With the Armed Forces - University of Oklahoma · been stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. His brother, ... with the Second Auxiliary Surgical group in ... heavy Ordnance unit

With the Armed Forces

Butler With U.S.F.A .Capt. Robert W . Butler, '35-'38, Sapulpa, was

among the first Americans to enter Vienna as amember of General Clark's forces in Austria . Cap-tain Butler is chief of the real estate section ofthe Vienna Area Command . He will work underGeneral Clark in the Army of Occupation, exercis-ing military control over governmental agencies(luring the rehabilitation period . Captain Butleris a member of the U .S .F .A ., United States Forcesin Austria, formed from American personnel ofthe 15th Army group, which fought through Italyand forced the unconditional surrender of theGerman armies in the Mediterranean theater sev-eral days before the complete collapse of the enemyin Europe . Captain Butler holds a Bronze Star.

I Already Am, Thank YouMaj . Doyle C . McGuggin, '34-'40, Enid, was

operations officer of a B-29 group regularly flyingmissions over Japan when he received a letter fromthe University asking, "How would you like tobomb Tokyo in a B-29?" Major McGuggin reportshe thought someone was trying to be funny untilhe realized the letter was part of a campaign foralumni, students and friends of the Universityto buy enough bonds to purchase a 13-29 for thatpurposeDischargedCapt . Richard Roys, '39med, Norman, recently

went to Seattle, Washington, where he was toreceive his discharge from the Medical Corps .Since returning from the Southwest Pacific he hasbeen stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia . Hisbrother, Capt. Harvey Roys, '43med, has beenassigned to the Army of Occupation in Korea .

Jim Gowdy, '28law, has returned to his posi-tion as city attorney of Oklahoma City after re-ceiving a discharge from the Army Air Force .I folding the rank of captain, he served a tour ofduty in the China-Burma-India theater .

Capt . I . Frank Haxel, '32, recently dischargedfrom the United States Army after three and one-half years spent in India, Burma, and Tibert, nowresides with his family at Siloam Springs, Arkansas,and is pursuing his civilian occupation of UnitedStates Postal Inspector .

LiberatedCapt. Clifford C . Hines, '34, Norman, who was

taken prisoner in the fall of the Philippines, andCapt . Alex Wclcher, '40geol, Norman, who wasalso taken prisoner in the fall of the Philippines,were returned to American Military control inJapan on September 8 . Captain Hines and CaptainWclcher, both who have been overseas for fouryears, were in the same camp at Zentsuji, and(luring the long period of their internment, theyoccasionally were able to get short wave radiomessages through to their families . They werereported to be in fair health and are expected tobe returned to the States soon .Back From Battlefronts

Lt . Sam Royse, '39-'42, Elk City, has returnedto the United States after flying 35 missions inChina and being reported missing for 34 dayswhen he was forced to bail out over enemy-occupied territory . At that time four of the 11crew members of his B-24 were captured, but allescaped and reached safety . Lieutenant Royseholds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the AirMedal with an Oak Leaf Cluster for each . He wentto China in July, 1944, as pilot of a I3-24 . Uponhis return to this country he was stationed at theArmy Air Field, Bryan, Texas .No- Lt . Col . Charles R . Taylor, '17-'18, OklahomaCity, returned recently from Europe where hesaw action in the campaigns of northern France,the Rhineland and central Europe . Colonel Taylorand the 207th Field Artillery battalion were sep-arated from the rest of the 45th Division in De-

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cember, 1911, and were sent to Panama for Canalprotection duty .

Lt . Col . Kirk Woodliff, '37law, holds numer-ous war medals including the Croix de Guerre,the European theater campaign ribbon with fourbattle stars and two Bronze Star medals, one withan Oak Leaf Cluster . Colonel Woodliff recentlyreturned from Europe and was temporarily sta-tioned at Fort Sill .

Lt. Prcn G . Hollingsworth, '42, Norman, re-ported to the Army Air Forces Redistribution Sta-tion at Miami Beach, Florida, for reassignmentafter flying 40 missions in the European theater .I le is the holder of the Air Medal with four clustersand the Purple Heart .

Capt . Nathaniel Bert Smith, '37-'42, OklahomaCity, returned recently from Germany, where hehas been stationed for the last 45 months . lieserved with the 58th Armored Field Artillery bat-talion that landed in Africa November 8, 1942 .

Lt . Everett M . Lewis, '39geol, Norman, hasreturned from service outside the continentalUnited States and was being processed at the Re-distribution Station, Miami Beach, Florida. Lieu-tenant Lewis served seven months as a platoonleader in the European theater of operations . Hewas awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infan-tryman's Badge and the European campaignribbon with two battle stars .No- Lt . Col . Milton Gordon, '38eng, Tulsa, re-turned recently after two and one half years inthe Mediterranean area, where he served withthe 324th Air Service group throughout the cam-paigns of northern Africa and Italy.

Capt. Frank L . Knotts, '38med, Stillwater,returned recently after spending the last 23 monthswith the Second Auxiliary Surgical group inNorth Africa, Italy and southern France . Sincehis return he has been stationed at Winter Gen-eral Hospital, Topeka, Kansas .

William E . Kent, '43bus, Tecumseh, technicianthird grade, returned recently from Europe wherehe had been for the last 20 months . He has beenawarded the Bronze Star medal and the ETOribbon with stars for campaigns in France .

