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THESE days are dark enough without muffling the mazda inevery coastal city. But we're glad to do it when it means livessaved and cargoes delis ered. And some places you'd not even no-tice the dimmer glimmer — The Fiji Club, for instance. Hereyou'll find food, friends and frolic served up to your recipe,geared down to your wallet. Rally 'round, men—there's no dim-out at the Fiji Club because — we're on the beam.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

33141ur War Story — Continued

352Wabash Captures Cheney Trophy

357Our Scholarship in Time of War

362In a Snug Little Nook by the Fireside

367Fratres Qui Fuerunt Sed None Ad Astra

374(_:leams of White Star Dust

379Fijis Here, There and Everywhere

387Books on Phi Gamma Delta's Shelf

390Fijis As Press Sees Them

394Chapter Days — and Nights

433This Issue as the Editor Sees It

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Our War Story—Continued

hree More Fijis Make Supreme Sacrifice, as Decorations

for Bravery Are Bestowed Upon Cannibal Warriors

By CECIL J. WILKINSON (Ohio Wesleyan '17)

Editor of THE Pin GAMMA DELTA

SABLE-draped droops the royal

j purple banner as new names are

added to the roster of the members of

hi Gamma Delta who are reported to

lave been killed in action or died of

wounds since the last telling of our

-try in the mightiest conflict of all

Upon the scroll illumined with gold-

tfl are now inscribed the follow-

ing entries:Captain Richard E. Miller (Indiana

40i. who was one of the group of

American army flyers who bombed

Tokyo last April. "Bud" died on Jan-

nary 22 of wounds received in action

in North Africa.Lieutenant John Lester Pratt (Den-

in '41) of the marine corps. who was

killed in action on August 12. 1942, on

i;tiadalcanal.Lieutenant Pattison Fulton (Wis-

('onsin '37) of the marine medical

t'orps. who was killed in action in

4 ;nailalcanal on a date not announced.

* * *

The star that was Richard E. Miller

'Indiana '40) has set.The thrice-decorated air hero is re-

ported by the War Department as hav-

ing died on January 22 of wounds re-

ceived in action in North Africa.

"Bud" Miller was a native of Fort

Wayne, Ind. After two years at In-

diana University, he entered the army

air corps as an aviation cadet in 1937.

Failing to complete his training, he

went into business, but in 1941 he en-

listed again and trained as a bombar-

dier at Barksdale Field. He was com-

missioned a second lieutenant in De-

cember, 1941. and became a captain

early this year.

The Hoosier hero was a member of

the band of General jimmy Doolittle's

boys who on April 18, 1942, bombed

Tokyo in broad daylight. He was cred-

ited with a direct hit on a powder

plant. For his part in the foray over

Japan. he was decorated with the Dis-

tinguished Flying Cross and the Mili-

tary Order of China.

Returning to the States. Dick called

on the headquarters of the fraternity

on June 25 — a symbol of his devotion

to Phi Gamma Delta. Later his story,

"How We Bombed Tokyo," appeared

in this magazine.

Then he went across the .Atlantic

and won the Air Medal for having par-

4 7

Earalb Jensen (Christopher(Northwestern '41)

Eirharb(Georgia Tech. '39)

flint L Johns. Jr.(Washington '42)

Eirharb (roarrinus White(Idaho '42)

Erir *cults Eitmars(British Columbia '37

(Charles Nanrr iEar(Richmond '3,)

.1iFreberirk Either Illatsh(Knox '37

Eugene Earle Arnirk.31r.( William Jewti:

Eirharb Easing( Indiana .40

iILiam .Wranris( British Columbia '43;

(Earl Damb reiffer ifftantry Nreberirk airs(North Carolina '38) (Union '37)

BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSEDGAR CARDIFF KENDALL

(British Columbia '37)U. S. ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSSJACK WILLARD HALL CLOVIS E. BYERS ROBERT L. EICHELBERCF.R(William Jewell '38) (Ohio State '21) (Ohio State '07iCHARLES A. WILLOUGHBY MAX REID WIEC KS

(Gettysburg '14) (Oklahoma '36)U. S. ARMY SILVER STAR

CHARLES A. WILLOUGHBY CECIL EDWARD COMBS(Gettysburg '14) (Chicago '3.3)CLovIs E. BYERS(Ohio State '21)

U. S. ARMY DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSCF.CI I. EDWARD COMBS RICHARD EWING MILLER(Chicago '33) (Indiana '40)

U. S. NAVY CROSSHARALD JENSEN CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL FRAN KI.1 N LESLIE

(Northwestern '41) (Washington '25)U. S. NAVY DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

RICHARD BULL EDWARD P. M ALISZEWSKI(Georgia Tech. '39) (Denison '42)U. S. NAVY SILVER STAR

NIKOLAI S. STEVENSON(Columbia '40)

KILLED IN ACTIONEirharb i1liamEartinan

(Rutgers '39)William (Cahill Ear& Jr.

(Pennsylvania '42)*tattle-It Allen Douglas. Ar.

t Washington and Lee '39)John Lester Watt

1 -Patti-son Nuttott( Wisconsin '37,

MISSING IN ACTIONEartma Eugene Johnson

(Brown '37)

HOBART R.(Knox '17)

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pated in five raids over enemy ter-

ritorv in the North African campaign.

How, when or where he was wound-

ed has not been revealed by the War

Department.* * *

The death in action in Guadalcanal

of Lieutenant John Lester Pratt (Den-

ison '41) of the marine corps had

added to it the tragic fact that his fa-

ti)er, Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm

1.. Pratt of the navy medical corps.

was also killed on Guadalcanal by it

Japanese to whom he was administer-

ing first aid.John was a native of Bellefontaine.

where his father, not a Fiji, was

practicing medicine. He had majored

in biology at Denison and was plan-mng to enter medical school when the

war came.* * *

The action in the Solomon Islands

also claimed the life of another Fijimarine corps officer.Lieutenant Pattison Fulton ( Wis-

consin '37), medical corps, was killedin battle on Guadalcanal. The exactdate of his death has not yet been an-nounced by the Navy Department.A native of Cincinnati, where he was

horn on February 8, 1915, "Pat" at-tended the University of Wisconsinl)efore going on to the Hahnemann

Medical School in Philadelphia, fromwhich he received his M.D. degree. Heserved his internship at Bethesda Hos-pital in Cincinnati and for a year be-tore his enlistment last February hewas an assistant in the pathological de-1,artment of Good Samaritan Hospital!n that city. Called to active duty lastApril, he had been in the Guadalcanalarea since August. He was last heardtrorn in a letter written November 19and received December 11. In that

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TOKYO BOMBER DIES IN AFRICA

IQ Captain Richard E. Miller (Indiana '40),who was one of the American fliers who

bombed Tokyo last April, died on January

22 of wounds received in action in North

Africa.

communication he said: "Thrills come

too fast for me even to think of them.

When I get back, perhaps I can tell

you of them."* * *

Against the sombre backdrop of

death shine out the stars of achieve-

ment. as reports come of new medals

won by the Fiji warriors for deeds of

gallantry befitting the raiment of royal

purple.The first British citation to

be won

by a Fiji in the current strife has been

bestowed upon Flight Lieutenant Ed-

gar Cardiff Kendall (British Colum-

bia '37), whose deeds were thus re-

lated by the R.C.A.F.: "Since he be-

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came bombing leader last April. Ken-dall's squadron has piled up 26 suc-cessful attacks resulting in seriousdamage to, or destruction of. enemyships."

Flight Lieutenant Kendall, who foryears starred on Vancouver gridironsas a member of the University of Brit-ish Columbia and Vancouver AthleticClub Canadian football teams, enlistedin 1940. He served overseas for a yearand returned to Canada in November.He is now stationed at a Pacific Coastbase.

• * *

The second United States NavyCross to be awarded to a brother nowadorns the spot-where-the-Fiji-growson the person of Commander MaxwellF. Leslie (Washing-ton '25), command-ing officer of the Naval Air Station atDaytona Beach, Fla. The first NavyCross was awarded post-humously toEnsign Harald Jensen Christopher(Northwestern '41), who was killedat Pearl harbor.A graduate of the Naval Academy.

Commander Leslie carved his name inAmerican history in the Battle of Mid-way. The Navy itself in its citationtells the story:For extraordinary heroism as command-ing officer of a bombing squadron in action

against enemy Japanese forces in the Battleof Midway on June 4, 1942. Leading hissquadron in a vigorous dive-bombing assaultagainst Japanese naval units, CommanderLeslie, in the face of concentrated anti-air-craft fire and powerful fighter opposition,Pressed home his attack with courageous ag-gressiveness and utter disregard for his ownpersonal safety. His capable initiative andinspiring leadership contributed to the highstate of combat efficiency which enabled hissquadron to score at least five direct hits onan enemy aircraft carrier and other vessels.His conscientious devotion to duty was inkeeping with the highest traditions of theUnited States naval service.

