek held an accumulationof decorations including the DistinguishedFlying Cross, the Silver Star, the Order ofthe Purple Heart and the Air Medal. Hewent to the Southwest Pacific in August,1942, from Central America, where he

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After a leave at home, Lt . Col. HalMuldrow, '28bus, returned to dutywith the 45th Division now fighting

in Europe .

was stationed after receiving his commis-sion at Kelly Field, Texas.

Survivors include his parents, Mr . andMrs. J. A . Rousek, Muskogee, his wifeand a small son, Jay, Jr .

Capt . Lynn O. Frensley, '41, Duncan,a battery commander with an ArmoredField Artillery unit, was killed in actionin France August 2. No details about hisdeath are known other than the fact thathe was with the American forces in theassault on Cherbourg.

Captain Frensley entered the Army inJune, 1941, having been commissioned asecond lieutenant in the University R.O.T.C . unit . He was assigned to Panamain December, 1941, and served there for16 months before returning to the UnitedStates for advanced training and trans-fer to the European theater.At the University, Captain Frensley

was an organizer with the IndependentMen's Association and worked part timeat the Campus Drug Store. Survivors in-clude his parents, Mr. and Mrs. FrankFrensley, Duncan, four brothers and asister .0- Lt . Scott R. Blanton, '35-'40, Norman,of the Infantry, was killed in action inNew Guinea on July 29 . Former busi-ness student in the University, he trainedat Fort Benning, Georgia, before goingoverseas .

Lieutenant Blanton entered service in1942, having joined the National Guardin Norman two years earlier . He wentoverseas in January, 1943 . Survivors in-clude his mother, Mrs. Sallie Blanton,Norman, and his wife, of Albuquerque,New Mexico.10- Lt . Robert A. Henry, '40-'42, Tulsa,co-pilot on a Liberator, was killed July31 when the bomber in which he wastraining crashed near the Army Air Baseat Mountain Home, Idaho, where he wasstationed. He was a member of a crewpreparing to go into combat.

Lieutenant Henry was a pre-medicalstudent in the University . Survivors in-clude his parents, Mr . and Mrs. Allen E.Henry, Tulsa.

Lt . Donald Schultz, '40-'43, Norman,died by accidental drowning in HighlandBeach Lake near Oklahoma City on Aug-ust 16 while home on leave. He had goneswimming with a group of former school-mates, including his fiancee, Miss Anna-belle Escoe, '44fa, Oklahoma City .

Lieutenant Schultz received his com-mission in the Air Force at WilliamsField, Arizona, two weeks earlier . At theUniversity, he was a student in the Col-lege of Engineering and was active inchoral and glee club activities as a tenorsoloist .

Survivors include his parents, E. J.Schultz, chairman of the department ofmusic education at the University, andMrs. Schultz, two brothers and a sister .

Capt . Charles W. Minton, '37journ,Maysville, plans and training officer of the

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headquarters company, First battalion,Ninth Division, was killed on July 30 inthe Normandy-Brittany fighting .

In the invasion of Africa, he com-manded an Infantry company whichfought at Kasserine Pass, Hill 609 and ElGuettar. He later saw action in Sicilyand from there was sent to England wherehe was attached to the Ninth Division .

Before entering service, Captain Mintonwas employed in the City National Bankin Oklahoma City and was at one timeassistant cashier in the First NationalBank at Maysville. He was a member ofBeta Theta Pi fraternity . Survivors in-clude his mother, Mrs. Anna W. Minton,Maysville, and his wife, the former Max-ine Wallace, '37journ, Holdenville .

Lt . Harrell Quattlebaum, '41-'42,Chickasha, pilot of a Marauder bomber,was killed in Sardinia, according to acasualty list released by the War Depart-ment in early September. No date wasspecified.Lieutenant Quattlebaum was formerly

an engineering student in the University .Survivors include his mother, who nowlives in Dallas, and a brother, Lt . (jg)James Quattlebaum, '38bus, on sea duty .No- Lt . Robert S. (Sammy) Maupin, '39-'41, Oklahoma City, who has been listedas missing in action since last November,was killed in action on November 29,1943, the War Department has announced.On that day, which was his twenty-

third birthday, Lieutenant Maupin's dis-abled Flying Fortress crashed into theEnglish Channel while returning from araid on Berlin . It was his second mis-sion .

Lieutenant Maupin was formerly an ed-ucation student in the University . Sur-vivors include his parents, Mr . and Mrs.Robert W. Maupin, Oklahoma City, andthree brothers in service .IN- Lt . Eden C . Jones, '38-'40, Wichita,Kansas, pilot of a Flying Fortress withthe Eighth Air Force, died July 30 ofwounds received in action over Germany.A few days before his death he wasawarded an Air Medal for meritoriousachievement .

Before entering the Air Force, Lieuten-ant Jones was an inspector at the BoeingAircraft plant in Wichita. He was form-erly a business student in the University .

Survivors include his parents, Mr . andMrs. S. C. Jones, Wichita, a brother andtwo sisters.

Missing in ActionCapt . Howard Ray Jarrell, '38-'40, Dur-

ant and Oklahoma City, has been missingin action since July 29 when he failed toreturn to his base in China after pilotinga B-29 Superfortress on a raid over Man-churia .He entered the Air Force in September,

1941, going overseas last spring . Hismother, Mrs. Kathleen Jarrell, is directorof the U.S.O.-Y.M.C.A . unit in Colorado

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Lt . Herbert Scott, '26ba, '26ma,former O. U. Extension director,has been transferred to duty in the

Canal Zone .

Springs, Colorado . Ills father, Lt. Col .Howard R. Jarrell, is on duty in England .00- Lt . Ralph H. Boyd, '34-'37, Henrietta,Texas, bombardier aboard a B-26, has beenmissing in action over France since Aug-ust 13 .00- Lt . Richard J. Keough, '40-'41, Okla-homa City, a P-51 Mustang fighter pilotwith the Eighth Air Force, has been miss-ing in action over France since August 12 .Holder of the Air Medal, he went overseaslast May and was promoted to first lieu-tenant shortly before his last mission.No- Capt. Allie V. Peoples, Jr ., '40bus,Oklahoma City, pilot of a B-24 overseasfor six weeks, has been missing since Aug-ust 18 when he failed to return from aflight over Roumania .

Lt. James K. Davis, Jr ., '36-'37, Okla-homa City, who landed in Normandy asa paratrooper on June 5, the day beforethe invasion, has been missing in actionin France since D-Day.Lieutenant Davis entered service with

the 45th Division in 1940, transferring tothe Paratroopers two years later and go-ing overseas in August, 1943 . He is abrother of Capt . Irvin Davis, '28, SanAntonio, Texas.

Lt . Adam Wiley, '41-'42, Sapulpa,bombardier on a B-24 which is known tohave been shot down, has been missingin action since July 28 when he failed toreturn from a bombing raid over Rou-mania. His squadron was based in Italy .No- Lt . Claud W. Dagenhart, '39-'41,Oklahoma City, navigator on a FlyingFortress, has been missing in action overGermany since August 3. Overseas fortwo months before he was reported miss-ing, Lieutenant Dagenhart had completedthree combat missions .

