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was first reported missing in action over Germany Liberated in February, 1944 . Lieutenant Whittet was at La Lt. Col . Victor E. Warford, '40bs, Chickasha, who Havre, France, awaiting passage home in late May . was a prisoner of war in Germany, has been 0- Lt. Owen Smith, '34-'36, Norman, has been liberated . Colonel Warford was first reported released from a German prison camp . Lieutenant missing in action over Czechoslovakia on October Smith, who was with the 569th Bombardment 11, 1944 . He was with the 309th Fighter squadron . group, was first reported a prisoner of war in He has been decorated with the Distinguished November, 1943 . Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. Flying Cross, he was at St. Valerie, France, awaiting It Capt . Murray F. Gibbons, Jr., '411aw, Okla- transportation home . homa City, has been freed from a German prison 0- Lt . Roy D. Clem, '39-'42, Granite, has been camp. Captain Gibbons was reported missing in liberated from Stalag Luft No. 3. Lieutenant Clem, action in Germany on December 21, 1944, with with the Army Air Forces, was reported missing the 423rd Infantry Division . in action in the Mediterranean area in February, No- Lt. Leonard A. Wall, '40-'42, Dombey, has 1944, and in March was reported a prisoner of been liberated from a German prison camp after Germany . having been listed as missing in action over NO- Lt. C. H. Jameson, Jr ., '36, Sulphur, has been Germany since February 3. He was attached to the freed from a German prison camp . Pilot of a B-17, 532nd Bombardment squadron . he was shot down over Germany on November 00- Capt. Woodrow L. Pickhardt, '37med, Lawton, 26, 1944 . has been released from a German prison camp. 0- Lt . Joe H. Bishop, '37-'38, Blackwell, has been Captain Pickhardt, a Paratroop doctor, was re- liberated from a German prison camp . Lieutenant ported missing the day following the Normandy Bishop enlisted in the Army Air Force in July, invasion, and was reported a prisoner of war last 1942, and was a bombardier on a B-17 . He was September. reported a prisoner of war in July, 1944 . 10- Lt. Frank C. Sneed, '42ba, Lawton, has been 10- Lt. M. Herschel Higgins, '40, Duncan, has freed from Stalag Luft No. 3 in Germany . Lieuten- been liberated from a German prison camp. Lieu- ant Sneed, pilot of a B-24, had been a prisoner tenant Higgins was a pilot of a B-17 which was since his plane was shot down over Germany. downed in a big raid over Germany on October No- Lt. Richard J. Keough, '40-'41, Oklahoma 15, 1943 . City, has been liberated from a prison camp in 0- Lt. Harold K. Wood, '41, Norman, has been Germany, where he had been held since he was LOOKING OVER TnE DAMAGE liberated from Stalag No . 7A in Germany. Lieu- shot clown in action in the European theater in Capt. Joe N. Magee, Jr ., '41eng, Robstown, tenant Wood was reported missing in action in August, 1944 . He went overseas soon after receiving Texas, (left), engineering squadron officer Africa April 5, 1943, and was listed as a prisoner his wings in April, 1944, and was with the Eighth attached to the 458th Bombardment group of of war in Germany in May, 1943 . Lieutenant Wood Air Force. the Eighth Air Force, was recently taken, is in the Army Air Force. along with many other ground personnel, on t Sgt . Elbert Lee Hoffman, '44, Oklahoma City, 0- Maj . Herbert A. Von Tungcln, '34ba, Norman, a has been liberated from a German prison camp. a flying tour of Germany to view the results has returned home after being liberated from Major Von Tungeln was reported missing in action of the work he had done. He is shown viewing German prison camp on April 23 . He was taken the ruins of Koblenz with a friend, Capt. prisoner last December, and spent time in five on August 24, 1944, when his bomber went . Sergeant down over Germany, and was listed as a prisoner John A. Castle, Santa Rosa, California . different camps before his liberation of war December 27, 1944 . He holds the Air Medal Hoffman was with a mortar gun crew with the 106th Infantry Division at the time of his capture. for meritorious service with the Air Force in the December 5, 1944, and was reported European theater. Germany on At the end of his leave at home he was to report a prisoner of war in March, 1945 . to Hot Springs, Arkansas, for rest and reassign- t Lt. Hubert W. Fraker, '39-'42, Pine Valley, 0- Lt. John R. Eskridge, '41, Oklahoma City, has ment. has been liberated from Stalag Luft No. 1. Lieuten- been liberated from a German prison camp. Lieu- ant Fraker, who was with the 366th Bombardment tenant Eskridge, pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter, squadron, was listed as missing in action over was shot down August 26, 1944, over Germany . Back from Battlefronts Germany January 5, 1944, and was reported to He has been awarded the Air Medal with two Capt. Glenn N. Houston, '37eng, Norman, has be a prisoner of war in Germany in February, 1944 . Oak Leaf Clusters, which were pinned on his returned home after serving three years in the During his absence his wife, Mrs. Carol Fraker, mother, Mrs. T. H. Eskridge, Oklahoma City, at a South Pacific theater. Captain Houston was an made her home in Oklahoma City. special ceremony March 23, at Tinker Field, Okla- Ordnance maintenance and supply officer in that 10- Lt. Beverly R. Polk, Jr ., '40, Oklahoma City, homa City. area . He spent most of the three years in the was liberated from a German prison camp on 10- Lt. Harry F. Lorenzen, '42law, El Reno, was Solomons and New Guinea but his duties took April 28. He had been a prisoner of war for freed from a German prison camp on May 6. him to practically all the major South Pacific islands. nearly two and a half years. He received his Lieutenant Lorenzen participated in the landings on At the end of his leave in Norman, Captain wings and commission in June, 1941, and went Sicily with the Third division and was captured Houston was to report to Hot Springs, Arkansas, overseas soon after. No direct word had been by the Germans on July 11, 1943 . A Field Artillery for re-assignment. received from Lieutenant Polk by his family since officer, he was reported on his way home in May . Staff Sgt . Walter S. French, '29bus, Tonkawa, last November . 0- Lt. Richard W. Bell, '41bus, Oklahoma City, has returned to the United States on leave as a Lt. John F. Shirk, '40, Oklahoma City, former was freed, after being a German prisoner for almost veteran of the First Army campaign in Europe . O.U. football star who has been a German prisoner two years, from Stalag No. 7A on April 30. He was Attached to headquarters of the First as chief clerk since the Battle of Salerno, has been freed. Lieu- attached to the Eighth Air Force when shot down of an air sub-division, Sergeant French participated tenant Shirk held a reserve commission in the in a raid over Regensburg, Germany, on August in D-Day activities . He holds the Bronze Star Field Artillery and was called to active duty in 17, 1943 . Lieutenant Bell was a bombardier on a medal. February, 1941, going overseas a year later. He B-17 . to- Lt. James D. Holt, '38-'41, Clovis, New Mexico, participated in the North African and Sicilian It Capt . Edwin Curtis Yeary, '39med, Oklahoma has been in the United States on a 45-day leave. campaigns before being captured on September City, reached the United States in May after being Lieutenant Holt has been in Iran and Burma with 6, 1943 . released from a German prison camp . Captain the 352nd Engineer regiment. His work in Burma No- Lt. Charles P. Ray, '39, Oklahoma City, has Yeary was aboard the first glider which landed in consists of construction of roads and air bases. At been liberated from Stalag Luft No. 1, Germany . France on D-Day with a surgical team . He helped the end of his leave he returned to Burma to resume He was a co-pilot on a B-17 which went down establish a clearing station for battle casualties . his duties there. over Germany January 29, 1944 . He was reported Captured at Bastogne with the 101st Airborne 10- Capt . Felix F. Simmons, '42bus, Oklahoma a prisoner of war in March. Lieutenant Ray holds division, he was reported missing in action last City, has returned to the United States and is the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Distin- December. stationed at Strother field, Kansas, as a fighter pilot guished Service Cross. No- Lt. Robert L. Whittet, '37-'41, McAlester, instructor. During Captain Simmons' service in tle t Lt. Norval Covington, '43, was liberated from member of the Air Force reported a prisoner of European theater he was awarded the Distinguished a German prison camp on May 13. He was first the Germans in April, 1944, has been released Flying Cross, the Air Medal with six Oak Leaf reported missing in action with the Air Force over from the prison camp in which he was held . He Clusters, and the Presidential Unit Citation.

