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From: Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) To: Advocates for Harvard ROTC Subject: All other military veterans among Harvard alumni Harvard graduates have a long proud history of serving as warriors in the United States military. Based on hard data from the Harvard Alumni Association, 11,319 Harvard alumni were on active duty during WWI. An illustrative sample of the documented % of military veterans in various Harvard College classes includes: H-1937 (70%); H-1939 (76%); H-1960 (66%); H-1942 (85%); H-1943 (88%); H-1944 (89%) and H-1963 (23%). During the Korean War, 60% of the Harvard classes served in the US military. 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 1838 Lt. Colonel Edmund Burke Whitman US Army (Quartermaster Corps, US Volunteers Army of Tennessee) Edmund Burke Whitman was born in East Bridgewater (MA) in 1812 as the son of farmer. He left home at age 15 to work in Vermont at an apothecary as well as a teacher and several sales jobs. A few years later, Edmond was accepted as a “charity” / scholarship student at Phillips Exeter Academy where he prepared for Harvard. He married his Massachusetts born wife, Nancy, right after he graduated from college and continued at Harvard for an AM degree, which he was awarded in 1841. He subsequently was appointed headmaster of the Hopkins Classical School in Cambridge (MA) and he became active in the anti-slavery movement as well as temperance societies. After his wife died in 1855, he moved to Lawrence Kansas with his 4 small children. Edmund married his 2nd wife, Lucretia, with whom he had one son. He joined the struggle to have Kansas become a “free” state and became friends with the radical abolitionist, John Brown, who was hanged in 1859 for his insurrection and unsuccessful raid on the US federal armory at Harpers Ferry (VA). In October 1862, Edmund was appointed as a captain and assistant quartermaster in the Union Army attached to Brigadier General Green Clay Smith's brigade and served in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. During this period, he was also involved in the suppression of riots and disturbances in both Dayton and Montgomery County in Ohio. He was promoted in December 1863 to chief quartermaster of the Army District of Tennessee with the responsibility to ensure the combat readiness of his unit through the acquisition of all supplies and animals as well as repairing and building bridges. After the war in December 1865, Major General G. H. Thomas US Army appointed Edmond as an assistant quartermaster with the responsibility for setting up the United States National Cemetery system for fallen Union soldiers. In this role, he visited battlefields, cemeteries and other places where Union soldiers were buried in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Edmund had to select and purchase the sites for the national cemeteries, supervise their construction and prepare mortuary records in those states. Whitman’s writings detailed procedures for gathering information for locating graves and discovering identities of the fallen soldiers which served as a blueprint for similar efforts in subsequent conflicts. In executing his mission, he faced periodic hostility from numerous white Southerners but also received the support of many black Southerners. Edmund viewed his Herculean task as a crusade and a sacred act honoring those who sacrificed their lives for their country. He wrote that “the government held a stewardship which must be rendered to the spirit of humanity and Christian patriotism to the friends of republican liberty of human freedom and progress throughout the world." During his 4 year tenure running the US National Cemeteries, he located the remains of thousands of Union soldiers and was responsible for the reburial with honor more than 100,000 Union casualties of the Civil War. He remained on active duty until his work was completed in August 1869. After leaving the military, Edmund taught briefly in Louisville, Kentucky before returning to Cambridge, where he lived until his death in September 1883. page 2
1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1862 Captain Nathaniel S. Shaler US Army (5th Kentucky Battery) Nathaniel was born in Newport (KY) in 1841 as the son of US Army surgeon Nathaniel B. Shaler (H-1827 & HMS 1829. After his only formal education at an Army garrison school, he entered Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School in 1859 as one of the first students of the famed Louis Agassiz, the Swiss born Professor of Zoology and Geology. As an undergraduate, he worked with Agassiz in setting up the collections for the new Museum of Comparative Zoology. During his spare time at college, he joined the “Harvard cadets” volunteer drill company which not only taught military tactics and history but also met each Friday and Saturday for field work at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. After graduating summa cum laude in Geology from Harvard, Nathaniel was commissioned as a captain into the Kentucky 5th Battery where he both recruited and trained his men. He faced combat during the Civil War against Confederate Braxton Bragg in Kentucky as well as opposing Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raids
into Ohio. His battery fought several Mid West campaigns under the various union generals including: Lew Wallace, Don Buell, William Sherman and Ulysses Grant.
After 2 years on active duty, he was afflicted with a severe case of bronchitis and returned to Harvard as a lecturer. In 1869, he was appointed as the Professor of Paleontology and finally as Professor of Geology at Harvard in 1888. Among his students in geology was Theodore Roosevelt (H-1880). Nathaniel founded the Harvard Summer School Program in 1886 which he managed for 20 years and simultaneously served as the Dean of the Scientific School from 1891 to 1901. He received and honorary L.L.D. from Harvard and died 2 years later in Cambridge. 1894 Private Charles Francis Malley Royal Canadian Army (42nd Highlanders, 76th Canadian Infantry) [Died on active duty] Charles was born in Milton (MA) in 1872 to parents who had both emigrated from Ireland. He prepared at Boston Latin for Harvard where he completed 4 years of required course work in just 3 years when he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He subsequently competed 3 years of Harvard Law School in only 2 years and received his LLB degree in 1885. After his admittance to the Massachusetts Bar, Charles became a successful trial lawyer with a leading Boston firm. He was married in 1904 but his only child died 5 years later at the age of only 2 months.
After the US entered World War I, he unsuccessfully attempted to enlist in the US Army but was refused since he was too old at age 45. However, he passionately believed in the Allied cause and enlisted in the Canadian Army which had more flexible age limits. In November 1917, his battalion shipped out to England to prepare for combat in France. During this time, he was granted leave to visit his ancestral homeland in Ireland but due to “extenuating circumstances” he became AWOL and was court martialed.
Charles undertook his own successful defense and the charge was dismissed without a dry eye in the court. In the spring of 1918, he was sent to France and was constantly in the thickest of the fighting and went “over the top” several times. He qualified as an expert marksman and often was assigned the dangerous job of “sniping”. Charles was one of only 127 men out of 740 in his battalion that survived 5 days of fierce fighting at the Bourlon Woods near Cambrai in France. Just 2 days before signing of the Armistice on 9 November 1918, Charles was taken off the front lines with influenza and died a week later in a military hospital in France. He was buried with full military honors in the British cemetery in Etaples, France.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1901 Captain George Livingston Bayard US Navy (CC) (USS Texas) Purple Heart George was born in Phillipsburg, NJ in 1872. At Harvard, he played baseball, football, as well as boxing and crew. At the outbreak of the Spanish American War, he left Harvard and volunteered as a private in the Light Battery “A” of Philadelphia which was composed mostly of college men. He served in the Puerto Rican campaign under General Miles. In 1903 after college and divinity school, he was personally appointed as a chaplain in the Navy by President Roosevelt. He was initially assigned to the European squadron and subsequently served at sea on the USS Texas (BB35) in the South Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific. He took part in hostile operations in Morocco as well as Turkey prior to the capture of Vera Cruz in Mexico in 1914 where he ministered to the wounded and helped bury the dead. After the US entered World I in 1917, he was with the 1st American troops landing in France and assigned to the US Marine Corps. At the time, he was the senior US chaplain in the American Armed Forces in Europe. He was wounded in action in France and returned to the US for recuperations and later was
assigned to the Navy Department in Washington, DC.
Major Philip E. Coyle US Army (Judge Advocate General Department) Philip was born in Portland (ME) in 1878. He attended Portland High School before his acceptance at Harvard College. Following graduation, he entered Harvard Law School and received his LLB and then passed the Massachusetts bar in 1904. For the next 2 years, he worked in the legal department of the Boston elevated Railway Company trying primarily personal injury cases. Philip then joined the Boston law firm of Coolidge & Hight, where he remained for the next 15 years. He had served for several years in the National Guard and then joined a training battalion in 1914. He attended the Citizen’s Military Training Camp at Plattsburg (NY) in 1916. He applied to the JAG and was commissioned a major in February 1918 with orders to the War Department in Washington, DC. He shipped out to France in June 1918 where he remained in Le Havre until returning to the states in July 1919. For his service, He was awarded the Médaille d’Honneur des Affaires Étrangères by France.
Phil was released from active service in October 1919 and returned to his law practice in Boston where he was a member of the Harvard Club of Boston.
Colonel Charles D. Daly US Army (29th Field Artillery) Charlie was born in Boston (MA) in 1880 and attended the Boston Latin School. At Harvard, he was a starter on the varsity football team which won 31 games and only lost 2 games under Coach W. Cameron Forbes and then Coach Dibble. As an undergrad, Charlie was also a member of the Fly and Hasty Pudding Clubs. After his college graduation, he attended the US Military Academy at West Point from where he graduated in 1905 with a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Artillery Corps of the Army and served on the US boarder and Fort Sam Houston. He later resigned from the Army and went into the banking business for a few years before being appointed as the Boston fire commissioner for almost 2 years. By a special act of the US congress, Charlie later re-entered the regular Army and served, Schofield barracks in Hawaii, Camp Dodge, California, Washington and Fort Still (OK) where he eventually became the commanding officer of the Army Artillery School and later attended the Command the General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth (KA). After World War I, He returned to Harvard as an instructor in the Army ROTC and served as the assistant football coach. Charlie as later assigned to West Point where he became the head coach of the football team.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1901 - continued Lt. Commander Eugene H. Douglas US Navy (SC) (USS Utah & USS Huron) [Died on active duty] Gene was born in Boston (MA) in 1880. He attended the Boston Latin prior to Harvard. After college, he was the superintendent of schools in Manila, Philippines for a year before joining the Boston News Bureau as a reporter. In 1905, he was commissioned into the US Navy Paymaster Corps (i.e. later known as the Supply Corps). Over the next decade, he traveled the world with deployments off the coast of the Dominican Republic & Haiti on a Navy gun boat, with the battleship fleet off South Africa and in the Asiatic fleet during the Chinese Revolution in 1911.
At the US entry into World War I in April 1917, Gene was the supply officer for the Pacific fleet on the USS Glacier (AF 4), a supply and munitions ship. He was then transferred to the USS Utah (BB 31) and served off the cost of Ireland and England in the Battleship Division under the command of Admiral Rodgers. He returned to the US
in December 1918 and was the supply officer for the Naval Proving Grounds in Indian Head, MD. In December 1921, he reported aboard the USS Huron (ID 1408) which was a Navy transport ship that served as the flag ship of the Asiatic Fleet and had been used extensively hauling troops to Europe during World War I. Gene died unexpectedly in Manila in the Philippine Islands while on deployment in at the beginning of 1923.
Captain Ralph Weld Gray US Army (301st Ammunition Train, 76th Infantry Division) Croix de Guerre
Ralph was born in Longwood (MA) in 1880. He went to Noble & Greenough to prepare for Harvard College. He attended the Plattsburg Camp for the Harvard ROTC regiment in summer of both 1915 and 1916. He was commissioned in 1917 and sent to France in January 1918. Ralph was assigned to the Office of the Chief Liaison Officer to coordinate American activities with various French Army staffs. He participated in the Meuse- nd Argonne offensive while attached to the 2 French Colonial Army Corps (C.A.C.). In March 1919, he was released from active duty while still in France and 2 months later returned to the US. For his war service, Ralph also was honored & inducted as a Chevalier of the French Order of the Black Star. He later became an architect in the Boston area where he lived with his wife. He was a member of the Harvard Clubs in both Boston & NYC. His Croix de Guerre citation roughly translated from French reads: “(Captain Gray) Liaison officer attached to the 17th (French) Army Corps then the 2nd C.A.C. since 23
September 1918 during a period of very active operations. His exceptional service and devotion provided timely intelligence to the whole (French) Army Corps”
Lt. Colonel Edward. P. Jones US Army (304th Field Artillery, 77th Division)
Ed was born in Yonkers (NY) in 1880 and prepped at the Pomfret School for Harvard. He later graduated from Harvard Law in 1903. He practiced law on Wall Street in NYC before staring his won law firm that focused on the care and management of estates. In 1917, he resigned form his own firm and went to the first Officers Training Camp in th Plattsburgh after which he was commissioned as a captain in the 304 Field Artillery. He sailed for France in April 1918 and was saw combat action in the Vosges Mountains, Baccarat sector, the Aisne-Oisne Campaign (i.e. Vesle River) as well as throughout the Meuse -Argonne offensives. He started as a battery commander and was promoted several times until he returned to the USA in May 1919 as the regimental adjutant. Ed then was released from active duty and became the general counsel for the United State Line in New York City. He later represented the US government on a mission to Central Europe to obtain immigration rights from Germany & Austria for US ships.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1901 - continued Captain Myron D. Smith US Army (33rd Engineers, Corps of Engineers)
Myron was born in Gloucester (MA) in 1880 and graduated from Gloucester High School prior to entering Harvard College. He later worked as an engineer for the Metropolitan Water & Sewage system of Massachusetts for 5 years before moving to Washington DC and eventually becoming the Sanitary Engineering general inspector for the District of Columbia. After the US entered World War I, he volunteered to join the Army Corps of Engineers. After his commissioning as a captain and subsequent training, he served in Camp Hancock (GA) and Fort Devens (MA) before shipping out to France. He was stationed in the Brest area and was involved in the construction of Brest Base #5 for the American Expeditionary Force. He returned form France was released from active duty in July 1919. He then joined the US Public Health Service and was involved in hospital construction.