Maj. Herbert A . von Tungeln, '34ba,

Oklahoma City, former Oklahoma news-paperman, has been missing in actionover Germany since August 24 . He wasawarded the Air Medal earlier that month.

Major von Tungeln went overseas Julyl, having received his commission in theAir Force in 1939 at Kelly Field, Texas.Before entering service, he was associatedwith newspapers in Wewoka, Normanand Duncan.

DecorationsMaj . Lloyd W. Taylor, '41med, San

Francisco, has been awarded the Legionof Merit by Maj. Gen. James L. Frink,commanding general of the U. S. ArmyServices of Supply in the Southwest Pa-cific. The honor was bestowed upon Maj-or Taylor for his work in late 1942 andearly 1943 as supply officer of a Medicalunit serving combat troops in NewGuinea . Suffering from illness and fa-tigue, Major Taylor obtained badly neededmedical supplies for American and Aus-tralian hospitals other than his own, inaddition to doing his regular work caringfor wounded men. He is now assignedto the Office of Chief Surgeon of theSouthwest Pacific area, helping in theevacuation of patients from battle zonesto Australia and the United States ." Capt . Richard Roys, '39med, Norman, com-

pany commander of a Medical unit on an islandnorth of New Guinea, has been decorated with

the Bronze Star for bravery in caring for thewounded under fire. Captain Roys already held

the Silver Star, awarded for bravery in action

in New Guinea last year .

" Seven more Oak Leaf Clusters have been ad-

ded to the Air Medal held by Lt. O . M . Murray,'40-'41, Norman, making a total of ten Clusters

which he holds . Lieutenant Murray recentlywent on his 65th bombing mission over western

Europe. He is a member of Nye's Annihilators,a Ninth Air Force Marauder group, the firstAmerican Bombardment group to raid Nazi tar-

gets at night in force .

" Ensign William G . F . Schmidt, '43bus, Nor-

man, has been commended by Admiral Kauffman,commander of Pacific fleet destroyers, for his

work aboard a destroyer during the invasion ofSaipan . In addition to that action, EnsignSchmidt has participated in the invasions of theGilbert Islands, Kwajalein and Eniwetok, andthe bombardments of Mille and Woetje Islandsin the Marshall group and the Palau Islands . Hewas home on leave this summer, later returningto duty aboard his destroyer .

" Maj . Ellis Brown, '39eng, Duncan, veteran of

the Southwest Pacific aerial war, has beenawarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to add to hisDistinguished Flying Cross . Major Brown wastransferred back to the United States severalmonths ago to attend Command and GeneralStaff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas . Hewas operations officer of a B-24 squadron in thebattle area .

Capt . Neal Harris, '36-'40, Norman, has beenawarded the Croix de Guerre by the Frenchgovernment for his services as liaison officer be-tween the French and American armies in NorthAfrica, Sicily and Italy, where he is now sta-tioned . Captain Harris was stationed at CampBowie, Texas, and Fort Sill before going overseas .

An Air Medal has been awarded to Capt .Richard A . Wilson, '39-'41, Oklahoma City, "formeritorious achievements while participating insustained operational flight missions in the South-west Pacific area ." Pilot of an A-20 Havoc

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bomber, Captain Wilson took part in many raidsagainst Japanese bases at Hollandia, Wewak,Hansa Bay and Aitape .P' Following an engagement against the Japanesein the South Pacific, two alumni were awardedthe Bronze Star, Maj . James L . Lain, '37bus,Oklahoma City, and Cpl . Bernell Gilbert, '35-'38, Lawton . They are the only O . U . men intheir Field Artillery battalion . Corporal Gilbertwas decorated for "gallantry in action while amember of an Artillery forward observationparty ." Major Lain's award came for meritoriousachievement as S-3 officer of the unit ." Lt. Harry E . Strate, '42, El Reno, has beenawarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and theAir Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters forservice with the Air Force in the Europeantheater . Navigator on a B-17, he flew 35 mis-sions in four months, and has now returned tothe United States ." Capt. I. W . Lovelady, '37eng, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Distinguished FlyingCross and an Air Medal for service with the AirForce in the Southwest Pacific . Captain Love-lady has been overseas approximately a year, pilot-ing a C-47 ." An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to theAir Medal held by Staff Sgt. Joe L . Irwin, '38-'39, Orange, Texas, a ball turret gunner withthe Eighth Air Force . The award was for meri-torious achievement on bombing raids on in-dustrial targets in Germany and military instal-lations in France ." An Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster hasbeen awarded to Lt . Fain H . Pool, '40bus, Law-ton, for meritorious achievement while partici-pating in several bombing attacks upon Germanmilitary and industrial targets . He is pilot of anEighth Air Force Flying Fortress .

Lt . Charles E . Trumbo, '41, Wewoka, hasbeen awarded an Air Medal for flying 100 mis-sions during eight months in Italy as a P-40,P-47, and B-25 operations officer and squadronpilot. He recently returned to the United Statesand was sent to the Air Force RedistributionStation in Miami Beach, Florida, before beingre-assigned .

The second and third Oak Leaf Clusters havebeen added to the Air Medal held by Maj . Wen-dell J. Kelley, '37-'40, Lexington, for meritoriousachievement in aerial flight over Europe . MajorKelley is pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter ship .

Lt. Eugene F . Adams, '40-'42, Norman, hasbeen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, theAir Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation forhis work with the India-China wing of the AirTransport Command . He has made 142 flightsover the Himalaya Mountains carrying suppliesto China . Lieutenant Adams became a memberof the "Walk Out Club" early this year whenhe made a forced landing in the jungle on theChinese side of "the hump" and walked backto civilization . This summer he was home onleave in Norman, and was to be reassigned toduty in the United States .

Maj . W . F. McIver, '35-'36, Oklahoma City,veteran of foreign service in England and Aus-tralia, has been awarded the Distinguished Fly-ing Cross and a Presidential Unit Citation rib-bon . Major McIver was in England for six weeks,and in Australia for sixteen months as flightleader of a B-26 squadron . Transferred backto the United States this summer, he was as-signed to duty at the Spokane, Washington, AirDept .

Lt . Mack A . Jones, '41-'42, Norman, bom-hardier on an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress,has been awarded an Air Medal for meritoriousachievement in the air offensive against conti-nental Europe .

Lt. Joseph F . Morgan, '43ba, Oklahoma City,has been commended for his "splendid work" aspilot of an observation plane with a patrolsearching for a missing soldier in South Caro-

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lina . Lieutenant Morgan discovered the body ofthe man, who had drowned in the Broad River,north of Columbia . Liaison pilot with a FieldArtillery battalion at Fort Jackson, South Caro-lina, he received the commendation from Brig .Gen . D . G . Richart, commanding general ofthe Fourth Service Command ." Lt . William C . Wallace, '36-'38, OklahomaCity, has been decorated with the Air Medal foroutstanding achievement as a member of a light

AT HOME AND ABROAD

Upper left-Mai . Gen . W. M. Rob-ertson, '07, commanding general ofthe Second Division, pins the SilverStar on Capt . Tom Brett, '40bus,for gallantry in France .