In a recent letter to THE PHI GALMA DELTA Commander Leslie said, "Ifrequently meet some of the brotherand it is alvvzys a great pleasure. I amalways most thankful if they maketheir identity known to me if I am irtheir area."

* * *

Lambda Deuteron Chapter at DtP.ison has certainly been capturing zilion's share of honors in the curret.imbroglio.Now comes a dispatch telling of tht

award of the Distinguished FlvimCross to Lieutenant Edward P. lai•-szewski (Denison '42), who was dec-orated for his part as co-pilot of ..Flying Fortress in bringing his crafback to its base three times "undt-seemingly impossible conditions."On one of his expeditions of de•-•trth

tion he had bombed Lille, Franccwas bringing his Fortress back toland when attacked by 30 of the .best fighting planes. He and his con.rades fought off their attackers, dow:-ing four to eight of them and then g,away with a wing-tip rolled up like.sardine can, an engine dead and t:controls half frozen.Edward has also been awarded ti

Purple Heart for wcrinds received 1action.

▪ * •The War Department has antuy

the awarding of the Distingi:Service Cross to First LieutenantR. Wiecks (Oklahoma '36). Thetation follows:

. . For extraordinary heroism in a:near Darwin, Northern Territory, Austrat.on February 19, 1942. Lieutenant Wieckspilot of one of a flight of ten pursuit a'planes forced by or f ,-orable weather to 0,back from a ferry ' from Darwin, Nern Territory, Au, ,--. to Koepang,Netherlands F...a When the

THE PHI GAMMA DELTA 335

GAVE LIFE AT GUADALCANALE Lieutenant Pat tison Fulton (Wisconsin

.1 of the marine medical corps was killedal action on Guadalcanal. He had been prac-

fl, my medicine in Cincinnati when called to

active service with the Devil Dogs.

armed at Darwin, and before refueling couldT effected, information of the approach of

.111 enemy formation was received. When the

—,,roaching enemy, consisting of approxi-

c 60 high-level bombers, 36 fighters and:..e-bombers, was intercepted. Lieutenant

e, leeks, in spite of the tremendous odds,

courageously attacked the enemy formation.Inflicting heavy damage, and continued theiotack until his airplane was shot down.

* * •

Colonel Hobart R. Gay (Knox '17)has been awarded the Silver Star for

gallantry in action on November 8.1942, when he passed through bomb-

ing and hostile infantry fire to reachFrench officials in Casablanca.

Brother Gay attended the first offi-cers' training school at Fort Sheridanin 1917, won his commission andserved in the First World War. He hasbeen in the army since then.

* *

The Navy's Silver Star has beenawarded to Captain Nikolai S. Steven-

son ( Columbia '40) of the marine corpsreserve for gallantry in the Guadal-

canal campaign.The following temporary citation

has been issued by the commander of

the South Pacific Force of the United

States Pacific Fleet:

For distinguished service in action against

the enemy during the hostile attacks in the

Tenaru sector, Guadalcanal, on August 21,

1942. With conspicuous gallantry and intre-

pidity Lieutenant Stevenson brilliantly led

and directed the men under his command in

their assault on an enemy machine gun unit

of 37 men. By quickly surrounding and isolat-

ing the enemy unit, his men prevented it from

delaying the attack of the main body. As the

surrounded enemy advanced to attack, with

an utter disregard for his own personal safe-

ty, he skillfully directed the ensuing action

and personally disposed of the enemy leader.

The entire Japanese unit was killed or cap-

tured. Quickly reorganizing his company he

moved into the route of withdrawal of the

enemy, pro enting its escape. Largely be-

cause of his valorous action a signal victory

was achieved, resulting in the destruction

of the entire enemy main body.

Known then as Nikolai Stevenson

Stanoyevich, Nick was head of Omega

Chapter at Columbia and represented

it as delegate at the New York Ek-

klesia in 1940.He was commissioned a second

lieu-

tenant at Quantico in February, 1941,

advanced to a first lieutenancy in Feb-

ruary, 1942, and made a captain on

September 21 of the same year while

still on Guadalcanal.


We wonder if Nick knows that Col-onels Clifton B. Cates t Tennessee '16)and Colonel LeRoy P. Hunt (Berkeley'14) led the first two marine combatcommands on Guadalcanal.

* * *

Brigadier-General Clovis E. Byers(Ohio State '21) has added anothermedal to his citation for heroism in theSouthwest Pacific arena of combat.The War Department has announced

the award to him of a Silver Star forgallantry in action in New Guinea,where he was wounded when a japshot a tommy-gun out of his hand.The new recognition followed by amonth the bestowal of a DistinguishedService Cross.

* * *

Our second American Soldiers'Medal, for heroism not involving ac-tual combat with the enemy, has beenwon by Lieutenant Elmer J. Gedeon(Michigan '39), who rescued a fellowcrew member trapped in the burningwreckage of an army bomber.Elmer, former President of Alpha

Phi Chapter and an outfielder for theWashington Senators, was navigatorof the bomber, which crashed in a take-off from the municipal airport in Ra-leigh, N. C., last August.The citation said that LieutenantGedeon, after extricating himself, re-

entered the burning plane and removeda corporal whose back and leg werebroken. The Fiji hero received brokenribs, severe shock and burns."The heroism displayed by Lieuten-ant Gedeon on this occasion reflectsgreat credit upon himself and the mili-tary service," the citation observed.

* • •

It has previously been reported inthese columns that Colonel Cecil E.

Combs (Chicago '33) had been award_ed the Army's Distinguished FlyingCross and the Army's Silver Star forgallantry as a pilot in the combat areaof the Pacific Southwest.The citation which accompanied the

Silver Star decoration has now beenmade public by the War Department.It reads :

On the night of April 2nd 119421 the ahoy.crew [including the then Major Comb.:initiated operations by the United t'• •Army Air Forces in this theatre agair •Japanese by attacking warships at P07Blair, Anadam Islands. Their coolness dark,the bombing raid which was made at km%altitude under intense anti-aircraft fire asopposed by enemy fighters resulted in direrhits on an enemy cruiser which wereserved to be followed by two explosions.

* * *

The Navy Department has ax-nounced that Lieutenant (j.g.) Oarence A. Kelso (Amherst '27) has becawarded a letter of commendaticfrom the Secretary of the Navy fr.his skill, courage and devotion to (tit,while serving as officer-in-charge ofgun crew of a United States mercharman when that vessel was toriand sunk by enemy action.

* * *

Hailed as one of the most int,ing affairs in Fiji history in Was;ington, D. C., the dinner given inor of Colonel LeRoy P. Hunt (Berl.eley '14), who led the first attackthe United States Marines on Guada•canal, is still being talked about in •nibalian circles in the Capital CitWhen he spoke to his brothers.

onel Hunt asked that his remari,.kept off the record. Later the pl/!:relations department of the na,.part of its ban and the followingview of Colonel Hunt appearedNew York World-Telegram:

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WINS BEITISII D. F. C.4._ The first British medal for gallantry to be

by a Fiji in the Second World Warivvc been bestowed upon Flight LieutenantEtioar Cardiff Kendall (British Columbia

i. whose squadron piled up 26 successfulattacks against the Nazi planes.

How the Americans first saw Guadalcanaland how it became ours was told today by

• man who led in the marines — Col. LeRoyHunt, whose order of the day was: "Good

-IA and God bless you and to hell with the

The Nipponese still think they're going to• t back Guadalcanal, Colonel Hunt reported

\‘ith a smile. But, said he, the Americanshave discovered _laps are not supermen, andnow "they're just looking for the Japs."A veteran of 26 years in the corps and aro of Belleau Wood in World War LIonel Hunt. interviewed at navy public'ations headquarters at 90 Church St., said• marines were still "the same breed of

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cats, but a little smarter. They're tough andthey can take it."

Colonel Hunt did not minimize the Japs.In the first onslaught, on August 7, theAmericans closed in on one batch, he recalled."Rather than give up," he said, "two or threehundred of them walked into the ocean anddrowned themselves."The Japs were taken by surprise, Colonel

Hunt reported. For two days before landing.it was foggy. The invading task force slidaround the north cape of the island "and wetook them with their pants down.-

In fact, Colonel Hunt disclosed, when themarines landed, they found a radio messagesent by the Guadalcanal garrison to anotherJap outpost which had inquired about the

fleet off that Solomon island. "It must beour task organization arriving ahead of

time," the message read.

-It was very evident to us after we tookGuadalcanal." Colonel Hunt went on. "that

the Jap went in to stay. He had no idea he'd

ever be ousted, and from what we've heard

in broadcasts, he's very much upset about it,

and says he's going to take it back.

