With the Armed ForcesLt . Col . John W . Primrose, '281aw, Eufaula,

was released in February from a Japanese prisoncamp in the Philippines where he was imprisonedfor more than three years . Colonel Primrose is nowrecovering from malnutrition in the FitzsimmonsGeneral Hospital, Denver, Colorado .Among his service ribbons Colonel Primrose

wears the Presidential Citation with four clusters ;American Defense ribbon with one star ; Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with two stars ; Philippine Defenseribbon with one star (Philippine government), andthe Philippine Liberation ribbon . He was awardedthe Silver Star and recommended for the Distin-guished Service Cross .

While on duty in the Philippines, Colonel Prim-rose was an instructor in the Philippine Army atCamp John Hay, Baguio, Luzon.

Colonel Primrose is a member of Alpha TauOmega fraternity and was a member of the MysticKeys while at the University. He was on the poloteam in 1925-26 and played on the interfraternitybaseball team . He was a captain in the R.O.T .C .and a lieutenant in the Officer's Reserve Corps .No- Memorial services were held in Enid for StaffSgt . Frank R . Drake, Jr ., '42-'43, who died ofbronchial pneumonia while serving with the U . S .Army of Occupation in Germany August 19 .

Sergeant Drake attended the Benjamin FranklinUniversity at Washington, D . C., for one year be-fore coming to the University . He was a memberof Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

After having gone through seven months ofcombat service without a scratch, he died in the110th evacuation hospital at Passau, Germany . Hehad been decorated with two Silver Stars, the Com-bat Infantry badge, Good Conduct ribbon and alsoa Russian medal .IN- Lt. John W. Dexter, '31-'33, Ardmore, formeradvertising manager of the Guthrie Daily Leaderand former editor-manager of the Fairview Repub-lican, was stationed at a port of embarkation await-ing transfer to the Pacific September 1 .Do- Copt. Herber C . Leney, '341aw, Ell Reno, wasserving as claims officer for a base in Manila . I-Iewas liaison officer in Hollandia, Leyte and Mindoroprior to going to Manila . Captain Leney has beenoverseas since September, 1944 .t First Lt . Junius R . Fishburn, '42journ, Tulsa,has taken over the duties as public relations officerof the War Department personnel center at CampChaffee, Arkansas . He succeeded Major James C .Grimes, '40journ, Oklahoma City, who was re-cently separated from the service .0- First Lt . Robert H . West, '43journ, is the officer-adviser of the Dissect Barrage, which published itsfirst copy of the biweekly paper in Wettesingen,Germany, September 13 . Lieutenant West is publicrelations officer of the unit and the paper is underauspices of his office .Is Maj . J . L . Hefley, '25eng, Norman, served aschief of the major items unit, Ordnance Sectionheadquarters, Manila . He has been overseas sinceJuly, 1943, and wears the Asiatic Ribbon withthree battle stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon andthe Good Conduct Medal .10- Flight Officer Price McDonald, '42-'43, Tuttle,was a member of the 2nd Bomb Group baseballteam which won the Zone One championship inthe Mediterranean theater of operations . He wearsthe Air Medal and the Mediterranean Theater Rib-bon with two battle participation stars .

WoundedFranklin Gritts, photographer's mate 2/c, '42fa,

of St. Louis, Missouri, and Vian, Oklahoma, receiv-ed a shrapnel wound while serving aboard the air-craft carrier U.S.S. Franklin (CV-13) . He is nowrecovering at the U . S. Naval Hospital, Farragut,Idaho.

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With the Armed Forces

COL . JAMBS "VIC" COLLIER

Another Back From JaplandAmong the hardships to which Col . James V .

Collier, '34ba, Norman, was subjected while a warprisoner of Japan was the "death march of Bataan ."Colonel Collier arrived recently in San Francisco,California, and has been with his family in SantaBarbara.

Colonel Collier was assistant chief of staff forplans and training under Gen . Douglas MacArthurin the Luzon forces when the war started . He hadcharge of troop movements and operations .

The death march to Camp O'Donnell, 80 mileslong, came after the fall of Bataan . The troopswere already weakened by the lack of food . Allhorses and monkeys had been eaten and many menwere suffering from malaria and dysentery beforethe surrender .From Camp O'Donnell Colonel Collier was sent

to Tarlac and then to Camp Karenko on Formosawhere he was kept until June, 1943 . Then he wasmoved to Shirakawa, an island camp in a malarialdistrict: I-le and others were moved to Modji,Japan, in October, 1943 . As yet he is not permittedto disclose any of the atrocities inflicted on the men .