Capt . Howard Moyer, '39-'40, Norman, re-turned recently by way of a slow freighter fromCalcutta, India . He holds the Distinguished FlyingCross, the Air Medal and Cluster, and ribbons forPre-Pearl Harbor, American theater, Europeantheater and Pacific theater with three stars .

Capt . John B . Hobbs, '33-'35, Oklahoma City,who recently returned from China, where he wasaide to a general, has been assigned to duty withArmy Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C .

Lt . William J. Mayhall, '426a, Oklahoma City,arrived home last month on leave after being sta-tioned in the European theater of operations fortwo years .No- Lt. Fred Reynolds, '40-'43, Norman, has re-turned to the United States after serving with aheavy Ordnance unit in Europe since before Christ-mas . His organization saw service in France andGermany .

Capt . Carl A . Reid, '40eng, Oklahoma City, hada 30-day leave after flying home from Germanylate this summer before reporting for duty at FortSill. He and Mrs . Reid planned to -establish a homein Lawton .

Ensign M . X . Beard, Jr ., '40eng, Norman, hasreturned to the United States after serving for11 months aboard a destroyer in the pacific . Hewas assigned to a damage control school in SanFrancisco for a special course.

Lt . Col . David Brooks, '34, Oklahoma City,has returned to the United States from foreignduty, holder of the Bronze Star, a European thea-ter ribbon with ten battle stars, and a Frenchmedal . He was to be re-assigned at San Antonio,Texas .

Capt. Victor B . Monnett, '37geol, Norman, hasreturned home on leave after one year's serviceoverseas in England, France, Belgium, Holland

and Germany. Captain Monnett, Army engineerwith the 1657th Engineers group, was to reportto Fort Belvoir, Virginia, at the end of a 30-dayleave .00- Capt. Gayfree Ellison '40med, Norman, homeafter two years in the Mediterranean and Europeantheaters of war, has received his discharge from theAnny Medical service . Captain Ellison, battalionsurgeon for the Second Field Artillery Observationbattalion, was stationed in North Africa, Cassino,Rome, France and Germany . lie arrived in theStates from Regensburg, Germany, and reportedto Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, where he received hisdischarge .

Pfc . James G . Bruton, '34-'39, Oklahoma City,has been home on leave after serving with theThird Army in France, Germany and Czechoslo-vakia . Private Bruton was on a 30-day furloughbefore reporting to Fort Bragg, North Carolina .

Maj . Wallace Hackett, '35, Norman, was ex-pected home from the European theater in themiddle of September . He planed to visit the O.U .campus and his parents, Mr . and Mrs . SamHackett . Mr . Hackett is bookkeeper of the Uni-versity Book Exchange .

Cpl . John B . Geary, '40-'41, Oklahoma City,was home on leave recently after serving in Eng-land with an intelligence unit of the Eighth AirForce . He wears a Presidential Unit Citation ribbonand the E.T .O . ribbon with four battle stars .

Cpl . Joe C . Dolman, '40-'41, Oklahoma City,has been at home on a 30-clay leave followingtwo years of service with the Third Army FieldArtillery in Europe . Corporal Dolman holds theOrder of the Purple Heart and wears five battlestars.Do- Cpl . LcRoy McCollum, '38-'41, Oklahoma City,has been home on leave after serving overseas twoyears with a Signal company of the Second Infan-try . He was in action from D-day to V-E day inEurope . Corporal McCollum was to report toCamp Swift, Texas, for re-assignment.

Lt. Clifford Cole, '33-'36, Norman, recentlyreturned from 18 months of duty with the Navyin the Pacific, and was to report for duty at theNaval Hospital at San Diego, California .

Lt. Richard M . McCool, Jr., '416a, Norman,arrived in the United States in August for hos-pitalization after being wounded in action offOkinawa in June. He was first in hospitals in Oak-land and San Leandro, California, later beingtransferred to the Navy Hospital at Norman .

Capt . William H . Bollinger, '34eng, OklahomaCity, has returned to the United States from Europe,where he was stationed for 16 months . Preparatoryto receiving a leave he reported to Fort MacArthur,California .00- Capt . William B . Armstrong, '40geol, Okla-homa City, has returned to the United States fromItaly, where he served for two years .

Sgt. John L . Bumgarner, Jr ., '40-'42, Norman,was assigned to the San Antonio, Texas, AirForce Personnel Distribution Command upon hisreturn from the China-Burma-India theater, wherehe was stationed for more than two years .

Capt . Bryce DeLong, '42, Noble, has arrivedin the United States after spending eight monthsoverseas with the 13th Airborne division andparticipating in the battles for the Rhine and cen-tral Germany .00- Lt .

Burt I: . Sheriff,

'42-'43, Oklaho ma City,pilot of a B-24, recently returned from duty inthe Pacific, where he spent 13 months . He was toreport for reassignment at San Antonio, Texas .

Lt . Andrew Crosby, Jr., '41law, Lawton, hasbeen home on leave after serving for nine monthsin the European theater as a First Artillery Obser-vation officer with the Seventh Army .

Robert D . Conrad, '41-'42, Hugo, pharmacist'smate second class, is on the staff of the Naval Hos-pital at Great Lakes, Illinois, after serving for 25months with amphibious forces in the SouthwestPacific.

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Lt . Col . George S . Bozalis, '35med, OklahomaCity, has returned to the United States after 17months of duty as chief of Medical service withthe 109th Evacuation Hospital in Europe . ColonelBozalis holds the Bronze Star and wears five battlestars .