Major Roger D. Swaim US Army (102nd Field Artillery, 26th Division)
Roger was born in Claremont (NH) in 1872. He prepared for Harvard at the Browne & Nichols School. After college, he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1903. After passing the Massachusetts Bar, he joined the Boston law firm of Hale and Dorr. At the same time, he became a member of the Mass National Guard which was later redesigned the 102nd Field Artillery. In 1916, he served on the Mexican Border with his units as a battery commander. After further training at Fort Sill (OK), he sailed for France in September 1917 with his battalion which he had helped recruit as well as train. In October 1918, he became a battalion commander after combat engagements; in Chemin des Dames sector and the Meuese- Argonne offensive in the Neptune sector. Roger returned to the United States and was released from active duty in April 1919 when he returned to his law firm where he practiced large conveyancing work. Roger was member of the Union Club of Boston.
1st Lt. Harold Winslow US Army (102nd Field Artillery, 26th Division) Gene was born in New Bedford (MA) in 1879. He prepped at St. Mark’s for Harvard. After college, he also joined the Mass National Guard which was as noted above was later redesigned the 102nd Field Artillery. With his classmate roger Swaim, he also shipped out to France in September 1918 and at the front was attached to the 1st Corps Schools in Gondrecourt (France). His combat engagements included: Chemin des Dames sector, La Reine sector (Seicheprey & Xivray-Mar-voisin), Château-Thierry and the Meuese- Aisne offensive (Trugny, Ěpieds & Bois Fère). Harold returned to the United States in October 1918 and was stationed in Fort Knox (KY) as an instructor at the Brigade Firing Center. He released from active duty in December 1918 and returned to New Bedford where he became active in local Republican politics. He was appointed by President Harding as the New Bedford postmaster in 1923. He was a member of the American Legion, Harvard Club of Boston and the Masonic Fraternity. Harold’s citation for bravery from the commander of the 26th Division reads as follows:
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1901 (continued) Lt. Commander William K. Vanderbilt US Navy (USS Tarantula) Bill was born in New York City in 1878 as the great-grandson of the railroad mogul “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt. He prepped at St Marks for Harvard but dropped out after his freshman year. He was an automobile, yachting and horse racing enthusiast who grew up in the lap of luxury at the various Vanderbilt estates. In 1905, he joined the family owned New York Central Railroad. His interest in automobile racing led to building a toll highway across Long Island which was turned over to the state in 1938 and renamed the Long Island Expressway. He was a Lt. (j.g.) in the US Navy Reserve at the beginning of World War I and was activated in May 1917 to take command of the USS Tarantula (SP-124) which formerly was his own personal yacht that Bill had sold to the US Navy in 1917. For the duration of the war, SP-124 was assigned to patrol along the coastal waters of the 3rd Naval District (i.e. CT, NY & NJ). After his release from active duty, Bill rejoined the family business but stayed in the active US Naval Reserve and was later promoted to Lt. Commander. Among his many activities, Bill
was a member of the Harvard Club of New York as well as several private yacht and golf clubs around the world. Upon his father’s death in 1920, Bill became president of the New York Central Railroad. He died from a heart attack in January 1944
1907 Major James Alfred Roosevelt US Army (308th Infantry Battalion, 77th Division) Purple Heart [Died on active duty]
James was born in New York City in 1885 and was a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt and the nephew of President Lowell of Harvard. He attended Noble & Greenough and Milton Academy prior to Harvard where he was member of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 and the Fly Club. After college, he was in the electric and gas utility business until he joined the Army in May 1917. He sailed for France in April 1918 and took part in the following battles in the Baccarat sector: Aisne-Oise offensive (Vesle River) and the Meuse-Argonne offensive. His battalion was the first one to reach and provide relief to the Medal of Honor recipient, Lt. Col. Whittlesey of the “Lost battalion”. Jim safely made it through the war and was sailing home to the United States on the USS Great Northern when he was suddenly stricken with spinal meningitis and died at sea in March 1919.
1916 2nd Lt. William K. Emerson US Army (12th Aero Squadron) Croix de Guerre & Purple Heart [Killed in Action]
He was born in New York City in 1894 and prepared for Harvard at the Middlesex School. At Harvard, he was on the football team and crew as well a member of the Hasty Pudding, Institute of 1770 & the Spee Club. In the summer of his junior year, he served with the American Field Service on the front lines in France. In January 1916, he returned to Harvard and graduated with his class. He returned to France in January 1917 and reenlisted in the American Field Service where he received the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous bravery while evacuating wounded under fire near Monastir, France. At the end of the 1917, he was in Serbia and then returned to France where he was successful in getting commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the US Army Field Artillery. After artillery training and a brief time in 15th Field Artillery, he transferred to the 12th Aero Squadron as an artillery observer. On his first flight near Toulon (France), Lt. Emerson was shot down and died as a result.
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1917 2nd Lt. Harold N. Donovan US Army (304th Infantry, 76th Division) Purple Heart [Killed in Action] Charles was born in Jamaica Plain, Boston (MA) in 1895. After graduating from Boston Latin, he entered Harvard where was a member of the varsity boxing team, Army ROTC and the St. Paul’s Catholic Club. After finishing his 2nd Plattsburg Camp with the Harvard Regiment, he was commissioned into the Army and soon became a battalion intelligence officer.
He sailed in July 1918 to France where he was the 1st officer of his regiment who volunteered to deliver troops to the front which he did under heavy shell fire at Château- Thierry. In August 1918, he was still in Château- Thierry when he was wounded in a fire fight. He was sent to a military hospital where he contracted lobar-pneumonia and died one day before Armistice on 19 November 1918. He was initially buried near Paris but was brought home in 1921 and reburied in Jamaica Plain with full military honors.
1st Samuel J. Kelley US Army (22nd Infantry Division) [Died on active duty] Sam was born in Jamaica Plain, Boston (MA) in 1894. He attended the Berkeley Preparatory School prior to Harvard where was he played football, joined Army ROTC and was an active member of the St. Paul’s Catholic Club. After finishing his 2nd Plattsburg Camp with the Harvard Regiment, he was commissioned into the Infantry. He was initially posted to Fort Niagara and then Governor’s Island in New York Harbor which was the headquarters of his regiment. He was very eager to join the fight in France. However in his anxiety, he never slighted his daily tasks and duties. After being attacked with appendicitis in February 1919, Sam was sent to a military hospital where he fatally contracted peritonitis. His classmate, Herb Sullivan, gave the following obituary for Sam in behalf of their Harvard class: “Although Kelley died on this side, he gave his life while in the service of his country for a cause, the rightfulness and justice of which he never questioned. In one sense, his giving of his life in this country in the performance of his duty involving more routine and less glory but requiring more patience and unquestioning obedience to orders, marks him as a real soldier as
constituted that, if it had fallen to his lot to serve in France, his friends may rest assured that his record there would have been inspiring.”
1919 Private Samuel B. Adams US Army (US Army Ambulance Service) Purple Heart [Died from War wounds] Sam was born in 1892 in Cambridge (MA) and graduated from Cambridge Latin where he was on the football team. For 2 years prior to college, he worked in the woolen mills in Andover (MA). He took a leave of absence from Harvard after his sophomore year to enlist in the Army. Sam sailed for France where his unit was assigned to the French 25th Division. In the course of his combat engagement at Argonne Forest, Verdun, Vesle & the Aisne fronts, Sam was gassed 6 times. During the battle for the Vesle River from 25 July to 6 August 1918, he was rewarded by General Pétain as the most deserving man in his section. He returned to the US in April 1919 and finished his undergraduate studies in time to graduate with the Harvard class of 1920. Due to ill health resulting from gas and exposure in the trenches, he moved to New Hampshire and was unable to continue with the study of Law. Sam married in 1922 and his wife became his faithful nurse and companion until his died in 1925 as a direct result of his War related injuries.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1919 (continued) Private Richard K. Baker US Army (101st Field Artillery, 25th Division ) Richard was born in 1896 in Canton (MA) and entered Harvard after preparing at the Middlesex (MA). He enlisted in the Army in August 1917 after his sophomore year and sailed for France only a month later. His combat engagements included: the Marne- Aisne, Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne offensives. He returned to the USA in April 1919 and was discharged from active duty. After receiving a war degree from Harvard, he entered the investment business and lived in Sherborn (MA) with his wife and family.
Lt. Commander Edmund Billings US Navy (USS Quincy) Purple Heart [Killed in Action]
Ed was born in Boston in 1887. He prepared for Harvard at Roxbury Latin School. During World War I, he was an Army private in the Chemical Warfare Service. After graduating from Harvard, he was a research chemist in Hastings, New York for 2 years before accepting an executive position with Cabot Incorporated in Boston. Ed was later promoted to Vice President and Director and was responsible for a number of significant developments in Cabot’s carbon black business. With war clouds on the horizon, he volunteered to accept a direct commission as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve in November 1939 and was called to active duty in December 1940. Ed reported aboard the USS Quincy (CA 39) in January 1942 and later became the communications officer. For the following year, USS Quincy was involved in patrol and convoy duties in the North and South Atlantic before reporting for combat duty in the South Pacific. Ed was killed in action on 9 August 1942 when the USS Quincy was protecting the initial landing of the US Marine Corps on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and sunk by the Japanese during the Battle of Savo Island.
Ensign Jean-Jacques Bertschmann US Navy (USS Seattle) Jack was born in 1896 in New York City as the grandson of the Swiss consul General. H prepared for Harvard at Phillips Exeter. During his sophomore year at Harvard, he enlisted into the Navy in April 1917 and reported aboard the Scout Patrol Boat 40. In a record time, Jack was promoted as a Chief Boatswain’s Mate and reported aboard the armored cruiser USS Seattle (ACR 11) in the Atlantic fleet. After instructor duty, Jack was promoted to ensign in January 1919 and appointed as the commanding officer of on submarine Chaser 436 before his release form active duty in March 1919. Ed returned to Harvard to complete his undergraduate degree before starting a general insurance business in New York City. He died in November 1938 in Stamford (CT).
Lt. Commander Arthur D. Brewer US Navy (various Dirigible [lighter than air] Squadrons) Art was born in 1896 in Medford (MA) and also graduated from Phillips Exeter before attending Harvard. As a college sophomore in May 1917, he also enlisted into the Navy. After boot camp, he reported to the Naval Aviation Detachment in Akron (OH). Art was commissioned as an ensign in June 1917 and 4 months later he sailed for France for duty at the US Naval Air Station at Paimboueuf (France) as a Naval aviator blimp pilot. In October 1918, he was transferred to the US Naval Air Station at Guipavas (France).After the end of the war, Ed returned to the USA for duty in Naval Air Stations initially in Chatham (MA) and later Rockaway (NY) as a dirigible officer. After his release from active duty in May 1920, he went in the advertising business and later was the advertising manager for Ciba Pharmaceutical. Art was recalled to active duty as Lt. Commander in July 1942 as a blimp pilot in anti submarine patrol duty based in Lakehurst (NJ) and later the Naval Advocates Air Station for Harvard in Elizabeth ROTC City (NC).
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1st Lt. Hugh Bridgman US Army (49th Aero Squadron, 2nd Pursuit Group) Hugh was born in 1897 in Salem (MA) where he went to the local high school before Harvard. After his college sophomore year, he volunteered to be an ambulance driver in the America Field Service and worked wit the French Army on the Argonne front. He then enlisted as a private 1st class in the US Army and was assigned to the Aviation Section of the Signal corps in September 1917. After flight school in France, he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant and in June 1918 he was initially assigned to the Lafayette Escadrille Spad 98, 21st Group in Chartres (France) and a few months later to the 49th Aero Squadron. Hugh participated in the following combat engagements: Château-Thierry, Champaigne-Marne defensive, Marne-Aisne, Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. He was credited with the destruction of 1 German airplane and received an official citation from General Pershing which read: “For distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Aincreville, France”. He was returned to the USA and was released from active duty in March 1919 and became a Wall Street financial investor and advisor.
Corporal Henry W. Broughton US Army (101st Field Artillery, 26th Division) Purple Heart [Killed in Action] Henry was born in Jamaica Plan (MA) in 1896 and went to Milton Academy before Harvard where he was an athlete and a competitive swimmer. After his freshman year, he enlisted in the National Guard in 1916 when Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa attacked the American border town of Columbus, New Mexico. He was activated and sent to the US border and Northern Mexico with General John J. Pershingto find and capture Villa. Aftert his action, Henry returned to Harvard before being activated and federalized and was shipped to France in September 1917. He was contiuously on the front for over a year with no furlough and participated in the following battles: Chemin des Dames, La Reine, Troyon, Champaigne-Marne defensive, Marne- Aisne, Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. Henry volunteered as a battalion runner under 5 hours of heavy German bombardment. He as wounded during this battle as a result contracted a fatal case of pneumonia from which he died in Beaune (France) in October 1918. He was recommended for a Distinguished Service Cross which never materialized.