JULY, 1945 It Master Sgt. Everett R. Thomas, '396us, Norman, as pilot of a glider . Lieutenant Barrowman was City, after returned serving 25 months overseas, has returned to the United States on furlough early recovering from a hand injury . to this country . Captain Campbell was combat this summer . Sergeant Thomas served 34 months 0,Lt. Wayne C. Montgomery, '41-'43, Oklahoma gunnery officer of the 95th Heavy Bombardment overseas with a unit of the finance department of group in the the ground City, has returned to this country after spending European theater. He holds the forces at a port of debarkation in India. a year in the European war theater. Lieutenant European theater of operations ribbon with four At the end of his leave he was assigned to duty Montgomery, pilot of a B-17, made 35 bombing battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation with at Fort Dix, New Jersey. attacks on German targets . He has been awarded two Clusters . t Lt. Col. Robert F. Brooks, '33geol, Oklahoma the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters . 0~ Ensign William E. Hanson, '41-'44, Oklahoma City, recently returned home for a one-month City, leave after 0- Lt. Col. Clyde J. Watts, '31law, Oklahoma City, spent a leave at home this spring after serving serving three years in the Mediterranean was in the United States on leave after being sta- on a ship in the Atlantic the last year . He returned and European theaters. He was to report to Miami, tioned for 30 months in the Burma and China areas to his ship for further duty . Florida, for re-assignment . with the Field Artillery. It Lt . (jg) W. L. Kennedy, '44eng, Oklahoma 0~ Copt . Byron W. Jones, '391aw, Oklahoma City, has 0- Copt. Ralph L. Steen, Jr ., '37-'40, Oklahoma City, was recently home for his first leave in 18 returned to the United States on leave after City, was home on leave from the Marianas, where months . Lieutenant Kennedy has been assigned to serving in the European theater of war for nearly he acted as adviser and organizer of a lead-crew a light cruiser in the North and South Pacific. two years. He was attached to the First Fighter school at a B-29 base . He holds the Air Medal with Tech . Sgt. Rex Gardner, '39, Chickasha, has Division of the Army Air Forces . At the end of an Oak Leaf Cluster . his leave Captain Jones was to report in Washing- returned to this country after two and one-half ton, D.C. It Lt. Col. Walter R. Graalman, '281aw, Oklahoma years service overseas . He served in North Africa, City, was home in May on a short leave. He has Italy, and Germany. Sergeant Gardner was with lb- Col . Boylston Bass, '286us, Oklahoma City, was since returned to Italy to resume his duties as the Eighth Armored Division when Germany sur- home on leave early this summer after serving two years inspector general with allied air forces in the rendered . as secretary of the general staff headquarters Mediterranean . After escaping from German prison camps with the Sixth Army under Gen. Walter Krueger three times, Pfc. Edward (Ted) in the South Pacific . 0~ Lt. Kenneth J. Wilson, Jr., '42, Oklahoma City, Soule, '40-'43, has returned to the United States after serving 15 Oklahoma City, finally succeeded in rejoining 0- Lieut. (jg) Matthew J. Kane, '32law, Oklahoma American forces and returning to the United States City, was home on leave months in the Pacific area with the Marine Air recently after serving Corps as flier of a torpedo bomber on submarine in May. On arriving home Private Soule learned he two years in Hawaii with the Navy. still had an appointment Do- Lt. William J. duty . He was to be stationed at El Toro Marine to the United States Logan, '41-'42, Tulsa, has Air Station, California . Military Academy, West Point, New York. He won returned from overseas where he was pilot of a the appointment heavy t Capt. Harold B. Dane, '39-'41, Oklahoma City, through a competitive examination bomber of the 15th Air Force. Holder of the taken just before he went overseas and learned Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with has come home on leave after a year's service in the European theater . Flight about it just before the Battle of the Bulge. He three Oak Leaf Clusters, he was assigned to commander and pilot was captured in that battle and by the time he Westover Field, Massachusetts . of a B-24 in the Eighth Air Force, he has 30 0- missions to his credit. was released he was not sure he still had it coming. Vernon E. Barth, '376us, Tulsa, aviation fire It had been five months since he had heard from control man first class, has returned to this country 00- Lt. (jg) Donald Peters, '406a, Norman, was anyone in the United States and he thought it after 20 months with a Navy air squadron in the home on leave this spring after a tour of duty might Atlantic have been canceled . Private Soule was to theater. aboard a landing craft in the Pacific . He has partici- report to West Point June 19 for a physical exami- 0- Lt. Col. Thomas C. Kelly, '39, Oklahoma City, pated in several landings, including that on Iwo nation . has returned from service overseas, where he Jima . At the end of his leave Lieutenant Peters to- At least three former University men were completed 51 missions over enemy territory . He returned to sea duty . holds the among the more than 10,000 veterans of the Euro- Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air 0- Copt . John K. Whistler, '35eng, Oklahoma City, pean war who landed in New York harbor June 3. Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. returned home in May for a 30-day leave after The trio were Col . William H. Amspacher, '36med, t Lt. Donald V. Smith, '38-'40, Oklahoma City, spending three years in Italy. Maj. has reported Captain Whistler was E. Bruce January, '40, and Capt. James C. to the convalescent hospital at Fort with the 68th Armored Field Artillery battalion . Amspacher, '43med, all of Norman . George Wright, Washington, after serving three Colonel Amspacher years in the Pacific . to- Staff Sgt. Samuel D. Robinson, '42-'43, Okla- had been overseas since June, homa City, has returned to the 1942, and holds the Legion of Merit medal, the Copt. A. E. Culmer, Jr ., '40med, Oklahoma United States after City, making 35 bombing raids with the Eighth Air Bronze Star, and the French Croix de Guerre . is home after 18 months of service in Australia, Force. Holder Major January, who had been overseas since New Guinea and the Philippines. He wears the of an Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, he was to report to Miami Beach, Florida, December, 1942, participated in campaigns in Philippines liberation ribbon with one battle star Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Belgium, and and the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with one for re-assignment. Germany. star . Captain 110- Copt. Andy O. Campbell, '34eng, Oklahoma He has been awarded the Bronze Star, the Legion of Culmer was attached to a General Hospital unit. the t Lt. Hal Morrow, '41-'43, Merit, and Order of the Purple Heart for Oklahoma City, was wounds received in Sicily in a bombing raid. home on leave after completing 30 missions in the European theater Captain Amspacher recently received his promo- as pilot of a B-24 . Lieutenant tion to his present rank. He has been overseas for Morrow, who was with the Eighth Air Force, holds eight the Air Medal with four months and was attached to the Medical Oak Leaf Clusters. He was Department of headquarters of the First Army . to report to Santa Monica, California, for reassign- ment. t Pfc. David A. Russell, '33-'37, Oklahoma City, Decorations has returned to the United States for medical Lt. Victor W. Johnson, Jr., '396us, Pueblo, Colo- treatment after being wounded in action with the rado, with the 53rd Ordnance Ammunition Third Army in Europe . He was hospitalized in England Company, has been awarded the Legion of Merit. for three months . At the end of his leave Lieutenant Johnson received the award "for excep- he was to report to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for tionally meritorious conduct in the performance of further treatment. 0- Lt. Col. outstanding services in Italy from February 21 to Rowe Cook, '321aw, Oklahoma City, June 5, 1944 . During this period, at a time when was home on leave after serving as judge advocate the supply of with the 45th ammunition was of utmost impor- Division in the European theater for tance, Lieutenant Johnson, operating extremely 23 months . Colonel Cook was to report to Camp Chaffee, close to the enemy, with great skill, undaunted Arkansas, for re-assignment. perseverance, and unqualified courage, succeeded 00- Cpl . Edmund Clark, '42, Norman, who has been overseas eight in stocking, storing and personally supervising the months, has returned to the critical movement of badly needed ammunition . . United States. Corporal Clark, who has been with an Aircraft With no regard for grave personal danger, and Repair unit in the Pacific area, was to under the most adverse conditions, being report to Fort Belvoir, Virginia . subjected No- Lt. G. Dudley to countless times of enemy shelling, strafing and Strother, Jr., '40-'43, Oklahoma low-level bombing, he maintained a steady, City, spent a two-week leave at home last month after serving as diving thoroughly reliable and smoothly functioning officer on a salvage ship in supply of ammunition direct to the combat troops the North and Central Pacific. He was to be in the line." reassigned at Seattle, Washington . 0- Lt. Do- An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to the Comdr. Hugh F. Owens, '34law, Oklahoma Air Medal held by Maj. Gordon City, has returned home GUN FIRE CONTROL OFFICER L. Eaton, '40, on leave after serving Okemah . Major Eaton is a member of the "Billy overseas for 16 months. Commander Owens was Veteran of service in Great Britain, North Africa executive Mitchell" group of the 20th Bomber Command officer on a destroyer in the Pacific . and Italy, Maj. Herbert H. Moody, '33eng, in India. lo- Lt. Bill Barrowman, '41, Norman, was home Ponca City, is now assigned to duty as gun fire on leave this spring Lt. Col . Nevelle E. McKinney, '40pharm, Enid, from the Mediterranean area. control officer with the Anti-aircraft in San has been awarded He took part in the invasion the Bronze Star for work done of Southern France Francisco, California . during the Germans' winter breakthrough in

SOONER MAGAZINE Belgium . Colonel McKinney was Ordnance officer awarded an Air Medal for service as liaison officer of the 99th Infantry division of the Third Army, with the Field Artillery in the European theater. which assisted in the final drive across the Danube t Lt. Leo E. Thomson, '41eng, Oklahoma City, to the heart of Bavaria. Colonel McKinney's 799th has been awarded the second and third Oak Leaf Ordnance company distinguished itself in these Clusters to the Air Medal for "meritorious achieve- actions, winning the Meritorious Service Plaque. ment" on combat missions over Germany. He was i The second and third bronze Oak Leaf Clusters pilot of a Flying Fortress . to the Air Medal have been awarded to Maj . Richard The seventh Oak Leaf Cluster has been added A. Wilson, '39-'41, Oklahoma City, "for operational to the Air Medal held by Lt . Richard L. Baggett, flight missions from May 15, 1944, to March 31, '38-'41, Wayne, in recognition of service in Ninth 1945 ." Major Wilson, former squadron commander Air Force combat operations over Europe . with the 312th Bombardment group, an A-20 Do- Lt . Roy E. Tomlinson, '41-'43, Oklahoma City, bomber unit of the Fifth Air Force, has been has been awarded the Air Medal "for meritorious relieved of his duty in order to return to the achievement in aerial flight while participating in United States. He was overseas 19 months and is ALUMNA Is HONORED sustained operational activities against the enemy." credited with 109 combat missions, including low- Capt . Elizabeth Ray, '34ba, Oklahoma City and Lieutenant Tomlinson, a pilot, was stationed in level attacks against Formosa, Bataan, Corregidor, Yukon, commander of a group of WAC's at- Italy with the 49th Heavy Bombardment group, and the Manila area. He served with the 312th tached to the 15th Air Force in Italy, receives which flew more that 225 combat missions against during the New Guinea campaign and participated a Bronze Star medal from Maj. Gen . Nathan German-held targets. in the liberation of the Philippines . F. Twining, commanding general of the 15th . t Lt. Jarrell L. Barnhill, '42-'43, Oklahoma City, 10- Lt. Wendell J. Doggett, '416a, Ponca City, has has been awarded the Air Medal for sustained been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious operational flight over enemy territory . Lieutenant Artillery officer in the First Army's Fifth Corps, base in service during activities in the Battle of the Bulge. was in action continuously from the time lie landed Barnhill, who was stationed at a B-17 Lieutenant Doggett was attached to the 83rd Infan- southern Italy, is a veteran of more than eight in Normandy the clay after D-Day until hostilities Germany and the Balkans . try Division. ceased in Europe . missions over It The fifth Oak Leaf-Cluster has been added to No- Capt . Denver R. Stufflebean, '38-'41, Pauls 0-- Lt. Col . Edward F. Hubbard, '38bus, Frederick, Valley, has