Lt . Col . Lloyd W . Taylor, '41 Med, Hugo, washome on ]cave late this summer after spendingthree years with the Medical Corps in the SouthPacific. He has recently been assigned as chief ofthe hospitalization and evacuation section inManila . Colonel Taylor holds the Legion of Merit,the Silver Star and a Presidential Unit Citation .

Col . Edward F. Hubbard, '38bus, Frederick,who recently returned from service in the Europeantheater wtih the Air Force, was to be stationed atPalm Springs, California .I" Capt . Edwin C . Yeary, '39med, OklahomaCity, has returned to the United States from Europeand was being processed through the Army Groundand Service Forces Redistribution Station, MiamiBeach, Florida . Captain Yeary was reported miss-ing in action in Belgium as of December 19, 1944,but was later liberated from a German prison camp .I" Capt. Jacob W . Zadik, '39geol, Dallas, Texas,has been assigned as a Member of the staff andfaculty o£ the Field Artillery School, Fort Sill . Heis a veteran of the Italian campaigns and holdsthe Bronze Star Medal .ON- Maj . William S . Lancey, '386a, Norman, hasreturned from service in the European theater,where he was stationed for 25 months, and wasbeing processed through the Army Ground andService Forces Redistribution Station, Miami Beach,Florida . Major Lancey holds the Order of thePurple Heart, a Distinguished Unit Citation andan E.T.O . ribbon with six battle stars .

Lt . William C . Woodward, '42zool, Norman,has been assigned to the staff and faculty of theField Artillery School at Fort Sill . He is a veteranof service in northern France, the Ardennes,Rhineland and central Europe, and holds a BronzeStar, an Air Medal and the Purple Heart .

Lt. Harvey Aronson, '41-'43, Oklahoma City,was at home on a 45-day furlough . Ile had beenstationed with the Army Infantry in Germany .

Capt. Edward E . McCollum, '37-'41, Bartles-ville, returned home recently after spending thepast seven months in Joigny, France, where he wasstationed with the Headquarters division, Artillery,13th Airborne division . He arrived in New Yorkaboard the "Madawaska Victory ."00- Lt . (jg) Fred W. Hoover, '42chem, has recentlyreturned from naval duty in the Pacific.00- Lt . Andrew Prosky, Jr ., '41law, recently re-turned from overseas duty where he served withthe 292nd F.O .B .00- Staff Sgt . Robert Ray Kirk, '41=42, Muskogee,served 21 months overseas and has been reassignedto duty at Westover Field, Mass .

Capt. Glen R . Robinson, '41eng, Miami, recentlyreturned from the European theater of operations .He is a wearer of the Bronze Star .

Howard Cowan, '31-'32, Shawnee, an AP warcorrespondent, has returned from Europe where for19 months he covered front line actions, inter-viewed high Nazi officials . and worked with Gen .Eisenhower .

"Big shot" Nazis interviewed by Mr. Cowan in-cluded Goering, Kesselring and Von Rundstedt .The Kesselring interview was probably the mostinteresting . Three American newsmen were di-rected by a German MP still on duty to his head-quarters at Staalfelden, Austria .

Without rations the newsmen accepted an invi-tation to dinner on the Kesselring train . The foodwas "washed down" with a mixture of vermouthand water. At the close of the meal the Kesselringaide raised his glass with a toast-"To peace!"

Goering was "scared to death" when he cameout for an interview . Being stripped of his medalsleft him feeling naked and he kept running apudgy hand over his uniform where special stripsof cloth were sewn to hold them .Mr. Cowan worked in a correspondents' "pool"

with General Eisenhower and came to know himclose-up . General "Ike" showed an almost super-human ability to snap back answers to correspond-ents' questions, any where, any time .The next two months will be a vacation for the

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newsman, his wife and four-year-old son, Steve .His next job may be in England . The All wantshim to go back and that's the only country wherehe can take his family .In Army University in England

Late in September, Senator James C . Nance ofPurcell reported to the Alumni Office that StaffSgt . Lawson A . Thomas, '41, is now enrolled inthe Army University in England . Sergeant Thomasis studying fine arts and commercial art in Shriven-ham, England . While he attended the Universityof Oklahoma prior to war service, he was a staffemployee of the Alumni Association in the publi-cations division doing art work .

More than 1400 names on the United StatesArmed Forces institute roll are reviewed andcheeped by Elsic Hughes (top), Mrs. GlennJones (center) and Virginia Follmar (lower)

of the Correspondence Study Department .Graduates in Aviation Medicine

First Lt . Thomas P. Anderson, '40bs, '43med,MC, son of Dr. P . H . Anderson, Anadarko, Okla-homa, and Mrs . Mabel I . Anderson, 2555 N.W .21st street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, graduatedfrom the Army Air Forces School of AviationMedicine, Randolph Field, Texas, on September 15,1945 .Under the guidance of its Commandant, Brig .

Gen . Eugene G . Rcinartz, the School of AviationMedicine specializes in training physicians andsurgeons in a special branch of medical knowledge,practically unknown during World War I, butwhich now aids in safe-guarding the lives of Armypilots and Air Force personnel .The intensive course in Aviation Medicine which

Lt . Anderson has just completed is one prerequisitefor attaining the wings of a "Flight Surgeon" inthe Medical Corps, U .S . Army Air Forces .Deaths in Service

Lt . James J. Evans '36-'37, Spaulding, waskilled in action last December 18 in Belgium,when he remained behind to protect his men asthey retreated from a position . A letter to his wifefrom his captain related his death as follows : "Wemet the enemy about 0500 the morning of Decem-ber 18, and I sent Lieutenant Evans' platoon across

the river to engage the enemy . While there heencountered such numbers of Germans I orderedhim to withdraw across the river and take up adefensive position along the river. He stayed inposition until it was overrun by the enemy . Hethen ordered his men to withdraw into town,while he and a few men remained as a rear guard .He left only when the Germans entered the househe was occupying . While running up the streetto join his platoon, he was fired on by a Germanmachine gun and an 88 mm . gun . He was hitbefore he could cross the street . . . .. .