"He had erected two power-houses, had an

electric light plant running, plenty of food —

rice and fish heads for the soldiers — ice-

boxes and warehouses full of beer. And the

beer came in handy."

Asked how the Americans liked Jap brew,

Colonel Hunt chuckled: "Well, it was wet"

"Much of our fighting out there was jungle

fighting," he said. "It was just like the old

Indian warfare, only with modern weapons.

It was that close-in stuff, where you've got

to use your wits to stay alive.

"One of the difficulties we confronted was

the fact that the Jap never fights in the day-

time unless he has to. But the young Ameri-

can is the best potential soldier in the world.

When he got over his first stage fright he

outplayed the Jap at his own game."

So close were the lines that on one occa-

sion a Jap soldier piled into the same foxhole

with some marines. The Americans soon

spotted him as "all Japs smell like goats,"

he said, and a marine disposed of the intruder.

The tales of the marine aviators, Colonel

Hunt reported, read like dime novels. One

day 24 Jap bombers and a score of Zeros

flew over."Eight of our men went up,- he

added.

"They knocked down 10 bombers and 9 Zeros,

and they all came back.

338 THE PHI GAMMA DELTA THE PHI GAMMA DELTA 3,3 1

1A.rPRAYER FOR A FLYER MISSING AT SEA

By JOHN CLAIBORNE DAVIS (Union '37

In tribute to SECOND LIEUTENANT STANLEY FREDERICK P: -(Union '371, reported missing while flying with the 40th UL

* States Pursuit Squadron in the Southwest Pacific.

Our childhood sandpile overflowed that day.The sand was dirty, you were not amusedBy simple games like that, and so you roseAnd took your aeroplane and went away.

Since then, an airborne wanderer, you fusedThe earth and sky, and still a child at playYou lived and fought. Now in the last reposeYou lie, surrounded by the toys you used.

God of thc earth and sea and silent sky,Of toys, and war, and unsaid heartfelt things.Iratch for an airman blindly soaring by,A _flyer, wandering on unknown wings.

(Reprinted permissnin of The Washinaton Post)

"Another day 15 planes flew over. Five ofour men went over and knocked down all15, and they all came hack."The field we had was like a corner lot.No hangars. We had to hide the planes under

the palm trces. How our fliers keep thoseplanes in the air I don't know. They comedown all peppered with holes and just aboutmake the field. They tear a wing off one andput it on another, and they are up again."We knocked down 10 to 1 every time andthe reason is that we have a better man inthe pilot's seat. Our pilots tell us the Tapsare now putting in their second-string pilots.

The reason they can tell is that these fellowsare not so daring."

Colonel Hunt said in 47 days the Guadal-canal troops had been shelled from the air38 days and attacked from the sea on 23.They've knocked down 450-odd Jap planesover Guadalcanal, 800 in the whole Solomons'area. And they're still in there. And theyalways will be for the duration.

The thrilling story of how a F:bomber pilot was rescued after havi:,been shot down behind the enemy linwas told by Associated Press dispatcles from the Twelfth United SAir Force Headquarters inrecently.A medium bomber, piloted by

tenant David L. Floeter (Texaswas in a group which bombed al(Irome, barracks and railroad yardsGabes. It received a hit and was fore,to land several miles from Gabes.Another American pilot saw

crash and Natched the Fiji andcrew walk away unhurt. He spot),the locality and then flew back tobase. A rescue squad was organii.and a light bomber took off and land.

:r the marooned fliers. They were

•• -Jai aboard and the problem arose of

,.:ting the overloaded plane into the

rikair despite bad terrain and approach-

darkness. One important need was

Harker at the end of the field to show

• ,• end of the runway. A white-robed

—Arab

agreed to stand there as a beacon

4I and a few minutes later LieutenantIIFlotter and his colleagues were being'congratulated at their home field.

* * *

I One good Fiji had the interestingexperience of being captured by the

. Italians and then being released by theBritish.An Associated Press dispatch tells

the story:

• CAIRO — Second Lieutenant Bernard A.Gillespie [Arizona '421 of Gila Bend, Ariz.,

• cabled his father today: "Disregard anynotification of my capture by the Italians.The British captured me back and am safewell and happy."Gillespie was aboard a submarine with

seven other Americans and Britons when ituas sunk by British bombers from Malta.The British rescued him.

Gillespie, copilot of a B-26 Marauderlimber shot down while attacking an enemyLuling field near Gabes. December 31. de-scribed his adventures prior to the fatefulsubmarine trip:"The Italians held us prisoner in an old

1,rt at Tripoli. It wasn't too crowded. Therev.t.re three in a room and two could standup at the same time. Except for the lice, it\\ as not too uncomfortable.-OnlY once did I hear an Italian say he:ts sick and tired of the war and that he

\‘.,ult1 gladly come over to the Allied side.You could tell by the attitude of all whoattempted to talk to you in prison, though,that they didn't care for Mussolini's bargain."One man was surprised when I told him

I had volunteered for service. All the Italianssaid they were drafted and would not haveconsidered volunteering."

• • *

First reported missing in action on

NAVAL AVIATOR IS CITED

41 Commander Maxwell F. Leslie (Wash-ington '25) was awarded the Nall; Cross for

extraordinary heroism against enemy Japan-

ese forces in the Battle of Midway. Max is

now commanding officer of the Naval Air

Station at Daytona Beach, Fla.

the African front, Private First Class

George S. Kurtz, Jr. (Washington

and Jefferson '42) has turned up as a

prisoner of war of the Italian govern-

ment.George's parents in Butler, Pa., on

January 20 were advised by the War

Department that he had been missing

since December 24, the day after his

23rd birthday. Two days later the mes-

sage came that he was a captive.

George was a member of the first

United Nations invasion force which

reached the shores of .Africa early in

November.• • •

A delayed report of the fate of the


FORTRESS PILOT WINS D. F. C.411.For bringing his Flying Fortress hackfrom France to its base in England threetimes -under seemingly impossible condi-tions," Lielitenant Edward P. MaliszewskiDenison '42) z'as decorated with the Dis-tinguished Flying Cross. He has also beenawarded the Purple Heart for a machine-gun

wound in his leg.

Shanghai Graduate Association, theunique Fiji alunmi group in the famedOriental city, has come to THE PHIGAMMA DELTA. It is from Roy M.Talbot ( Illinois '05. Wisconsin '07),who is back in the States and residingin Santa Monica. Calif. He writes :With the outbreak of the War in thePacific, I ..s; in Shanghai, where I had beenstationed or 3i years and where I retiredin December, 1941, after serving with theChinese Customs Service for 35 years. . . . Iwas repatriated on the S. S. Gripsholm, onwhich there were several other Fiji pas-sengers, as reported in THE PHI GAMMADELTA.

While in Shanghai, I was a memberthat very active Phi Gamma Delta Mkclub, which met every month under theleadership of Albert R. Hager (Wiseomir'97). The meetings have always been held rthe American Club. hut that club was takerover as headquarters by the Japanese militanon December 8, 1941. after which no meeting,were held.

I had the interesting experience oi hein,zincarcerated for six weeks in the not •Japanese Bridge House, the horrors 6Ihave been so ably described by Victor kec(Colorado '22. Missouri '221, f,ireigerespondent for the New Fork Herai.burn'. One good result came of it, ho%‘, .as I N‘as placed amongst those who wetfirst designated for evacuation by tht Sta!Department.

I left in Shanghai Brothers Haw:Harrison M. Arnold (Berkeley '31). Tsarmy Pond (Wisconsin '21) and Anker("Fritz") Henningsen (PennsylvaniaThey were all in good health and spbthe time. How they are faring now I do iiknow. Living conditions were very difficu •when I sailed last June and they must '-worse by now.Brother Hager's business had practicall

come to a standstill, while the Ford agemin which Brother Arnold was employed anBorden & Co. in which Brother Pond had aresponsible position had been taken over bythe Japs.I cannot speak in too glowing terms of the

services "Fritz" Henningsen was renderingto Americans in Shanghai. At the outbreakof the war he was chairman of the AmericanChamber of Commerce. Later he was electedpresident of the American Association, whichtook over American interests when theAmerican diplomatic and consular officerswere interned. This position included thedirection of all American relief activities inShanghai.He displayed great energy and ability.

outstanding as an organizer, maintainedsense of humor and was respected by IJapanese.

Incidentally, the husinev of HenningBros. and Co. had also been confiscated 'the Japs. It was one of the largest and enprosperous in Shanghai. "Fritz" toldthat about three years ago one of the lai•business interests in Japan had wantedbuy his company but it was not for sa

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morning soon after the war started;!Ig of Japanese walked into his office andfield the crowd that had previously made

purchase proposal. They were polite

:zh to express their regrets that this time

business was theirs for nothing. The

ness belongs to "Fritz," Ulysses S. Hark-

Nebraska '16) and Robert A. Henning-

))regon '28). I do not think they need

--- it will be returned to them with

. itargt- oimpensation.* * *

What Fiji has been in the guard-ibouse ?