After three weeks in Japan the group was movedto Manchuria . Colonel Collier spent last winter atChiang Chia Tun, on the fringe of the Gobi desert,where the temperature dropped to 40 degrees be-low zero at times . The group there included Gen .Jonathan Wainwright, Col . W . E . Corkill, '16ba,formerly of Norman, and other American, British,Australian and Dutch generals and colonels .The group made their last move in May to Muk-

den and in August American paratroopers landedfrom a plane . They brought the news that the warwas over .The group was liberated by the Russians August

20 . The colonel was moved out by train to Darien,sailed on a hospital ship to Okinawa, flew fromthere to Manila and completed the journey homeby ship . He was a prisoner more than three vears.

Colonel Collier's citations include the Silver StarMedal awarded for gallantrv in action on Bataan,the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with two battle stars, theAmerican Defense and Philippine Defense ribbons,each with star, and his three Unit Citations .

Hawkins Brothers ReturnFrom BattlefrontsMaj . Frank Hawkins, '40eng, Norman, and his

brother, First Lt . Dale Hawkins, '39-'41, Norman,arrived home in November within a week's timeof each other and caused quite a flurry of excite-ment at 414 West Symmes, Norman, where Mrs .Frank Hawkins (Elizabeth Snoddy '39he) withone-year-old Frank Robert and Mrs . Dale Hawkins(Mary Lee Snoddy, '43he) make their home .Major Hawkins received his commission as sec-

ond lieutenant in June, 1940, when lie graduatedfrom the R.O.T .C . unit at the University and wassent overseas in April, 1944 . Major Hawkins wasAssistant Ordnance Officer of the 91st InfantryDivision with the 5th Army and was overseas for20 months .

Lieutenant Hawkins, B-29 pilot and veteran ofnine months service overseas, was stationed onGuam with the loth Bombardment Group of the20th Air Force . He has 32 combat missions to hiscredit and wears two Distinguished Flying Crosses,the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, twobronze battle stars on the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon, thePresidential Unit Citation and the American Thea-ter ribbon .The 26-year-old pilot entered the Army Decem-

ber 31, 1941, and was sent overseas in January,1945, before returning to the States in November .He plans to -re-enter the University College ofEngineering the second semester.

Both men are now on terminal leave with MajorHawkins' leave expiring February 5, 1946, andLieutenant Hawkins' leave terminating November26 .

Killed in ActionCapt. Fred Damberg, '33-'37, Oklahoma City,

was killed in a plane crash at Kwajalein as theplane took off on the morning of September 2 forhome . Captain Damberg was awarded the AirMedal, Bronze Star Medal, five combat stars andPresidential Unit Citation .0- Sam J . Hughes, '36-'38, Tuttle, was killed whenhis ship was torpedoed by the Japanese in October,1944 .

Copt . Clarence N. Dunn, '27-'34, OklahomaCity, public relations and intelligence officer in theArmy, died in Europe October 18 . Captain Dunnhad been overseas for three years and had not beenheard from since last Christmas . Mrs . Dunn receiv-ed a letter October 15 stating that he was in a"labor supervisional company ." He was a memberof the Acacia fraternity .P- Robert G . "Bob" Tudor, '42, Enid, was killedin a plane crash near El Paso, Texas, just threemonths after lie received his commission as FlightOfficer at the Lubbock Army Air Field, August30, 1943 . His parents, Mr . and Mrs . C. F. Tudor,make their home in Webb City, Missouri .10- Jack J . Jones, '39journ, Ardmore, was capturedat the capitulation of Corregidor in 1942 and washeld a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines .He was killed in October, 1944, when a Japaneseprison ship was torpedoed en route to Japan . Mr .Jones held the rank of sergeant in the Army .1 Ensign Jack Trentman, '44eng, Wichita, Kan-sas, died aboard a destroyer anchored just off Okina-wa .b~ Sgt. Mark F. Nation, '40-'42, was reportedkilled October 10 in Germany .0- Memorial services were held for Lt. Lynn C .Nordahl, '42eng, Oklahoma City, who was report-ed killed in a plane crash in China October 12 .Lieutenant Nordahl entered the service in 1942and received his wings January, 1944 . He was as-signed to a B-25 bombing group in China .It Lt . (jg) John "Jack" Hartwell Fezler, '43ba,Oklahoma City, who has been missing since Octo-ber 1, 1944, has been declared dead by the Navy