Upper right-Lt . Comdr. MargaretStephenson, former counselor ofwomen at O . U. now in the SPARS,launches the 81st tanker off theways at Swan Island Shipyard inPortland, Oregon .

Lower right-Former O. U. foot-ball star now in the Army AirForce, Staff Staff Sgt. Chad Vallance,'42ed, plays tackle with the Second

Bombardment unit in the Pacific . He is pilotof an A-20 Havoc bomber ." Sgt . Jack Gibbs, '35, Norman, has beenawarded the Order of the Purple Heart with anOak Leaf Cluster for two wounds sustained inaction in the Mediterranean theater. He sawaction in both Sicily and Italy . This summerhe was home for a leave on rotation . He wasa machine gun platoon sergeant with the 45thDivision Infantry .

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Army Air Force football team atColorado Springs.

Lower left-Capt. Robert V. Mul-anax, '41, flight leader with a Mus-tang squadron in the Pacific, has 81combat missions against the Japa-nese to his credit .

Center left-Lt. (1g) Jack Britain,'38bus, returned home after 20months of sea duty in the Pacific totake command of a new LST.

Center right-Lt . Ira D . Cornelius,'40, Marauder pilot in the Medi-terranean theater, holds the AirMedal and two Oak Leaf Clusters.

" The Legion of Merit has been awarded toLt. Col . Fred A . Daugherty, '36-'37, OklahomaCity, for action in the Southwest Pacific fromMay 3 to August 15, 1943 . Colonel Daughertyplanned and carried out the shipment of troops,equipment and supplies from Australia to Wood-lark Island when operations were going on there.Later he assisted in the supply work for the CapeGloucester operation, utilizing a method heworked out in the Woodlark Island campaign ." Lt . David Barbour, '38-'41, Norman, has re-turned to the United States wearing the AirMedal for service in the European theater as anAir Force navigator . Lieutenant Barbour wason duty in Greenland, Iceland, England, Africa,Sicily and Italy . While in Sicily he contractedyellow jaundice and was sent to a rest camp onCapri to convalesce ." Maj . Earl I . Mulmed, '37med, Oklahoma City,is flight surgeon with a Flying Fortress group inEngland which has been commended by a high-ranking officer for the accuracy of its bombingraids on Germany ." Tech . Sgt. Lester K. LaMarr, '34-'39, Paw-huska, has been awarded the Air Medal with anOak Leaf Cluster and the Order of the PurpleHeart for service with the Eighth Air Force . TheAir Medal and Cluster were awarded him formeritorious achievement as an aerial gunner onnine missions over Germany . He received thePurple Heart for wounds sustained over Schwein-furt. Sergeant LaMarr is now a gunnery in-structor at an Air Force station in England ." Tech . Sgt. Joseph E . Morrison, '38-'40, Tulsa,has received a personal commendation from Lt .Gen. M . H . Harmon for courage and alert per-formance of duty last March when he helpedextinguish a dangerous fire, risking his personalsafety. Sergeant Morrison is attached to an Ord-nance Munitions company at an advanced base inthe South Pacific . He participated in the Sol-omons campaign .

Lt . Comdr . Walten H. McKenzie, '30b4, Enid,member of the Navy Medical Corps, has beenawarded a Presidential Unit Citation as a formermember of the First Marine Division, which wascited for gallantry and determination in the SouthPacific. Commander McKenzie, formerly a phy-sician in Fart Worth, Texas, has returned to theUnited States for duty at the Naval Hospital inPhilidelphia as an eye specialist. He served inthe Pacific for 20 months . Commander Mc-Kenzie received his medical degree at Washing-ton University, St . Louis, Missouri, in 1934 ." Lt. Fred A . Huston, '43, Oklahoma City, hasbeen awarded an Air Medal with an Oak LeafCluster for his work with a Bombardment squad-ron over Europe . He has participated in raidsover Munich, Kiel, Leipzig and Paris." Maj . Lloyd J. Martin, '38-'40, Wichita, Kan-sas, has been awarded the Distinguished FlyingCross and an Air Medal with three Oak LeafClusters for his work as commander of a squad-ron of Liberator bombers with the Eighth AirForce . Major Martin has been on missions overKiel, Gotha, Tutow, Munich, Leipheim, andnumerous objectives in France . His squadronhas been cited as a whole for completing 54missions over Europe without the loss of a singleplane or crew. Major Martin has been overseassince last November, having been commissionedin the Air Force in January, 1942 .

The second Oak Leaf Cluster bas been addedto the Air Medal held by Maj . William H . James,'38geol, Kansas City, Missouri . The Clusterswere awarded for meritorious achievement inaerial flight against the enemy in the Balkans,northern Italy, France and Germany. MajorJames is a squadron operations officer with aB-24 Bombardment group of the 15th Air Force.

Lt . Logan Garnett, '41-'42, Altus, has beenawarded an Air Medal with three Oak LeafClusters for service with the Air Force overEurope . He is a pilot with a Bombardment squad-ron .

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PRISONERS OF JAPANESE AT ZENTSUJI

This picture of six Oklahoma men who are prisoners of war in Japan was sent byCapt. Cliff C. Hines, '34, to his mother in Norman . Apparently the picture wastaken in Zentsuji Prison Camp where they are interned .

Shown are (left to right)Captain Hines, Capt . William G . Adair, Oklahoma City, Capt. Felix Porter, Har-rah, Lt . Paul Geer, '39, Oklahoma City, Lt . Wayne R. Hightower, Checotah, and

Lt . Kermit R. Lay, Altus.

" Maj . Dee Pickard, '37-'41, Norman, wasawarded the Order of the Purple Heart forwounds received in action in France with theField Artillery. He has since recovered and re-turned to duty." Lt . George L . Coffey, '39-'42, Norman, hasbeen awarded the Air Medal for meritoriousachievement while participating in 13 operationalmissions over Europe . He is attached to a Pho-tographic Reconnaissance squadron ." Lt . Ira D . Cornelius, '38-'40, Oklahoma City,bas been awarded two Oak Leaf Clusters inaddition to the Air Medal given him earlier . AMarauder pilot, Lieutenant Cornelius has flownmore than 50 combat missions in the Mediter-ranean theater .