been awarded the Air Medal for the Air Medal held by Lt. John W. Coyle, Jr., has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross City, for meritorious achieve- meritorious achievement in missions against the with an Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with '41243, Oklahoma enemy. Captain Stufflebean, an Army Air Force assumed ment during Eighth Air Force attacks on enemy- two Clusters. Colonel Hubbard recently held installations in Germany . pilot, was stationed in New Guinea . He went command of the 453rd Bombardment group of overseas in November, 1943 . the Eighth Air Force. He participated in 21 high 00- Lt. Roy L. Reid, '38-'41, Marietta, has received P The fifth Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to altitude bombing attacks while serving in a B-24 the Air Medal and five Oak Leaf Clusters for the Air Medal held by Lt. Don G. Smith, '40-'43, group as squadron commander, group operations coolness, courage and skill in aerial combat over Norman, for meritorious achievement in aerial officer, and group air executive. In an operational Europe as navigator on a Flying Fortress with combat. Lieutenant Smith, pilot of a B-17 with the period of 11 months the group completed more the 34th Bombardment group. Eighth Air Force in England, took part in 35 than 200 missions and won a divisional citation . A 0- Master Sgt. Robert Leon Spires, '38, Norman, bombing missions over Germany as a member of squadron belonging to the group holds the Eighth has been awarded the Bronze Star "for meritorious the 381st Bombardment group. Air Force's present safety flying record with 82 achievement in service in support of combat opera- The fourth Oak Leaf Cluster has been added combat missions without loss of aircraft or person- tions." Also holder of the Distinguished Unit to the Air Medal held by Tech. Sgt. Max W. nel. Colonel Hubbard has been overseas 17 months . Badge with a bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Sergeant head of an aircraft maintenance Leenhouts, '38-'40, Cleveland. Sergeant Leenhouts, Do- Capt . Elizabeth Ray, '34ba, Oklahoma City, has Spires has been top turret gunner on a B-17, received the award been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious section of the 15th Air Force in Italy. for meritorious achievement during Eighth Air service. The medal was presented to her by Maj. t Capt . Robert L. Kendall, '40med, Strong City, Force bombing attacks on vital German industries Gen. Nathan F. Twining, commanding general Oklahoma, has received the Bronze Star for action and military installations. The presentation was of the 15th Army Air Force. Captain Ray com- with the 120th Medical Battalion in the European made by his group commander, Col. William J. mands a W.A.C . unit in Italy. She is a former theater. Overseas since January, 1942, he has been Wigglesworth, who commented on the "courage, Oklahoma newspaperwoman . in Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. coolness and skill displayed by Sergeant Leenhouts ." 0- Col. William C. Garrison, '326a, Cherokee, has It Lt . William F. Zerboni, '39-'41, Oklahoma 0- Lt. Herman L. Hensel, '39-'40, Shawnee, has been awarded the French Croix de Guerre with City, has been awarded the Air Medal for meri- been awarded the Air Medal with two bronze Oak palm leaves, the Bronze Star with an Oak Leaf torious achievement in aerial flight as co-pilot of a Leaf Clusters for his part in the tactical aerial Cluster, and the Legion of Merit. Colonel Garrison B-26 bomber with the Ninth Air Force. offensive of the Ninth Air Force over Europe. went overseas in May, 1944, as commanding officer to- Lt . William W. Upchurch, '40-'42, Norman, Lieutenant Hensel, co-pilot of a B-26, jumped of a battalion of eight-inch howitzers . He was later has been awarded the Air Medal for "meritorious from his plane when the crew was forced to made an assistant Corps Artillery officer with the achievements" while participating in Eighth Air abandon it because of engine trouble . The crew Third Army . Force bombing attacks on Nazi war industries as landed in friendly territory and, guided by a Polish No- Capt. George D. Almen, '211aw, Tulsa, has navigator o£ a Flying Fortress . slave-laborer, captured five Germans hidden nearby . been presented the Chinese Grand Star of Honor lo- Lt . William Nolan, '37242, Norman, has been At the time Lieutenant Hensel was on his 18th for outstanding and distinguished service to the awarded the Certificate of Merit for courageous mission with the 323rd French-based Marauder Republic of China and to the Chinese army. He action during the early days of the German offensive medium bomber group in support of Allied ground is on duty at a field installation of the Chinese in Belgium . Lieutenant Nolan, forward observer troops driving deep into Germany. The aerial Division, stayed at his from combat command . with the 106th Infantry attacks were aimed to seal off battle areas Norman, post although surrounded by enemy troops in order movement of German troops and supplies. 0- Staff Sgt. John E. Circle, Jr., '40243, has been given the Bronze Star for service with to report valuable information and direct Artillery t The fourth Oak Leaf Cluster has been added Engineer Combat battalion of the Third fire . to the Air Medal held by Capt . Donald I. Lawless, the 285th Army in Luxembourg . The accompanying citation No- Maj . Fred W. Whetsel, '371aw, McAlester, has '42, Wichita, Kansas . The citation with his fourth as a squad leader Bronze Star for meritorious achievement while stated in part, "Sergeant Circle, been awarded the Cluster spoke of his "meritorious while in charge of contact patrols between his service with the 42nd Division in a drive through participating in aerial flight as pilot of a P-47 platoon and adjoining Cavalry elements, voluntarily France and Germany with the Seventh Army. As Thunderbolt during an attack on Imola, Italy, he was called and S-4 officer in charge of with made many more patrols than Division Artillerv S-1 April 12, 1945 ." Captain Lawless was serving upon to make, without regard to his personal all personnel and supply problems, Major Whetsel the 12th Air Force in Italy when he received the his work insured con- aggressive, untiring and efficient super- also holds the Distinguished Flying safety. His leadership and displayed award. He tinuous communication and aided greatly the vision over the supply of ammunition and other Cross. successful performance of his organization's mis- materiel during the division's advance from the Flight Officer William H. Herron, '40-'41, sions." Moder River through the Hardt Mountains and