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department. He was aboard an Army troop carrierplane bound for Finschhafen, New Guinea, whichhas not been seen nor reported since it took offfrom Hollandia . He was a member of Phi Psifraternity .0- First Lt . James H . Henderson, '33-'37, wentdown in a monsoon storm on March 31, 1943 andhas been listed as "missing" since that time. Hereceived his wings as a pilot at Lubbock Army AirField in 1942 and was sent to India as a B-24pilot in 1943 .0- Lt. George W. Roesler, Jr ., '42, was killed re-cently in a plane crash near Fort Sill . A veteran ofseven months' service in the European theater, hereturned to this country last August . He held thePresidential Citation with an Oak Leaf Cluster,the Air Medal and the ETO ribbon with two stars .0- Maj . Forrest Hensen Barker, '34-'40, Norman,fighter pilot, missing over Italy since April 30, 1944,has been officially declared dead as of November7 . Twice wounded, holder of the Air Medal andthe DEC, Major Barker had completed 42 missionsover enemy territory when he returned to actionafter an arm wound had healed .

The Barrister-Sergeant SamRecent announcements from Camp Gruber,

Army Service Force, 8th Service Command, givesnotice that another O . U . lawyer has proven hisqualities as legal assistant in the United StatesArmy . Sam Sullivan, who received his law degreefrom the University in June, 1938, was promotedto the rank of Staff Sergeant late in June, 1945 .

While a student in the University, Sergeant Sul-livan was employed as student assistant in theUtility Department, as janitor, for three years . Hewas quite active in Monnett Bar and the CongressClub. He also has been, for a number of years,quite active in the fraternal orders, K.P . ; D.O.K.K . ;LO.O .F. and Masonic organizations.

The sergeant was a representative in the Okla-homa State Legislature from Bryon county from1933 to 1937 and 1939 to 1941 . Recent informa-tion received at the Alumni headquarters is thatSergeant Sullivan will, in the course of the nearfuture, be separated from the service. His presentplans are that he will return to his home in Durantto establish his future business.

SGT . SAM SULLIVAN

Back From Battlefronts

DECEMBER, 1945

0- Lt . (jg) Walter A. Moore, '41-'44, OklahomaCity, has returned home after 18 months of seaduty . He has been stationed aboard the USS Roe andhas been in 15 major battles in the Pacific.0- Lt . Col . Jack High, '36law, Oklahoma City, hasreturned to the United States after 38 months dutyin the European theater of operations.0- First Lt . James F. Watkins, '41-'42, Norman,was processed in Manila previous to returning home.He is a veteran of 46 combat missions and eightmonths overseas service . He wears the Air Medalwith three Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific theaterribbon with five campaign stars, Philippine Libera-tion ribbon with one star and the DistinguishedUnit badge .0- Copt . John A . Marshall, '40eng, returned to theUnited States from France in August as a memberof the advanced detachment for the 13th Abn . Di-vision . Captain Marshall expects to be separatedfrom the service soon . He will then return to hisformer job in the research laboratory of the ShellOil Co ., Houston, Texas .It Maj . Lou Charney, '28med, Oklahoma City,returned to the United States after three years ofservice in Ireland, England, Scotland and NorthernFrance. He reported to Camp Sibert, Alabama, fol-lowing his 45-day leave and expects to be dis-charged soon . He plans to return to Oklahoma Cityto continue practicing medicine when he is released .t Maj . M . M. Appleton, '34med, Oklahoma City,has returned to the States after serving in an Armyhospital in England . Major Appleton was associatedwith Dr . R. H. Akin, '28med, Oklahoma City,prior to entering the service in August, 1942 .0- Lt . Col . Jack Clark, '34ba, former advertisingman on the Fairfax Chief and Nowata Daily Star,returned recently after 18 months service in Ger-many .No- Maj . John F. Taylor, '391aw, Snyder, has justreturned from Luzon . He had been on active dutyfor six years, three of which were spent in theSouthwest Pacific . He is now on terminal leave andwill establish a law practice soon . Major Taylor'sassignment throughout the Philippine campaignwas that of assistant Army Artillery officer withGeneral Krueger's Sixth Army .lo- Lt . Col . Joe A . Smalley, '34ba, '371aw, Norman,has returned from 15 months of overseas service.He is holder of the Silver Star with cluster, BronzeStar with two clusters and the Croix de Guerre,French decoration . Colonel Smalley wears thegreen shoulder strap of a combat officer, campaignribbons and stars for France, Germany, Ardennes,Rhineland and pre-Pearl Harbor. His dischargefrom the Army will be made final in February.0- A pilot in the Air Transport Command, Lt.Randall R. Morton, '40eng, Tulsa, returned tothe States in September after 21 months of over-seas service in Arabia, North Africa, Italy, France,Germany, England and the Balkan area .0- Flight Lt . Ray T. Walker, '39, Duncan, landedrecently at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after two andone half years in India . Lieutenant Walker alsoformerly attended Cameron college before he joinedthe RCAF more than four years ago .Do- Copt . Lewis G. Colbert, '42m .ed, Ada, has re-turned from the European theater of war . He en-tered the Army the day following the awarding ofhis degree from the University .b-- Master Tech . Sgt. Verdun L . Brandle, '37238,Cushing, U.S.M.C .R . is now stationed at CampLejuene, North Carolina, where he is taking a re-fresher course in the photography school . He re-turned to the States after spending 27 monthsoverseas with the Third Marine Division .b- Copt. William W. James, '39241, OklahomaCity, returned to the States this September from