Major Chester W. Cook US Army Air Corps (26th Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Purple Heart Chet was born in Worcester (MA) in 1896. He prepared for Harvard at Mercersburg Academy (PA). He complete his officer training with the Harvard regiment at Plattsburg (NY) in August 1917 and 3 months later received his commissioned into the 301st Infantry Battalion (76th Division). In July 1918, his unit sailed for France where he was transferred to the 1st Infantry Division. Chester was involved in the Saint-Mihiel offensive and wounded at the battle at Haumount-les-Lachayseséé in September 1918. He returned to the USA in January 1919 when he was released from active duty due to his physical disability resulting from his wounds on the battlefield. After returning to Harvard and graduating with the class of 1920, Chet eventually became a manager in the advertising business until he again volunteered for active duty as a captain in the Army Air Corps in April 1942 and served in the military along with his 2 sons. After serving a commanding officer of a couple of Basic Flying Training Squadron, Chet shipped overseas in January 1944 to the European theater of operations and was attached to the Civil Affairs Division of the British Army. He was member of the Harvard Club of New York.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1919 (continued) Major Charles J. Coulter US Army Air Corps (7th Northern Bombing Group) Purple Heart Chuck was bon in New York City in 1896 and graduated from the Pomfret School before entering Harvard. He joined the 8th Massachusetts Militia in 1915 and was federalized for active duty and sent to El Paso (TX) for 6 months in 1916 during the hostilities with Pancho Villa. He returned to Harvard and joined the Harvard ROTC regiment. At the personal request of Medal of Honor recipient General Leonard Wood USA, he became an instructor in Fort Riley (KA). Chuck enlisted in the regular Army in January 1918 and was assigned to Officer Training School at Camp Upton on Long Island (NY). However, he instead volunteered as a private to ship out to France with the 305th Infantry (77th Division). He was soon promoted to corporal and then sergeant and sent to the 4th British Army Musketry School in St. Omar (France). Chuck was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in July 1918 and joined the 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment (28th Division) where he served as company commander and later a battalion commander. He was wounded in combat and participated in the following engagements: Château-Thierry, Orcq-Vesle, Vesle-Aisne, the Argonne Forest as well as the Thiacourt and Baccarat Sectors. He was released from active duty in the fall of 1919 and briefly was in the paint business before buying a seat on the NY Stock Exchange on Wall Street as an odd lot broker with Ontivia, E.F. Hutton and later his own company.
Private Harmon Bushnell Craig US Army (65th Division-French Army) Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre [Killed in Action] Ham was born in 1895 in New York City as the son of well known actors and grew up in Brookline (MA) where he went to high school. At Harvard, he was an editor of the Crimson and an active member of the Harvard Dramatic Club, the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 and DKE. In 1916 during his sophomore year, he volunteered with his brother and group of other college students to be an ambulance driver of the American Field Service. He sailed to France and went to the front attached to the 65th Division of the French Army. After 6 days of liberty in Paris with his mother and brother, he rejoined his unit at Verdun in the middle of a fierce battle. During a heavy bombardment on 15 July 1017, he finished his shift but was asked to remain since they were short of men. Ham was then struck by a German shell which killed several near him and later he was taken to the hospital where his leg had to be amputated. He
died the next day from loss of blood and was buried with full military honors and was awarded a posthumous Croix de Guerre.
2nd Lt. Ralph J. Feigl US Army (7th Field Artillery, 1st Division) Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre [Killed in Action] Ralph was born in New York City where he went to the Cutler School to prepare for Harvard. He entered the Officer training camp at Plattsburg (NY) in May 1917 and 3 months later was commissioned into the Army Artillery. He sailed for France in September 1917 and later was assigned as an artillery observer and liaison with the 6th Infantry division in the Tour sector. On one occasion, Ralph personally intercepted a German signal for a surprise attached which was then successfully defeated. After 3 months of hazardous combat, he was about to be relived from the front for rest and recreation but was fatally struck be a German shell fragment at Beaumont in the Ansauville sector of France. His citation for the Croix de Guerre reads: “2nd Lt. Feigl exposed himself to terrific fire while making his way the Artillery telephone line for the purpose of calling for a barrage which was quickly and effectively executed. He displayed exceptional courage, devotion to duty and utter disregards for his personal safety.”
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1919 (continued) 2nd Lt. Edward H. Hooper US Army (50th Aero Squadron) Purple Heart [Killed in Action]
Ed was born in 1896 in Boston and graduated from the Berkshire School (MA) prior to entering Harvard. He went to the 1st official Officer Training Camp in Plattsburg (NY) and was 1. HARVARD COLLEGEcommissioned into theby Cavalry. CLASS In December (continued) 1917, he sailed for France where he graduated from Aerial Observers School. He was sent immediately to the Front where his combat engagements included: Chemin des Dames and Saint- Mihiel offensive. In September 1918, he and his pilot where far over German lines on a foggy morning when they were attacked by 3 German fighter planes. Although they put up a stiff fight, Ed and his pilot were shot down and killed.
1st Lt Theodore R. Hostetter Royal Flying Corps (British Aero Squadron 3) [Killed in Action]
Ted was born in 1897in Allegheny (PA) and prepped for Harvard at the Pomfert School (CT). August 1917, he enlisted as an aviation cadet in the Royal Flying Corps which was the initial name for the RAF. After flight training in Canada, he was commissioned and sailed to England in January 1918. After completing Aerial gunnery school, he was posted to British Aero Squadron 54 until he was wounded in action in April 1918. After a 4 month invalid recuperation leave in England, he returned to the front with Aero Squadron 3. His combat engagements included the Lys Defensive and Cambri. Ted was fatally shot down on a patrol in September 1918 near Masnières (France)
2nd Lt. James Dana Hutchinson French Army (504th Tank Regiment) Croix de Guerre & Military Cross (UK) Jim was born in 1896 in Boston and went to Milton Academy before Harvard. As a college sophomore, he volunteered to become an ambulance driver in the American Field Service with the French Army on the Verdun and Soissons fronts. In February 1918, he enlisted in the French Army as a gunner and was sent to Artillery and then Tank Schools in France. His combat engagements included: Hooglede, Pitthem, Lichtervelde, Plateau of Thielt and Ansegehn Station (Belgium). For his courage in combat, he was awarded 2 Croix de Guerre, one of which honored his significant contribution in the capture of 64 German prisoners. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. of the French Army in march 1919 before his return to the US. As a civilian, he was in charge of a retail coal company before accepting a position as Treasure of the E.D. Clapp Manufacturing Company.
Lt. Marion Whitney Lee US Navy (USS Arkansas) Marion was born in Southampton (NY) in 1897 and prepped for Harvard at the Morristown School (NJ) which is now known as the Morristown-Beard School. He enlisted in Navy in April 1917 when the US entered World War I. He was initially stationed at Newport (RI) before being sent to the US Naval Academy where he was commissioned as an Ensign completing NROTC training in September with orders to report aboard the USS Arkansas (BB33) with a home port in Norfolk (VA). His battleship patrolled the East Coast and trained gun crews until July 1918 until ordered to Britain to operate with the Grand Fleet as the 6th Battle Squadron. While approaching the Royal Navy base in Rosyth, the battleship fired on what was thought to be a periscope from a German U- boat. The destroyers escorting Arkansas dropped depth charges but did not hit the alleged submarine. After his release from active duty in February 1919, Marion entered the import and export business in New York. During World War II when requested by the US, he spent some time in Ecuador to develop a new source of tannin for the leather Advocates business. for Harvard ROTC
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1919 (continued) 1st Lt. Delmar Leighton US Marine Corps (7th Squadron, Northern Bombing Group)
Del was born in 1897 in Tunkhannock (PA) as the son of a truck farmer. After Phillips Exeter, he entered Harvard College following his older brother (H-14). In 1917, he interrupted his college studies by enlisting as seaman in the Navy. After boot camp in Cape May (NJ), Del transferred to the Naval Aviation Detachment at MIT where he was promoted to quartermaster chief. In February 1918, Chief Leighton was sent to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola (FL) for flight school. Upon graduation and earning his wings of gold as a Naval aviator in June 1918, he elected to be commissioned as 2nd Lt. in the US Marine Corps and immediately shipped out for st st th France to join the 1 Squadron of the 1 Marine Aviation Force but was attached to the 7 Squadron of the Northern Bombing Group. The prime mission of his aviation unit was to attack German held ports & submarine pens and Del was involved in several combat sorties.
After his release from active duty in January 1919, Del returned to Harvard to complete his undergraduate degree. Upon his college graduation, he worked for a cotton finishing manufacturer for a year until the mill closed due to a down swing of a business cycle. He took the advice of his boss and returned to Cambridge to earn his MBA from Harvard Business School. In 1926, he accepted a position on the staff of assistant deans in the College and also began teaching the introductory economics course for undergraduates. He simultaneously continued his academic studies and earned his PHD by 1930 and accepted the position as the first Dean of freshmen in 1931. As Dean of the Harvard College in the 1950’s, Del revitalized the Harvard House system by installing "senior tutors" to live in the upper-class Houses as do Oxford & Cambridge Universities. In his own words: "I backed into deaning after trying the textile business and teaching economics”. He died in 1965.
Ensign John Langdon Leighton US Navy (USS Leviathan) John was born in 1896 in St. Louis (MO) and prepared at St. Mark’s School for Harvard where he followed in footsteps of his father (H-1888) and older brother (H-17). He played freshman football and was on the varsity baseball team. After his sophomore year, he enlisted into the Navy at the outbreak of World War I. After boot camp, he was a coxswain on USS Harvard (SP 209) and the USS Taniwha (SP129) before receiving orders for the Naval Intelligence Office in Brooklyn (NY) in September 1917. He sailed for Europe on the USS Leviathan (ID 136) in December 1917 and 3 months later he was assigned to the Intelligence section of the US Naval Headquarters in London (UK) where he was involved in locating and tracking German submarines. In September 1918, John was directly commissioned as an ensign on the staff of Admiral Sims. After his release from active duty in March 1919, John returned to Harvard and completed his AB degree. He moved to New York City and spent the next 15 years in advertising business until his untimely death in 1936.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1919 (continued) Major Charles Warren Lippitt US Army (1st Infantry Division)
Charlie was born in 1894 in Providence (RI) as the son of the Governor of Rhode Island and nephew of a US Senator. Prior to Harvard, he went to Morris Heights Prep in Providence. In April 1917, he enlisted in a Field artillery battery of the RI National Guard which was federalized 4 months later. Charlie was promoted to sergeant and sailed for France in October rd 1917with the 103 Field Artillery. His combat engagements included: Chemin des Dames and the La Reine sectors (i.e. Seucheore & Xivray-Marvoisin) and Château- Thierry. At the end of the War, Charlie was assigned to the American Students Detachment at the University of Paris until he returned to the USA and was discharged from active duty in July 1919. After returning to Harvard and receiving his degree in 1921, Charlie stayed in the Army reserve and initially went into the manufacturing business. After moving to New York City, he went into financial management and eventually became Vice President of both the American refunding Corporation as well as the Seneschal Corporations before being recalled to active duty in February 1941.
Charlie was initially assigned to be an artillery instructor at Fort Bragg (NC) before volunteering for a transfer to the Infantry. In June 1942, he deployed overseas and served as the staff Intelligence Officer (S2) of an Artillery Division. He participated in the invasion of North Africa at Oran and took part in the Tunisian Campaign as well as at the shocking defeat at Kasserine Pass and the victories under General Patton at both Gafsa-El Guettar and Tunis. After World War II, he returned to Providence where he died in 1970
1st Lt. Royal Little US Army (167th Infantry, 42nd Division)
Royal Little was born in Wakefield (MA) in 1896,into a family which wandered throughout the nation as his stepfather sought employment as a printer. He was the nephew of Arthur D. Little, who had founded and led a prominent consulting firm in Cambridge (MA) which bore his name. Since his uncle and aunt were childless, Royal was offered the opportunity in 1910 to return to Boston be a member of his uncle’s household and eventually enter the family consulting business. The family agreed. Royal was enrolled in what eventually became the Noble and Greenough School which was then located in Boston. Nobel. He then went to Harvard to study engineering where he ran into academic difficulty and was put on probation as a freshman. The following spring he took a leave of absense and joined the Army and attended the Officer training camp at Plattsburg (NY) from where he was directly commissioned as 1st Lt. in the Infantry in November 1917.
Two months later, Royal sailed for France where remained at the front for almost a year and participated in the following combat operations: Lunéville and Baccarat sectors, Champaigne- Marne defensive and offensive campaigns at Marne- Aisne, Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He once wrote that during that time, “I soon earned the reputation of being the fastest man in the outfit with an entrenching tool”. After the cessation of hostilities, Royal spent 6 months in Germany with the Army of Occupation until returning to the states and being released from active duty in May 1919. Instead of entering his uncle's business, Royal took a job as an apprentice at Cheney Brothers Silk Company and later went to work at a small rayon manufacturer where he had an opportunity to buy an interest in the company with $2,000 of war bonds that he had saved with his Army pay. 3 months later, the stock in this company was worthless. He then worked at a variety of other textile firms and a stint at a Wall Street brokerage, where he learned finance. In 1923, Royal borrowed a few thousand dollars to start another company with 3 employees called Atlantic Rayon which almost broke even over the next 5 years and struggled to survive during the New Deal of the 1930’s. After the start of World War II, Royal changed the name of his company to Atlantic Parachute which became a major and highly successful contractor to the US government as part of the war effort. After the war, the corporate name was again changed to Textron as signal of Royal’s intention to transform his company into a major textile concern. After acquiring several other textile manufactures and mills, Textron had reported sales exceeding $125 million by 1947. However, the textile busniess turned out to be very cycle due to recessions following the boom years of the late 1940’s. To spread his market risks, Royal started to buy companies in several other industries with improvement potential and had the added advantage of avoiding any anti trust problems. In effect, Royal had became the pioneer and “father” of conglomerates. In 1960, Royal retired as chairman of Textron which by then had revenues of over $550 million. After 29 years of retirement, Royal died at his home in the Bahamas in January of 1989.