Herner Reuben Johnson (Tennes-

see '21), undergoing officer candidate'-training at Camp Croft, S. C.. would

Hlike to solve the mystery?- Here is his story :

I was on guard duty here and, as you nodoubt know, you are required to spend thenight in the guard-house. So looking aroundin the rack for a magazine to read. I cameupon the December issue of THE PHI GAM-MA DELTA. Imagine my surprise!

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The irrepressible "Pete- is at itagain. Lieutenant-Colonel Junius EarleDunford (Bethel '12, Richmond '15),who organized the first Fiji servicemen's alumni group World War II —the Fort Meade Graduate Association,placed a notice in The Stars andStripes, asking all members of PhiGamma Delta in the European Theatre01 Operations to report their names tohim at the headquarters of the North-ern Command.Twenty-eight brothers checked in

with Colonel Dunford and the Execu-tIve Secretary added 12 more — Cana-dians and civilians. A dinner is plannedtor London soon. Colonel Dunford islocated at York.

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To the list of ten Fiji brigadier-gen-erals in the last issue of THE PHI GAM-MA DELTA is now to be added another

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SILVER STAR IN i;t..\1).\1.e.\ NAL

(. This gallant marine captain— Nikolai S.

Stevenson Columbia '40). once President of

Omcga Chapter—led an attack on Guadal-

canal which wiped out a nest of 37 lap

ma,- hinc gunners. He won the Silver Star for

his feat.

name. It is that of Lyman P. WhittenMassachusetts Tech. '20), who is

director of the base service of the

headquarters of the army air force in

Washington.* « •

Bearing the name of the distin-

guished Wabash Fiji of the class of

1873, who became vice-president of the

United States, the Liberty ship Thom-

as R. Marshall was launched recently

at the Baltimore Bethlehem-Fairfield

yards.* * *


WINS SILVER STAR IN AFRICA(Colonel Hobart R. Gay (Knox '17) won adecoration for having passed through bomb-ing and hostile infantry fire to reach Frenchofficers at Casablanca. He is a regular army

officer.

Notes concerning the men in theservice of His Majesty, King and Em-peror:

Edward W. Mayers (British Columbia'32) is physical training instructor with theR. C. A. F. in Vancouver. . . Gordon A.Livingston (British Columbia '36) and RalphK. Lightheart (British Columbia '38) arestationed in Canada with R. C. A. F. groundcrews. . . . Percy Williams (British Colum-bia '28), famed hero of the Olympics gamesin 1924, and Frank N. Buckley (BritishColumbia '33) are air instructors at thestation in Edmonton, Alta. . . Kingsley C.Neil (British Columbia '42) has receivedhis wings.... John Henry Rogers (Toronto'39) is in the R. C. A. F. .. . Captain LouisF. Smith (British Columbia '26), who wastaken prisoner of war by the Germans atCrete in May, 1941, has been moved to aKriegsgefangenenpost in Germany.. • Don-

ald A. Hay (British Columbia '44] islieutenant in the Canadian army at CurrieBarracks, Alta., but expects to go overseassoon. . . Edmund A. Perry (Worcei..Tech. '33) is a captain in the 27th ('R.Armoured Regiment "somewhereland." . Robert D. PlummerColumbia '43) is in air training at iI,a Prairie, Man. . . . Oscar F. Orr (Brit!,Columbia '40) is in Persia Sub-Liet:tenant H. Angus Carmichael (British Coumbia '43) is on patrol duty in the Pacific.

* * *Devil Dog, department. News of ti,

Fijis who have the situation wellhand:

Lieutenant Marshall R. Tutton (Berke],'43) is a marine aviator in the PacificCaptain Stewart L. Leonard (Yaleoverseas with the corps. . . . Robert S(Oregon '40) is in the paratroops. .Second Lieutenant Stanley P. Wright (Darmouth '42) has gone overseas with his phtoon. . . . Robert D. Wilt (Bucknell '40) h.:a captain's commission in the corps.Second Lieutenant Theodore M. C(Washington '42) is with an amphibioufit at Dunedin, Fla. . . . John Cole Hickc.(Arizona '40) is in the officer candida:,school at Quantico, Va. . . . Harry F. Gri-corn, Jr. (Tennessee '41) is in the officecandidate school at Parris Island. S. C.Lieutenant William G. Shoop (Washing-toand Jefferson '41) is with the 23rd MHat New River, N. C. . . . LieutenantV. Walker (Ohio Wesleyan '40] '-seas. . . . Robert Hunt (Stanfordmajor in the corps.

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United States Navy intelligence. Tidbits of information about the cannibajian sailormen, of no value to 7.my, we hope, except to put thtGod in his heart:

Lieutenant (j. g.) H. Russell Keller. .((Williams '39) reports that he is still flyini.a dive-bomber off the same carrier att.'"loving it". . Ensign George G. Bross ningII (Yale '42) is on active duty in Africa• • • Lieutenant (I• st.) E. Kenneth Mark,(Amherst '42) has been patrolling the At}antic for 20 months in the four-stack de•stroyer U. S. .5'. McCormick. of which he

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chief engineer... . Lieutenant-Commander

..irles Ellsworth Brown (William Jewell

]'J Missouri '19, Massachusetts Tech. '20)

.• stationed at the plant of the Pullman

-...ndaril Car & Manufacturing Co. in Chi-

a, assistant supervisor of ship build-. . Ensign Hugo W. Schoellkopf, Jr.

I cxas '42) is attached to Fighting Squadron

. Ensign Bryce H. Wilson, Jr. (Cor-

'31) is stationed at the destroyer base

• e in San Diego, Calif.... Ensign Briggs

Austin (Dartmouth '37) is on duty in

fling-ton, D. C. — of all places' Cyrus

Warden (Columbia '28) is at the amphib-

::.:], training base in Solomons, Md. . . .Lieutenant David McDougall Kellogg (Wash-

ington '36) is aboard the U 5 V Dupont in

'Atlantic waters. . . . Ensign Otto C. Nord

'(Colgate '36) is stationed in San Francisco.

. . Former Field Secretary Cornelis E.Groenewegen (Stanford '28. Occidental '28),

nnw a lieutenant, reports in: "After missingCr 1. S. S. Hornet when last in port by

three days I was reassigned and reported to

1. Lieutenant Marshall W. White (Missouri

'33). a graduate of the academy. After livingtogether in a South Pacific hut for fourweeks we found out we were both Fijis. Weare still together and expect shortly to heunder Captain James E. Boak (Dartmout(121, who is taking over the command. Mar-

shall fondly remembers his year at Missouri

and would like to hear from some of hisold chapter-mates. I recognize the names ofBrooke Allen (Davidson '32) and Craig

Seasholes (Denison '22) in this area and willintroduce myself to them. I tell you it is acomfort to know there is a stalwart Fiji ina cot on the opposite side of the hut. Itadds a little warmth in this comparatively re-mote spot." Both Groenewegen and Whitemay be addressed as follows: Navy 1220, c/oFleet Postoffice, San Francisco, Calif. . . .Ensign Leighton C. Wood (Alabama '41) isI‘ith Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 in

Pacific waters. . . Robert E. Riecks (Col-Late '43) is an aviation cadet at Squanton,

Mass. • • . Ensign John L. McMahon (Texas'43) is with Fighting Squadron 6 in thePacific arena. . . . Howard Slonaker, Jr.(Brown '42) is in the midshipmen's school at

Annapolis. ... Lieutenant Jonathan H. Las-TIT, II (Colorado College '31) is at the air,tation in Quonset Point. R. I ... WilliamJ. Trierweiler (Illinois Wesleyan '43) is on

the hospital staff at Treasure Island, San

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REPORTED I --,!NG IN CHINA

1111 George Ilumpbr, Hadley (Williams '39)

is reported missing in China. Commissioned

a lieutenant at Turner Field, Ga., "Huff' left

the United States last July and was ferrying

supplies over the Burma Road from India

into China. He failed to return from a trip to

Kunming and has not been heard from since

September 23.