Two brothers returned in September after 20

Europe where he has been serving since September,months of overseas duty with the Army and Navy

1943. He wears the ETO ribbon with two battlein different theaters of war . They were Capt. James

stars .R. Lesch, '42, and Lt . (jg) John W. Lesch, '43eng,

IN- Lt . Thomas Edward Davis, '40-'43, Muskogee,of Apache . Captain Lesch served in Europe with

has returned from the European theater of opera-the Third Army and Lieutenant Lesch was aboard

tions where he served with the 515th Field Artil-the destroyer tender USS Dobbin in the Pacific .

lery Battalion .

0- Maj . Clyde V . Kern, '38med, has returned tothe United States after three years, six months and13 days in a Japanese prison camp . He was takenprisoner on Bataan in April, 1942, and served inhis professional capacity as physician throughouthis imprisonment .

He Counted Their Nickels

MAJ . GEN . GILES AND LT. COL . WARNER

Lt. Col . Jay E . Warner, '366us, Oklahoma City,was recently awarded the Legion of Merit by MajorGeneral B . F . Giles, Commanding Officer of theAfrica-Middle East Theater (AMET), for "excep-tionally meritorious conduct in the performanceof outstanding service in the Middle East fromAugust, 1942 to October, 1945 ."

In August, 1942, Lt . Col . Warner (then cap-tain), arrived in Palestine and was assigned asFinance Officer for the Levant Service Command .He was charged with obtaining from the BritishFinance Office task funds for the payment of ci-vilian employees engaged in construction workin Palestine . To quote the citation, Colonel War-ner, though working with a small amount oftrained personnel, was able "by devoting his com-plete energy, to accomplish the prompt paymentof United States Army Air Forces personnel op-erating from bases in Palestine and Syria . Through-out his entire period of service in the Levant Ser-vice Command, Colonel Warner displayed dili-gence, loyalty and superior administrative abil-ity."Upon the disbandment of the Levant Service

Command in January 1944, Colonel Warner, (thenmajor), assumed his present duty of Assistant FiscalDirector, Africa-Middle East Theater. He providedfunds in the numerous local currencies requiredfor the many disbursing offices in this theater, theAir Transport Command and the Military At-tache . "Because of Colonel Warner's complete un-derstanding of the intricate and complex financialproblems existing in this theater," the citationstates, "he was able to make ready decisions onimportant matters pertaining to fiscal activities ofthis headquarters . His executive ability, untiringdevotion to duty, sound judgment and quiet man-ner reflect great credit upon himself and upon theUnited States Army ."

Colonel Warner was chief accountant for Fikesand Murchison in Dallas, Texas, for 18 monthsbefore he entered the Army . He entered the Armyin August 1941 which entitles him to wear theAmerican Defense Ribbon for service prior to PearlHarbor, and has 39 months of overseas serviceto his credit .

PromotionsTwo former University men were recently pro-

moted to the rank of colonel in the Army . Theywere Walter H . Buckholtz, '29med, Duncan, andFratis L. Duff, '39mcd, Lawton.

Clarence A . Martin, Jr ., '39-'40, Waurika, Dep-uty Commander of Childress Army Air Field, waspromoted to lieutenant colonel . As a fighter pilotoverseas he was awarded the DEC, Air Medal,Purple Heart and a Distinguished Unit Citation .The list of promotions to major includes six

former University men . They are Robert W . Butler,'35-'38, Sapulpa, Lawrence H . Wilson, '346us,Tulsa, Warren S . Hatfield, '25-'28, Dallas, Texas,Ross McLaury Taylor, '306a, '33ma, Wichita, Kan-sas, B . F. Hutchins, '36-'40, Walters, and ClarenceC . Carpenter, '38bus, '34bs, Tulsa .

Promotions to the rank of captain have beengiven to Edgar N . Powers, '39journ, OklahomaCity, and Margaret Jane Giles, '32fa, Army NurseCorps.

Robert E . Richter, '40-'41, Oklahoma City, waspromoted to first lieutenant. James A. Allen, '31-'32,Dallas, was promoted from technician fifth gradeto sergeant .