Maj . Maurice E . Stuart, '38law, OklahomaCity, with an Airborne division in France, hasbeen awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious ser-vice in combat against the enemy . The divisionto which he is attached has received a Presiden-tial Unit Citation for gallantry in action on June6 and 7 . Major Stuart was acting adjutant gen-eral of the division on D-Day, when it wentinto France ." The second Oak Leaf Cluster has been addedto the Air Medal held by Capt. Robert V . Mul-anax, '40-'41, Chickasha, flight leader with aMustang squadron in the Pacific. Captain Mul-anax has 81 combat missions and 255 hours ofcombat flying against the Japanese to his credit ." Lt . Everett D . Daniels, '39, Norman, bas beenawarded the Silver Star for "gallantry and in-trepidity in action" in Italy, where he is an ar-tilleryman . Lieutenant Daniels has been injuredin battle twice. Before entering the Army in1942, be was with the United States BorderPatrol at Marfa, Texas." Lt . Henry T. Gardner, '43, Idabel, holds theAir Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for ser-vice with the Eighth Air Force . He has com-pleted approximately 35 missions over Europe aspilot of a B-24 bomber ." Lt. George E . Defenbaugh, '39-'42, Dewey,has been awarded the Air Medal for meritoriousachievement in aerial flight against the enemy.He is attached to a 15th Air Force Liberatorgroup which bas been on raids over Germany,Austria, France and the Balkans ." Lt. James N . Reichard, '40-'42, Tulsa, hasbeen awarded an Air Medal for meritoriousachievement during 16 missions over Europe asa P-51 fighter pilot . Lieutenant Reichard is at-tached to the Eighth Air Force .III Tech . Sgt . Hoyte Allen, '36b4, formerly ofDurant, was awarded the Legion of Merit forexceptionally meritorious conduct and outstand-ing service from March 1 to December l, 1943 .During that time, Sergeant Allen was in charge

of setting up control rooms for searchlight andradar units used in the North African, Sicilianand Italian campaigns. The citation stated thatSergeant Allen displayed superior technical knowl-edge and ability in the establishment and oper-ation of these rooms . Before entering the Armyhe was on the staff of radio station WLS inChicago and was associated with a radio chainin New York City . At one time he was assist-ant master of ceremonies of the National BarnDance program out of Chicago .III Copt . James M. Updike, '36-'38, Sapulpa, hasbeen awarded an Air Medal with eight OakLeaf Clusters for meritorious achievement inflights over France, Belgium, Holland and Ger-many . Flight leader of a Fighter squadron, hehas escorted bombers over the continent and hasmade attacks on robot bomb launching instal-lations ." Lt. Elmer A . Bray, '33-'36, formerly of Nor-man, bas been awarded the Bronze Star for iriswork with a Field Artillery battalion in the earlystages of the Normandy invasion . LieutenantBray bas been overseas for the last yea - , stationedin North Ireland and England before going toFrance ." Capt. Walter K . Caudill, '37bus, Maysville .with an infantry division in France, was awardedthe Bronze Star for "meritorious service in com-bat against the enemy" and the Combat infantryAward . He went overseas in October, 1943 andparticipated in the invasion of France. A rr mem-ber ofDeltaTauDeltafraternity, Captain-au-

dill went on active duty in June of 1941 . Mrs .Caudill is the former Gayle Ritchey, '37 .

Injured in ServiceLt. Col . Hugh A. Neal, '27bs, Madill,

has been in an Army Hospital in Naplesrecovering from shrapnel wounds re-ceived early in the summer in the fight-ing ten miles from Rome. He was in-jured while on reconnaissance for hisParatroop Artillery battalion .

Formerly with the 45th Division, Col-onel Neal volunteered for parachute dutyin January, 1943, and took training atFort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Bragg,North Carolina, before going overseas .

Pfc . Myrle Greathouse, '41-'43, Am-arillo, Texas, was wounded in action withthe Marines during the invasion of Guam.Private Greathouse was an outstandingblocking back with the Sooner footballteam in 1942 .Capt. Hillyer Freeland, '38fa, Norman,

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was wounded in action with a Field Ar-tillery battery on August 8 in New Guineawhere he has served since last January.00- Capt . John J. Donaldson, '34eng, Bar-tlesville, liaison officer and forward ob-server for a Field Artillery outfit in Francesince D-Day, was wounded in action onJuly 28 . Mrs. Donaldson is the formerLorena Burt, '38fa . The couple have adaughter Dee, whom Captain Donaldsonhas never seen .

Prisoners of WarMail direct from men who fought in

the Philippines and were taken prisonerby the Japanese was received by theirfamilies in Oklahoma.00- Word came from Maj. Clinton S.Maupin, '34med, Waurika, to his wifethat he is in excellent health and believeshe will be back with his family beforelong . He was taken prisoner when Bataanwas captured .00- Two cards and a letter arrived inOklahoma City from Maj. Carlos E. Mc-Afee, '28law, a prisoner in Zentsuji, Japan.These messages, written in October andDecember of 1943 and January of thisyear, were addressed to his mother, Mrs.D. C. McAfee, who died June 22 follow-ing a heart attack . Major McAfee wastaken prisoner at the fall of Corregidor .A letter and a card from Capt . Alex

B. Welcher, '40geol, Norman, interned inZentsuji Prison Camp, were received byMrs. Welcher. The letter, the first onefrom Captain Welcher, was written lastDecember and reported that he had re-ceived a package sent by his wife on theGripsholm. He said that camp life wasplain but adequate, and that he reads agreat deal and attends lectures .

Two cards from Capt . Clifford C.Hines, '34, Norman, also a prisoner atZentsuji, were received in Norman inAugust . They were written in October,1943, and January, 1944 . Captain Hineswrote that he was well and safe, and thatsome mail sent to him by his family in1942 had arrived.A letter written last December at

Zentsuji by Lt . Paul Geer, '34=39, Foss,was received by his mother . LieutenantGeer does not know that his father, Har-vey A. Geer, died last November .

PromotionsDaniel L. Perry, '26med, former Gush-

ing physician, has been promoted to col-onel in New Guinea, where he is com-manding officer of an Evacuation Hos-pital . Colonel Perry was formerly withthe 45th Division .

Promotions to lieutenant colonel were an-nounced for Robert F . Brooks, '33geol, Okla-homa City, with the Air Force in Italy ; NevelleE . McKinney, 40pharm, Enid, attached to theOrdnance section of an Infantry division over-seas ; Oral Luper, '36bus, Stroud, executive of-ficer of the Quartermaster Depot in Jersey City,New Jersey ; Joseph G . Perry, '33-'35, Lindsay,pilot of a Flying Fortress at Hendricks Field,Florida ; Russell Jones, '38law, Lawton, in Eng-

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land with the Field Artillery ; Lawrence Traut-man, '38eng, Norman, in England with the Ord-nance, and John Paul Remy, '38bus, Norman,with the Field Artillery in Italy .

Colonel Brooks recently wrote the Alumni Of-fice that he had seen Rome, thought it a beau-tiful city, and added that he was "glad that wewere not obliged to destroy it ."

Advances to the rank of major were receivedby Donald D . Reed, '41bus, Pond Creek, withthe Quartermaster Corps at Fort Francis E .Warren, Wyoming ; David M. Best, '37eng, onduty at the Army Air Base, DeRidder, Louisiana ;Robert B . Prock, '40bus, Oklahoma City, attachedto Service Command headquarters in the South-west Pacific ; William M . Selvidge, '42law, form-er state representative from Ardmore now withthe Air Force overseas ; T. J . Fuson, '34eng,Houston, Texas, on the staff of Maj . Gen. W .E . R. Covell, Services of Supply chief in theChina-Burma-India theater ; Roy W. Lonsinger,'37fa, with an Anti-aircraft battalion overseas ;Richard D . Williamson, '31eng, in France witha Field Artillery Observation battalion ; Harold C.Kirkpatrick, '406s, Norman, attached to the In-dia-China wing of the Air Transport Command ;John Givens, '38bus, Oklahoma City, provostmarshal of a division in the Southwest Pacific ;and C . W . Wisdom, '31-'39, Okeene, in Francewith the Air Force.Newly promoted to captain were Alfred R .