Francisco, Calif. . . Paul K. deBenedictis

(Btx-knell '44) is an aviation cadet at Pensa-

cola, Fla. . . . Ensign William G. Shepherd,

Jr. (Lafayette '41) would like to know the

name of the owner of the copy of THE PHI

GAMMA DELTA which he saw on a desk in the

office of the Naval Operations Base in Lon-

donderry, Ireland. . . . Richard L. Murray

(Lehigh '44) is in the flight school at Minne-

apolis, Minn. . . . Ensign Robert D. Hone

(Oregon '43) is at the air station in Corpus

Christi, Tex. . . There are scrambled eggs

on the cap of William C. Baty, Jr. (Alabama

'24), medical corps, for the former Crimson

Tide football star has been promoted to the

rank of commander. He is stationed in Wash-

LEL, .taLiii NI; ENExti LINEWhen his plane was hit by anti-aircraftfire in Gabes, Tunisia, Lieutenant David L.Floeter (Texas '42) was forced to land be-hind the enemy lines. Other American flierssaw his plight. They organized a rescue squadand swooped down to pick him and his crewup and carr2., them back to their home base.

ington. . . Joseph Brocia (Colgate '42) isan aviation cadet in Minneapolis.... EnsignDonald K. Clinger (Kansas '40) is stationedin Tacoma, Wash. . . Ensign Stanley B.Atkinson (Indiana '35) is at the 8th DistrictHeadquarters in Ness, Orleans. . . . Roscoe0. Hambric (Kansas '42) has been in themidshipmen's school at Columbia University.• • • Ensign Thomas C. Hoak (Iowa State'41) is aboard the U. S. S. Wright in Pacificwaters. . . . John L. Johnson (Los Angeles'43) is a cadet at the air station in Lake-burst, N. J.... Harlan P. Hostettler (Penn-sylvania State '41) has enlisted as an aviationcadet.... Ensign Donald A. Kruger (North-western '42) is in the pre-flight school atIowa City, Ia. . . . James Gordon Bowie(Occidental '40) is with the Atlantic fleet.• • . Ensign George A. Davis (Idaho '38) isin the training school at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology. . . . William F.

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Dp-off (Colgate '44) is a midshipman atacademy in Annapolis. . . Write: -Harry B. McDowell, Jr. (Washi:Jefferson '41) : "The memories ofdays in college provide sonic of the -pleasant moments for me right nowJames I. Coddington (Yale '08) hasback in the navy since September. 14current rank is lieutenant-commander.Forest A. Salter (Texas '42) is an er(.,. . Vincent John Smith (Colorado C!'42) is an aviation cadet at CorpusTex Ensign Robert B. Decker (Co'do '42) is aboard the U. S. S. Indcpende,Atlantic waters.... Ensign Robert W. 'lace (Richmond '38) is an instructorair corps at Bronson Field, Pensacola.... Robert D. Woodward (Berkeley '3C(been promoted to a full lieutenancy a!attached to a motor-boat squadron....tenant (j. g.) William H. Farrell (Val:is stationed in New York City.. . Do:Ashley (Massachusetts Tech. '45) is a fclasstnan at the Naval Academy. ..Michael Marks Davis (New Yorkradio researcher and is currently onthe Pacific. . . . James Frederick V( Maine '44) is in training in the pre-school at Williamstown, Mass.... LieutReuben S. Stanley (Tennessee '31) hason overseas duty. . . . Theodore F. S!(Colgate '44) is an aviation cadet atsacola, Fla. . . . A. Manning Gibson ("I'36) is a dive bomber pilot, . .(j. g.) Arthur L. Lanckton (Amherstis at the coast guard academy in New !don, where Hobart M. Bird (Oregonand Claude M. Hill (Sewanee '41) are• . . Ensign Virgil Lloyd Towner, Jr. (Inell '40) is in North Africa. . . . Lieu)Clyde N. Allen (Washington and Lee '2on duty at Quonset Point, R. I. . . .tenant (j. g.) Clarence P. Persons, ,1!barna '.34) is at the air station inVa. . . Gorham B. Knowles (Berkeleyis an ensign in intelligence. . . .Larkin (Oregon '41) has been comn.an ensign and assigned to duty in San !Calif. . . . Fred Plenge (Rutgers '37)graduated as honor man in his compatthe Great Lakes training station and has !selected to attend an aerography school.John Tomassene (Oregon State '42)third-class seaman seaman on U. S. S. Kendrick.Ensign William T. Dorn (WashingtonJefferson '31) was the last man to leave

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hich was torpedoed and sunk during

!,ding operations at Casablanca. .

:any combinations of Fiji fathers and

re there in the service? Rodney P.!Berkeley '45) has raised that ques-

ilis dad, Christopher Jenks (Stanford

- a captain in the army... . The Logan

':publican has suspended for the dura-

ti !Is owner and publisher, Fred D. Huls

)( ! State '26) has joined the navy as a

Sc. ......Lieutenant (j. g.) Judd Hamil-

1:11field (Yale '35) is in the office of the

commandant of the First Naval District in Paul J. H. Husting (Wabash

'311ast(n 7)ha' s been commissioned an ensign. . . .

Lieutenant James B. Ford (Williams '36)

is assistant naval attache to Guatemala, El

Salvador. Honduras. Nicaragua and Costa

Rica. . . . Lieutenant (j. g.) John B. Titt-

mann (Williams '29) is in the office of thecommandant of the Third Naval District at

4(1 Church St, New York. N. Y.... Ensign

j:.nies M. McKinnie (Ohio Wesleyan '38),,riner alumni secretary of his alma mater,

...,s been assigned to duty as assistant athletic,nicer at the training school at Madison,

. . . Lieutenant-Commander John H.(iiptrian (Dartmouth '19) is in the office of!,,val intelligence in Washington. He playedHe piano with beaucoup zest at the recent

dinner in honor of Marine Colonel Le-1)y P. Hunt (Berkeley '14). . . . Ensign

i- rench B. Frazier (Tennessee '41) has been.• the training school in Norman, Okla. . .red L. Wheeler (Minnesota '37) has won a!mmission, up from the ratings, as an en-

:41 and is now in school at Harvard. . . •:eutenant L. V. Clark Deichler's (Georgia

• ech. '38) address is: Navy 8190, c/o Fleet

Yostoffice, San Francisco, Calif. . . . Ensignharles M. Jones (Ohio Wesleyan '38) is• Itletic officer of the training school at Ames,

. Lieutenant (j. g.) Robert R. Cutler(Ohio State '32) is at the armored guard

center in New Orleans, La. . . . William

Donelly McNeil (Wisconsin '39) is chiefclerk for the harbor boat service at Tyndall

Field, Fla. . . . Ensign Washburn W. Steele( Iowa State '45) is at the naval station in

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. . . . Theodore E.( (Nen (Oregon '39) is a junior grade lieu-tnant. . . Charles Bailey (Oregon '38) isa storekeeper at Kodiak, Alaska. . . . Lieu-tenant Henry P. Lange (Colgate '27) is inthe medical corps. . . William I,. Barr(Northwestern '41) has been commissioned

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A. P. MAN IN NEW GUINEAc. Those Associated Press stories that havebeen coming out of New Guinea about such

Fiji heroes as Lieutenant-General Robert L.

Eichelberger (Ohio State '07) and Brigadier-

General Clovis E. Byers (Ohio State '21)

were written by a Fiji correspondent, Marlin

B. Spencer (Colorado '31, Nebraska '31).

Spencer was on the front from October 25

until the Buna campaign ended. He has re-

cently been released front a hospital after a

siege of fever and exhaustion.

an ensign.... Val Nolan, Jr. (Indiana '41) is

studying Japanese at the University of Colo-

rado.... Lieutenant (j• g.) Stewart Y. Mc-

Mullen (Chicago '29) is on active duty in the

Pacific. . .. Charles W. Nichols (Allegheny

'34) has been commissioned a junior grade

lieutenant. ... Lieutenant Truman L. Brad-

ley (Yale '41) is commanding officer of

U. S. S. SC-747 in Pacific waters.... Lieu-

tenant (j. g.) William A. Lucking, Jr. (Dart-

mouth '40) is stationed in San Pedro, Calif.

. . . Lieutenant Watkins Fugate (Richmond

'32) is at the operating base in Bermuda....

Edward E. Burwell, Jr. (Northwestern '21)

has been commissioned a lieutenant. . . .


Thomas Phillips ( Sewante '41) is aboard the1'. S. S. Indianapolis "somewhere at sea."...Lieutenant (j. g.) Frank Putnam Deane (Al-legheny '37) is in the civil engineers corps.. . . Lieutenant Orrin K. Earl, Jr. (Stan-ford '31) is public works officer at the train-ing school at Norman, Okla. . . .Lieutenant(j. g.) Charles A. Bosworth (Yale '33) isstationed at the proving ground in Dahlgren.