In the Navy, Bill Berry, '401aw, Stillwater, antiStanley L . Moors, Jr ., '40, Norman, were promotedto lieutenant-commander . Commander Berry waspromoted to the rank of full lieutenant on October24 and to lieutenant-commander on October 25 .He was held a prisoner of the Japanese from May,1942, after the fall of Corregidor until February,1945 .Promoted recently from lieutenant junior grade

to lientenant senior grade were Cecil C . Ferree,'33ed, and H . K . Sowell, '43med, Graham, Texas .

Other naval promotions include that of W .Schuyler Cox, '37-'40, and George D . Dobervich,'41-'44, to lieutenant junior grade .

In Schools AbroadAmong O . U. graduates attending the Army

education center at Shrivenham, England, are Lt .Frank Spence, '41journ, former Norman Transcriptreporter ; Cpl . Guy E . Norwood, '36bus ; Pvt. FredSherman, '34ba, Wynnewood ; Capt. Sam Abrams,'361aw, former editor of the Oklahoma Daily.0- Technician fourth grade James T . McDonald,'42, Enid, and Pfc. James Samara, '42-'43, Tonka-wa, are among former University students who areattending the Shrivenham American University inEngland . The former is enrolled in English history,American government and ethics . The latter isenrolled in English literature, philosophy andpsychology .I" Tech . Sgt . Gordon J. Ray, '39-'42, is attendinga G . I . university center in Florence, Italy . He wentoverseas in 1943 and served in Africa, Corsica andItaly .0- Lt . John L. Fortson, '34ba, former editor ofthe Oklahoma Daily and reporter on the OklahomaCity Times, is teaching journalism to sailors atPearl Harbor as part of his work in the Navy In-telligence section.W- Max Butler, '39-'41, Ardmore, former art stu-dent, is going to school at the University TrainingCenter in Florence, Italy.

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LiberatedMarine Platoon Sgt. Alvin A . Bumgarner, '19-'21,

Tulsa, has been liberated from the prisoner of warcamp at Zentsuji, Japan . Sergeant Bumgarner, whohas been in the Marine Corps for 13 years, was cap-tured on Wake Island in December, 1941 .0- Lt . Fred P. La Boon, '39eng, Chickasha, hasbeen liberated from Shikoku prison camp wherehe had been a prisoner of the Japanese since thefall of Bataan . Lieutenant La Boon was employedas an engineer at the New State Ice Co ., before en-tering the service .

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He Was a Guerilla AgentLt . Peyton Ford, '356a, '35116, Oklahoma City,

played a role in one of the most dangerous episodesof the war against Japan . As a member of the Navalgroup of guerilla intelligence agents and weatherobservers now known as SACO-Sino-AmericanCo-operative Organization-he served behind theJapanese lines in Asia .The SACO was founded shortly after the bomb-

ing of Pearl Harbor, strictly as a weather reportingunit . Besides providing the U . S . Fleet, the 14thArmy Air Force and the Chinese and AmericanArmy Headquarters with weather reports and in-telligence of Japanese troop movements and ship-inent of supplies, the unit also became a dangerousfighting outfit . Its activities finally extended over allthe war from Indo-China to the Gobi Desert .

It was through information gained by SACOthat the 14th Air Force could mine Japanese coastalwaters, forcing Jap shipping out to sea where theywere attacked bv American submarines . Weatherinformation gained by them helpeside when to stage an invasionraids on the jai) homeland .SACO Americans learned

disguises and often slipped iwith the aid of Chinese SACO undetected . Notonce during the months and years this ur~i -Servedwas any member discovered in disguiW;

icutenant Ford received his commissionI~ Pfc. James Bishop, '40-'43, Norman, has been

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chosen as one b¬ 25 students to attend a special

Navy September, 1943 . He graduated from theNaval Reserve Officers Indoctrination School atfour months' course in the-wortct-fanious`remit ___Tusce,_4rizenas in_Jatruary, 1944 . After gradua-

School of Architecture, L'Ecole des Beaux Arts,

tion he was appointed an assistant in the AttorneyParis . General's office . For a time he was attorney for10~ Lt. George I . Burkett, '41ba, now stationed at

the State Labor Board and later was with theJoigny, France, is attending classes of the Univer-

Federal Labor Relations Board in Washington, D .sity at Besancon . He is taking courses in French

t;, Prior to entering the Navy Lieutenant Ford wasliterature and cookery . Lieutenant Burkett received

a practicing attorney in Oklahoma City and plansthe Bronze Star, the Air Medal with three Oak

to resume his private practice when released fromLeaf Clusters and the Presidential Citation .

the Navy.

the Navy de-Jap islands and

the art of Chineseto Japanese territory

DischargedCapt . Frank Bishop, Jr., '406us, Norman, was

'separated from the service at Camp Chaffee, Ar-kansas . For his 35 months overseas service he holdsthe Silver Star, Purple Heart, Presidential UnitCitation, three Battle Stars and an Arrowhead forparticipation in the D-Day invasion of Normandy,and the Combat Infantry Badge .