Loeblich, Jr ., '37geol, '38ms, Norman, on dutyat the Field Artillery Replacement Training Cen-ter at Fort Sill ; Whit Martin, '42eng, Tulsa,stationed at Peterson Field, Colorado ; T. HillasEskridge, '38-'42, Elmore City, on the staff ofthe Armored School at Fort Knox, Kentucky ;Neel J . Price, '42med, Oklahoma City, MedicalCorps officer with a First Aid group on the frontlines in Italy ; William R . Thompson, '40-'41,McAlester, bombardier at the Army Air Baseat Pratt, Kansas ; Hartzell V . Schaff, '42med,Wichita, Kansas, overseas with the Medical Corps ;Archie A . Acree, '38-'39, Norman, on duty atSheppard Field, Texas .And Ralph Wilson, '39-'40, Norman, who re-

cently returned to the U. S . after flying 69 mis-sions over Europe as a Marauder pilot with theNinth Air Force ; Wesley L. White, '40pharm,Pawhuska, Medical Administrative Corps officeron the staff of the Staten Island Area Station

NEw NAVY POSTMarine Lt. Col. John H. Coffman,'26eng, has assumed duties as legalofficer of the 14th Naval District at

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Hospital, New York ; Murray F . Gibbons, Jr .,'41law, Oklahoma City, on duty with the In-fantry at Camp Atterbury, Indiana ; Fred Moore,'41bus, Oklahoma City, with the QuartermasterCorps in the Southwest Pacific ; Louis O. Bar-nett, '42eng, Watonga, on duty at the Army AirField, Amarillo, Texas ; Jack J . Gable, Jr., '42med, Vista, California, Medical officer attachedto an Infantry unit in France, and Stanley L .Evans, '42, Shawnee, on duty at the Army AirBase, Casper, Wyoming .

Promotions to first lieutenant were received byMary Wyche, '426a, Norman, on duty withMilitary Intelligence in Washington, D. C ., as amember of the WAC ; Guy S . Hensley, Jr ., '36ba,Houston, Texas, on duty in the China-Burma-India theater where he serves as aide-de-campto a Service of Supply general, and Dick F . Boyd,'43eng, Norman, on duty at Wright Field, Day-ton, Ohio.Among advancements in rank for alumni in

the Navy was the promotion of John H. Mathis,'34law, McAlester, Naval Intelligence officer inNew York City, to lieutenant commander .

Promoted to the rank of full lieutenant in theNavy were Ralph C . Erwin, '36law, Muskogee,with the Naval Public Works office at PearlHarbor, Hawaii ; Jack W. Thomas, '41, aviatorand instructor at the Naval Air Station at Mel-bourne, Florida, and H . Leonard Hawkinson, Jr.,'40eng, Kansas City, Missouri, chief engineeringofficer aboard a ship in the Pacific.Advanced to lieutenant junior grade were Chris

V . Kemendo, '426us, Oklahoma City, on dutyin the Pacific ; Harry H. Jordan, '39fa, on duty atthe Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington ; Rob-ert C. Smith, '37law, Ponca City, on sea dutywith the Coast Guard ; Floyd O. Lochner, '37ed,McAlester, an duty at the Naval AmmunitionDepot, Fall Brook, California ; Charles M . Cole,Jr ., '42eng, Benton, Illinois, on sea duty ; Eu-gene E . Coffey, '42eng, Okarche, at the Cali-fornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena ; Ed-ward Lee Evans, '41, Chickasha, on duty in thePacific ; Julian H. Kiersky, '426us, Memphis,Tennessee, on sea duty, and Ned Shelton, '42eng, Norman, on duty at the Naval Air Station,Whidbey Island, Washington.Mark Jones, '40-'42, Billings, on duty with

the Marine Corps at Jacksonville, Florida, hasbeen promoted to captain. He expects to go onforeign duty soon .

In the enlisted ranks, James H . Godfrey, '39-'41, Oklahoma City, overseas with an Armoreddivision, was promoted to corporal, and Jay D .Stafford, '42, Norman, radio operator with theNinth Air Force, was advanced to staff sergeant .

Pearl Harbor PostLt . Col. John H. Coffman, '26eng,

Holdenville, of the Marine Corps, hasbeen appointed legal officer of the 14thNaval District with headquarters at PearlHarbor, Hawaii .

Colonel Coffman, who joined the Ma-rine Corps in July, 1926, has been sta-tioned in Nicaragua, China and aboardthe cruiser U. S. S. Pittsburg. In 1930he joined the Guardia National de Nic-aragua, later becoming executive officerof the Nicaraguan Military Academy.After serving as commandant of C.C .C .

camps in Ohio and California and a Ma-rine Base in Hawaii, he was assigned inJune, 1938, to the Judge Advocate Gen-eral's Department of the Navy in Wash-ington, D. C. While stationed there, heattended law school in George Washing-ton University and was admitted to thebar in the District of Columbia .

Colonel Coffman took part in the ac-tion on Guadalcanal in December, 1942,

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and remained there until February, 1943,when illness forced his removal to theNaval Hospital in San Diego, where heremained until July .

New OfficersWyley R. White, '42fa, Los Angeles,

former private in the Air Force at Kirt-land Field, New Mexico, was commis-sioned a second lieutenant in the Infantrydirect from the enlisted ranks.Lieutenant White was assigned to Fort

Benning, Georgia, for training . In thesame class with him at the Infantry Schoolwas Lt . R. K. Wooten, '42bus, Chickasha.Other new Sooner officers include Levi

Muncy, '42m.ed, former principal of Jef-ferson School in Bartlesville, and CharlesS. Buchanan, '39-'41, Roswell, New Mex-ico, who were commissioned ensigns inthe Naval Reserve, and John J. Vater, Jr.,'40-'43, Enid, who graduated as a secondlieutenant in the Air Force at the Twin-engine Pilot School at Pecos, Texas.Ensign Muncy entered indoctrination

training in Hollywood, Florida, and En-sign Buchanan was commissioned at theNaval Training Center, Corpus Christi,Texas.

OverseasMaj . Cline L. Mansur, '38eng, Wetumka, has

returned to his post in Persia after attendingCommand and General Staff School at FortLeavenworth, Kansas . Major Mansur was onduty with the operations division of Persian GulfCommand headquarters in Teheran for a year be-fore being sent back to the States to attend theschool . Mrs . Mansur, the former Betty Jo Chit-wood, '38journ, and their two sons were withMajor Mansur while he was at Fort Leavenworth .

Lt . Wilburn H. Akers, '41geol, OklahomaCity, in Italy with the Artillery, has done quitea bit of geological exploring and research therein his spare time, sending micro samples backto Norman for further examination by Dr . CecilG . Lalicker, associate professor of geology .

Capt. H . M . Johnson, '40med, Fort Supply, ison the staff of the Army hospital commanded byCol . Gordon Seagrave in the China-Burma-Indiatheater. He was one of the first doctors onhand to care for the wounded after the MyitkyinaAirfield was taken by American and Chinesetroops .