Lieutenant (j. g.) Richard Allman(Yale '33) is at the Philadelphia yard. . . .Ensign Raymond W. Owens, Jr. (NorthCarolina '43) is in advanced air training atCorpus Christi, Tex.... "More and more asI travel around the country I'm mighty proudto be a Fiji!" Ensign Malcolm T. Dungan(Oklahoma '45) of the air corps reportingin.... Ensign Richard T. High (Brown '42)is in the office of the captain of the port inSt. Augustine. Fla. . . Walter E. Crandall(Worcester Tech. '40) is on duty at PearlHarbor, T. H. . . . M. Edward Chatlain(Wittenberg '41) is chief specialist at theair station in Los Alamitos. Calif NewellP. Weed, Jr. (Yale '43) is an aviation cadetat Corpus Christi, Tex John L. Decker(Richmond '43), as a yeoman, second class.is in intelligence and is expected to be com-missioned in October A Scott Petersen(Northwestern '35) is in training school atButler University, Indianapolis, Ind. . .Lorne S. Waddell (Syracuse '42) is a second-class seaman at Jacksonville, Fla. . . . Lieu-tenant Carl J. Gilman (Colorado '30), medicalcorps, is aboard the U. S. S. Matsonia. . .Thor H. Ramsing (Oklahoma '41) is a fulllieutenant and is serving aboard a new de-stroyer. His brother, Byron Lee Ramsing(Oklahoma '41), is an ensign in the amphib-ious corps and has recently been in action.. . . Douglas G. Bonamy (Washington '27)is in training with the amphibious force atSan Diego, Calif. . . Fred G. Coffield, Jr.(Wabash '42) is an air corps cadet at Glen-view, Ill. . . . Ensign Marvin Reed (Han-over '43) is at the air base at Willow Grove,Pa... . Ensign Paul Conolley (Washington'41) is awaiting orders at Mare Island NavalHospital, Calif., after a serious operation....Robert NV. Steudel (Georgia Tech. '4)) is inthe coast guard at New London, Conn.

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Hither-and-yon notes about the Fijisin the United States Army, as well as

the Army of the United States, with nf,sequence of mention according to rank :

Colouvl J. Prugh Herndon (Arizona '191has a. • ived in the Southwest Pacific combatzone and has introduced himself to Lim.tenant-General Robert L. Eichelberger (04State '07) and Brigadier-General Clovis EByers (Ohio State '21). . . . Captain ThomasEvans (Yale Fac.), formerly of the engineer-ing faculty at the University of Virginia.is serving in the facilities branch of thespecialist training division in Washington_. . Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Egan In-

diana '25), medical corps, is flight surgeuiand commanding officer of the station hospitat the Bainbridge airfield. . . Ralph I.Peckinpaugh (Ohio Wesleyan '42) has beercommissioned a second lieutenant in thejutant general's department and is on duiat Fort Washington, Md. . . . John Robe7.Keck (Purdue '39) is a lieutenant in the orilnance department. . . James Kemp Want(Jr. (Pittsburgh '42) is a first lieutenant i:the 175th Engineers. . . . Private Donald I.Kent (Washington '43) is stationed at Per.dleton Field, Ore. . . . Major Harry 1,Johansen (Yale '33) is in the Third Fer-Group at Romulus, Mich. . . . Lieu:Herbert P. Shreeve (Worcester Tech. -‘is overseas with the 61st Signal Co.... Jain S. Grant (Brown '45) is attending artille:officer candidate school at Camp Day:•N. C. . . . George T. Guernsey, III (Kani.'36) is a second lieutenant on the staffs:faculty of the officer candidate school of tlsignal corps at Fort Monmouth, N. J. •Captain Frederick Earl Jones (Purdue '34is in the 907th Glider F. A. Battalion at EBragg, N. C.... William W. Farmer (Darmouth '42) is a cadet at the San Ant,:Aviation Cadet Center. . . . CaptainFlemming (Brown '33) is in the a,igeneral's office at the headquartersVI Corps at Providence, R. I. .poral Louis A. Woltzen (Wabashwith a coast artillery battery inWallace, Tex. . . . Robert L. Nichol-(Kansas '35) is in the air corps offii:candidate school at Miami, Fla. . . . Hc:man Berns (Wabash '35) is a lieuterrin the air corps at Chanute Fiebl. . . Leonard R. Wolff (Wabash '37)the signal corps at Fort Monmouth,. . Lieutenant-Colonel Sidman P. Po,

(Syracuse '17) is executive officer of

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%r••'.18.1t .

BACK FROM SHANGHAI,y M. Talbot (Illinois '05, ll'iscomsinfor 35 years with the Chinese Customs

,cerz.4,-,-, returned to the States on the Grips-holm. Elsewhere in this issue he reports on

the Fijis he left in Shanghai.

geological branch of the military intelligenceservice and is stationed in Washington. One01 his nephews, Captain Theodore L. Poole,Jr. (Syracuse '32), is overseas. Another,Technical Sergeant Ernest B. Poole (Syra-cuse '39), is with the coast artillery at FortStory, Va. . . . Major Andrew B. Zwaaslca(Wisconsin '35) is listed by the Japanesezovernment as a prisoner of war in thePhilippines. . . Sergeant Gordon R. Allen(Chicago '31) is an officer candidate in theground force of the air corps at Miami.• • • Lieutenant Laurance J. Whitmarsh(Purdue '34) is at the proving grounds inlberdeen, Md. . . . Captain Carl W. Bro-

!I (Chicago '29), the distinguishedan, is at Fort Meade, Md. . . . Writing

:•) Sigma Tau Service Letter, LieutenantNrmand S. Miller, Jr. (Washington '42)l:xiks forward hopefully: "Please address all-eservations for the International Hotel,

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Tokyo, Japan, to be made on or about April4, 1944, to me in care of the 101st C.A. Brigade (A.A.), 256 Montgomery St.,San Francisco, Calif."... Captain R. Frank-lin Schirmer (Wittenberg '36) is flyingbombers in the Caribbean. The stork re-cently bombarded his home with a daughter.. . . Lieutenant Herbert Eakin (Wittenberg'37) of the air forces is awaiting overseasi)rders.... Walter C. Allen (Columbia '42)is in San Antonio, where he is being classi-fied for air crew training. . . LieutenantClinton G. Sweazea (Missouri '40) has beenflying B-26 medium bombers at BarksdaleField, La.... First Lieutenant John G. Hol-land (Texas '41) is with the 24th TroopCarrier Squadron. . . . Lieutenant SamuelG. Hill (Tennessee '43) is stationed at FortNicClellan. Ala. . . . Corporal James C.Woods, Jr. (Ohio Wesleyan '40) is overseaswith an infantry regiment. . . GeorgeEverett Smith (Oregon '41) is in training at

a flying fortress school at Hendricks Field,Fla. . . . Dr. Arthur H. Buell (Occidental'33), a first lieutenant in the medical corps. is

an aviation medical examiner at Thunderbird

Field 2, Paradise Valley. Phoenix. Ariz. ..Lieutenant Winfield E. Channing (Pittsburgh

'37) is in North Africa. . . . Lieutenant Ju-lian B. Fite (Virginia '29) is in the air corpsat Buckley Field, Colo. . . Colonel Flint

Garrison, Jr. (Missouri '26) is overseas with

the air corps. . Corporal Erwin C. Else-

mann (Wittenberg '37) is at Fort Knox,

Ky. . . . Captain .Alfred J. Scott, III (Los

Angeles '37) is in the headquarters of the IV

Armored Corps at Camp Young, Calif. . .

Captain Herbert J. Lane (Washington '30)

is stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco,

Calif. . . . Lieutenant Bradford V. Stevens

(Iowa State '38) reports that "there is never

a dull moment" flying dive bombers at Hun-

ter Field, Ga. . . . Lieutenant Karlos L.

Dickinson (Illinois Wesleyan '32), who used

to be a 'Montgomery Ward retail store

manager in Texas, is assistant exchange offi-

cer at Fort Custer, Mich. . . Lieutenant

Gordon W. Matthews (Purdue '39) is in

charge of the Rockford (Ill.) sub office of the

Chicago Ordnance District. . . . Captain

Shepard O. Burroughs (Western Reserve

'33) is in the medical corps with an A. P. 0.

address through San Francisco. . . . Lieu-

tenant Stanley Rogers Broadhead (Cornell

'4/) is in the air corps at Wright Field, 0.