Frank Clarence Amend, Jr ., '42bus, Antlers,was discharged in October from the Army AirCorps with the rank of sergeant . He had servedfor three years and nine months and was stationedin Europe for several months .

Major Francis R. Thompson, '37-'40, King-fisher, has been released from the service at BaerField, Indiana, after five years and five months ofservice . For his 28 months overseas he holds theDEC with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal withone Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, PresidentialCitation Device with three Oak Leaf Clusters,American Defense, American Theater and Asiatic-Pacific Ribbons . He plans to enter into the com-mercial aviation industry .P- Bob E . Baublits, '42, Ada, former first lieuten-ant, received his discharge from the Army AirCorps recently .10- F . Allen Calver, Jr ., '361aw, was dischargedrecently from the Army as a lieutenant colonel . Heholds the Legion of Merit, Croix de Guc rrc withGold Star (French) and the Order of the BritishEmpire . He holds the European Theater ribbonwith one campaign star and the American Defenseribbon .No- Tech . Sgt . Rex E . Phillips, '42, Oklahoma Cityhas been discharged from the Army Air Forces .He served nine months overseas participating in28 combat in issions . He wears the ETO ribbon withfive battle stars and the Air Medal with two OakLeaf Clusters .P_ Staff Sgt. Gene A . Muratet, '40, Tulsa, receivedhis discharge from the service at Sheppard Field,Texas. He served in French Morocco, North Africa,as a control tower chief at an Air Transport Com-mand base for 27 months . He has been in the serv-ice for more than four years .It Lt . Hansel K . Riddle, '29-'32, Stonewall, hasbeen placed on the Navy's inactive list at NewOrleans . Lieutenant Riddle has served as a flightinstructor . Ile was an oil operator prior to theNavy .0- Lt. Joe E . Stark, '39-'40, has been placed oninactive duty . He is a former flight instructor atthe Naval Air Station in New Orleans, Louisiana .He served 20 months with aircraft carriers in thePacific .0~ Clifton C . Wilhite, '40m.ed, Dallas, Texas, hasbeen discharged from the Navy in which he heldthe rank of lieutenant .0- Maj . Roy Hollingsworth Jr., '30-'37, returnedto the States from the European theater of opera-tions on September 20 and was separated fromthe Army on October 10 at Camp Chaffee, Arkan-sas . Major Hollingsworth, who was a former sportseditor on the Oklahoma Daily, is now at his homein Watonga . He is holder of the Bronze Star medaland the ETO ribbon .10- Ray

. Brice ' '23001, Oklahoma City, recentlywas disci arged from the Navy and is now at homein Okla ma City . He held the rank of SPM 2/cwhile i the service .~ E gene H. Duggan, '40bs, Ponca City, received

his discharge from the Army Air Force in Septem-- ber with the rank of captain. He volunteered forduty in June, 1941 .Do- S/Sgt . Harold H . Doughty, '376s, Martha, wasdischarged from the service October 6 at MiamiBeach, Florida . He had served overseas for 22months with the 12th Air Force in the Mediter-ranean theater of operations .

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DecorationsLt . Col . Cleo C . Ingle, '246a, Tulsa, was awarded