Lieutenant Evans enlisted in the Army in June,1939, after attending Infantry Officers' CandidateSchool at Fort Benning, Georgia . Survivors in-clude his parents, Mr . and Mrs . J . F. Evans,Spaulding, and his wife, Mrs . Bernice F . Evans,and son, James J ., Jr ., of Hobbs, New Mexico .

Lt . Wayne Hendricks, '40-'41, Oklahoma City,was killed on July 30 in an air raid over Kyushu .He was navigator of a B-25 . Lieutenant Hendricksentered the Air Force in June, 1942, receiving hiscommission at Hondo, Texas, in February, 1944 .At the University he was a student in the Collegeof Business Administration . Survivors include hiswife, Mrs . Virginia Elizabeth Hendricks, a five-month-old son, Douglas, and his parents, Mr . andMrs. 1, B . Hendricks, all of Oklahoma City .00- Lt. (jg) Richard Dixon, '38bus, Shamrock,Texas, and Elk City, died in a Navy hospital inBrooklyn, New York, on August 25 . He had short-ly before been flown to the United States fromWake Island . Lieutenant Dixon received trainingat the Operational Training School, TreasureIsland, California, before going to the South Pacific.Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs . J . A .Dixon, Shamrock, and an aunt, Mrs . II . R . Payne,Elk City .lo- Milus Hall, '27-'28, formerly of Hobart, diedin October, 1942, in a Japanese prison camp, theWar Department has announced . He was takenprisoner when Bataan fell . Survivors include hismother, Mrs . C . K . Hall, LaJolla, California, anda brother, Linley K . Hall, '26-'28, manager of aSafeway store at Mission Beach, California .ON- Lt. James E . White, '41-'43, Checotah, waskilled in an airplane crash on his way from Chinato the Philippines early in August . He was awardedan Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters onJuly 15 in ceremonies on Luzon . Lieutenant Whitewas assistant group operations officer of the Fight-er group to which Capt . Vernon F. (Red) Bone,'40, is attached .

Staff Sergeant Frank R . Drake, Jr ., '42-'43,Oklahoma City, died on August 19 of bronchialpneumonia in an Army hospital near Passau,Germany . Overseas since September, 1944, he heldthe Silver Star with an Oak Leaf Cluster for gal-lantry in action and a Combat Infantryman'sBadge . Sergeant Drake was a Member of PhiGamma Delta fraternity . Survivors include hismother, Mrs . Lco LcGrant, Oklahoma City, andhis father, F . R . Drake, Denison, Texas .

Capt. Lawrence G . Boyts, '35eng, New Paris,Indiana, was killed on June 18 when his planewas caught in a monsoon sandstorm 60 miles fromBiskia, North Africa . He was transferred last Mayfrom Miami, Florida, to Casablanca . Captain Boytsoriginally received his commission in the FieldArtillery at O.U ., but later transferred to theFerry Command . Throughout the war he ferriedplanes to Allied fighting fronts, and wore ribbonsshowing service in the American, European-Africanand Asiatic-Pacific theaters of war . Before enteringthe service he was a chemical engineer with theTexas Company in Port Arthur, Texas . Survivorsinclude his parents, Mr . and Mrs . Edward Boyts,New Paris, and his wife, who lives in Chicago .

Possible SurvivorsTwo Oklahoma City men previously reported

missing in action after the loss of the U .S .S . Hous-ton and thought possibly to be still alive thissummer after some men from that ship were re-ported to be in Japanese prison camps are Pfc .Aubrey Kenneth Malone, '33, and Roger IrvinBarnett, '37-'40 . Private Malone is a member ofthe Marine Corps . Mr . Barnett is a fireman firstclass in the Navy . In late August their parents wereawaiting word from the Navy Department as totheir sons' fates .

Killed in Action

been awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge with

Artillery battalion, is a veteran of the 25th infantry

Lt.Malcolm

D . Campbell, '41, Tulsa, was killed

four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with two

division's fighting on Guadalcanal .

May 17 while on a test flight over Czechoslovakia.

Oak Leaf Clusters and the Bronze Star medal, all

Maj . Joseph W . Long, '39-'40, Oklahoma City,

Lieutenant Campbell was awarded the DEC, Air

for meritorious achievement in aerial combat. Hewas attached to a Ninth Air Force Fighter group

has been awarded the Bronze Star for service with

Medal, Presidential Citation and after his death

the 691st Tank Destroyer battalion . Major Long,

was awarded the Croix do Guerre by the French

which was cited five times during the war .Maj . Ansel J . Challener, '25eng, '33m .eng, has

who wears five battle stars, acted as battalion S-3

government.

been

resented the Certificate of Merit Award in

during the long fight across France, Belgium,Lux-embourg and Germany .

Missing in Action

Paris, France, for conspicuously meritorious and

Capt . William 1? . Merritt, '38-'42, Oklahoma

outstanding performance of military duty . He was

City, pilot of a P-51 Mustang, has been reported

assigned to a communications school of the Signal

missing in action in the Pacific area . Holder of

Corps near Paris .0- Pfc . John R . Potts, '42-'43, Norman, recently

an Air Medal, Captain Merritt went to the Pacificfirst in 1943, and was home on a leave last June .