Lt. Robert B . McGlasson, '35-'36, OklahomaCity, pilot of My Everlovin' Gal, a Liberatorbomber with the 15th Air Force, had completed50 missions over enemy territory by latesummer. Lieutenant McGlasson has bombed thePloesti oil fields six times, and has been on num-erous raids on Budapest, Munich, Nice, Toulonand Bucharest.

Capt. J. C . Grimes, '40journ, Oklahoma City,is officer in charge of the Beachhead News, pub-lished daily by men of the Sixth Corps in Italy .The paper was founded at Anzio . CaptainGrimes recently sent a copy of the July 4 issue toH. H . Herbert, director of the O.U . School o£Journalism .

Staff Sgt. Walter E . Jordan, '42ba, Coraopolis,Pennsylvania, has been transferred to duty inBrazil . Mrs . Jordan, the former Margaret Sang-ster, '41journ, is living with her parents in Cor-pus Christi, Texas.On foreign duty with the Air Force were

Lt. John R . Eskridge, '41, Elmore City, a P-51Mustang fighter pilot with the Eighth Air Forceand a member of the group which made thefirst American combat flight over Berlin ; Capt .Robert P . Collins, '366a, Wichita Falls, Texas,Medical Corps officer with a Bombardment

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group ; Lt. Fremon L . Estep, '41eng, Purcell,with a Weather squadron ; Tech . Sgt . Robert H .Rosenstein, '35-'37, Tulsa, attached to an AirDepot group ; Lt . Roy H . Worthington, Jr ., '42cog, Norman, with an Air Force Bombardmentgroup ; Maj . H . Loy Weber, '37-'40, OklahomaCity, with the Ninth Air Force ; Capt. CharlesB . Pierce, '43geol, Oklahoma City, with a Photo-graphic Reconnaissance group ; Lt . James N.Reichard, '40-'42, Tulsa, pilot of a P-38 fighterplane with the Eighth Air Force ; Lt . John B .Hobbs, '33-'35, Oklahoma City, with a Bom-

If you have more recent informa-tion about any of the alumni men-tioned in these news items, pleasenotify Editor of Sooner Magazine,

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bardment group in India ; Lt . Thaine A . Syfert,'33-'35, Oklahoma City, bombardier-navigatoraboard a B-25, and Lt . George E . Defenbaugh,'39-'42, Thrall, Kansas, bombardier, in Italy ;Lt. John E . Sarles, '41ms, Norwood, Ohio, andLt . Maurice E . Owen, '36bus, Oklahoma City,in the South Pacific ; Lt . Bruce L. Kessler, '41-'42, Oklahoma City, in New Guinea ; Lt . JackB . Cornett, '39-'40, Lt . Thomas A . Fain, '39-'41,Lt . William C . Remy, '40-'43, and Lt . RobertD. Cocanower, '37-'42, all of Oklahoma City ;Capt . Marshall D . Word, '40law, Butler ; Capt .B . P . Spears, '41eng, Lt . James T . Dorland, '41,and Pvt . Jerry Warden, '42-'43, all of Norman ;Lt . Victor A . Grimes, '41-'43, Waurika ; Maj .Julian Jacobi, '38-'40, Marietta ; Lt . William E .Westbrook, Jr., '42-'43, Konawa ; Lt . Foster L .White, '40eng, Odessa, Texas ; Lt . Jesse D . Bur-ton, '39journ, Shawnee ; Capt . Lewis C .

Dille-shaw, '38pharm, Blanchard, and Lt.Virgil T.Hill, Jr ., '43, Canute .

Overseas with the Field Artillery were Maj .Edward W. Smith, '40law, Oklahoma City, ona Corps Headquarters Artillery staff ; Capt .Thomas B . Campbell, '37eng, on the Artillerystaff of an Army Headquarters ; Capt . Henry D .Wolfe, '386a, Pawnee, Medical Corps officer ; Lt .Frank W . Nesbitt, Jr ., '376a, Miami, in the South-west Pacific ; Maj . A . G . Hoge, Jr ., '39eng, Okla-homa City, and Lt . Charles A . Caswell, '40geol,Kanopolis, Kansas, with the Armored Field Ar-tillery ; Capt. Vernon L. Martin, '36-'42, Okla-homa City, with the Glider Field Artillery ; Maj .George F . Robie, '39eng, with a Parachute FieldArtillery outfit ; Capt . J . Frank McVey, '36law,Stroud, and Maj . Floyd O . Bohn, '35eng, Hous-ton, Texas, with Field Artillery Observationbattalions ; Capt . H . D . Miller, '41eng, and Capt .Bressem C. Holtzschue, '34ba, both of OklahomaCity ; Capt . Charles H . Larson, '42ed, and Lt .C . Edward Petty, '426a, '43ma, both of Nor-man ; Capt . Thomas M. Finney, '36law, Bartles-ville ; Capt. Harry R . Segnar, '41eng, Hope, Ar-kansas ; Capt . Eldon Bowers, '41eng, Tulsa ; Lt .George J . Enos, '42-'43, Canton, Kansas ; Maj .Marion A . Foreman, '34ed ; Capt. Bernt J . Rog-stad, Jr ., '36-'38, Chickasha ; Pfc. Jasper K. Rob-erts, '43, Comanche, and Lt . Joe M . Ford, '43bus, Granite.

Overseas with the Corps of Engineers wereLt . Frank Smith, '37-'40, a graduate of WestPoint, and Sgt . John Merkle, '366a, both of Nor-man ; Lt . John P. Strong, '39-'43, Arapaho, inNew Guinea, and Pfc . James C . Peard, '42, Wirt .With the Medical Corps and General Hospitals

on foreign duty were Capt . Spencer H . Brown,'40med, Fort Gibson, with a Depot Supply squad-ron in Italy ; Capt . Hubert M . Anderson, '42med,Oklahoma City, attached to a Quartermaster bat-talion ; Lt . Achilles C. Lisle, Jr., '43med, Me-

Loud, Sgt . Granville McElroy, '39-'40, Eldorado,and Capt . Samuel B . Leslie, '42med, Okmulgee,attached to General Hospitals ; Maj . Alfred H .Bungardt, Jr., '39med, Oklahoma City, and Capt .James T . McInnis, '37med .

Overseas on the staffs of Infantry divisionswere Maj . Hirst B . Suffield, '34ba, and Maj .Harry F. Suffield, Jr ., '37geol, Gage . MajorHirst is an officer in the Adjutant General's De-partment and Major Harry is with the GeneralStaff Corps . Also with the Infantry overseaswas Lt. Max Butler, '39-'41, Ardmore .On foreign duty with the Marine Air Corps

were Capt . Walter W. Weber, Jr ., '40-'41, Okla-homa City, and Sgt . Creighton C . Collier, '42-'43, Norman .

Other alumni overseas were Lt . W . B . Mitch-ell, Jr., '42eng, and Maj . James L . Farmer, Jr .,'38eng, of the Ordnance ; Lt . Victor Capper, '42,with an Anti-aircraft battalion ; Pfc . Harold T .Wcichbrodt, '40-'43, Ardmore, with a MalariaControl unit ; Maj . William H . Witt, '32ba, Bear-den, Arkansas, a G-2 officer ; Capt. James H .Stevens, '40ed, Kendrick, with the QuartermasterCorps ; Pvt . Otto W. Walters, Jr ., '43, Norman ;Staff Sgt . John R . Law, '41law, and Capt. Ken-neth T . Wilson, '33-'36, both of Oklahoma City ;Pfc . Myrl T . Adamson, '41-'42, Madill, andCapt. Carl B . Zimmerman, '40eng, Liberal, Kan-sas .