the Legion of Merit medal for outstanding adminis-trative service in the Army recently . Colonel Ingle,now on terminal leave, went into service early in1941 .10- Lt . Jefferson R . Watts, '36-'39, a Field Artilleryliaison pilot, was presented with the Air Medal atFort Sill recently.0- Lt. (jg) Jack H . Walters, '43eng, OklahomaCity, who made seven patrols into enemy con-trolled waters aboard the U.S.S. Hammerhead, isnow stationed on the west coast. He was awardedthe Gold Star in lieu of the second Bronze StarMedal .0- Major Joe B . Steele, Jr ., '37-'38, Ringling, hasbeen awarded the Bronze Star Medal for the per-formance of meritorious service with the SignalCorps in the South Pacific .00- Maj . Thad Hummel, '386a, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Bronze Star in Sarreguemines,France . Major Hummel is now attached to theUnited States graves registration service in Ver-sailles, France .It Lt. Col . Eugene B . Dodson, '33ba, formerDaily Oklahoman reporter, has beeh decoratedwith the Panamanian Order of Balboa, with rankof Knight Commander, for his services as head ofthe Office of Censorship in the Canal Zone .It Maj . Mark S . Cox, '35ba, former Talihina Amer-ican editor, received the Bronze Star for workas defense commander of an advance airstrip inthe European theater . Major Cox has been over-seas for the last 18 months .0- Maj . William E . Cruce, '38-'41, Oklahoma City,was awarded the Air Medal and the DistinguishedFlying Cross while serving 41 mission over Truk,Iwo Jima and Tokyo . He recently returned to theUnited States .10- Lt . Col . Roy L. Hickox '35ba, former GuthrieDaily Leader managing editor, was recently award-ed the Bronze Star for his work as intelligenceofficer of the Replacement and Training Commandin Italy .10- Maj . Fred W. Dunlevy, '35ba, '371aw, Okla-homa City, has been awarded the Bronze StarMedal . Major Dunlevy, who has returned to theUnited States, was a member of the military ob-server group which compiled and defined enemyintelligence from front-line positions . He servedin the India-Burma theater from March, 1944, toSeptember, 1945 .0- Lt. Col . Lorraine S. Fogarty, '31bus, Guthrie,recently was awarded the Brazilian War Medal-Medalha de Guerra . Presentation ceremonies wereheld at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy . ColonelFogarty wears the American Defense Ribbon andthe Mediterranean Theater Ribbon with one battleparticipation star.11- Lt. Lillian Foushee, '30fa, Stroud, was awardedthe Bronze Star Medal in Manila . Lieutenant Fou-shee is a former employee of the O.G.&E. companyin Shawnee .t Capt. Mont. B . Stewart, Jr ., '39bus, OklahomaCity, was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Starand the European Theater ribbon with five battlestars . Now on terminal leave, Captain Stewart ex-pects his discharge to take effect in January .0~ Capt . Neel J . Price, '39ba, '40bs, '42med, Okla-homa City, returned to the United States holdingmedals that included the Legion of Merit, CombatMedical badge, Presidential Unit citation, BronzeStar with Oak Leaf cluster, Purple Heart withOak Leaf cluster and the European Theater ribbonwith three battle stars . Captain Price is on terminalleave and expects his discharge to be final thismonth .Do- Capt . Charles H . Larson, '42ed, Okemah, hasbeen awarded the Bronze Star for service in Ger-many .1 Lt. (jg) Fred G. Popkes, '43med, Bartlesville,has been awarded the Bronze Star . He served withthe Fifth Marine Infantry division on Two Jima,Volcano Islands .10- First Lt. Philip M. Rubins, '41phys, Oklahoma

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City, has received the Purple Heart for injuriesreceived in May, 1945 . He was also awarded theSilver Star for bravery in action . He is stationedat Bruns General Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico.It First Lt. Joseph Earl Adkins, '38-'39, Lawton,was recently awarded the fifth Oak Leaf cluster tothe Air Medal in France. Lieutenant Adkins enteredthe Army Air Forces in 1942 and had been over-seas since September, 1944 .0- Lt. Frank C . Vrana, '39-'40, Edmond, has beenawarded the Silver Star on Luzon where he waspreviously awarded the Purple Heart for injuriesreceived . Lt. Vrana also formerly attended St . Gre-gory's Academy, Shawnee .0- Lt. Col . Maurice A. Marrs, '19-'20, OklahomaCity, commanding officer of the Air Transport Com-mand base in Stockholm, Sweden, was awardedthe Air Medal .It Maj . Al D . Sims, '33bus, Oklahoma City,wears the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit asan award for 500 days of active combat duty, 250of which were consecutive, without rest or leave .0- Master Sgt. Russel F. Crooch, '38bs, OklahomaCity, has been awarded the Bronze Star for mili-tary operations against the enemy at Manila .

Maj . Harold C . Kirkpatrick, '40bs, Norman,has been awarded the Air Medal . He was stationedwith the Air Transport Command, Calcutta, India .0- Maj . Irving Shefts, '20-'25, was awarded theBronze Star for participation in the Central Burmacampaign . His brother, Maj . Milton Shefts, '30bs,'31ba, '32med, was also awarded the Bronze Starand returned recently to the States after threeyears overseas .0- Capt. C. H . Nelson, '39journ, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for serv-ice on Luzon .00- Maj . Millard S . Purdy, '38journ, OklahomaCity, has received the Bronze Star for service inthe South Pacific, where he served for three years .He is a former reporter on the Oklahoma CityTimes and on the Oklahoma News.0- S/Sgt . Bob J. Dunham, '42-'43, Ardmore, wasawarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action atLeyte .10- Lt . (jg) Phillip Melvin Conkle, '40, OklahomaCity, has been awarded the Air Medal for his serv-ices as a pilot with Navy Scouting Squadron 31 inthe Atlantic area .No- Capt . Robert E . Whitehand, '33ba, former fea-ture contributor to the Tulsa World who waskilled in action over France March 27, wasawarded the Air Medal and the Legion of Meritposthumously . He was a member of the Universitydrama faculty when he entered service.Do- Lt. John Allen Moore, '42eng, Oklahoma City,recently received the Bronze Star Medal for mili-tary operations in Italy . He has been overseas sinceFebruary, 1943, serving in North Africa and Italy .