Staff Sgt . Ben Thornton, '41, Ardmore, hasbeen missing in action in the South Pacific sinceJuly 27 . On that date the B-29 on which he wasstationed as chief flight engineer was shot down .Sergeant Thornton entered the Air Force in De-cember, 1942 .

Lt . Howard G . Yeilding, '38-'40, Walters, hasbeen missing in action since February 19 . Hewas stationed on Saipan at a B-29 bomber baseand was returning from his seventh mission overTokyo . Lieutenant Yeilding ws a graduate of theU .S . Military Academy at West Point in '43 . Hisbrother, Capt . Richard P . Yeilding was a graduateof West Point in '42 . Captain Yeilding was mathe-matics instructor at West Point and assistantcoach of the lacrosse team that won the nationalchampionship in 1944 and tied for it in 1945 .00- Capt . Eldon F . Bowers, '41eng, Drumright,has been reported missing in action as of December19, 1944, in the Luxembourg area. He servedwith the Third, Ninth and First Armies, and wassent on a special mission for which he received aspecial letter of commendation from Gen . DwightEisenhower .

Lt . Herman A . Welch, '41, Holdenville, re-ported missing in action since January 24, hasbeen awarded the Air Medal with one Oak LeafCluster.

DecorationsLt . Col . John H . Kuhlman, '30-'34, Norman,

has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry inaction as a Field Artillery battalion commander onLuzon last April . The accompanying citation statedthat Colonel Kuhlman's Artillery observation postwas subjected to extremely heavy fire while ad-justing the fire of four battalions in preparation foran attack . Ordering the members of his party tothe rear, Colonel Kuhlman made the adjustmentalone in spite of the great danger of his position .Colonel Kuhlman also holds the Bronze Star medalwith an Oak Leaf Cluster .

Lt . (jg) Frank L . Best, '37eng, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritoriousservice in combat at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf . Hehas returned to the United States and was sta-tioned at Dallas, Texas . Last April 1 he wasmarried to the former Miss Isel Prentice, MountainView, an alumna of Oklahoma A . and M . Collegeat Stillwater .

Colonel William H . Amspacher, '36med, Nor-man, has been awarded the bronze Oak Leaf Clus-ter to the Legion of Merit for exceptionallymeritorious conduct in the performance of out-standing services as operations officer, office of

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was awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge whenLt. Gen . Lucian K . Truscott, Jr ., presented theDistinguished Unit Citation to his battalion for itsconquest of Monticelli Ridge, Italy .

Lt . Col . Jack E. High, '36law, Oklahoma City,recently was awarded the Bronze Star medal formeritorious service in the Mediterranean theater.fie has been overseas for the past three years .Pp- Capt . Walter D . Hart, '41law, Thorne, NorthDakota, has been awarded the Silver Star, theBronze Star, the Croix de Guerre and a PurpleHeart with one Cluster . The Silver Star wasawarded to him for gallantry in action in captur-ing a machine gun emplacement single-handed,killing four Germans and taking a fifth one pris-oner. Captain Hart received the Bronze Star formeritorious service in line of duty, the Croix deGuerre for gallantry in action during the liberationof France . He served with the Fourth Armoreddivision of the Third Army throughout the Euro-pean campaign .Do- Lt . Col . Francis S . Livermore, '366a, Hobart,has been presented with a Bronze Star for meri-torious achievement as an Ordnance officer inAustralia from May, 1942, to June, 1944 . Theaccompanying citation stated in part, "As assistantordnance officer and Ordnance officer, ColonelLivermore was responsible for the establishmentand organization of Ordnance facilities at threemajor bases . In the earlier phase of the Pacificwar, he displayed keen foresight in choosing sitesfor Ordnance installations and in supervising theirdevelopment to meet the needs of a recently acti-vated and rapidly expanding base . Moving forwardas the war progressed, he established efficientOrdnance service at two important new bases . . . . ..Colonel Livermore was stationed at Augusta Ar-senal, Augusta, Georgia, upon his return to thiscountry .

Capt . Edward C . Brett, '36ba, has receivedthe Bronze Star medal for service in Germany .His brother, Capt . Tom Brett, '40bus, San Antonio,recently returned from the European theater hold-ing the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.

Lt . Col . John Paul Remy, '38bus, Norman, hasbeen awarded a Bronze Star medal for meritoriousservices in support of combat operations in Italyfrom September 1, 1944, to December, 1944 . Dur-ing that period he was S-3 officer of a Corps Ar-tillery headquarters, assisting in the formation ofa new Artillery group for combat. Colonel Remywas expected home last month after serving over-seas for 18 months . He also holds a Medal of Warawarded him by the Brazilian government .

Lt . Everett Athens, '41law, Tulsa, has beenawarded the Legion of Merit for outstanding serv-ice during a secret Naval operation in the Medi-

Lt . Granville Tomerlin, '38law, OklahomaCity, was presented the Bronze Star for heroism onLeyte in a battlefield ceremony on Okinawa . Lieu-tenant Tomerlin, commissioned a second lieuten-ant during the battle of Guam, was wounded onLeyte and has been awarded the Purple Heart also.