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1st Lt. Samuel Pierce Mandell US Army (20th Aero Squadron, 1st Day Bomber Group) Purple Heart [Killed in Action]
Sam was born in Boston in 1897 and went to St. Mark’s School prior to Harvard where he was followed by his 2 younger brothers (H-24 & H-29). Just prior to the US entry into World War I, st Sam enlisted as a Private 1 class with the Aviation Section of the Army Signal Corps in Newport News (VA). 2 months later he was sent to the School of Military Aeronautics at MIT from which he was commissioned as a 1st Lt. in July 1917. Sam sailed for France in December th 1917 and had several months of further aviation training before joining the 20 Aero Squadron where he participated in the following combat engagements: Saint-Mihiel offensive, Toul Sector and the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He participated in over 17 raids over enemy territory and received credit for shooting down a German airplane. On 7 November 1918, Sam participated in the last American sortie of the war which was a successful raid on the enemy lines. On his return from this mission, he was attacked at 12,000 feet over Martincourt (France) by a German plane.
Despite a hopelessly shot up plane, Sam was able to maintain enough control of his falling aircraft to break the severity of crash and his flight observer was able to walk away uninjured but Sam was hurt badly. German troops left him alone for a while but Sam was in cold blood as he lay helplessly wounded by a German infantry captain. His body was eventually retuned to the USA for reburial in Mt. Auburn cemetery in Cambridge (MA). The following citation is noted in the general orders of the Headquarters Army Air Corps Service: “For exceptional devotion to duty, 1st Lt. S.P. Mandell, Air Service, US Army, as pilot of the 2oth Aero Squadron, 1st Day Bomber Group, participated in every raid made by the Squadron in the Argonne-Meuse sector during October 1918”
Major Edwin T. Martin US Army (53rd Infantry, 6th Division) Purple Heart
Ed was born in Lynn (MA) in 1896 and graduated from public high school in nearby Marblehead (MA) prior to Harvard College. During May 1917, he enlisted into the Massachusetts National Guard with 1st Engineers Battalion and the transferred to the 1st Field Artillery battalion which was st th federalized in July 1917 as the 101 Field Artillery, 26 Division. He sailed for France in September 1917 where he remained on the front lines where he was wounded both in April and July of 1918 and then gassed at the end of September 1918. His combat engagements included: Chemin des Dames and the La Reine sectors as well as Marne-Aisne and Saint-Mihiel. He remained with the Army of Occupation in Germany until he returned to the US and received his discharge from active duty in April 1919. Max then returned to Harvard to complete his undergraduate degree which he received in 1920. For the next 2 years, he was teacher at the Middl S h l (MA)
Ed then moved to California where he accepted a position as first as an instructor and then Dean of Pomona Junior College where he remained until he was recall to active duty into the Army Air Corps during June 1942.
Major Maxwell M. Martin US Army (53rd Infantry, 6th Division)
Max was born in 1895 in Parsons (KA) where he went to high school before attending Emporia College (KA) and later Harvard College. He entered the Army in August 1917 as a candidate in the Office Training Camp in Fort Oglethorpe (GA) st from which he was commissioned at 1 Lt. He sailed from France in July 1918 and participated in both the Meuse – Argonne offensive and battles in the Anould sector. After the war, Max returned to Harvard to finish his undergraduate degree. He later returned to Kansas and eventually became Vice President and manager of both his own furniture company as well as funeral home.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1919 (continued) Lt. Colonel Howland H. Pell US Army (307th Infantry)
LTC Pell was born in Paris (France) in 1897 and went to St. Paul’s School prior to Harvard. In st August 918, Howland enlisted as a Private 1 class before going to Officer Training School at Ft. Lee (VA). He was discharged in November 1918. After release from active duty, he graduated from Harvard law school in 1922 and was admitted to the NY Bar with the Law firm of Cravath, Henderson Leffingwell & de Gersdorff in NYC. In 1928, he accepted a position with a client, Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation, where he eventually became a vice president in 1941.During these years, he remained in the active Army Reserve until he was activated as a major in the Infantry in September. He sailed for North Africa in February 1943 and was involved in special operations with the duty of running an OCS for the indigenous population. Howland was a member of the Harvard Club of NYC as well as the Union Club and various military and patriotic societies,
Commander Myron T. Richardson US Navy (USS Arizona, USS Clark, USS Kenmore)
Myron was born in Newton (MA) in 1897 and prepared for Harvard at Newburyport (MA) High School. He enlisted into the Navy in April 1917. 3 months later, he was released from active duty and returned to Harvard. He was recalled to active duty in April 1918 and assigned to Officer Material School in Cambridge (MA) where he was promoted to a chief boatswain’s mate. In October 1918, he was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy. Over the next 15 years on active duty, he served on board the USS Sierra, USS Von Steuben & USS Manley as the engineering Officer, USS Isherwood as torpedo officer and later engineering officer, USS Hopkins as executive offer and navigator and the USS Pecos in the Far East. From 1941 to 1942, he was the commanding officer of the USS Clark and then the chief engineer of the USS Arizona. Myron then again assumed command of the USS Clark in the South Pacific from 1941 to 1942 and the USS Kenmore in the Pacific for the next 2 years. He later assumed command of a division of Destroyer Escorts.
Lt. Colonel Horatio Rogers US Army (MC) (26th division) Purple Heart
Horatio was born in Clinton (MA) in 1897 and prepared for Harvard at the Moses Brown School in Providence (RI) and the Volkmann School in Boston. He enlisted as a private in the 1st th Massachusetts Field Artillery which was federalized as the 26 Division in July 1917. He sailed for France in September 1917 where his combat engagements included: Chemin des Dames, the La Reine sectors, Marne-Aisne, Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne Offensive. He was gassed in April 1918 and promoted to corporal. A year later, he returned to the US and was released from active duty at the end of April 1919. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1923 and he later became a Boston surgeon. He remained in the Army Reserve and was recalled from active duty in November 1941. He shipped out to North Africa in February 1943.
Corporal John Hugh Rooney US Army (101st Engineers, 26th Division)
John was born in Boston in 1899 and went to Boston Latin before his acceptance to Harvard. He st th enlisted as a private in the 1 Massachusetts Field Artillery which was federalized as the 26 Division in July 1917. He sailed for France in September 1917 where his combat engagements included: Chemin des Dames, the La Reine sectors (Xivray), Pas Fini, Château-Thierry, Marne- Aisne, Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne Offensive. After his return to the US and release from active duty in 1919, John was involved in commercial real estate construction and worked for Pilgrim Granite Corporation from 1925 to 1943 where he eventually became President of the company.
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1919 (continued) Corporal John Holland Rooney US Army (76th Field Artillery, 3rd Division) Purple Heart
John was born in Somerville (MA) in 1897 and graduated from Somerville High School before entering Harvard College. During January 1918, he enlisted into the Army as a private He sailed to France in April1918 where his combat engagements included: sectors as well as Champagne- Marne defensive, the Marne-Aisne, Saint-Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne offensives. At the end of the war, John studied for 3 months at the American Expeditionary Force University in Beaune, France. He was subsequently sent to Germany with the Army of Occupation until he returned to the US and received his discharge from active duty in August 1919 and returned to Harvard to complete his undergraduate degree. Upon his graduation in 1920, he accepted a position with the Hood Rubber company and eventually became a factory superintendent and lived in Belmont (MA). during World War II, 3 of his 6 children were on active duty in the US military.
Private William Roos US Army (US Army Ambulance Service) Croix de Guerre
Bill was born in New Bedford (MA) in 1897. He graduated from the local high school before entering Harvard where he was on the freshman baseball team and was member of the Pierian Sodality of 1808, which is an ancient and honorable undergraduate musical fellowship which became the underpinning of the Harvard Radcliff Orchestra. He took a leave of absence after his sophomore year to enlist in the Ambulance Service of the US Army. Bill sailed for France in January 1918 where he participated in the following combat: Aisne defensive, Champagne- Marne defensive, the Marne-Aisne offensive and the Aisne- Oise offensives. Bill returned to the US in June 1919 when he was discharged from the Army. He died 5 years later in San Francisco where he lived with his wife and 3 year old son. His Croix de Guerre citation reads: “On 14 October 1918, he participated in the evacuation of the 7th regiment of Colonial Infantry under a violent bombardment triggered off by the enemy. He was obliged to move his station and stole an ambulance relieve his tired friend. “
Major George Tiffany US Army Air Corps (Aviation Section of Signal Corps–WW I; Africa Middle East Wing–WWII)
George was born in New York City (NY) in 1896 and graduated from St. Mark’s School for
Harvard College. In 1917, he enlisted as a private in 1st Massachusetts Calvary which was soon
federalized as the 101st Machine Gun Battalion of the 26th Division and sailed for France in
October 1917. He was soon commissioned as a 2nd Lt and pilot in the Aviation Section of the
Signal Corps. The following year, his plane was shot down and he was taken prisoner but soon
after he escaped. After the WWI, he founded and airline delivering overseas mail but 2 years later
went to work for General Motors. In 1938, he started his own export company but again signed up
for the Army Air Corps after Pearl Harbor. After serving with the Air Transport Command in the
Caribbean, he shipped out to Africa and later was involved in the European Theater of operations.
George lived in NYC where he was a member of the NY Athletic Club.
Commander George H. Tilghman US Navy (CO: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 16) Purple Heart
George was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1896 where he father was a mining engineer working for Cecil Rhodes. He transferred from a prestigious prep school in Switzerland to The Morristown School (NJ) where prepared for Harvard where he continued playing hockey, soccer nd and cross country track. In 1917, he was commissioned as 2 Lt. in the Army Coast Artillery and sailed for France in 1918 where he was involved in railroad troop operations. After returning to the US in July 1919, he received a master degree from Columbia and then for the next 19 years was the headmaster at The Morristown School. With War clouds on the horizon, He accepted a commission as Lt. Commander in the US Navy. He was accidentally killed in July 1944 at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands when a damaged returning bomber crashed into his jeep on the runway. His oldest son Henry (H-43) was an ensign on a nearby destroyer at the time.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1919 (continued) Captain Henry O. Wendt US Army (Ambulance Service)
Sam was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1897. Prior to Harvard, he went to Boston Latin. He
enlisted as a Private into the Army Ambulance Service and was promoted to sergeant before
shipping out to France in August 1917. He participated in the following combat engagements:
Chemin des Dames offensive, Flanders defensive, Champagne defensive and the Aisne-Ardennes
offensive. He returned to the USA and was released from active duty in April 1919.
After the war, he went into the electricity generation business and was ultimately promoted to
become the Treasurer of the New England Power Association. In 1943, he volunteered and
accepted a commission as a captain in the US Army.
Lt. Colonel Bryant Woods US Army Air Corps (28th Aero Squadron – WW I; 12th Air Support – WWII) Bryant was born in Winchester (MA) in 1896 and prepared for Harvard at Noble & Greenough. In May 1917, he enlisted into the Army’s Aviation Section and sailed for France in August 1917 where was completed and instructed various aviation training courses in Italy and France. In May1918, he was injured in an airplane accident and hospitalized for 3 months. He then joined the 28th Aero Squadron in the 3rd Pursuit Group. 1st Lt Woods was shot down in combat and take to Germany a prisoner until his release on 29 November 1918. His combat engagements included: Toulon sector and the Saint-Mihiel offensive. He retuned to the US in January 1919 and went into the securities business. He had risen to be a Vice President of Fidelity Trust in NY when He returned to active duty as a major in the Army Air Corps in 1940 and served as an intelligence officer in the Liberator Bomber Group based in England. He was subsequently involved in both the North African and Sicily campaigns.
Private Ralph O’Neal West US Marine Corps (8th Co. 6th Regiment, 2nd Division) Purple Heart Killed in Action
Ralph was born in Washington, DC Lynn in 1896 and graduated from Newton (MA) public high prior to Harvard College. At Harvard, he earned his varsity “H” was on the track team and also was member of the as the soccer and baseball teams. In December 1917, he enlisted into the US Marine Corps. In April 1918, he sailed for France where 5 months later he was killed in combat. His combat engagements included: Château-Thierry (Belleau Wood), Soissons and finally at Saint- Mihiel where at the height of this battle he was killed while carrying important messages in the face of heavy machine gun fire. He was cited both by General Pershing as well as in his Divisional General Orders for his “Distinguished and exceptional gallantry and repeated acts of bravery”.