. Dr. Fred M. Davenport (Columbia '36)


is in the medical corps of the air corps atLangley Field, Va. . . . Corporal Robert EMorse (Williams '42, Virginia '42) is in ananti-tank company at Camp Gruber, Okla.... Corporal Bruce Harcus (Wisconsin '43)is at Camp Crowder, Mo. . .. Colonel Falk-ner Heard (Colgate '11) is in press relationsin Washington. . . . Colonel Henry P. Hal-lowell (Colgate '14) is stationed at FortGlenn, Alaska. . . . Lieutenant Eugene T.Liipfert (Davidson '39) is in the air trans-port command at Wilmington, Del.... FirstLieutenant Merle B. Snyder (Iowa '25),medical corps, is at the station hospital atFort William Henry Harrison, Mont, train-ing center for commandos and paratroopers.. . Major Henry H. Kilpatrick (Berkeley

'31) is an instructor in the staff school atFort Leavenworth, Kans. . . . Does Lieu-tenant Harry 0. Bernstrom (Colgate '15)of the chemical warfare service know thatBrigadier-General Haig Shekerjian (Col-gate '10) is in charge of the instruction inthe entire service? . . . Norman W. Leard(Colgate '24) is a captain in the cavalry atFort Jackson, S. C. . . . Captain Dwight R.Whitaker (Nebraska '40) is adjutant ofCentral Instructors School at Kelly Field,Tex. . . Lieutenant Harry N. Beale (Illi-nois Wesleyan '31) is in command of aircorps detachments at Crookston, Minn., andGrand Forks, N. D. . Lieutenant EdwardH. Beavers, Jr. (Yale '41) is with the 301stBombardment Squadron at Hunter Field,S. C.... Captain Max L. Wolf (Knox '34)is captain of an overseas infantry regimentwhich receives its mail through the NewYork A. P. 0. address Writes Lieu-tenant David S. Jackman (Stanford '42)from Lawton, Okla.: "I was being introducedto a major and his wife at last Sunday'sdinner. He noticed my wife's Fiji pin andasked where I was from. He is Major LynnJ. Bullis (Oklahoma '32). . . . LieutenantStephen E. Cavanaugh, Jr. (Los Angeles'43) is in a parachute training regiment atFort Benning, Ga. . . . Corporal Carl F.Simmelink (Western Reserve '41) is in themedical corps at Fitsimons General Hospital,Denver, Colo.... Ralph T. Maynard (Dart-mouth '31) has been commissioned a lieu-tenant. He was once a tackle on the BigGreen football club. . . Ivan Clark, Jr.(Oregon '39) is in tank destroyer officerschool in Texas. . . Lieutenant EdwinWelsh (Oregon '38) is stationed in Kodiak,

Alaska.. . . Sergeant Edward Seufert (0regon '39) is reported by a chapter-mate to bt"somewhere in Wisconsin.".. . LieuteturGuy Hoyt, Jr. (Oregon '39) is in the ai,corps at Miles Field, Calif.... Robertpaugh (Oregon '41) has been commi,a lieutenant . . . George W. Bakernell '41) is in the air corps at ChanuteIll. . . Lieutenant Alfred H. Hill (OhsWesleyan '32), medical corps, is in the scho-of aviation medicine at Randolph Field, Tex. . . C. Jack VanWinkle (Rutgers '41) hasbeen commissioned a second lieutenant fromFort Knox, Ky. . . . "Brother, keep thosecopies of THE PHI GAMMA DELTA comingmy way!" implores Lieutenant Thomas MBaisley, Jr. (Maine '43) of the a:-force gunnery school at Fort Myers, F'. . . Captain Cornelius W. Zimr(Georgia Tech. '34) and Captain :Caterson (Georgia Tech. '34) are bothduty with the anti-aircraft (ready to ma'the Japs ain't-aircraft) force at Camp 1417--•Calif. . . . Lieutenant James W. fl(Gettysburg '39) is in the Middle bcommanding officer of the V-mail serv:Lieutenant Stanley B. Sutton, Jr. (A''40) reports from Fort Benning, Ga.of Fijis pass through here—a grand. . . Lieutenant John A. Hammond 'chusetts Tech. '33, Brown '34) is in tlterial command of the air force, st::in —of all places! — Washington, D. C. •Lieutenant Richard E.. Shore (Davidson *-1has been assigned to a motorized divisionFort Leonard Wood, Mo. . . Lieuten.Howard J. Lonergan (Bucknell '42) isbomber navigator in the South Pacific. .Captain Ben G. Oberlin (Western Rese•'17), a 'World War I veteran, is "re-tre.ing" at the Coast Artillery School at FMonroe, Va. . .. Captain Louis H. Helph.(Idaho '25) is stationed in England. .When last heard from. Major LawrenceSt John (DePauw '34) was on desert rneuvers in Arizona. . . . Colonel RoyWright (Missouri '27) is in commandthe new air force basic training schoolMalden. Mo. . . . Lieutenant IrvingDistel, Jr. (Bucknell '40) is in trainingthe proving grounds at Aberdeen, Md. .Lieutenant James M. O'Brien (Los Ange:,'41) is overseas. . . . Writes Lieutenant Afred L. Woodill (Los Angeles '42) : "Lir.tenant John B. Cain (Los Angeles '40) arI are now the crew on the same B-26 bomb,

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here at Lakeland, Fla. He is bombardier and

I am pilot We went to high school and col-

;ege together.". . . Lieutenant-Colonel Ken-

net!: Collins (Washington '19) is overseas in

air corps. . . . Richard Cook (Oregon

State '42) is a second lieutenant at CampFrank W. Brett (Dartmouth

with a truck regiment company inCamp Blanding, Fla. . . . Staff SergeantForbes R. deTamble (Florida '42) is in theg:Ider pool at Fort Sumner, N. M.... MajorWillard G. Barker (Richmond '23), on leaveof absence from the presidency of the Morrisr!an Bank in Washington, is in the air force

Patterson Field, 0. . . . LieutenantCoffey (Pennsylvania '41) may be

-!ached via A. P. 0. 622, c/o Postmaster,arni. Fla.. . . Lieutenant-Colonel AndrewIn. (Yale Fac.) is stationed temporarily at

'•,fliantown Gap, Pa., along with Lieutenant-,)lonel Dale E. Brown (Illinois '29) and:eutenant-Colonel William E. Dahl (Minne-ta '27). . G. Robert Price (Colgate '43)

- a cadet at the Rochester Municipal Air-rt, Rochester, N. Y. . . . Private Tom M.gers, Jr. (Davidson '42) is in the financeiool at Wake Forest, N. C. . . . Major

John H. Dodge (Massachusetts Tech. '31) isstationed in Hawaii. . . . First LieutenantDavid Williams (Colgate '39) is stationedat Fort Tilden, which is a part of the harbordefense of New York City. . . . GeorgeFielder (Arizona '44) is an air corps cadetat Merced, Calif. . . . Captain Benjamin W.Parker (Arizona '41) is stationed in Tucson,Ariz. . . . William W. Byers, Jr. (Chicago25, Western Reserve '25) has been inductedand is with the 354th Infantry at CampCarson, Colo. . . . First Lieutenant CharlesB. Wiggin (Dartmouth '38) is flying a for-tress in the Southwest Pacific area.... Ver-non Knight (Amherst 'ai) is a captain inthe air corps at Kearns, Utah. . . . Jean ()-Nelson (Nebraska '19, Pittsbu'rgh '21) is acaptain of engineers at Camp Claiborne, La.• • . Private Brookes Friebolin (WesternReserve '34) is in the air force at Atlantic('itYs . . . Carson Frederic Ertz-Berger

Syracuse '38) has been commissioned a sec-,nd looey in the artillery.... Corporal Rob-• rt R. Gregory (Davidson '36) is a surgical!,chnician at Lawton General Hospital, At-:Arita, Ga.... Walter H. Ziegler (Ohio Wes-Yan '39) is in officer candidate school at

Miami, which ain't in California MarensMaltby (William Jewell '41) is a cadet at

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San Antonio. Tex. . . . William F. Hunting(Stanford '33) is a captain in the medicalcorps..... Gordon French (Berkeley '42) isa first lieutenant in ordnance at New Boston,Tex. . . . Lieutenant Charles E. Lynch(Pennsylvania '23), graduate of the statis-tical school at Harvard, is on duty in Wash-ington. . . . Corporal Donald J. Niemann(Oklahoma '39) is in a weather squadronin Iceland. . . . Captain William A. Lyman(Alabama '32) is executive officer of thequartermaster department at Camp Blanding,Fla. .. . Captain John Stewart Detlie (Ala-bama '28), spouse of Motion Picture ActressVeronica Lake, is in the district engineers'office in Seattle.... Robert Stiefel (Rutgers'40) is a non-commissioned officer at CampCrowder. Mo. . . . John Frederick Smith(Ohio State '23) is assistant officer in chargeof the Officers' Club and billeting officer ofthe air forces school of applied tactics atOrlando, Fla. . . . First Lieutenant Arthur

W. Courtney, Jr. (New York '39) is withthe air force, probably in Australia.... Pri-

vate Donald P. Barner (Syracuse '34) is in

an engineer regiment at Camp Claiborne, La.

. Private James E. Bond (Wabash '43)

is with the 379th Infantry at Fort Sam Hous-

ton, Tex Captain Joseph L. Roberts, Jr.