No- Lt . Col . Eugene B . Dodson, '33ba, OklahomaCity, has been decorated with the Panamanian Orderof Balboa, with rank of Knight Commander, forhis services as head of the office of censorship inthe Canal Zone . Colonel Dodson was one of agroup of seven Army men and one civilian decorat-ed by the Panamanian foreign minister recently .

Lt . Col . Joe A . Smalley, '346a, '37law, Nor-man, has been decorated with the Bronze Star andthe Oak Leaf ( ;luster to the Silver Star medal .Colonel Smalley, commanding officer of the 179thArtillery in Germany, has also received the FrenchCroix do Guerre.I" Lt. Col . Roy L. Hickox, '356a, Guthrie, hasbeen awarded the Bronze Star for meritoriousachievement in connection with military operationsin North Africa and Italy . The accompanying cita-tion stated in part, "Colonel Hickox by his tact,initiative and tireless energy made an outstandingcontribution to the military service ." ColonelHickox, intelligence officer with the replacementand training command, has served overseas for36 months and has seen combat duty with theFirst Armored division in North Africa . Prior toentering service, he was managing editor of theDaily Leader, Guthrie .

Master Sgt . Gynoc H . Beese, '35-'36, has beenawarded the Bronze Star for "meritorious achieve-ment in the performance of outstanding servicefrom May 20, 1943, to October 15, 1944 ." Hewas attached to a Signal company of the EighthAir Force .

Capt . John N. Watt, '42eng, Tulsa, has beenawarded the Bronze Star for meritorious servicein combat against the enemy in Italy . He was amember of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity andentered the Army in 1942 . Since then he hasserved overseas for two years with the Ordnance.

Maj . A . R . Sellers, '28ba, Oklahoma City, hasbeen presented the Bronze Star medal for meri-torious service for his part in leading the 826thEngineer Aviation battalion successfully throughthe closing days of the European campaign . Thepresentation was made before a full dress forma-tion of the battalion at an airdrome near Frank-furt, Germany, by the commander of the 924thEngineer Aviation regiment . It was Major Sellers'last official appearance at the battalion before leav-ing to assume command of the 862nd EngineerAviation battalion . The Bronze Star was awardedto him for his outstanding service and inspiringleadership of the battalion through the criticaldrive into Germany prior to V-E day . The 826thlanded in Scotland in August, 1942, invaded

the surgeon headquarters, First United States terranean theater last year. He was attached to Normandy six days after D-day, and ended itsArmy . Colonel Amspacher was cited for aid in

Naval strategic services in Cairo, Egypt . Also

drive across Europe 70 miles short of Berlin .movement and establishment of medical units and

holder of the Bronze Star, Lieutenant Athens was

I Lt. Harvey Aronson, '41-'43, Oklahoma City,in the evacuation by air of wounded soldiers in

recently stationed in Miami, Florida. His wife,

has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritoriousFrance, Belgium and Germany .

the former Mary McMahn, '42soc .wk, was with

action during a year's service with the SeventhLt . Comdr. Harper Black, '36eng, Beaumont,

him there .Texas, who returned from combat last September,

Army in Europe . Lieutenant

ry nm

aan

lso holds

was recently presented the French Croix de Guerre

0- An Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster has

a Purple Heart, a Combat Infantryman's Badge

with palm . Commander Black previously had won

been awarded to Lt. Herman A . Welch, '41, Hol-

and a European theater ribbon with three battlew denville, who has been listed as missing in action

stars . Recently returned from Europe, he wasthe Navy Cross for heroic action while attached to

since last January 24, when his plane failed to re-

assigned to Ashburn General Hospital, McKinney,an assault force during the invasion of France on

turn from a raid over the Kurile Islands.

Texas, for treatment .June 6, 1944 . Commander Black was stationed inHouston, Texas, as resident inspector of Naval

Lt. Col . Joe A . Stamper, '35law, Oklahoma

Col . W. V . Joyce, '26bus, Oklahoma City, has

materiel at an iron works .

City, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meri-

been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious

No- Lt . (jg) Douglas Baker, '42, Lindsay, listed

torious service rendered in France, Luxembourg service with the G-3 section of headquarters of

as missing in action, has been awarded the Air

and Germany . Colonel Stamper is assistant inspec-

the European theater of war in London and Paris .

Medal . The citation is for meritorious achievement

for general of the 12th Corps .

Overseas for 19 months, Colonel Joyce was asso-

as a pilot in Fighting Squadron 20, attached to

Capt . Collie F. James, '39bus, Oklahoma City,

ciated with redeployment plans and operations in

the USS Enterprise . Lieutenant Baker has been

has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious

the European theater . He recently received his

missing since last December 14 .

achievement during the Luzon campaign . Cap-

promotion to full colonel while in Oklahoma City

Lt . Thomas A . Fain, '32, Oklahoma City, has

tain James, battery commander in the Eighth Field

on leave .

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No- Lt . James L . Porter, '42-'43, Oklahoma City,has been decorated with an Air Medal for meri-torious achievement in combat as pilot of a FlyingFortress . 11e was recently reported to be stationedin southern France aiding in the evacuation of thento a redeployment center in North Africa .00- Pfc. Thomas C . Callahan, '42, Oklahoma City,with the Army of Occupation in Bremen, Germany,has been awarded the Bronze Star medal .

The fifth Oak Leaf Cluster has been added tothe Air Medal held by Lt . Joseph E. Adkins,'38-'39, Walters, pilot of a Marauder bomber ofthe Ninth Air Force . Lieutenant Adkins is theveteran of two years of foreign service and 35missions over enemy territory .