2nd Lt. George R. Young US Army (185th Aero Pursuit Squadron)
George was born in Bozeman (MT) in 1896 and prepared at Phillips Exeter for Harvard. In 1917, he enlisted into the Aviation Section of the Army Signal Crops and was sent to France in January 1918. Over the next 9 months, he was involved in various combat as well as is aviator combat assignments. George returned to the US in March 1919 and was released from active duty in the following month. After then completing his undergraduate degree at Harvard, he went into the securities business and later founded his own firm in Pittsburg (PA), Young & Company, which he served as president and chairman of the Board of Directors.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1927 Commander Hays R. Browning US Navy (USS Guadalcanal & USS Attu)
Hays was born in New York City (NY) in 1904. He prepared at the Middlesex School for
Harvard. In 1928, he enlisted in the Navy was later accepted into flight school. After receiving
his wings, he was commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserve. For the next decade, he
became a broker in the NY Commodity Exchange until 1939 when he volunteered to return to
active duty. Hays became the CO of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn and later XO of DeLand
NAS (FL). LCDR Browning then went to sea as assistant air officer of the USS Guadalcanal
(CVE 60) where he hunted U-boats in the Atlantic. His next assignment was as executive officer
of the USS Attu (CVE 102) where he took part in attacks on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After VJ
day, Hays became the XO of NAS Squantum (MA) for 2 years until ordered to work in the office
of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon until he was release from active duty in 1951.
Hays then returned to the security business in New York City and belonged to the Harvard Club (NY).
Lt. Commander Archibald. C. Collidge US Navy (Carrier Division 6) Purple Heart Archie was born in Cambridge (MA) in 1905 and went to the Montezuma School in Los Gatos (CA) prior to entering Harvard. After college, he received a literature degree from Oxford which was followed by a PHD from Trinity College in Dublin (Eire). For the following 5 years, he taught at the Hotchkiss School until his commissioning as a Navy Lieutenant in July 1942. After being completing Navy Communications School, Archie had comm. billets at stateside air stations until reporting on board the USS Kitkun Bay (CVE 71) as the staff comm. officer of Car Div 26 when he took part in the Marianas campaign (i.e. Guam, Tinian & Saipan). In august 1944, Archie became the flag comm officer of Car Div 6 where he served aboard the USS Wasp (CV18), USS Enterprise (CV6), USS Hornet (CV18) & the USS Ticonderoga (CVA14). He received 6 battle stars for his Pacific ribbon. In January 1945, Archie was wounded in action and the returned to the US where he was released from active duty in April 1945. In CivLant, he returned to teaching at Hotchkiss and he later became headmaster at the Manlius School. Archie was also a member of the Harvard Club of NY.
Major Harold J. Collidge US Army (Office of Strategic Services) Legion of Merit Purple Heart
Harry was born in Boston in 1904 and was the grand nephew of Mrs. Jack Isabella Stewart Gardner owner of what later became the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. He prepared at Milton Academy for Harvard. After his junior year of college, he was invited to participate in a Harvard Medical Expedition across Africa from Liberia to the Belgian Congo. After graduation from Harvard, he attended Cambridge University (UK) where he received a degree in biology. A year later, Ted & Kermit Roosevelt asked Harry to organize and lead their 8 month zoological expedition to Indo- China. Upon his return to the US, he accepted the position of assistant curator of mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. With War clouds on the horizon, Harry enlisted in the Mass National Guard in 1940 and later was promoted to staff sergeant. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in 1941 and was invited to join the Office of Strategic Services under General Bill Donovan USA. Harry deployed to Europe in July 1943 where he spent many months behind enemy lines in France, Belgium & Italy. After he was wounded in action, he spent several months at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington until he was released from active duty in December 1945. In his civilian career, Harry lived in Washington DC where he was the executive director of the Pacific Science Board and served on several conservation and wildlife oriented boards. Harry was a member of the Harvard Clubs of both Boston and NYC as well as the cosmos and Explorers clubs in Washington.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1927 Commander Lawrence Coolidge US Navy (USS Hornet, USS Bennington, etc) Navy Commendation Medal
Larry was born in Boston in 1904 and prepared at the Groton School and went to the University of Arizona for a year before transferring to Harvard where he was on the football and varsity crew teams. After graduating com laude from the College, he was then the assistant Dean at Harvard for 2 years before he entered Harvard Law School and graduated in 1931. during the 1930’s, he spent several summers deep sea cruising and mountain climbing and also took a 3month trip touring and climbing mountains in the Soviet Union. Larry then passed the Massachusetts bar and became a partner in the Boston Law from of Loring, Collidge, Noble & Boyd where he specialized in trusts, taxation and corporate law served on several charity boards.
On the day after Pearl Harbor, Larry applied for and received a commission as a Lt. in the US Navy and was trained in air combat intelligence. He received orders to the USS Enterprise (CV 6) in the Pacific where he served for a year before being transferred to the USS Hornet (CV 12) which was torpedoed by Jap air attacks and sunk during the Battle do Santa Cruz. After his rescue, he spent 3 months on the USS Saratoga (CV12) where he participated in the initial invasion of the Solomon Islands. He then was ordered for almost a year to the USS Sangamon (CVE 26) which supported the landings Tarawa, Kwajalein and Eniwetok. His final sea duty assignment was on the USS Bennington (CV 20) which took part in the first raid on Tokyo as well as the landing on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Larry was released from active duty in December and was authorized to wear 7 battle stars. After the war, he retuned to the Boston as a partner in the law firm of Gaston, Snow, Rice and Boyd. He died from cancer in 1950 in his home in Beverly (MA).
Major Roger S. Collidge US Army Air Corps (HQ US Air forces - Europe) Bronze Star
Roger was born in Bedford (NY) and graduated from Groton before entering Harvard. After
college, he went to Harvard Engineering School as well as HBS before moving to New York for
the electric utility business. He later became a utility analyst for a NY Stock Exchange firm. At
the start of World War II, Roger joined the US Army Air Corps as an intelligence officer. He
shipped out to Europe and reported to the US Air Force Headquarters (Europe) for the next 3
years. He was released from active duty in April 1946 but continued to serve in the US Air Force
Reserve. After the war, Roger founded an electrochemical laboratory and was awarded many
patents relating to the construction and operation of storage batteries. Roger was member of the
Harvard Clubs in both Boston and New York City.
Major Fredrick W. Galbraith III US Army Air Corps (14th Air Force) Bronze Star Fred was born in East Orange (NJ) in 1903 and went to Williston Academy in Easthampton (MA) before graduating cum laude from Harvard with a degree in geology. Since jobs for geologists were scarce in the late 1920’s, Fred learned the mining business initially as laborer and later as a mine superintendent. He then went to the University of Arizona where he received his PHD in geology and later became a tenured geology professor. Fred joined the US Army Air Corps in 1942 and spent the next 18 months in China in charge of target selection for the 14th Air Force. He was released from active duty in May 1946 but continued to serve in the active Air Force Reserve after returning to teaching geology at University of Arizona. During the Korean War, he was recall to rd active duty and was assigned to the intelligence Division of the 43 Bombardment wing.
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Commander Geoffrey M. Gates US Navy (Allied HQ–North Africa) Navy Commendation Medal & Croix de Guerre
Geoff was born as an identical twin in Elyria (OH) in 1905. After Milton Academy, he attended Harvard with his twin brother. After college, he moved to New York and worked in the banking and brokerage business on Wall Street. He was commissioned as a Naval Intelligence officer in 1940. After 18 months in Washington, he was sent to North Africa as a liaison officer with the Free French Army. For most of 1945, he assigned to the headquarters of the Supreme Allied Expeditionary Force Europe in Paris. Geoff was released from active duty in September 1945 and returned to New York City where he became the Vice President of the parson School of Design.
Lt. Commander John M. Gates US Navy (SHAEF) Bronze Star & Croix de Guerre
John and his twin brother, Geoff were born in Elyria (OH) in 1905. He also attended Milton Academy as well as Harvard with his brother. After Harvard, he graduated from Columbia with a master’s degree in Architecture. After a long job search, he accepted a position at Steuben Glass by Arthur Houghton Jr. (H-29) who was a Vice President of Corning Glass which owned Steuben. After the Jap bombing of Pearl Harbor, he again followed his brother into the Navy as an intelligence officer. He spent 2 years as chief of an allied intelligence group which operated in England, France Luxembourg and Holland. John was released from active duty in October 1945 and was authorized to wear 5 campaign battle stars. After returning to the USA, he again joined Stueben Glass where he eventually became the Vice President of Design
Commander Robert Marvin US Navy (Navy HQ - Europe) Bronze Star & Purple Heart
Bob was born Portsmouth (NH) in 1902 and attended Phillips Exeter prior to Harvard. He
attended Harvard Law School as well as Boston University before his was admittance to the New
Hampshire bar in 1931. In 1932, as a Democratic candidate, he was elected Portsmouth City
Councilman-at-large and then was twice elected mayor of Portsmouth (1934-1937). During
World War II, he joined the US Navy and shipped out to the UK prior to his participation in the
D-Day invasion of Normandy. After the war, Robert resumed his law practice in Portsmouth
where he died in 1958.
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1927 Major George R. Metcalf US Army (115th Infantry, 3rd Army) 2 Bronze Stars & Purple Heart George was born in St. Paul (MN) in 1906 and prepared for Harvard at St. Paul Academy Country Day School. After college, He attended the Episcopal Theological School and was ordained as an Episcopal priest. He was commissioned as a Army captain in the Chaplain Corps in July 1942 and 2 months later shipped out to the European Theater of Operations where remained for the next 39 months. Father George participated in the invasion of Normandy where he was wounded and shipped back to the UK for recovery. He then returned to the continent with 3rd Army before his release from active duty in December. He returned to his wife and family in St. Paul where he was
a priest at St. Paul’s Church on the Hill.
Lt. Commander Thornton B. Poole US Navy (USS PC 1225 -Navy Amphibious Force- Europe) Bronze Star
Thornton was born in Mount Vernon (NY) in 1904 and graduated from Mount Vernon public high prior to Harvard College. After his college graduation, he joined the Metropolitan Insurance Company and traveled extensively managing commercial accounts throughput the US. He joined the Navy in August 1942 and initially home ported in Miami on a patrol craft doing anti submarine duty for Cubans and South America convoys. In 1944, he was promoted to executive officer of his ship and sent to the UK to prepare for the invasion of Europe. Thornton participated in the initial assault of Omaha Beach at Normandy where his ship directed various assault waves. He was released from active duty in December 1945 returned to Metropolitan Insurance as a commercial insurance supervisor. However, he also continued to serve for many years in the Naval Reserve.
Major Aaron Prigot Medical Corps US Army (3rd Armored Division) 2 Bronze Stars
Aaron was born in Pratt City (AL) in 1906 and prepared for Harvard at Boston Latin. After college, he entered Harvard Medical School. When he received his MD 1933, he became a surgeon and took a reserve commission in the Army. Dr. Prigot was called to active duty in February 1941 and rd served on active duty until January 1946 with the 3 Armored Division. During this time, he served in the European theater and earned 5 Battle Stars as well as 2 Bronze Stars for heroism in combat. After the war, he remained in the active army Reserve and served as the senior surgeon at both Harlem and Mount Sinai Hospitals in New York City. He also was the authored many research papers dealing with trauma, antibiotics and cancer.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1931 Commander John Endicott. Lawrence US Navy (3rd Fleet staff) Legion of Merit (V) & 2 Bronze Stars
He was born in Milton, MA and prepared at the Groton School for Harvard. After
College, he graduated from Harvard law school in 1936 and then practiced as an associate with Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar in Boston. After 3 years, John joined the family firm as a general partner in the cotton import and export business. With war clouds on the horizon in 1940, John enlisted into the Massachusetts National Guard st and was later promoted to 1 Lt. He resigned from the National Guard in January 1942 and was commissioned into the Navy. He earned 12 battle stars in the South Pacific including Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Philippine Sea while subsequently serving with: 1st Marine Air Wing, ComSoPac and as the Air Intelligence officer on
the 3rd Fleet staff. During this period, he earned the Navy Commendation Medal. After the war, John returned to the cotton business and served many years on the Board of Directors for General Electric as well as the boards of several hospital and trade groups. He was a member of the Somerset Club in Boston, the Harvard Club of
New York City and the Myopia Hunt Club. 1934 Lt. Commander Norman C. Hoffman US Navy (USS Baker) Legion of Merit Norman was from New Hampshire. During War II, he served on the USS Oklahoma (CL 65) and the USS South Dakota (BB 49) prior to assuming command of the USS Baker (DE 190) where he sank a U-Boat in the North Atlantic. After his release from active duty, he returned to the business world manufacturing box board.