Serving with the Air Transport Commandwere Maj . Harold C . Kirkpatrick, '406s, Nor-man, attached to the India-China wing, andLt . Carl C . Ball, '36, Tulsa, with the Pacificwing . Lt . Sam T. Barr, '41, Norman, was serv-ing with a Troop Carrier squadron .

ArmyLt. W . G . Lamb, Jr ., '39-'43, Ardmore, was

a member of the Student Officer detachment atMaxwell Field, Alabama .

Lt . Homer B . Brown, Jr ., '42, Blue, Okla-homa, was at Camp Rucker, Alabama, with aField Artillery battalion .

Sgt . James A . Lathim, Jr ., '42bus, Muskogee,was on duty at the Reception Center at CampChaffce, Arkansas .

Leo B . Craun, '37-'41, Sapulpa, was a flightofficer attached to the Transport Command atLong Beach, California .Maj . Carl D . McWade, '34eng, former Dallas

engineer, has been transferred to the CaliforniaQuartermaster Depot in Oakland .

Bill C . Tucker, '43geol, Tulsa, technician fifthgrade, was attached to an Oil Field battalion atthe Ordnance Depot, Pomona, California .

Cpl . Thomas M . Short, '37-'38, Okmulgee,was attached to a Joint Assault Signal companyat San Luis Obispo, California . There with anOrdnance company was Sgt. Sam R . Dritch, '39-'41, Enid .

Capt. Robert M . Saylor, '29med, Soiling, ison the staff of Birmingham General Hospital,17-n Nuvs, California . Also there was Lt. JamesT . Overbey, '43eng, Mangum, attached to theAir Force Base unit at the Metropolitan Airport .Cpl . Rupert E . Wilson, Jr ., '41law, Norman,

was at Camp Carson, Colorado, with the In-fantry . Also there with the Infantry were Pvt .Albert C . Boswell, Jr ., '41-'43, Kingfisher, andPvt . Theodore R. Beck, '40-'43, Bradford, Penn-sylvania .

Lt . Robert W. Houghton, '39-'41, Bartlesville,has been detached from Barksdale Field Louisi-ana, for special training in aircraft engines atthe Pratt and Whitney School in Hartford, Con-necticut. Lieutenant Houghton is a maintenanceengineer at Barksdale Field .

Lt . William H . Miley, '37law, Oklahoma City,who recently graduated from a school at AnnArbor, Michigan, is on duty in the Office ofStrategic Services in Washington, D . C .

Lt . Col . Cleo C . Ingle, '24ba, Tulsa, has beentransferred to the Pentagon Building, Washing-

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ton, I) . C ., where he is on duty with the Corpsof Engineers . Before entering the service he waspresident of the Tulsa Savings and Loan Com-pany .

Lt . Nicholas P . Vlahakis, '37-'41, OklahomaCity, was attached to an Anti-tank regiment atthe Infantry Replacement Training Center, CampBlanding, Florida .

Lt . A . W. Kincaid, Jr., '40, Ardmore, was onduty at the Army Air Field, Boca Raton, Florida .

Capt . Edward P . Allen, '38-'41, OklahomaCity, was a student officer in training at theAir Force Tactical Center, Orlando, Florida .

Lt. Col . Donald E . Mathes, '236a, formerHouston, Texas, geologist, was assigned to aTank battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia . Wil-liam R . Morgan, '42-'43, Ponca City, was anofficer candidate in training at the Infantry Schoolthere and Maj . George T . Metcalf, '39bus, Nor-man, recently completed four weeks of jumptraining with the Paratroops at Fort Benning .

Pvt . Irene Boyle, '39-'42, and Pvt . ThedaBoyle, '39, sisters from Norman, were takingbasic training with the Women's Army Corps atFort Oglethorpe, Georgia .

Maj . John D . Bridges, '34-'37, Oklahoma City,was on duty at the Chatham Army Air Base,Savannah, Georgia .

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Lt . Andrew G . Mayse, '41eng, Ardmore, wasattached to a Bombardment squadron at Hering-ton, Kansas .Maj . Earle E . Garrison, '36bus, Norman, Field

Artillery officer, was an instructor at the Com-mand and General Staff School, Fort Leaven-worth, Kansas . Maj . Harold J . Watters, '30-'36,Air Force administrative officer, was attendingthe school there .

Cpl . Marshall D . Miller, '37-'39, Ada, was onduty at Walker Army Air Field, Victoria, Kan-sas .

Attached to an Ordancc Ammunition companyat Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, were Lt.Gordon H . Dempsey, '40-'43, Duncan, and Lt.Lewis H . Bond, Jr ., '40-'43, Vernon, Texas.There with the Field Artillery was Lt . Carl D.Welch, '43, Sapulpa .

Pvt . Nick T. Kritikos, '40-'43, Tulsa, was at-tached to an Ordnance company at Camp Camp-bell, Kentucky . Also there were William W.Lemonds, '41-'43, Durant, a technician fifthgrade on duty in the office of a chaplain ; Cpl .William D . Lunn, '41-'42, Oklahoma City, withthe Artillery, and Pvt . James K . Heady, '42-'43,Bartlesville, with an Armored company.

Lt. Charles R . Nesbitt, '426a, Tulsa, was sta-tioned at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on the staff of theArmored School .

Lt. Bryce S . Moore, '426a, Oklahoma City, vet-eran of the aerial offensive against continentalEurope, was stationed at the Army Air Field atAlexandria, Louisiana . Lt . Col . Owen Black, '17,former Muskogee lawyer, was a tactical air of-ficer at Esler Field near Alexandria .

Lt. Richard M . Huff, '39law, Norman, wason duty at headquarters of Barksdale Field,Louisiana .

'tech . Sgt . Thomas O . Hodges, '34-'36, Tulsa,is chief of the assignment and classification branchof an Engineers group at Camp Claiborne,Louisiana. There with the Infantry were Pvt .Melvin O . Teufel, '40-'43, Newkirk, and Pfc .William J . Gossom, '42-'43, Clinton .

Lt . Blanton W . Hoover, '40-'43, OklahomaCity, was attached to a Field Artillery battalionat Camp Livingston, Louisiana .

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Sad Shack DecoratedThis revolting machine I'm pounding was just

freed from its imprisonment at the bottom ofmy seabag. With its mildew and rust and my-self as its tormentor, we will attempt to "shootthe breeze" with you (the O. U . alumni) for afew moments .