Lt . Marvin O . Breeding, '43bus, OklahomaCity, holds the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and theOrder of the Purple Heart for valorous action andwounds received while serving as a forward ob-server with the 63rd Division Artillery of theSeventh Army in Europe . Lieutenant Breedingrecently returned to the United States and was toreport to Washington, 1) .C ., for assignment .

Tech . Sgt . Ray T . Anthony '34bus, OklahomaCity, holds the Distinguished Flying Cross andan Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters forhis work as a central fire control gunner with aB-29 crew in the South Pacific . Sergeant Anthonyrecently returned to the United States .10- Lt . (jg) Robert E. Wolford, '40-'42, Norman,has been awarded an Air Medal for distinguishedwork during an aerial flight against the Japanesenear Kyushu last March . Lieutenant Wolford waspilot of a carrier-based plane .

Capt. G . A . Fisher, '30-'34, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Bronze Star medal and theCombat Infantryman's Badge for his service aspersonnel adjutant of the 180th Infantry regimentin the European theater . Captain Fisher was ex-pected home in mid-September .

Capt . Charles C. Crowe, '40-'41, OklahomaCity, has been awarded a Distinguished FlyingCross with an Oak Leaf Cluster for valorous actionas pilot of a B-29 in the aerial war against Japan .Captain Crowe was attached to the 43rd Bombard-ment squadron .

Lt . Paul P . Rudell, '42bus, Sulphur, has beenawarded the Bronze Star for heroic action withthe Marine Corps on Guam and the Order of thePurple Heart for wounds received during actionon Iwo Jima . Lieutenant Rudell was presentedwith the Bronze Star in ceremonies at the NavalHospital, Mare Island, California, where he wasrecuperating from his wounds .

Staff Sgt . Richard Witten, '40-'41, OklahomaCity, has been awarded an Air Medal with tenOak Leaf Clusters for 11 months' service withthe Air Force in the European theater . He alsoholds a Presidential Unit Citation . Upon returningto the United States recently Sergeant Witten wasstationed at San Antonio, Texas.I" Staff Sgt . Charles N . Bassett, '38-'40, OklahomaCity, has been awarded an Air Medal for his workas an Air Force L-5 pilot from March 19 to May8, 1945 . Sergeant Bassett went overseas in Febru-ary .No- Lt. O . B . Gray, Jr ., '42, Muskogee, has beenawarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and anAir Medal for extraordinary achievement as aNavy pilot with the Seventh Fleet. Serving hissecond tour of overseas duty, Lieutenant Gray wasawarded the D.F .C . for 20 patrol bombing flightsand the Air Medal for five flights in combat areaunder Japanese anti-aircraft fire and attack . Hewas reported to be stationed near Manila .

Capt. Roy E . Baze, '36med, former Chickashaphysician who was killed in action in southernFrance in the fall of 1944, has been posthumouslyawarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "extra-ordinary heroism in action ." Captain Baze spenta year in North Africa as surgeon at a station hos-pital in Oran, then trained as a Paratrooper sothat he could accompany airborne troops on inva-sions . He was killed in France when his jeep ranover a mine . Captain Baze also held the SilverStar, awarded him before his death .Do- Staff Sgt . John F . Circle, Jr ., '40-'43, Norman,has been awarded a Bronze Star medal for dis-

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tinguished action as squad leader with a groupof Combat Engineers with the Third Army inLuxembourg . The accompanying citation statedthat "his leadership and his work insured con-tinuous communication and aided greatly thesuccessful performance of his organization's mis-sion ."00- Pfc. Robert Burton, '42-'43, "Tulsa, has beenawarded a Presidential Unit Citation and a Com-bat Infantryman's Badge for service with the 99thDivision in the European theater . Overseas for ayear, he arrived in the United States late inAugust, and was to report to Camp Chaffee, Ark-ansas, for re-assignment at the end of his leave .

Staff Sgt . Jerry J . James, '39, Miami, has beenawarded an Air Medal for service with an AirLiaison squadron with the Seventh Army inGermany . Sergeant James went overseas last Jan-uary .

Comdr . John R . McKnight, '26, OklahomaCity, has been awarded a Bronze Star medal formeritorious service in action as commanding officerof a ship (luring a war patrol . The accompanyingcitation stated that "he launched well-plannedand smartly executed attacks which resulted insinking and damaging many tons of enemy ship-ping." Commander McKnight was commanderof a submarine in the Philippine Islands regionwhen war broke out, and remained in the Pacificuntil last January . He is now serving as communi-cations officer of the First Naval District. Com-mander McKnight is a member of the Class of '30of the Naval Academy .

Lt . Col . Alden W . Suderman, '37eng, FortSmith, Arkansas, has been awarded a Bronze Starfor meritorious achievement in connection withmilitary operations against the enemy on Minda-nao. Colonel Suderman, assistant Ordnance officerof the Tenth Corps, was stationed in New Guineabefore going into the Philippines .I" I.t .

Col.

Rollin

Boyles,

'25,

Oklahoma City,stationed at Ordnance headquarters in Paris, hasbeen awarded the Legion of Merit medal for out-standing service as officer in charge of vehicle as-sembly and storage in the general supply divisionof the European theater from April 12, 1943, toOctober 15, 1944 . As chief of this branch, ColonelBoyles was credited with supervising the systemof production control for all vehicles assembled onschedule with a minimum of rail movement ofparts .

Purdy Awarded MedalARMY HDQS ., MIDPAC, FT . SHAFTER, '1' .H .