New Charter ClubOn the evening of November 7, 1945, several

alumni of Major County met in the city of Fair-view for the purpose of presenting their formalapplication for the Major County Alumni CharterClub .The O. U . members of the Association signing

the application for the charter were Mr. J . PhilBurns ('27ba) ; Mr . Don Butler ('38) ; Mr . Way-man Cornelsen ('27=33) ; Mr . Austin Firebaugh('24) ; Mrs . Raolo Fisher ('18Ph .G) ; Mrs . E .Lorine Hall ('37) ; Mr. Dawson Houk ('14bs,'14ba, '21116) ; Mr . A . O. Manning ('09-'13) ; Mrs .Anna Shelton ('286a) ; Dr . R . O . Ryan ('30ba,'32bs,'37md), Dr . Don H . Smith ('33bs) ; Mr . LyleSmith ('436us) and Mr. Cecil Ward ('36ba) .At the annual meeting of the Executive Board

on November 10, the Major County Charter, alongwith others, was approved . In the near future aspecial meeting will be called for the Major Countyalumni . Their charter-presenting and permanentorganization, including election of all officers andmembers of their board of directors, will then hecompleted.

Medical School

Dr . W. L . Haywood has been appointed as chiefof staff of the South Ward, Negro Division, of theUniversity Hospital .The Board of Regents of the University of Okla-

homa recently approved Dr. Albert Webb Dudley'sappointment as Assistant in Medicine on the facul-ty of the School of Medicine, effective October 1,1945 .On October 8, 9, 10 the State Board of Dental

Examiners met at the School of Medicine to offerdental examinations for state licensure .Dr. Tom Lowry, Dean of the School of Medicine,

attended the annual meeting of the Association ofAmerican Medical Colleges, held in PittsburgOctober 29 and 31 .Dr. Floyd Keller and Dr . Howard C . Hopps

have recently returned from a trip to Boston inwhich they attended a post-graduate seminar inlegal medicine presented by the Department ofLegal Medicine of Harvard Medical School . Thiswas in anticipation of the organization of a Medi-cal Examiner's System in the state within the nextfew years and the establishment of an independentdepartment o£ legal medicine at the School ofMedicine.Dr . LeMoyne Snyder, Medical Legal Director of

the Michigan State Police, was a visitor at theMedical School Friday, October 26th . Dr. Snyderwas in Oklahoma City as a guest speaker of theOklahoma State Bar Association and talked onMedical Criminal Legal Investigation . Dr . Snyderis a member of both the American Medical As-sociation and the American Bar Association . Hiswork in forensic medicine, especially that concern-ing homicide, has gained for him an internationalreputation in this field .The School of Medicine takes particular pleasure

in calling attention to the recent monograph, "TheOxidation of Carbohydrates," from the Departmentof Biochemistry . This is the second of such mono-graphs to be published by this department andrepresents a most extensive consideration of thisimportant subject. Dr . Everett and his collabora-tors are to be congratulated on the achievementwhich has brought such favorable recognition tothem and to the School of Medicine .

No More UniformsEighty V-12 medical trainees at the University

of Oklahoma medical school have doffed their navyuniforms and donned civilian clothes to continuetheir studies . The trainees were recently placedon inactive duty in the naval reserve when theywent through the separation center at Norman .A total of 179 V-12 students have been graduatedand commissioned as medical officers in the navyfrom the School of Medicine, Comdr. W . M . Rakow,executive officer, has announced .

Salt Breezes

By BEVERLY HOWARD

Among discharged veterans who will return tothe University campus at the beginning of the

second semester will be RoySmith Angel, journalismstudent from Purcell in1939-41 . His course ofstudy was interrupted inSeptember, 1941, when hejoined the regular Navy .

ROY SMITH ANGEL

Since that time Mr. Angelhas served 38 months inthe Pacific theater of op-erations and received hisdischarge October 27 as ayeoman second class . Hewas on duty aboard the re-pair ships Argonne, Med-usa and Minesweeper YMS436 .

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