(Pittsburgh '41) is on duty with the Alle-

gheny Ordnance Plant in the construction

. . . Graduated from the dental

school at Northwestern University last June,

Robert R. Schroeder (Wittenberg '40) is a

first lieutenant in the dental corps and is

stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.... Dr. John

D. Osmond. Jr. (Denison '35) is a captain in

the medical corps and is currently taking a

course in roentgenology at the Mayo Clinic

in Rochester, Minn. . . . J. Raymond Berry(Massachusetts Tech. '41) is a first lieu-

tenant at the aircraft laboratory at Wright

Field. 0. . . . William A. Brehm (Arizona

'42) reports that he has met a fine group of

Fijis at the officer training school of the

quartermaster corps at Harvard University.

... Lieutenant James H. Darden, Jr. (North

Carolina '40) reports that he is deputy flight

commander of an air corps squadron which

is flying the army's newest and best fighters

and that he hopes to have a pig dinner in

Berlin and Tokyo soon.... Major Perry M.

Moore (Rutgers '19) is chief of operations in

charge of chemical warfare procurement in

the Atlanta district. . . John Marley, Jr.

(Arizona '38) has received his wings in the

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A Fill COLONEL HOB-NOBS WITH ROYALTYIL If/hen the V. M. C. A. Officers' Club at York, England, was dedicated in Decembertenant-Colonel I. Earle Dunford (Bethel '12, Richmond '15), second from right, met If.The Princess Royal. The other officers in the picture are Britishers.

air corps. . . . John E. Alexander (Indiana'28) is in a troop carrier command. . . .Captain William F. Freehoff. Jr. (Missouri'41) is aide-de-camp to the commanding gen-eral (a Vermont Sigma Nu) of the 98thDivision at Camp Breckenridge, Ky. . .Charles R. Traphliagan (Ohio State '41) isin the air corps at Tampa, Fla. . . . CharlesR. Wiggins, Jr. (Alabama '44) is in theair corps. . . . Private Douglas R. Roberts(Arizona '43) is at the Boeing School ofAeronautics at Oakland. Calif. . . . Lieu-tenant William H. Puntenney (Arizona '41)is at Camp White, Ore.... Lieutenant TomPulliam Mee (Arizona '41) is at the airbase in Long Beach, Calif.... Captain Har-ry H. Lamberson (Colorado College '30) iswith the medical corps in Hawaii. . . . Lieu-tenant Herbert E. Ransford (Allegheny '38)is supply officer for the 356th Coast Artillery

at Camp Hulen, Tex. . . LieutenantL. Davis (Washington and Jeffersonflying an A-20 in England—if notwhere! . . Lieutenant William S. Adam(Occidental '43) is a second lieutenantthe coast coast artillery at Camp Haan, Calif...First Lieutenant Ben T. Head (Oklahorn:'42) is at the quartermaster depot in `.Cumberland, Pa. . . Lieutenant Jai'Barkley, Jr. (Allegheny '39) is assigmaia B-17 crew as navigator at Gowen FieldIda. . . . Emmett C. Stevens, Jr. (Arizon;'42) is a first lieutenant in the 7th Cavaltat Fort Bliss, Tex. Ride 'ern, cowboy! . •Lieutenant James R. Herdrick (Indiana '38.is a flying instructor at Moody Field, Ga..:Charles E. Farnsworth (Rutgers '41) h ira field artillery replacement center at FortBragg, N. C.... Captain Gordon C. Thoma,(Massachusetts Tech. '36) is somewhere

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inania jungles. . . . Lieutenant Charles

Smith (Alabama '41) is with a fighter

uadron somewhere in England. . . Lieu-

:taunt Arthur T. Henderson (Dartmouth

42) is with an engineers' outfit in Alamo-

gordo. N. M.. . . Colonel John W. Sheehy

(Oregon '19) is commanding the 357th In-

fantry at Camp Barkeley, Tex. . . .Lieu-

tenant-Colonel C. Leith Speiden (Cornell

'15f is with the 11th Division at Hoffman.Donald B. Stewart (Michigan

,tfn is in the ordnance department at Camp

Santa Anita, Calif. . . . Private First Class

Edward IL Rogers (Brown '37) has been

fighting with the 182nd Infantry on Guadal-

canal.... First Lieutenant Richard C. Wil-

hams (Hanover '35) is instructor in chemical

tarfare at Edgewood Arsenal. Md.... \Vil-

'tam A. Salzman ( Knox '42) reports that

lie and Lieutenant James Hokoni (Los An-

geles '42) have been in glider school at fourdifferent posts and have roomed together ateach. . . First Lieutenant John F. Sexton(Massachusetts Tech. '41) is at the Spring-field ordnance office. . . . First LieutenantRussell 0. Bennett (Oklahoma '36) is on the,taff of the commanding general of the SixthService Command. . . Lieutenant-ColonelAlbert M. Lehr, Jr. (Wisconsin '21) ischief of the aircraft section of the Armyawl Navy Munitions Board in Washington... William I. Nunn (Ohio Wesleyan '44)

Is a cadet in the air training school at Mans-

field, 0. . . . Lieutenant Sterling L. Hill(Ohio State '37) is in a pack outfit at CampCarson, Colo. . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Fran-cis J. Purcell (New York '27) is in the aircorps at Camp Rucker, Ala. . . . CaptainJames P. Mayshark (Lehigh '36) is overseaswith an armored regiment. . . . Richard I.Taylor (Ohio State '39) is a lieutenant. . .Lieutenant Kenneth W. Brown (Iowa State34) is with the 176th Engineers.... KennethD. 141oebius (Northwestern '45) is with the12th Regiment at Camp Robinson. Ark. . .lPrivate Robert J. McLean (North Carolina43) is in the records section of the receptioncenter at Fort Bragg. N C. . . . John A.\ anderpoel (Massachusetts Tech. '40) is acaptain. . . Lieutenant David F. Getzofff Northwestern '40) is in the weapons sectionat Fort Benning, Ga.... Joseph Edwin Fin-

leY (Missouri '42) is a candidate for a com-

mission at Camp Barkeley, Tex.... Clifford

B. Smith (Missouri '41) is in an engineer

amphibian regiment at Fort Ord, Calif. . .

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Thomas :D. Thompson (Los Angeles '43) isan aviation cadet at Luke Field, Ariz. . . .Lieutenant Theodore F. Paulson (Iowa State'43) is in New Guinea Lieutenant JohnC. Parrott, Jr. (Iowa State '42) is in thecoast artillery at Fort Wetherill, R. I. . .0. William Bosworth, Jr. (Iowa State '43)is an aviation cadet at San Antonio. . . .Roger Lundeen Johnson (Iowa State '44) isa cadet at the United States Military Acad-emy. . . Lieutenant Robert M. Vance (Illi-nois '41, Arizona '41) is at Fort Meade,Md. . . . Lieutenant Donald E. MacNutt(Williams '34) is with an engineer outfit atCamp Maxey, Tex. . . . Lieutenant John L.Bidle (Syracuse 44) is in the ordnance auto-motive school at Omah:.!; Nebr.... Dr. JohnG. Graham, Jr. (Western Reserve '35) is a

medical corps lieutenant at Fitzsimons Gen-

eral Hospital, Denver, Colo. . . . Lieutenant

Robert H. Walpole (Purdue '37) is in the

medical reserve laboratory at Fort Knox,

Ky.... Lieutenant Francis H. Sherry (Wil-

liams '34) of the quartermaster corps is

overseas. . . . Private First Class Don E.

Welch (Oklahoma '44) is at the flying school

in Enid, Okla. . . Ralph R. Macartney, Jr.

(Oregon '36) is an officer candidate at Fort

Benning, Ga. . . . Private Norman Seethoff

(Oregon State '45) is overseas with a map-

making outfit.... Private John R. Bamford

(Yale '44) is at Chanute Field, Rantoul,

Corporal James C. Woods, Jr. (Ohio

Wesleyan '40) is overseas with an infantry

regiment which receives its mail through a

New York A. P. 0.... Lieutenant Andrews

Allen (Syracuse '44) is at Camp Polk, La.

. . . Private John P. McGlinn (Washington

'29) is at Fort Lewis, Wash. . . . Private

First Class Horace H. Boyd, Jr. (Washing-

ton '44) is in the medical corps at Camp

Roberts, Calif. . . . First Lieutenant Louis

J. Fryrnire (Pittsburgh '36) is at General

Hospital 27, Fort Lewis, Wash. . . . Lieu-

tenant Charles Moffat (Washington and

Jefferson '39) is teaching weather at West

Point, N. Y. . . Major David G. Wilson

(Davidson '26) is at Fort Benning, Ga.. . .

First Lieutenant Lilbourn Martin (Missouri

'32) is in the advanced flying schooi

Pampa, Tex. . . . Lieutenant William J.

Morrow (Dartmouth '41) is in foreign serv-

ice. . . . Captain Oliver T. Davis (Idaho

'34) is in an infantry training battalion at

Camp Roberts, Calif.

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