Oklahoma City, has been decorated with the Air 0~ Capt . Benjamin R. Thomason, Jr., '39geol, the Siegfried Line to Dahn, Germany, and subse- Medal "for meritorious achievement while partici- Gainesville, Texas, has been awarded the Bronze quently across the Rhine to Schweinfurt. pating in sustained bomber combat operations over Star for extraordinarv bravery in the field during It The fourth Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe." Navigator on Cantain Thomason also has been given to Capt. Lester W. Morris, '35236, . the Normandy invasion . a B-17, he also wears a Presidential Unit Citation has the Order of the Purple Heart for wounds Norman, for meritorious achievement while partici- No- Lt. John O. Goffe, '42, Sulphur, has received received in the same invasion . Hospitalized for pating in Eighth Air Force bombing attacks over the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial some time in England, he was returned to the Germany . combat . Lieutenant Goffe, navigator on a B-24, United States last fall and placed in Brooke General t Maj. Mark D. Holcomb, '31232, Lawton, has participated in ten combat operations over Germany . Houston, Texas. After his received a commendation signed by Lt. Gen. Robert Hospital, Port Sam program he t Maj. John W. Amend, '356us, Antlers, has release from the hospital, Captain Thomason was Eichelberger for a six-week training Port Sill for advanced training . set up for new Medical Corps men in preparation received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in assiened to during the Sanananda, New the European theater of war. Major Amend, Field b-- Capt . Leo H. Bellieu, '43ba, Norman, has been for the next campaign

9 JULY, 1945 Guinea, campaign in January, 1943 . His regiment Marine Corps, was taken to a hospital in the Pacific, has been missing in action over Italy since March was believed to be the only one on the island to but expected to be transferred to the United 18 . have such a program . Major States Lieutenant Voelkers had received the Air Holcomb also received soon . Medal and an Oak Leaf Cluster for bombing the Legion of Merit award during the same t Sgt. Robert N. Berry, '41-'42, campaign . Oklahoma City, missions March 4 and 16 on targets in Italy and He has been overseas for 33 months and was injured in action when the B-24 on which he Austria . has served in five major campaigns . was top turret gunner was forced down off the 00- Lt . George Colbert McKoy, '38-'42, Stonewall, The Order of the Purple Heart has been coast of Luzon after being badly damaged during awarded has been missing in action since June 20, 1944, the posthumously to Lt. Rubert D. Huggins, a mission over Formosa on March 14. All the Alumni Office '37-'39, Oklahoma City, for wounds that resulted has learned . Lieutenant McKoy failed in his death on June 16, to return from a mission over Politz, Germany . He 1944. Lieutenant Huggins was pilot of a B-24. was attached to the 508th Regiment, which received a Presidential Citation for D-Day activities. Mrs. The Alumni Office urgently re- Sgt. Quintin Preble, '43, Norman, has been Huggins is the former Daphyne Dunford, '39soc.wk, reported as missing in action since a raid over Oklahoma City. quests the co-operation of all alumni Tokyo January 27. Sergeant Preble, who was with in securing as complete data as pos- the 21st Bombardment 0- Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson, '07, Oklahoma Squadron, had been sta- City, sible on University casualties of this tioned on Saipan since November, 1944 . He was has been awarded the Legion of Honor Medal, a the Croix de Guerre with Palm by the French, and war. If you have any information member of a B-29 crew. the Order of the Bath by the British. He also holds about a Sooner who has died in ser- the Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished vice, is missing in action or a prisoner Deaths in Service Service Cross, and the Silver Star. General Robert- of the enemy, please send all the facts Lt. Arthur Clinton Hon, '41geo1, Tulsa, who was son has been in command of the Second Infantry reported missing Division of the First Army in you have IMMEDIATELY to War in action following a mission over Czechoslovakia . He Czechoslovakia, May 12, 1944, must be presumed accepted the surrender of Brest during the Nor- Records Secretary, Alumni ObFice, mandy campaign . to be dead, the War Department has announced . University of Oklahoma. Lieutenant Hon had been overseas only three 0- Maj. John M. Lydick, '226a, Oklahoma City, months when reported missing, but was on his has received the Bronze Star for meritorious 20th mission . He had been awarded the Air Medal service in the European theater of action. Maj. Gen. with two Oak Leaf Clusters . While at the University Harry B. Vaughan, Jr., commanding general of crew members bailed out when two motors on one Lieutenant Hon was a member of Alpha Epsilon a United Kingdom base, pinned the award on him side quit and the plane lost 6,000 feet of altitude. Alpha honorary anthropology fraternity, Phi Kappa at a ceremony at the base. They spent 26 hours in the water in life jackets Sigma fraternity and the jazz Hounds . Following t Staff Sgt. Robert L. Shepherd, '41-'43, Norman, before being picked up . Six men did not survive . his graduation he was employed by the has Stanolind been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air 10- Pfc. Joe G. Dempsey, '44, Tulsa, has been Oil and Gas Company . Survivors include his wife, Medal. The award was for "meritorious bombing wounded in action, according to a casualty list the former Daphne Ridgway, '41ed, and son, attacks against German military targets, in co-opera- released by the Navy Department. No details were David Clinton, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. tion with advancing Allied ground forces." Sergeant available . Private Dempsey was with the 27th Hon, Tulsa. Shepherd was waist gunner on a B-17 with the Marine Division . ON- Lt. James W. Denton, Eighth Air Force. '28, Hollis, was killed 10- Cpl. Charles R. Taylor, '42-'43, Seminole, was in action in the Philippines on March 23. At the 0-- Lt. William J. Logan, '41-'42, Tulsa, has been wounded time of his awarded the Distinguished in Germany April 15 in action with the enlistment in the Army in July, 1942, Flying Cross and Air 22nd Infantry Division of the Seventh Army . he was captain of the Home Guard at Levelland, Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious service Corporal Taylor has been serving overseas for 15 Texas. He trained at Camp Roberts, California, as a pilot of a heavy bomber with the 15th months. and Fort Benning, Georgia, where he