1935 Lt. Beverley Bowie US Navy (Office of Strategic Services) Bronze Star Bev was from Pennsylvania. During 1943 & 1944, he served as an officer of the OSS (i.e. predecessor of special operations and the CIA) in North Africa and Italy with the 15th Air Force HQ in target intelligence and photo reconnaissance). He was then was sent to operate behind the German lines in Rumania and the Carpathian region of the USSR for which he was personally awarded the Bronze Star by the OSS head, Major General William Donovan USA. In 1945, Bev returned to Washington and was promoted to become the acting Chief of the Central European section of the OSS. Commander Elwood D. Boynton US Navy (USS Erie) Elwood was from Scarsdale (NY). In February 1941, he volunteered for active duty and reported as an Ensign to the USS Erie (PG 50) which was a patrol gunboat operating out of Balboa (Panama). In August 1942, he was promoted to take command of a sub chaser based in San Francisco (CA) until he was ordered to build and train another sub chaser on the West Coast. In early 1945, he was appointed as the commanding officer of a Destroyer Escort in the Atlantic fleet and escorted many convoys across the Atlantic to Europe and the Mediterranean. After VE day (i.e. Victory in Europe), his Destroyer steamed to the Pacific but was spared further combat in a West Pac deployment as a result of the Atomic Bomb and the resulting Japanese unconditional surrender. After 5 continuous years at sea, Elwood was released from active duty & returned to the financial business and started an investment banking firm on Wall Street with his father and brothers.
Lt. James H. Braddock US Navy (USS Bryant) Bronze Star He was an NYC actuary living in New Jersey before and after World War II. He joined the Navy in August 1943 and was commissioned an Ensign after his indoctrination at Quonset Point (RI). He steamed to the South Pacific on a Destroyer in March 1944 where he remained until after VJ Day in August 1945. He was the fighter director officer on various destroyers and received 5 battle stars while participating in amphibious landing operations. Jim was personally awarded the Bronze Star by Admiral Kincaid for “materially assisting in the destruction of many enemy craft”. He also was awarded the Philippines Liberation ribbon with 2 stars and a Distinguished Unit Citation while on the USS Bryant (DD665) which sank a Jap cruiser by torpedo fire in the 2nd Battle of the Philippines.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1935 (continued) Lt. Jonathan S. England US Navy (Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 9) Bronze Star He was born in Pittsfield, MA where he graduated from the local high school. After attending Phillips Andover, he entered Harvard where he was captain of the Lacrosse team, played varsity soccer and was chosen as an All American in both sports. After working for a few years, he was commissioned an ensign in July 1942. He graduated from the Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center in Melville, RI with President John F. Kennedy. As captain of a PT boat and later section leader, he was awarded the Bronze Star for various operations in the Solomon Islands from 1942 to 1944, including landing coast watchers in Japanese held Bougainville and sinking several Japanese barges. He reported to BuShips in Washington, DC in November 1945, where he remained until his discharge from active service at the end of December 1945. Jonathan is now buried in Arlington Cemetery along with his shipmate JFK.
Lt. Commander Herbert C. McClees US Navy (USS Cofer) Legion of Merit, Herb was from Austin, TX. During War II, he served on active duty in combat in the South Pacific Theater of Operations as the commanding officer of the USS Cofer (APD 62). After the war, he published and sold legal books.
Lt. Colonel James Parton US Army Air Corps (Air Corp General Staff) Bronze Star & Legion of Merit He was from Hollywood, CA. During War II, he served on the on the General Staff as Chief Historian. After the war, he worked for Time – Life where he was the West Coast bureau chief.
1st Lt. William F. Rogers US Army Air Corps (5th Army Air Force) Distinguished Flying Cross & Air Medal Bill was from Rockport (MA) and he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in May 1942 and was commissioned and received his wings in September 1943. He flew 46 combat missions in B-24-s delivering heavy bombardment to Italy, The Balkans, Germany France and Rumania. For his service and bravery, Bill was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, 2 Distinguished Unit Citations and the African-European Campaign Medal with 3 battle stars.
Private Edward W. Robichek US Army (Company B, 330th Infantry regiment, 83rd Infantry Division) Ed was from Washington D.C. where he worked as an economist after college. He was drafted in February 1944 and sent to Europe after boot camp and infantry basic training. From August 1944 to VE Day (April 1945), he participated in combat operations in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Germany and earned 4 battle stars. He stayed with the US Army of occupation in Germany until January 1946 when he was redeployed to the USA for his honorable discharge. Ed then returned to work as an economist with the US Treasury and later the International Monetary Fund in Washington.
Captain Harry C. Roff US Army Air Corps (78th Fighter Group, 83rd Squad.)Distinguished Flying Cross & Air Medal Harry was from Naugatuck (CT). He enlisted as an aviation cadet in US Army Air Corps in January 1942. He received his wings and commission after his pilot training at Maxwell Field (AL), Sumter (SC), Moultrie (GA) & St. Petersburg (FL). In January 1943, He sailed aboard the Queen Elizabeth was based near Cambridge (UK) at Duxford Air Base. He flew the P-47 Thunderbolt in over 80 missions across the Channel to France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. In his combat sorties, he shot down 3 German Luftwaffe aircraft for which he received the DFC with 2 clusters (i.e. 2 awards) and the Air Medal with 3 clusters planes. He returned to the US in November 1944 and was assigned to a combat flight instructor at Dover Army Air Base (DE). After his release from active duty, Harry accepted a position as a sales representative in Connecticut with the National Cash Register Company.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1935 (continued) Commander Gerard R. Miller US Navy Medical Corps (1st Marine Division) Ed was from Manchester (CT). After Harvard College, he attended and graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1939 which was followed by interning at hospitals in both Bridgeport & Manchester (CT). He was directly commissioned as a Lt. (j.g.) in July 1941 to serve Marine grunts based at Quantico (VA). After a year of infantry training, his unit shipped out to New Zealand via the Panama Canal before making the initial assault on Guadalcanal in the Solomons. After securing and hold the beach, he spent several months on the Guadalcanal until his unit was relieved for rest and recreation in Australia. Gerard was then transferred to Camp Lejeune (NC) to assume duty as an instructor at the Medical Field Service School. As 18 months, Dr. Miller was again order to the Pacific and landed with an Advanced Naval Base at Sasebo (Japan) when he visited the ruin and desolation of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki
Colonel Henry S. Miller US Marine Corps (214th Squadron- AKA “The Black Sheep”) Distinguished Flying Cross Henry was born in Jenkintown (PA) in 1914. He prepared for Harvard at the William Penn Charter School and a year at Phillips Exeter. After college, Henry graduated from Harvard Law School in 1939 and passed the Pennsylvania Bar later that year. In February 1941, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force since he was too old for flight training in the US military. After earning his wings and commission, Henry was assigned as a flight instructor in the RCAF.
In May 1942, he was able to transfer his commission to the US Marine Corps as a result of new military treaty between the US and Canada. He deployed to the South Pacific in January 1943 and joined the famed “Black Sheep Squadron” as a fighter pilot under the command of Medal of Honor recipient, Major Greg Boyington USMC. Over the next 19 months, Henry flew over 90 combat sorties mostly in the Solomon Islands and took as the commanding officer of the 214th Squadron after Major Boyington was shot down and presumed missing. Henry was then order to take over and train a new fighter Squadron in Cherry Point (NC) which was schedule to sail back to the Western Pacific when the war with Japan ended as a result of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Henry was released from active duty in the Marine Corps in November 1945 and returned to his law practice in Jenkintown but continued his service in the active Marine Corps Reserve. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War and was appointed as the commanding officer a Marine attack squadron. After the Korean armistice, he again returned to Jenkintown to practice law. In addition, Henry taught literacy to prisoners at a local State Correctional Institute and later taught evening classes on the Civil War at the Montgomery County Community College. Despite his busy schedule, Henry was member of the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars and Rotary International. Henry died from complications of a stroke in Philadelphia at age 85 in April 1999
1936 Lt. Commander Theodore Roosevelt III US Navy (Air Wing 2) Air Medal Ted is grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt (H- 1880), and son of General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. USA (H-1909), who were both Medal of Honor recipients. As traditional in his family, he attended the Groton School before attending and graduating from Harvard College where he was a member of the Owl Club. Prior to World War II, Ted worked for the DuPont Company until he joined the US military in wartime as did his father and grandfather. After his commissioning in the US Navy, he was commissioned an ensign and sent to flight school to become a Naval Aviator. He served in the South Pacific on the staff of Admiral John Dale Price USN and was awarded the Air Medal for his vital role in a successful intelligence mission flying in combat over a Japanese held island. Following his release from active duty after the victory over Japan, he became a partner in a brokerage firm in Philadelphia and later served for 2 years as the Secretary of Commerce for PA. After serving as president of a non profit group, he died in 2001.
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1937 Chief Warrant Officer Ely Kahn Jr. US Army Legion of Merit & Army Commendation Medal
Ely, the son of the noted architect Ely Jacques Kahn Senior, was born in New York City in 1916. He graduated from the Horace Mann School in New York City prior to matriculating at Harvard University. Immediately after college, Ely was hired as a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine until he was drafted into the Army in 1941. After boot camp, he served in the Caribbean Theatre of operations before shipping out for combat duty in the Southwest Pacific. After his release from active duty in November 1945, Ely returned the New Yorker where he remained for five decades. Over those years, he wrote many pieces in the New Yorker on his Army life which later became a book and he also was the published author of several non fiction books on various organizations and biographies, including Frank Sinatra .During the 1970’s, Ely taught writing at Columbia University. He died in New York City during 1994.
1938 Colonel David Emerson US Air Force (2nd fighter squadron, 52nd fighter group)
David, the great-grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson [H-1821], was born and raised in Concord MA. He graduated from the Belmont Hill School prior to entering Harvard. After college, he became a member of the Civil Air Patrol and worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in CT. After Pearl Harbor, he was commissioned into the US Army Air Corps and received his wings as a fighter pilot. He flew P-51 fighters in numerous combat actions both in North Africa and across Europe from D Day until the German surrender. After the war, Dave went into investment banking and continued in the active Air Force Reserve until his military retirement in 1971. His oldest son, Bing [H-1964], was killed in action in Vietnam and awarded the Silver Star as a Marine helicopter pilot which is described in the Silver Star section of the Hall of Heroes. David served on numerous civic boards before his death in Concord in 1998.
Lt. Commander John Aspinwall Roosevelt US Navy (Logistics officer - ComSoPac) Bronze Star
John was born in 1916 in Hyde park NY as the 6th and last child of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor. He prepped at Groton School prior to entering Harvard. After college, he worked at Filenes Department store in Boston before being commissioned into the Navy during World War II where he was a logistics officer in the South Pacific.
John was the only son of FDR who did not get directly involved in politics. However, he broke with his family tradition and became a Republican and strongly supporting Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon. He later became a partner in the investment brokerage firm of Bache & Company. John died at age 65 in 1981.
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1943 Staff Sgt. Peter B. Saltonstall US Marine Corps (1st Marine Div) 2 Bronze Stars & Purple Heart [Killed in Action]
Peter was born in Newton in 1921 as the son of Senator and later Massachusetts governor, Leverett Saltonstall [H-1914]. After preparing at Noble & Greenough, Peter entered Harvard where he played House football and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770, Pi Eta & the Porcellian Clubs. After his junior year, he took a leave of absence from Harvard and enlisted in the US Marine Corps. After boot camp at Paris Island, SC, he was shipped to the south Pacific where in participated in the battle of Guadalcanal & at Cape Gloucester where he was twice cited for gallantry. He was killed on Guam in August 1944 while leading a patrol tasked with locating hidden Japanese positions.
1944 Major General Robert Davenport US Army (27th Infantry Division) Meritorious Service Medal Bob was born in the Boston area and graduated from Newton High School prior to entering Harvard where here was a member of ROTC and resident of Leverett House. He was activated in June 1943 and later sent to OCS. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in July 1944 and assigned to the 402nd Field Artillery Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division to prepare for the European Theater of Operations. Later, he was assigned to the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill where he assisted in the development of Rocket Artillery. With the change in emphasis to the war in the Pacific, Lt. Davenport was assigned to the 27th Infantry Division and sent to Leyte in the Philippines for the invasion of Japan. After the surrender of Japan, he was transferred to AFWESPAC and became the commander of the fuel de pot at Clark Field, U.S. Army Air Forces.
After his release from active duty in 1946, Lt Davenport joined the active Army Reserve and assigned to the 94th Infantry Division, where he held battery commands. With civilian employment related transfers in management consulting, Bob has also served with in various Army reserve organizations in Ohio, Massachusetts and elsewhere. He was appointed Assistant Deputy Director for Region One and was responsible for the lives and safety of 40 million people under the area of his protection. He attended the Artillery Officer Career Course, The Command and General Staff College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, The Staff College, and the Logistics Officer Career Course. He retired from the Army Reserve in 1978 as a colonel and subsequently joined the Massachusetts National Guard as the commander of the 3rd Brigade Military Police unit where he served for 5-1/2 years before retiring as a Major General.
General Davenport has received the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Service Medal with oak leaf cluster as well as other service and theater medals. General Davenport is widowed and lives in Brookline, MA.
1945 QM1 Robert Hallisey US Navy (Ocean going tug) Robert (Bob) Hallisey was born in 1924 in Everett, MA as the oldest of 3 children of an MIT trained civil engineer and an interior designer mother. His family moved to Belmont, MA where he went to the local high school before entering Harvard. He took a temporary war time leave of absence and enlisted in the Navy in 1943. He served in combat in the Pacific on a ship during the World War II and rose to the enlisted rank of QM1 (E-6) and effectively acted as the ship's navigator during most of his extended deployment. After his release from active duty, Bob served in the US Merchant Marine as a licensed mate for a few years before returning to Harvard for his undergraduate degree in 1948 and then attending and graduating from Harvard Law School in 1951. Bob later became a partner in the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould where he practiced Admiralty law until he was appointed
judge on the Mass Superior Court. He played in the Concord Band until his death in January 2012.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1946 Lt. Robert W. Macnamara US Navy (Navigator on a troop transport) Robert was born in 1924 in Somerville, MA and grew up in nearby Medford. He graduated from Malden Catholic before attending Harvard College. During World War II, he took a leave of absence from Harvard and entered Navy officer training program at Columbia. After his commissioning as a navy ensign, he went to sea on a troop transport and eventually became the ship’s navigator.