-Major Millard S . Purdy, son of Mrs . Victor S .Purdy, of 1527 N.W . 25, Oklahoma City, Okla-homa, has received the Bronze Star Medal for meri-torious service from Lt . Gen . Robert C . Richardson,Jr ., commanding Army Forces, Middle Pacific .

Major Purdy served as Assistant Public RelationsOfficer for Headquarters, AFMIDPAC, from Oc-tober, 1942, to August, 1943, and as Public Rela-tions officer from then until September 2, 1945 .The first Army public relations officer to par-

ticipate in a combat operation in this theater, at thebattle for Makin Atoll, Major Purdy developed asystem of combat reporting which greatly in-creased news coverage of subsequent Army opera-tions in this theater .The citation accompanying the award empha-

sized Major Purdy's "initiative, diligence and keenprofessional and military attainments ."

Before entering upon active duty in the Armyin December, 1940, Major Purdy served successive-ly as a staff member of the Oklahoma City Newsand the Oklahoma City Times. He is a graduate ofthe University of Oklahoma, Class of 1938 .

Major Purdy is now leaving his post inMIDPAC to return to the mainland for duty withthe War Department Bureau of Public Relationsin Washington, D.C . His wife, Harriet Purdy, re-sides at 813 1/2 N.W . 19th Street. She will 'accom-pany him to Washington .

Newly CommissionedSgt . Alan Cameron, '40, Oklahoma City, was

the first G .I . to receive a battlefield commission in

the Medical Administrative Corps of the Army AirForces . 11e was sworn in February 15 at StomaraField, Italy, and was assigned to the M.A .C . Head-quarters Detachment, Celone Field . Sergeant Cam-eron was cited for heroism after saving the lifeof one gunner and removing the bodies of othercrew members of a burning B-24 .

William L . Laws, '43, Oklahoma City, has re-ceived his commission as an ensign in the NavalReserve at Fort Schuyler, New York . Ensign Lawsgraduated from Midshipmen's School there afterrecovering from an attack of spinal meningitis .

PromotionsRecently promoted to the rank of lieutenant

colonel were J. R . Akright, '37law, Nowata, Wil-liam B . Vaughan, '34bus, Wynnewood, and JamesL. Farmer, Jr ., '38eng, McAlester. Colonel Akright,a graduate of the Field Artillery School at FortSill and the Command and General Staff Schoolat Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was in the Philip-pines preparatory to going to Japan .

Colonel Vaughan, veteran of 16 months of serv-ice in Italy, was attached to Fourth Air Forceheadquarters in San Francisco. Colonel Farmer iscommander of an Ordnance Service battalion withthe Sixth Army in Japan .

Promoted to major were Charles A . Stuart,'40eng, Pawhuska, on duty in the office of themaintenance control officer at the Army Air Field,Pyote, Texas, and Charles W . Giffin, Jr ., '36-'41,Oklahoma City, with the film strip preparationdepartment of the Army Training Command atLowry Field, Colorado .

Harry A . King, '41eng, Oklahoma City, withan Ordnance company on Saipan, and Jack C .Chancy, '39bus, Bartlesville, with the 32nd Infantrydivision on Luzon, have been promoted to cap-tain .Advanced from second to first lieutenant were

Albert C . Hunt, Jr ., '38-'40, Oklahoma City, withthe 12th Air Force service command ; Charles M .Krumtum, '41m .ed, Weatherford, with the 31stDivision Infantry, and Gene W . Adce, '43bus,Ardmore, Field Artillery officer .

In the Navy, Wylie G . Chesnut, '23, Miami, onthe staff of the Naval Hospital at Memphis, Ten-nessee, has been promoted to the rank of com-mander .Two other Navy doctors have been promoted

to lieutenant commander, Phil J . Devanney, '31 med,Sayre, at the Pre-Flight School, Athens, Georgia,and J . B . Smith, Jr ., '38med, Alva, attached to aMarine Air group in the Pacific . Albert Drake,'28bus, Tecumseh, on duty in the Pacific, hasalso been promoted to lieutenant commander .

Promoted to lieutenant senior grade were G .Turner Armstrong, '40eng, Duncan, Naval AirStation, Jacksonville, Florida ; Charles N . Berry,Jr ., '36-'39, Oklahoma City, Naval War College,Newport, Rhode Island ; William T . Brown, Jr .,'42ba, Norman, at sea, and Frederick E . Hopkins,'42bus, Poteau, supply officer at the Naval base,Oakland, California .

William If . Martin, '43eng, Tulsa, at Miami,Florida, and Dwight B . Mapes, Jr ., '40-'42, Tulsa,overseas, have been promoted to lieutenant juniorgrade in the Navy .

Curtis G . Amason, '37, Konawa, has recentlybeen promoted to staff sergeant.

Benjamin Franklin Bragg, Jr ., '40-'42, Cushing,was recently promoted to the rank of captain fromfirst lieutenant .

Ryland F . Keys, '39-'40, Oklahoma City, hasrecently been promoted from yeoman second classto yeoman first class .

Robert Ernest Klabzuba, '40geol, Prague, hasbeen promoted from ensign to the rank of lieu-tenant junior grade.G . Rossi Lomanitz, '40phys, Oklahoma City, has

received the promotion of private first class .Robert L . Moore, '40-'41, Hobart, recently was

promoted from technician fifth grade to sergeant .Sergeant Moore is a military writer with the Pub-lic Relations Section, Mediterranean theater ofoperations.