received his Air Force in Italy. Lieutenant Logan has recently returned to the to- Lt. Philip M. Rubins, '41eng, Oklahoma City, commission . Lieutenant Denton participated in United States and has been assigned several strategic battles while serving with the 38th to Westover Field, Massachusetts, where heavy was a patient in a hospital on Oahu after being bomber wounded in action with the Infantry. Infantry Division . Survivors include his wife, a crews are being trained for combat flying. son and a daughter, and his parents, Mr . and Mrs. 0- Lt. Col . Webster Wilder, Jr ., '331aw, Holden- 0~ Lt. Melvin B. Russell, '40, Norman, has arrived H. J. ville, has recently at Borden General Hospital, Chickasha, Denton, Hollis. been awarded the Bronze Star. for medi- 0- Pfc. Billy Bunch, '41-'43, Duncan, was killed The citation accompanying the medal states that cal treatment. Lieutenant Russell was wounded in action in northern he received the award "for January 12 in Belgium and on arriving Italy April 18. Details of his meritorious service dur- in the death were not known. Private Bunch was with the ing the period of November 10, 1944, to January United States was first sent to Charleston, North 27, 1945, Carolina, for treatment . Fifth Army in Italy. He went into the Army June 7, at the battles of Mangshih, Chefang and 1944, and left the port of embarkation last Novem- Wanting, Yunnan, China, as Artillery liaison officer 0-- Lt. Freeman H. Beets, '38-'41, has been wound- ber 7. with the Chinese *** Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Group Army. Colonel Wilder, ed in action in the European theater. A Field Luther Bunch, Duncan, and a brother, Dwight though frequently exposed to enemy fire, by his Artillery officer, his name was included on a good Bunch, in the Navy . judgment and timely advice, obtained the casualty list in late May . No- Jack T. Boyer, '40-'42, Marlow, storekeeper first co-operation of the Chinese in massing the fire of 0- Capt. John W. (Jack) Ervin, '406a, Oklahoma class in the their Artillery Navy, was killed in action in the Pacific on important objectives. . . . His City, was injured January 2 while on duty as on an undisclosed date. Details of his death were outstanding performance of duty was an important liaison officer in Germany. factor He was hospitalized not available . Mr . Boyer went overseas last January in the success of this campaign and reflects in England for three months and on May 1 was after training at Norfolk, Virginia . He entered great credit upon himself and the armed forces of ordered back to duty with the Third the the United Army . He Navy in January, 1942 . In addition to the States in the China theater." had not reached his unit by V-E day . Captain University he attended Draughon's Business College No- Lt. Arthur T. Stafford, '43-'43, Oklahoma City, Ervin holds the Bronze has Star for meritorious service in Oklahoma City . Survivors include his mother, received the Air Medal for achievements made from August to December, 1944 . Mrs. Belle Purcell, Marlow. while serving with the 20th Air Force. He is a NO- navigator Capt . Joe H. Price, Jr., '28med, Poplarville, on a B-29 . Mississippi, was killed in an automobile accident 0- Staff Sgt. Frank R. Drake, '42-'43, Enid, has Missing in Action near Baton been awarded Rouge, Louisiana, on December 4, 1944 . the Silver Star for gallantry and Sgt. Glenn E. Weesner, '41-'43, Muskogee, has He was returning to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, courage displayed when he made his way to his been missing in action since a mission in the wounded Guam after spending the weekend with his family at platoon sergeant through heavy enemy area April 16. Sergeant Weesner was waist gunner Ponlarville. Captain Price was vice-president of fire, gave him first aid and dug a shelter trench for on a B-29 . He went overseas in February and has the medical him to prevent class of '24-'25 and president of the his being hit again by the German been stationed in the Marianas . class of '25-'26, and was a member of Phi Chi Artillery fire that swept the ground around him. to- Lt. Patrick U. Dunlop, '38, Oklahoma Pfc. City, honorary medical fraternity and Acacia fraternity Do- Richard M. Cavanaugh, Jr ., '40, Norman, has been missing in action since May 9. He was while at the University . He was a member of the, has been awarded the Order of the Purple Heart for stationed in India, flying supplies into China, and Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, and was wounds received while fighting on Luzon. Private had been overseas since last November . Cavanaugh president of the Crawford County (Illinois) Medical has recovered from his injuries and 0- Lt. Thaine A. Syfert, '33-'35, Oklahoma City, Society. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Joe H. returned to his unit, the 32nd Infantry Division. has been missing in action since April 4, when he Price, Jr ., two children, Joe H., III, and Jeraldine He holds the Philippine liberation medal, the failed to return from a mission in the Asiatic-Pacific Brenner Lenora, all of Poplarville, and his mother, Mrs. ribbon with two battle stars, the Pass area. Lieutenant Syfert, bombardier on a Joe H. Price, Robinson, Illinois . Good Conduct medal, and the Combat Infantry- B-25, was on his 68th mission and would have Capt. man's Badge John H. Schmoldt, '36-'40, Oklahoma . come home after two more missions . He holds the City, was killed in action with the Corps of Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters, the Engineers in Germany on March 19 . Death was Injured in Service Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. caused by the explosion of German Reigel mines. 0, Ensign John (Jack) L. Trentman, Jr., '44eng, Captain Schmoldt entered the service in February, Lt. William H. Dancy, Jr., '41-'42, Oklahoma Wichita, Kansas, has been missing in City, was injured action since 1941, and left for overseas duty in 1943, taking on March 19 when the aircraft April 12, when he was participating in a battle part in the Normandy invasion after training in carrier U.S.S. Franklin was struck by a Japanese off Okinawa . England bomb. Lieutenant . Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Dancy, a fighter pilot in the 0- Lt. James C. Voelkers, '41-'42, Oklahoma City, Mrs. J. H. Schmoldt, a sister, Irene E. Schmoldt, ao SOONER MAGAZINE and a brother, Eugene Schmoldt, all of Oklahoma Field Artillery on Luzon, and J. B. Chenoweth, supervising the medical care of more than 1,000 City ; and two brothers in the service, Pfc. Donald '43, Norman, pilot with the Army Air Force at flight personnel in the squadron, but also regularly 11. Schmoldt, Pampa, Texas, and Lt. Edgar R. Love Field, Dallas, Texas. inspects quarters and messing facilities at bases on Schmoldt, '396us, who is overseas . Promoted to staff sergeant were James R. his squadron's 15,236-mile air network which Lt. Waldon E. Howard, '40, Seminole, has been Andrews, '41-'42, Norman, bombardier on a B-25 connects the western United States and the reported killed in action over Germany on January with the 12th Air Force in Italy, and Carl W. Philippines. 17. Lieutenant Howard was a P-51 pilot with the Combs, '41, Davenport, who was in an overseas Squadron 11, the Navy's largest air transport 1?ighth Air Force and had completed 111 hours hospital. Earl H. Jensen, '41, Oklahoma City, with operating squadron, flies more than 2,000,000 miles ",f combat flying. He has been awarded the Air an Air Engineering squadron in India, has been a month to shuttle personnel, cargo and mail be- Medal and the Order of the Purple Heart. Lieuten- promoted to corporal . tween advanced area bases. Recently the squadron ant Howard was among the pilots of the 339th Angus jacks, '34-'37, Asher, overseas with a officially began evacuating wounded men by air . kighter group who for several months tested the Rescue squadron, and Connie V. Roberts, '36eng, Commander Gross entered the regular Navy tiew flying suit which has defeated "blacking out." Gould, overseas with the Naval Air Corps, have in 1938 and was assigned to the aircraft carrier Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Dartha J. Howard, been promoted to lieutenant commander in the Saratoga as flight surgeon for two years before Little Rock, Arkansas ; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Navy. receiving his present assignment. Emery G. Howard, Seminole, and a brother, Lt. Harry Duvall Pitchford, '40ba, Okmulgee, on To Bailey Howard, '38-'42, with the Field Artillery duty aboard an LCS, and L. F. Mullins, '40, overseas . Mountain Park, overseas with a Composite Spotting Builds Up Athletic Program squadron, have been promoted to lieutenant junior Lt . Comdr. Lawrence E. (Jap) Haskell, '22geol, grade. Norman, while stationed at the Naval Air Technical Promotions Training Center, Jacksonville, Florida, as physical Recently promoted to colonel was William E. Out on Points training and welfare officer, has instituted an all- I,obit, '336a, Galveston, Texas, commander of an around station sports program which ranks with Infantry regiment which helped liberate the 3,700 Two of the first state men to receive discharges the finest in the armed forces. Commander Haskell prisoners interned by the Japanese at Santa Tomas under the point system of demobilization arc Capt . took up these duties in August, 1942, and since University in Manila . He holds the Distinguished Max G. Marple, '39, Pawhuska, and Master Sgt . that time the athletic phase of training there has Service Cross and is a veteran of the Leyte, Luzon Burl C. Turman, '346us, Dewey. Captain Marple, grown from a minor role to a major activity aimed and Admiralty campaigns . who had served for 30 months, was on the first at making Naval airmen "the toughest in the Alumni recently list of personnel at Lt. Gen . Barron K. Yount's world." promoted to lieutenant colonel Army Air Force Command Headquarters to qualify include the following : Nash P. Truss, Jr., '36bus, Commander Haskell was with the University in Oklahoma City, with the Ninth Air Force in for separation. He took part in the North African a coaching capacity from 1927 until 1942, when 17rance ; Frank R. Crabtree, '38, Ada, commanding invasion and was stationed for a while in Italy. he volunteered for active duty with the Navy. He officer B-17 Captain Marple received his discharge at Camp of a unit in England ; Ben L. Burdick, Chaffee, Arkansas, was to report for new duties with the Fleet Air '406a, Oklahoma City, overseas on a Division on May 22 . Pacific Coast early this summer . Artillery staff; John H. Byrd, '38eng, Tulsa, with Sergeant Turman enlisted in the Army in 1940 Seventh Army headquarters in Europe ; William and had been overseas for more than two years. R. Clark, '36journ, Norman, overseas with an He served in Australia, New Guinea and in the Allied Medical Aid Armored Field Artillery battalion ; Barron C. Philippines . Members of the 134th Medical Group at Pilsen, Housel, Jr., '34bus, Oklahoma City, with aerial Czechoslovakia, recently found themselves nurse- photographic intelligence in Washington, D.C.; New Officers maids when 25 sick and homeless babies were James A. Embry, Jr., '376a, Chandler, with the left on their doorstep . Yet Col . Lee Wilhite, Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia ; Don W. Harvey Aronson, '41-'43, Oklahoma City, and '16med, Perkins, who is group commander, said McKinney, '35bus, Oklahoma City, overseas with Owen M. Watt, '436us, Tulsa, have received com- undernourished babies and children are only one a Tactical Air Command ; Bill Hunkapillar, '33eng, missions as second lieutenants direct from the of the many problems facing the 134th Medical Durant, serving with the Field Artillery in the ranks. Both were with Infantry units in Germany . Group, which is administering civilian and military South Pacific, and Bland West, '371aw, Norman, Lieutenant Aronson, holder of the Bronze Star and hospitalization throughout American-o c c u p i e d intelligence officer with the 103rd Division in the Combat Infantryman's Badge, was attached to Czechoslovakia . Europe . the Seventh Army. Alfred H. D. Hawk, '38-'39, Norman, and Jeff "It is beyond imagination," said Colonel Wilhite . Those advanced to the rank of major include: R. Mullinix, '38-'41, Oklahoma City, have been "There have been times when we had to establish Harry S. McMillan, '29pharm, Supply, executive commissioned second lieutenants in the Army Air 1,000-bed hospitals overnight ." He said the group's officer of an Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific; Force. hospitals were all filled to well over capacity, many Roy E. Grantham, '341aw, Ponca City, with a as much as 300 percent. Replacement regiment at Fort Ord, California; Colonel Wilhite noted that German physicians Robert S. Love, '331aw, Purcell, overseas with the Graduate from West Point amputate more freely than Allied medical men. He Pield Artillery; and Quynton R. Hampton, '37-'41, Among the Oklahomans who graduated from found more than 1,000 amputation cases in one Norman, assistant acting chief of staff at Fifth the United States Military Academy at West Point, hospital. Russians suffered the worst treatment of Army headquarters in Italy. New York, in June were three former students of any