After his release from active duty, Robert graduated from Boston College Law School. For over 40 years, he served as a trial lawyer for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Robert was a member of both the Harvard Club of Boston and the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda. He died in 2011 at the age of 87.
Rear Admiral Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr. US Navy (Ret.) (USS Providence) Henry Morgan was born in 1924 in Oyster Bay, NY. His father was the founder of Morgan Stanley and his great- grandfather was the 19th century financier, J.P. Morgan. Henry prepped at Groton in 1942 before entering Harvard in 1944. He entered the US Navy in 1942 while in college and was commissioned in 1944. He served on 4 submarines before assuming commanding of the USS Tusk (SS 426) and then a submarine He was later the commanding officer of the submarine tender USS Fulton (AS 11) as well as USS Providence (CLG 6).
Henry subsequently served as the Naval Commander for the United Nations Command in Korea and as senior member of the Korean armistice commission at Panmunjom. After retiring from the Navy as Rear Admiral in 1975, he attended George Washington University Law School and then practiced Admiralty Law in Houston, TX from 1978-1990. After retiring form the law, he moved to Maryland Henry was a life long sailor and he was still racing and coaching the Naval Academy Offshore Sailing Team up until his death from pneumonia in 2011.
1948 ET2 Vince Moravec US Navy (USS Lansdale) Purple Heart Vince was the son of a steel worker from Beaver Falls, PA. He played football at Lehigh for 2 years before enlisting in the Navy in 1943. He reported aboard the USS Lansdale (DD426) which was assigned to anti submarine warfare in Atlantic convoy duty before sailing to the Mediterranean to escort convoys from Gibraltar to various Mediterranean ports in support of the Anzio landing. On 20 April 1944 at 2200, his ship was sunk in one hour off the coast of Algeria during the Anzio campaign after being hit by 5 aerial torpedoes from half dozen German dive bombers. 48 of his shipmates did not survive the sinking & most of the crew remained in the water for over 2 hours in the dark until being rescued. Vince was wounded in both legs during the sinking of his ship which had been specifically targeted since it was equipped with effective new jamming equipment which could neutralize some of the German guide bombs aimed at the allied fleet off Anzio, Italy.
Vince was discharged in April 1946 & was entered Harvard where he was a starting fullback on the football team and starting pitcher on the baseball team. Vince was elected the captain of the 1947 football team and graduated cum laude in 1948 majoring in Electronic Physics. Later as a civilian, Vince became a Vice President of Bethlehem Steel Company. 1950 Staff Sergeant Fred Lee Glimp US Army Air Corps (Bomber Wing) Fred grew up in Boise, Idaho where he went to the local high school. After graduation, he enlisted into the US Army Air Corps and became a gunner in various units flying on B-17, B-24 and later B-29 bombers. He was flying on the way to the South Pacific with his crew when his pilot announced over the intercom that the Atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan.
After his release from active duty, he was accepted to Harvard where he played baseball and worked at a number of odd jobs (including chauffeuring President Conant). After a rough academic start, Fred eventually made Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude in Economics which led to winning a Fulbright Scholarship to study in England. He later returned to Harvard where he tutored and did research while pursuing a doctoral degree in Economics. After 3 years, he switched to college administration and eventually became the Dean of Admissions at Harvard from 1960 to 1967. Fred received his PHD in Economics from Harvard in 1964. 20 years after entering Harvard, Fred was appointed as the Dean of Harvard College and later Vice President of Alumni Affairs. He retired from this position in 1996. He then Advocates for Harvard ROTC became a special assistant to the President of Harvard University. Fred is also a long term
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 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 pre flight school at Pensacola but elected to go to Harvard Law School rather than continued on to flight school. He graduated form 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. Franklin P. Dunbaugh US Marine Corps (1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division) Purple Heart [Killed in Action] 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.
2nd Lt. Thomas Hubbard US Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) Purple Heart [Killed in Action] 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). 1957 Staff Sergeant Peter Reed US Marine Corps (2d Battalion, 21st Marines) 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.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1957 (continued) Captain Roderic 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. His next duty station was at the Prospective Engineers Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho as the Senior Naval Instructor. Almost 3 years later, he was given his 2nd command on the USS Dixon (AS 37) and deployed for 6 months to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Captain Wolfe had previously also been awarded Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. In 1982, he retired to the San Diego area after 25 years of active duty service in the Navy. 1962 Captain F. Warren Coulter USN (Ret.) (USS Fletcher & USS Fuhrer)
Warren was born in Paonia (CO) in 1940 and graduated from Ogden High School (UT) prior to Harvard where he was a resident of Leverett House and majored in physical science. As a first class midshipman, he was commander of the Harvard NROTC Honor Guard which won the Inter-service drill competition as well as marched in many local parades. After his commissioning as a Navy line officer, he graduated form the Combat Watch Officer School at Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Center in San Diego (CA) prior to reporting aboard the USS Fletcher (DD-445) as the gunnery officer. Following a West Pac deployment, he returned to his homeport of Pearl Harbor (HI) and became the First Lieutenant and Deck Division Officer. While on active duty, Warren was involved in recovery operations of the Mercury space capsule an extended yard overhaul as well as a 2nd West Pac deployment involving several SEATO operations in and around South Vietnam and the southern Philippines. Upon release from active duty, he continued to serve in the active Navy Reserve.
His Navy Reserve billets have included: various surface & defense intelligence units, a REDCOM staff training officer as well as a Group Commander in Ohio and the Commanding Officer of the USS Fuhrer (FFG-7) reserve crew. For the last ten years of his Navy Reserve career, Captain Coulter served in the War Gaming Center support reserve unit at the Naval War College in Newport, RI first as the Training Office Head and later as the Executive Officer. During his NWC tour, the War Gaming Center was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation. After 30 years of Naval service, Warren retired as a Captain on the deck of the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor. After received his MBA in finance from Babson Institute, Warren held senior financial executive positions with several major corporations before with becoming a licensed securities and insurance advisor with the Eldridge Investment Advisors. He lives in Hollis (NH) where for many years he served as Chairman of the Trustees of the town trust funds as well as scoutmaster of the local Boy Scouts of America Troop. Warren also is as Board member of the Military Officers Association of America in NH as well as the Advocates for Harvard ROTC and is an active member of the Veterans Count Club of NH and the Wardroom Club of Boston.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1963 Captain John Endicott Lawrence Jr. US Marine Corps (2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division) Jack was born in Boston as the son of Cd r. John Endicott Lawrence USNR (H-31). He prepared at the Groton School for Harvard College where he majored in Middle Eastern History and was a resident of Winthrop House. During his college days, Jack rowed on the crew and became a member of the US Marine Corps Platoon Leader Corps, the Porcellian Club as well as the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. He was commissioned as a Marine 2nd Lt after his graduation with honors from Harvard and served on active duty in an Amphibious Tractor Battalion based at Camp Lejeune, NC. Upon returning from a 6 months deployment with a Battalion landing team in the Mediterranean, he ran the Battalion crewmen’s school and served on the emergency capsule recovery team for Gemini and Apollo space launches.
After release from active duty, he completed the Special Development Program at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and engaged in commercial banking on the Beirut desk. His subsequent business career has involved seafood processing, the import and export of a variety of commodities and manufacturing structural building panels in South Africa. He now represents Infinity Structures of Atlanta selling building technology for residential buildings up to 8 stories in the Northeast. In his home town of Hamilton, MA, he has served on a variety of committees including 3 years as Selectman.
Captain Paul E. Mawn US Navy (Ret.) (USS Spiegel Grove, USS Harris & USS Parker) Navy Commendation Medal
Paul E. Mawn was born in Woburn (MA) in 1941 as the oldest of 7 children. His father was a 1st generation American and a truck driver before and after the World War II when he served nd as a Navy 2 class petty officer in the Pacific. Paul grew up in West Lynn (MA) and was educated at St. John’s Prep and then Malden Catholic prior to entering Harvard, where he played House hockey, trumpet in the Harvard Band, served on the House Committee and as a midshipman in NROTC and was a member of the Pi Eta Club, the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 and the Harvard Catholic Club. For most of his time at Harvard, Paul was a member of Dudley House but after a few weeks found it impossible to commute. In his junior year, Harvard granted him a long term loan for tuition, room and board, which allowed him during his senior year to become an official resident of Winthrop House from where Paul graduated with honors in geology.
After being commissioned as a Navy line officer, he reported to Norfolk (VA) for schooling in intelligence, communications & amphibious operations prior to reporting onboard the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) where he qualified as an Officer of the Deck in formation steaming.
Paul later served in the wardroom of the USS Thaddeus Parker (DE 369) and the USS Albert T. Harris (DE 447). His afloat assignments involved extensive overseas deployments to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Middle East during both the Cold War with the Soviet Union and the Vietnam War. He was the CIC officer and EMO aboard the USS Parker which became adrift without power and lost in the Sargasso Sea for several days before a harrowing rescue. During the 1970’s, he was also involved in various petroleum related activities, including an extended time in Moscow (USSR). Upon release from active duty, Paul served in the active Navy Reserve for 2 decades in a variety of surface warfare billets as well as: an industrial security officer, a petroleum logistics expert in DFSC and on the direct staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-OOK) coordinating Navy Petroleum strategy and other assigned tasks from the CNO. After briefly serving on active duty during Desert Storm, Captain Mawn was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal by the Secretary of the Navy and retired from the Navy on the main deck of the USS Constitution in Boston harbor at the end of 1991. Paul received his MBA from Rutgers University and his subsequent civilian career has been in various aspects of the oil industry. He has served in senior line management positions with both Exxon and Hess Oil as wells as managing petroleum consulting projects with Arthur D. Little Inc. and as a partner with Mercer Management Consulting. Paul is currently the president of Concord Consulting Group and Chairman of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC. He was awarded the Patrick Henry Silver Medallion for patriotic service from the Military Order of the World Wars and continues to be a long term member of the East India Club in London (UK) as well as the Harvard Clubs in both Boston and New York City.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1965 Lt. Commander Theodore Roosevelt IV US Navy (UDT 11) Navy & Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon Theodore Roosevelt IV was born 1942. He is the son of Ted Roosevelt III and the grandson & great-grandson of Medal of Honor recipients [i.e. President Teddy Roosevelt (H-1880) & Ted Roosevelt Jr. (H-1909)]. At Harvard, Ted was a member of Navy ROTC, the Porcellian Club the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 & an Eliot House resident.. He was commissioned as a Navy ensign and selected for the Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUDS) at Coronado Beach and graduated in class # 36. He joined UDT 11 as a “frog man” and completed 2 in country tours in Vietnam when he participated in several pre-invasion reconnaissance missions from the USS Perch (SS 313) and later the USS Tunny (SS 682). [note: UDT units were the precursors of the Navy SEAL Teams]. After his release from active duty, Ted joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer where he was assigned to Upper Volta, West Africa. He later took a special leave of absence from the State Department to attend Harvard Business School where he was a member of the HBS Rugby Club & received an MBA in 1972 Ted then joined Lehman Brothers as a general banker in domestic corporate finance. After many promotions, he became Chairman of Lehman Brothers Financial Products in 1994 and Derivative Products in 1998. He is now a managing director at Barclays Capital Corporation and lives in New York City where he is a trustee of several cultural and environmental organizations.
1967 (1970) Corporal Patrick A. Conway US Marine Corps (3rd Battalion/ 26th Marines)Navy & Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon Pat was born in 1944 in Haverhill, MA when his father was working as a welder in the Boston Naval Shipyard. He was an accomplished athlete and scholar at Haverhill High & Exeter Academy prior to entering Harvard where he played varsity football and lacrosse and was also on the track team. Pat was a resident of Quincy House & also a member of the Pi Eta Club. However after his junior year, Pat felt a need to re-focus his life & took a leave of absence from Harvard to enlist in the US Marine Corps. After boot camp and infantry training, Pat was sent to Vietnam and found himself as a squad leader in the middle of the 77 days Siege of Khe Sanh, which was the longest and deadliest battle of the Vietnam War. 6,000 Marines and soldiers were surrounded by about 35,000 enemy soldiers of the North Vietnam Army (NVA) at Khe Sanh, which will live in the annals of Marine Corps history along with Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima, Pusan and Fallujah.
Despite supplies being cut by land, the Marines held Khe Sanh until their base until relieved almost 3 months later with a price of over 700 Marines & US soldiers killed in action with almost 30,000 NVA casualties. During this fight, Corporal Conway saw many friends killed in action and he was wounded twice but he did not desire to process the proper paperwork that should have resulted in his being awarded 2 Purple Heart Medals.
