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Advocates for Harvard ROTC . Telephone: (978) 443-9532 11 Munnings Drive Email: Pemusnr@Hotmail.Com Sudbury, MA 01776 28 July 2015 Advocates for Harvard ROTC . Telephone: (978) 443-9532 11 Munnings Drive Email: [email protected] Sudbury, MA 01776 28 July 2015 From: Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) To: Advocates for Harvard ROTC Subject: All other military veterans among Harvard alumni (H-1950 to present) Harvard graduates have a long proud history of serving as warriors in the United States military. During the Korean War, 60% of the Harvard classes served in the US military but only 23% of the class of 1963 served in the US military (note: the % of military veterans in other classes since the Korean War have not yet been validated. I suspect the % of veterans in the late 1950’s & early 1960’s were similar to 1963 participation level but was slightly higher during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s as the Vietnam War heated up. Fostered the anti- military policies of the Harvard administration of the time and the expulsion of on campus ROTC programs, the mid 1970’s saw a precipitous drop in number of patriotic Harvard graduates who elected to do something beyond their own self-interest and serve our country in the US military. Harvard has recently taken a proactive posture towards the US military. However, the proportion of veterans among recent alumni over the past 2 decades have been roughly less than 1% of whom about half were commissioned through the ROTC programs based at MIT. The purpose of developing the subject is not for egotistic self-promotion but to reinforce the general awareness that freedom is not free. Harvard undergraduates in particular as well as others should be aware and appreciate that many Harvard alumni before them paid a price in time, blood and restricted earning for our national security and liberty. Such military veterans at one point of their life wrote a blank check made payable to the USA for an amount up to and including their own life. All gave some and some gave all. If you or a relative are a Harvard alumnus and veteran, please send your military focused biographic write up and photo to Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) at the above e-mail address. Please use a similar format as in the below entries. 1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS 1951 Major A. Robert Abboud US Marine Corps – (1st Battalion, 5th Reg., 1st Marine Div.) Bronze Star & Purple Heart Bob was born in Boston (MA) in 1929 to a Lebanese immigrant mother and a 1st generation American father of Lebanese descent. He prepped at Roxbury Latin for Harvard where he majored in classics and was a Marine option midshipman in NROTC. Bob was commissioned as 2nd Lt. along when he graduated from Harvard and was ordered to Quantico to complete The Basic School where one of his classmates was General Mick Trainor USMC (Ret.). After further training at Camp Pendleton (CA) and cold weather operations in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Bob arrived in Korea in April 1952 and was involved in extensive combat operations including battles at: 3 Fingers, Hill 137, Bunker Hill, Nevada City, Reno, Vegas Carson, the Hook and York. In July 1952, Bob was wounded but was patched up and stayed on the line. After returning to the USA in May 1953, Bob passed through preflight school at Pensacola but elected to go to Harvard Law School rather than continued on to flight school. He graduated from the Harvard law School in 1956 and continued at HBS for an MBA which he received in 1958 as a Baker Scholar. Up to this point, Bob had stayed in the active Marine Corps Reserve. After HBS, He joined the 1st Chicago Bank and moved up the promotion chain of this bank until he became chairman and CEO in 1975. In the 1980, Bob became president of Occidental Petroleum working for Armand Hammer. 2nd LT. Thomas Hubbard US Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) Purple Heart & USN/MC Combat Action Ribbon After Harvard, Tom enlisted into the US Marine Corps with several classmates including George Lee and Medal of Honor recipient, Rod Skinner. After finishing boot camp, Officer Candidate School and The Basic School, Tom shipped out to Korea as an infantry platoon commander. Tom was wounded and hospitalized but after his recovery he returned to combat with his unit. He was killed in action on August 1953 (note: further details pending). page 2 1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1951 (continued) 2nd LT. Franklin P. Dunbaugh USMC (1st Reg’t, 1st Marine Div.) Purple Heart & USN/MC Combat Action Ribbon After Harvard, Frank enlisted into the US Marine Corps with several classmates including: George Lee, Tom Hubbard and Medal of Honor recipient, Rod Skinner. After finishing boot camp, Officer Candidate School