prisoners in German hands, Colonel Wilhite Promoted to captain were the following: Joe W. the University . They were George E. Wyatt, Jr., declared . Amspacher, '37-'41, Norman, with the Air Force '40-'42, Oklahoma City ; Robert E. Lee, '39-'42, in India; Sanford O. Lorette, '36-'42, Vinita ; Oklahoma City, and Frank A. LaBoon, '40-'42, Charles L. Coates, '40bus, Oklahoma City, at the Chickasha . All three received commissions as second Army Air Force Liaison Office, Borden General lieutenants . Letters from Alumni Hospital, Chickasha ; Warren J. Bale, '43eng, Lodge Both Lieutenant Wyatt and Lieutenant LaBoon June 4, 1945 Pole, Nebraska, squadron navigator of the 451st have entered the Corps of Engineers . Lieutenant Dear Mr. Beaird : Bombardment group in Italy; Roy Steele, '321aw, Lee's commission is in the Field Artillery. Altus, member of the judge Advocate General's From the news and letters you have put out since department; Jack Florence, '43med, Cushing, you returned it seems like you are back in the with the Third Crowe, Caucus in Salzburg harness instead of the saddle! Either way it's good physician Army ; Charles C. to hear from you and get the "scuttlebutt." '40-'41, Oklahoma City, overseas with a Bombard- Salzburg, Germany, was the scene of a recent ment squadron ; A. M. Brixey, '43med, Norman, discussion of Oklahoma politics when three former It would be good to shoot the breeze with Dr. overseas with an Evacuation hospital of the Ninth University men and prominent state political Ewing over a cup of your cafeteria coffee, and Army ; Monty G. Martin, '416s, '43ms, Winnsboro, figures met there for lunch. The trio consisted of maybe afterwards take him on in a game of Texas, with occupation forces in the Baltic area ; Maj. Mac Q. Williamson, '10, Pauls Valley, former snooker . Is Mr . Owens still the boss in there? Shaw D. Ray, Jr ., '39, Yukon, C-47 pilot with the attorney general ; Maj. Joe B. Thompson, '27ba, Just to let you know what I've been doing, I'll l7irst Allied Airborne unit; Joe N. Magee, Jr., Ardmore, former state senator, and Capt. Harold give you a resume . I'm skipper of an LST and, '41eng, Robstown, Texas, overseas as an air engi- Freeman, '26, Pauls Valley, former speaker of the since October, we have hit every beach we and aeering squadron officer with a Bombardment House. Captain Freeman arranged for the luncheon "General Mac" could find. Every one on the ship group; Leonard A. Kratzer, '40eng, Tulsa, overseas to be held in Salzburg, where he was stationed . has the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two with an Ordnance company ; Marion H. Basham, Major Williamson and Major Thompson were stars. That's all the stars you can get. We were in '386a, '40ma, San Diego, California, liaison officer stationed in a nearby town. All are officers in the a couple of tight spots but made it O.K. They even with the 15th Army ; Burton E. Hull, Jr., '39eng, Military Government branch of the occupation shot up the barber's electric hair clippers, and Houston, Texas, at the Fort Worth Army Air force. shrapnel cut down the signal halyards on the Field; Gene Levy, '37ba, Muldrow, overseas with bridge. . . . I've dished out a few Purple Hearts, a Weather squadron : and Alfred Houser, '38-'39, and the Doc even recommended me for one for Apache, with the Air Transport Command, at Flight Surgeon for Squadron scratches and bruises! I cracked a couple of ribs in Memphis, Tennessee . Lt. Comdr. F. W. Gross, '37med, Lindsay, is one melee. We were at Okinawa on D-Day. I could Advanced to the rank of first lieutenant were flight surgeon for Naval Air Transport Squadron tell you more about that place, but that's all the Paul H. Hyatt, '42, Muskogee, who is with the 11 . Commander Gross not only is charged with censors will allow.

JULY, 1945 Another Sooner grad is skipper of another LST -Jack Britton from Shawnee. We talked O.U. all during a "poop" conference. The lucky dog just got back from overhaul in the States where he had 30 days leave. I had six days in September of 1943 . I ran the North Atlantic for about a year and a half; have been on this ship one year and Medical School eight days! I don't know whether Oklahoma is ready for me or not, but I'm sure ready for By BEVERLY HOWARD York ; Elmcr G. Murphy, Stillwater, Bethesda, Oklahoma. Maryland ; Hugh W. Payton, Shawnee, You know, I got my law degree and hood- Iowa City, winked the Iowa ; Newton C. Smith, Cherokee, Camp Lejeune, Oklahoma Supreme Court into letting SEVENTY-TWO graduates of the School of Medicine North Carolina, and James R. Winterringer, Still- me by the bar, so if I want to go to school again and 33 graduates of the School of Nursing received water, Bainbridge, Maryland . I'll have to take up engineering! That's the last degrees at commencement exercises held in the straw! The six civilian students in the class were the Municipal Auditorium 1n Oklahoma City June 15 . following : Sue Elizabeth Browder, Woodward, Sincerely, Speaker for the occasion was Maj. Gen. DAVID C. MATTHEWS, '42law George Boston ; Martha Jene Burke, Oklahoma City, At- F. Lull, deputy surgeon general of the United lanta, Georgia ; Dorotly E. Gore, Blanchard ; Lt. (jg), USNR States Army, who spoke on the work of the FPO, San Francisco. Benjamin F. Gorrell, Tulsa, Omaha, Nebraska ; Army Medical Department and the advances made Paul J. Ottis, Okarche, Oklahoma City, and Clyde June 1, 1945 in medical science during the war. E. Tomlin, Oklahoma City, Mr. R. W. Hutto Madison, Wisconsin . Fifty Medical School graduates received reserve Receiving degrees as graduate nurses were the Security National Bank commissions as first lieutenants in the Army along Norman, Oklahoma following : Fern Adams, Payson ; Frances Bailey, with their degrees . They, with their home towns Altus; Vera Barnard, Okmulgec ; Alberta Blount, Dear Sir : and the I received a letter yesterday from Ted Beaird of cities in which they will serve their Soiling ; Marvn Bush, Wetumka ; Jeanne Crawford, the Alumni Association at O.U ., saying you had interneships, are as follows : Vinita ; Virginia Dees, Healdton ; Margaret Dewar, arranged for my enrollment as an active member in Edward A. Allgood, Altus, Fort Worth, Texas; Rogers, Arkansas ; Eva Dean Dick, Vinita ; Natalie the Alumni Association . This was a very pleasant Broadway Broadrick, Chickasha, Dallas ; Arthur Evans, Pauls Valley ; Sarah Ferguson, Stillwater ; surprise to me as I have been receiving bulletins M. Brown, Jr., Muskogee, Tulsa; D. Nello Brown, Anna R. Hogue, Purcell ; Georgia Holland, Chester ; news letters, and the Sooner Magazine of late an

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