After his release from active duty, Pat returned to Harvard to complete his senior year. Despite the lack of playing time for over 3 years, Pat again made the roster of the Harvard football team as a starting defensive safety and was named to the 1st Team All-Ivy, All-New England and All-East. As a result of his perseverance, Pat then played a prominent role in the most famous football game in Harvard history which was The “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29” Game resulting in Harvard’s sharing the 1968 Ivy League Championship title with Yale by scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds of the game. After graduating in History from Harvard College with the class of 1970, Pat entered Harvard Business School where he received his MBA in 1972. For the next 4 years, he was an importer of foreign automobile parts until he founded Fairfield Capital Inc, which is a financial planning and money management company in Westport, CT. Pat has also qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1967 Colonel James Metcalf US Air Force (Ret.) (Hanscom Air Force Base) Meritorious Service Medal
Jim, the son of a career Army Rese rvist, was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1945, grew up in Watertown, and graduated from Watertown High School. During his freshman and sophomore years at Harvard, he commuted from home. An Air Force ROTC scholarship enabled him to live in Leverett House during his junior and senior years. He majored in physics and was granted a delay of active duty to pursue postgraduate study in geophysical sciences at The University of Chicago, where he earned his doctorate. He served on active duty as an atmospheric physicist in the Weather Radar Branch of Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., from 1972 to 1975. After separating from active duty he remained in the active Air Force Reserve and served as a weather officer (Air Weather Service, 1977–1979), scientific manager (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1979–1992), and acquisition manager (Electronic Systems Center, 1992–1997). He was retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1997. While in the Reserve, Jim pursued a civilian career in science and scientific program management. He worked at Georgia Institute of Technology (1975–1981) and in the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory & its successor organizations at Hanscom Air Force Base for 30 years. He has served as treasurer of the Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund from its incorporation in 2001 & is also on the Board of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC. 1968 Captain Philip A. Keith US Navy (Ret.) (FLTCORGRU-1) Bronze Star & Purple Heart Philip was born in Springfield, MA in 1946 as the oldest of the four children of a father who worked as a civilian comptroller with the Department of the Army. He went to public schools in central MA and graduated from East Longmeadow High School where Phil was the first graduate to attend Harvard. At Harvard, Phil played squash and football and was a member of the Crimson Key Society as well as the NROTC battalion as a Navy scholarship recipient. Phil graduated from Harvard as a history major and as a Distinguished Naval Graduate. After his commissioning as an Ensign in the Regular Navy, he reported to Flight School in Pensacola, FL. where he earned his wings of gold as a Naval aviator. After Phil cross-trained as a Legal Officer at the Naval Justice School in Newport, he joined his 1st fighter squadron in Vietnam in 1969 and flew off the USS Constellation (CV 64) and from Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam. After being wounded on his 2nd tour in Vietnam, he was re-assigned to MACV Staff in Saigon & served on the Phoenix Program during the waning days of the war. After end of the Vietnam War, Phil successfully applied for a Naval officer designator change and became an Intelligence Officer. He subsequently served in a variety of Intel billets including another tour aboard the USS Constellation as well as afloat assignments on the USS New Orleans (LPH 11) and USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). His other billets included working in the Office of Naval Intelligence, a liaison assignment with the CIA and as Commanding Officer of FLTCORGRU-1 at NAB Coronado, CA. Phil’s scheduled retirement from the Navy was delayed when Desert Storm erupted during which he later earned the Bronze Star Medal for his actions in Desert One. Over the course of his Naval career, Phil also earned the Air Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After retirement from the Navy, Phil began working primarily in the educational technology and software development where he has served as: Chief Operating Officer of a joint venture between the US State Department & the Israeli Defense Ministry, Vice President of Berlitz Publishing; Senior Vice President of Simon & Schuster. Phil started his own sales and marketing consulting company and has taught a variety of undergrad and graduate business courses at Long Island University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He has also become a published author of two fictional novels, a sales textbook and a non-fiction book on Vietnam for St. Martin’s Press titled “Blackhorse Riders,” and recently completed a commemorative book entitled “Crimson Valor” which chronicles the lives and exploits of the seventeen Harvard alumni who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. He is now working on a “Blackhorse Riders” sequel which is scheduled for release in late 2013. Phil now lives on Long Island, NY, where he serves on the Southampton Planning Board and writes an opinion column for the Southampton Press.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) Lt. James Roosevelt US Navy (Judge Advocate General Corps, Washington Navy Yard) James Roosevelt was born in Los Angeles, CA. His father was Navy Cross recipient Brigadier General James Roosevelt USMC (H-1930) and the grandfather was President Franklin D. Roosevelt (H-1904). Jim graduated from La Salle High School in Pasadena, CA before entering Harvard College. After graduating with honors in government, he was commissioned as Naval Officer through the Harvard NROTC program. He received permission from the Navy to postpone his active duty service until after his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1971. Roosevelt then joined the Navy JAG Corps and became as a Navy lawyer after further military legal training. He was initially involved in the Navy Appellate Review Board before joining the JAG headquarters staff in Washington. After his release from active duty, Roosevelt spent 10 years as a lawyer at Choate, Hall & Stewart law firm in Boston, Massachusetts, where he made partner. He was appointed by President Clinton as the associate commissioner for Retirement Policy for the Social Security Administration before joining Tufts Health Plan in 1999 as senior vice president and general counsel. During this period, he also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2003. Mr. Roosevelt was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of Tufts Health Plan where he remains to the present day 1988 Lt. John Stiker US Navy (USS Bristol County) Navy Commendation Medal John was born in 1966 in Bronxville (NY) and gr ew up in Falmouth (ME) where he went to the local high school. He was awarded a Navy ROTC scholarship to attend Harvard as a Romance Languages major where he became a resident of Eliot House and an active member of the Fox Club. During graduation week, he was commissioned as a Navy ensign on the deck of the USS Constitution with an honorary commissioning ceremony on the steps of Memorial Church featuring former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger (H-38) as the key note speaker.
Six days later, John reported aboard the USS Bristol County (LST-1198) which had a home port in San Diego (CA). As the "Harvard Ensign with a French literature degree," he initially was assigned as the assistant First Lieutenant leading 40 sailors in the deck force. John subsequently served as the Bristol County’s Communications Officer, Helicopter Control Officer and Navigator. During 1989, Ensign Striker deployed to West Pac for 6 months and in 1991 participated in Operation Desert Storm, when he earned the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Southwest Asia Service Medal
The USS Bristol County was a 1970’s vintage LST with a "clipper bow" (unlike it's flat-bowed WWII predecessors) which enabled it to steam at 20+ knots in open seas but still retained the flat bottom required for beaching. As a result, many ship drivers have discovered that this class of ship provided some of the most interesting ship handling experiences in the Navy (i.e. navigating a 560-ft ship in 15-ft of water or less at times) as well as stomach-churning rolls in stormy seas! Despite these challenges, John qualified as an Officer of the Deck (underway), Tactical Action Officer as well as an Engineering Officer of the Watch. During his Desert Storm deployment, the amphibious task force including the USS Bristol County passed through the Philippine Islands just as Mount Pinatubo erupted. As a result, the USS Bristol County played a key coordination role in “Operation Fiery Vigil” evacuating over 8,500 civilians from Luzon down to Cebu. During this time, John personally led the Navy efforts directing evacuees on the island of Cebu for five sleepless days and nights which resulted in his above noted Navy Commendation Medal.
After his release from active duty in the Navy, John initially accepted a position in the Procter & Gamble brand management program in Cincinnati. He subsequently moved back to San Diego where he eventually became the Executive Vice President for Corporate Development with Connors Brothers Income Fund and its U.S. based operating company, Bumble Bee Seafoods. John later accepted the position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Distant Lands Trading Company. In 2006, John joined a leading private equity firm, Centre Partners Management, in their Los Angeles office where he is now a Senior Operating Partner. John currently serves as a Director of Bellisio Foods, Distant Lands Trading Company, Orion ICG LLC and Taylor Precision Products Inc. He previously served on the Boards of Bumble Bee Foods, L.P. and International Imaging Materials, Inc.
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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 2001 Lt. Jonas Peter Akins US Navy (Carrier Wing One, USS Enterprise) Jonas is originally from Dover (MA). After graduating from Harvard, he taught at the Sedbergh School in England for two years before applying to Navy Officer Candidate School. After his commissioning as a Navy ensign, he reported to Intelligence School before 2 deployments with Carrier Air Wing One onboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 67) as an aviation intelligence officer. Jonas then served in the Pentagon as an intelligence briefer to the Chief of Naval Operations and the SECNAV. From August 2008 to September 2009, Jonas deployed to Baghdad (Iraq) as intelligence briefer and intel watch chief for the Commanding General, Multi-National Force.
After his return to the USA, he again returned to the Pentagon as the senior briefer to the CNO and Secretary of the Navy. After his release form active duty, Jonas was accepted at HBS where he became a non-resident tutor in Eliot House and co-president of Crimson Serves promoting closer ties among the growing population of veterans on the Harvard campus and restoring the long and vital links between Harvard University and the US military. Jonas received his MBA from HBS in 2012.
2005 Lt. David Patterson US Navy (Navy SEAL)
David grew up in New York City, After Harvard College, he served as a Naval officer from 2005-2010. As a Navy SEAL, David was deployed to Anbar Province and Baghdad, Iraq, where he targeted high-value individuals and trained Iraqi Special Forces. He later returned to the Middle East where he trained Lebanese and Saudi Arabian Special Forces from his Bahrain base of operations in the Persian Gulf. David will receive his MBA from HBS in 2012 and has served as co-president of Crimson Serves. David notes: "The Vietnam War drove a wedge between our nation’s elite universities and our military, to the detriment of both parties. The work of Crimson Serves is the complete removal of that wedge." 2006 Captain Peter Brooks US Marine Corps (1st battalion, 7th Regiment, 25th Marines) Peter Brooks grew up in California. At Harvard as 1 s t class midshipman, he was the battalion commander of the Navy ROTC based at MIT. He also reestablished and served as president of the Harvard ROTC Association which is a non-partisan, civilian group of Harvard students dedicated to furthering the interests of Harvard's Cadets and Midshipmen. In addition, he served as a midshipman board member of the Advocates for ROTC and was a member of the heavyweight rowing team. After being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Peter spent 6 months at the Basic School in Quantico, VA and was selected for further training as an infantry officer. In 2007, Peter was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marines in 29 Palms, CA and later deployed to Al Anbar, Iraq for 9 months as an infantry platoon commander during the surge. After returning to the USA, his unit was sent back to Fallujah, Iraq where he again was a platoon commander. After his release from active duty, Peter spent a year in India as a Fulbright Scholar studying fresh water management. Peter is currently an MBA-MPP joint degree candidate at the Harvard Business and Kennedy School of Government where he is also a Center for Public Leadership Zuckerman Fellow. Peter was appointed as the director of military outreach for Crimson Serves and will receive his joint graduate degrees from Harvard in 2013
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2. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL by CLASS 1973 Captain Paul Patrick Daley US Navy (Fighter Squadron 96) Distinguished Flying Cross & Navy Commendation Medal Paul grew up in Newton (MA) as the son of immigrants from Ireland. After graduating from St. Sebastian’s Country Day School, he was accepted into Harvard College with the class of 1963 but elected to be educated by the Jesuits at Boston College where he was a member of the varsity hockey team. After college, he entered the Navy through the Aviation Officer Candidate School at Pensacola (FL). He earned his wings as a Naval aviator upon graduating and was assigned to Fighter Squadron 121 at Miramar Naval Air Station (CA). From 1965 through 1967, Paul made two combat tours to Vietnam aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 67) with Fighter Squadron 96 (i.e. the Fighting Falcons). After returning from his Vietnam deployments, Paul taught Naval History for two years as a NROTC Assistant Professor of Naval Science at Yale University and also served on the staff of Commander of the Sixth Fleet's staff aboard the USS Little Rock (CL 92) in the Mediterranean. In 1969, Paul left active duty and joined to the Naval Air Reserves at NAS South Weymouth (MA).
In the an active Naval Reserve, Paul served as Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve units supporting the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), the NS ROTA on two occasions as well as VTU-9191. During his military service, Paul flew 212 combat missions in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Vietnamese, Air Gallantry Cross, 16 Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V, Vietnam Service Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation and also received his parachutist wings from the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning (GA).
Paul graduated from Harvard University in 1973 with a joint JD degree from the Law School and an MBA from HBS. He joined the prestigious Boston law firm of Hale and Dorr as an associate and eventually became a senior partner. His legal practice focuses on bankruptcy and commercial law and he has been named in every edition of Naifeh and Smith's Best Lawyers in America. Paul is formerly a Director of the American Sail Training Association and a Trustee of St. Sebastian's.
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Paul E. Mawn (H-63) Captain USN (Ret.) Chairman – Advocates for Harvard ROTC Sources: “Harvard Military Record in the World War” by Fredrick Sumner Mead by Harvard University Press – 28 June 1921; Notes on N. Shaler and “Crimson Confederates” by Helen Trimpi; “Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War against Germany” by M.A. DeWolfe Howe – Harvard University Press 1924; “This Republic of Suffering – Death and the American Civil War” by Drew Gilpin Faust – Alford A. Knopf Publishing; Harvard Alumni Magazine; Crimson Serves Group; various Harvard reunion reports plus information from various veterans and their families.
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