and The Basic School, Frank shipped out to Korea as an infantry platoon commander. In September 1952, he was wounded while leading his platoon in action on Bunker Hill. He returned to his outfit after hospitalization and led his platoon on a night combat patrol. As a result, he was missing in action in December 1952 and presumed dead in December 1953. Frank was awarded the Bronze Star medal with combat “V” which had the following citation: For heroic service as leader of a rifle Platoon of Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st marines, 1st Marine Division (Reinforced) during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Koreas from 11 June to 5 December 1953. A skilled and resourceful platoon commander, 2nd Lt. Dunbaugh led his men in a series of daring combat patrols against the enemy, frequently probing deep in to hostile territory to successfully accomplish his missions. During the defense of Hill 122, he personally manned a rocket launcher and destroyed 12 enemy bunkers. Although seriously wounded during the intensive action, he refused to be evacuated until is unit had secured its position. Returning to his outfit upon completion of his hospitalization, he bravely led his platoon on a night combat patrol against an entrenched hostile position in the face of intense enemy small arms fire. Missing in action after close contact with the hostile force, 2nd lt. Dunbaugh, by his exceptional courage, exemplary leadership and aggressive fighting spirit throughput this period, served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Rear Admiral Gerald E. Thomas US Navy (Cdr. CruDes 5) Meritorious Service Medal & Navy Commendation Medal Gerald was born in 1929 in Natick, MA and was a midshipman the NROTC program at Harvard. After commissioned as a Navy ensign, his initial afloat duty assignments included: the USS Newman K. Perry (DRD 883), USS Worcester (CL 144) and the USS Lowe (DER 325). After various shore billets including the National Security Agency, BuPers & as CO of the NROTC unit at Prairie View College, Gerald assumed command of the USS Impervious (MSO 449), USS Bausell (DD 845), DesRon 9 in the Gulf of Tonkin and later Cruiser Destroyer Group 5 embarked onboard the USS Horne (CG 30). In 1974, he was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral and became the 2nd black flag officer in the history of the US Navy. After his retirement from the Navy, Admiral Thomas was appointed by President Ronald Regan to continue his service to the United Sates as the US Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to Guyana in 1981 and to the same position for Kenya in 1983 Kenya. Advocates for Harvard ROTC page 3 1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1957 Staff Sergeant Peter Reed USMC (2nd Batt., 21st Marines) Purple Heart & USN/MC Combat Action Ribbon He enlisted in USMC and later fought on Iwo Jima in the same battalion as Navy Cross recipient Col George Percy USMC (H-’18). He has retired and is living in Jaffrey. NH Captain Rod L. Wolfe US Navy (USS Rivers & USS Dixon) Meritorious Service Medal & Navy Commendation Medal Captain Wolfe was born in Newark (OH) in 1935 as the only son of a WW II Naval veteran who was commissioned through the V-12 program. His family moved around until 1942 before settling in Arlington, VA where Rod attended the local public schools. Rod was awarded an NROTC scholarship for Harvard College where he played varsity baseball as well as house football and swimming as a resident of Winthrop House. After graduating with honors in Architectural Sciences, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy. He served as gunnery officer on the USS Harold J. Ellison (DD 864) for 3 years. He was then selected for the Submarine School in Groton, CT and then for Nuclear Power training after interviewing with Admiral Hyman Rickover USN. After Nuclear Power School, Rod reported to the USS Skate (SSN 578) as an engineering division officer and eventually the Main Propulsion Assistant. During this period, the Skate deployed to the North Pole and conducted the first coordinated nuclear submarine operations in the Arctic. Subsequently, Rod became the Engineer Officer on the USS Robert L. Lee (SSBN 601) which included a deterrent patrol and a major overhaul. He was later promoted to be the Executive Officer of the USS Dace (SSN 607) under the command of CDR. Kinnard R. McKee USN, who later replaced Admiral Hyman G. Rickover as the head of the Nuclear Reactor Design Division of Bu Ships. After his XO tour, Rod served for 2 years on the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet to conduct inspections ensuring the safety of nuclear powered ships. Rod then assumed command of the USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN 686) during construction, commissioning and the initial deployments.
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