I'll take a few words to express my gratitudein acknowledgement of the enjoyable news thatkeeps drifting my way in your letters and fromthe Sooner Magazine. Thanks .Here is something I thought you might liketo hear about your June issue, and perhaps GeneCampbell would like to hear, too . Upon its ar-rival, I had only the chance of glancing at itbefore going on duty, and being rather in ahurry at the time I tossed it on my sack andleft . Later in the evening, upon my return fromduty, I found the cover picture of Miss Campbellhad been torn off. I didn't look in search of herpicture . It had been pinned up in the tent whereI reside . The "Sail Shack" we call our home,and the aggregation thereof have fairly well de-fined themselves as proclaiming Miss Campbellpinup material deluxe . I might mention thatshe has retained her pinup position on the cen-ter post of our tent longer than any, and thatshe still holds her position at this writing .

Marine CorpsFleet Post OfficeSan Francisco .

Ed's Note : This is one of the many fine letterswhich Miss Campbell and Sooner Magazine havereceived, expressing appreciation for the Junecover picture . We all take this opportunity ofthanking you all .

is on duty with a Malaria Control unit at CampPlanche, Louisiana .

Maj . John E. Walker, '37law, Field Artilleryofficer, has been transferred to Camp Polk, Lou-isiana . Also there was Capt . J . A . Livingston,'38law, Madill, a Field Artillery officer.

Lt . D . Rowe Guest, '36-'40, Hollis, was onduty at the Army Ground Forces ReplacementDepot, Fort Meade, Maryland .

Lawrence S . Guthrie, '39-'40, Clinton, tech-nician third grade in the Quartermaster Corps,was attached to a Sales company at Fort Devens,Massachusetts .

Pvt . Paul G . Pugh, '33law, Marlow, was intraining at Fort Custer, Michigan .

Capt. Ralph Bollinger, '37-'41, Norman, vet-eran of 18-months overseas duty in the SouthPacific, is pilot of an Army transport plane be-tween Chicago and Detroit. He and Mrs . Bol-linger, formerly an Army nurse in the SouthPacific, are living in Romulus, Michigan .

Lt . Robert L . Lunsford, III, '436a, Cleveland,Oklahoma, was with a Field Artillery unit atCamp Shelby, Mississippi . Cpl . Doyle B . Wat-son, '42-'43, Muskogee, was in training therewith an Infantry company .

Lt . Samuel D . Haas, '40-'43, Alexandria, Lou-isiana, was on duty with the Field Artillery atCamp Van Dorn, Mississippi .

Lt . William T . Kritikos, '43eng, Tulsa, is onduty with the Corps of Engineers at Fort Leon-ard Wood, Missouri . There with the Field Ar-tillery were Maj . Norman A . Anderson, '34bus,Oklahoma City, and Cpl . Marshall Dayton, '34eng, Rock Springs, Wyoming. With the In-fantry were Staff Sgt. Eugene P . Burtner, '43,Fort Worth, Texas, and Pvt . Tom E . Krieg, '42-'44, Oklahoma City .

Lt . Rex A . Lafferty, '40law, Fredonia, Kansas,was attached to a Bombardment group at theArmy Air Base, Harvard, Nebraska .

Lt . Sidney Upsher, '41-'43, Oklahoma Citypilot, was in training at the Army Air Field,Kearney, Nebraska .

Lt . Tom R . Clark, '41bus, Pauls Valley, form-erly on duty in the European theater, was sta-tioned at the Army Air Field, Carlsbad, NewMexico .

Lt . Virginia C . Goodwin, '43nurse, Miami, isan Army nurse on duty at the New CantonmentHospital, Mitchel Field, New York .

Lt. Bill Sanford, '40-'43, Hobart, was stationedat the Suffolk Army Air Base, Westhampton,New York .

Capt. William J . Scott, '37-'42, Duncan, waswith a Field Artillery battery at Fort Bragg,North Carolina .

Pfc. Frank J. Palas, '40ed, Yukon, is a mem-ber of the band at Camp Butner, North Caro-lina. There with the Ordnance were Lt. Col .Floyd O . Bond, '26eng, St . Clair, Missouri, andLt . Harry B . Musser, '42, Enid .

Pfc . James K . Samara, '42-'43, Tonkawa, wasattached to an Anti-aircraft battery at CampDavis, North Carolina .

Cpl . Charles Landon, '42-'43, Oklahoma City,was stationed at the Army Air Field, Greens-boro, North Carolina.

Capt . Joe H . Dawson, '38-'42, Meeker, wason duty in the automotive maintenance shopsat Morris Field, North Carolina .

Pvt. Robert W. Griffin, '41-'43, Oklahoma City,is a member of the pre-medical Army SpecializedTraining Unit at Ohio State University in Co-lumbus.Capt . F. C . Buffington, '35med, former Nor-

man physician, has been appointed chief of theflight surgeon's examining unit at Patterson Field,Ohio . In this position Captain Buffington super-vises all physical examinations of officers andmen for Patterson Field and Air Service Com-mand headquarters at Fairfield, Ohio.

Lt . Harvey H . Holman, '40eng, Norman, hasreturned to his post with a Weather squadronat the Altus Army Air Field after two monthsspent on detached duty traveling all over theUnited States .Vernon G . Steffen, '42-'43, El Reno, tech-

nician fourth grade, has been awarded a $10cash prize for a cartoon he submitted to theAmerican Legion magazine . The cartoon wasto be considered in competition with others forthe grand prize . Former art editor of theCovered Wagon, O . U . humor magazine, Ser-geant Steffen is an artist in the visual aids de-partment of the Fort Sill Field Artillery School .

Pvt . Richard A . Jacobson, '40-'43, and Pvt .Martin S . Jacobson, '40-'43, both of OklahomaCity, were on duty at the Field Hospital atFort Sill . Also at Fort Sill were Lt . Isham P .Nelson, Jr ., '43bus, Sand Springs ; Lt . James W .Goodwin, '436a, Oklahoma City, in the Depart-ruent of Air Training ; Capt . William H. Peet,'346a, Hobart, assigned for an advanced officerscourse, and Lt . Alan D . Knox, '43bus, Norman,taking liaison pilot training.

Cpl . Hale Wingfield, '36journ, was in trainingwith a Field Artillery battery at Camp Gruber,Oklahoma, with the Rainbow Division .

Capt . Charles H . Goddard, '37-'39, who re-cently returned from the Mediterranean wherehe fought with the 45th Division, has been as-signed to the staff of the Army SpecializedTraining Unit at the University . A companycommander with the 179th Infantry, CaptainGoddard was injured in action at Salerno, andwas hospitalized in North Africa before beingsent to McCloskey General Hospital at Temple,Texas . Before entering the Army in 1940, Cap-tain Goddard was superintendent of schools atNoble .

Capt . Sidney J . Miller, III, '36-'39, Duncan,was on duty at the Army Air Base, Portland,Oregon .

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stationed at Chanute Field, Illinois .Lt . Clara F . Palmer, '40med, Medical Corps

officer, has been transferred to the InductionStation in Chicago .

Lt . Hal Cumberland, '40-'43, Tulsa, with the

Well, I see this typewriter has taken about allof the torture it can stand for one sitting, so,I'll be seeing you, O . U .Mr . Harold Keith is a personal friend, and if

you would toss this upon his desk after readingTroop Carrier Command, was on duty at Bacr I would be very grateful, for it would help meField, Indiana . He expected to go overseas last say, Hello Grantland .month . PFC . JACK A . WATKINS, ' 42