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NORWICH U N I V E R S I T Y

R E C O R D NEW SERIES, VOL. 36 APR. 27, 1945 N o . 20, WHOLE NO. 9 6 8

War-Time Commencement On Saturday, Mar. 31, Norwich held

a war-time commencement which brought baccalaureate degrees to only five men. All five had completed their studies at other colleges. Norwich has had no four-year students since March, 1943, when commencement swept into service the entire cadet corps of 500 men.

This year's commencement brought honorary degrees to three men, and diplomas were awarded to 27 junior cadets who had completed the college preparatory course inaugurated in 1944. Norwich has operated the past year with a student body composed of 17-year-old college freshmen and junior cadets, all of whom have received pre-induction military training in addition to academic instruction.

The three honorary degrees were conferred by the Norwich president, Dr. Homer L. Dodge. To Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles of Boston, head of the First Service Command, went that of Master of Military Science. Vermont's governor, Mortimer R. Proctor, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, and the Doctor of Science degree was presented to Prof. Edward L. Bowles of Washington, special advisor to the Secretary of War and principal speaker at the commencement exercises.

A plan for inclusion in the country's military services of men trained in

science and engineering was offered by Dr. Bowles in his commencement ad-dress. Such a plan, he said, would lead to development of "top scientific and technical leadership comparable in ability to the magnificent military leaders with which we find ourselves blessed today."

"Although our industries have per-formed miracles in adapting themselves to the needs of war, there have been tragic shortcomings because of the lack of specific planning for the industrial aspects of national security," the speaker charged. "Had there been broad and realistic foresight of na-tional and international scope, we should never have found ourselves vul-nerable in respect to our supply of rubber and several other essential raw materials at a time when it proved dreadfully costly to remedy the de-fection. Had we achieved a more re-alistic philosophy during the inter-war period, the military and industry could have prepared themselves better for mutual integration when the emer-gency came."

President Dodge opened the com-mencement exercises with greetings to the assemblage, and the response was made by Ralph E. Noble, Vermont commissioner of education. Greetings from the Army were brought by Gen. Miles. Governor Proctor presented the

diplomas. A class gift presentation was made by Horace H. Brown, Jr., of Springfield, Mass., a member of the junior cadet corps. The benediction was pronounced by the Norwich chap-lain, the Rev. James B. Sargent. An academic procession preceded the com-mencement exercises. The marshal was Col. Frank Tompkins of Northfield, retired army officer and Norwich trustee. Degrees and Diplomas

Baccalaureate degrees were present-ed to the following:

Bachelor of arts—Frank L. Collins, Carlo Q. Montori, Charles A. Roy.

Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering—John W. Kaczanowicz.

Bachelor of science in civil engineer-ing—Thorne E. Spaulding.

Names of the junior cadets who re-ceived diplomas follow:

DeForrest Ballou, Castle Point, N. Y.; James H. Brooks, Warren; Robert A. Buckley, Brockton, Mass.; Chris Byron, Buzzards Bay, Mass.; Roger M. Carlson, Nashua, N. H.; Frank Cowan, Jr., Milford, Conn.; James M. Curran, Marlboro, Mass.; Richard A. Dolan, Somerville, Mass.

Laurence G. Eaton, Needham, Mass.; William H. Emerson, Rome, N. Y.; John R. Hoffman, Watertown, Conn.; John J . Janiak, Needham, Mass.; Lafayette Keeney, Somersville, Conn.; Charles K. MacGray, Need-ham, Mass.; Paul G. McNamara, West Lebanon, N. H.; Jeremiah F. Murphy, Winthrop, Mass.

Edward H. Nathan, Baltimore, Md.; David M. Paul, Winthrop, Mass.; Wil-liam W. Perkins, Sunapee, N. H.; Henry A. Peirce, North Adams, Mass.; Leonard C. Ray, Burlington; Searle B. Rees, Boston, Mass.; Albert J. Smith, Pottersville, N. Y.; Arthur G. Taylor, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; George R. Trapp, Branford, Conn.; Sheldon H. Walter, Madison, N. J.

Advocates Place In Army Be Given To Technical Men

"To maintain our army at the level of technical proficiency demanded by modern warfare, there must ultimate-ly be a distribution of professional talent of such quality and density that, should we find ourselves in an-other war, there would emerge at the top scientific and technical leadership comparable in ability to the magnifi-cent military leaders with which we find ourselves blessed today."

This proposition was presented in the commencement address delivered by Prof. Edward L. Bowles of Wash-ington, special advisor to the Secre-tary of War, to whom fell the task of bringing to this country's military operations the full benefit of civilian research and industry. During the commencement exercises the honorary degree of doctor of science was con-ferred upon the speaker, a former scientist at the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology, by the Norwich president, Dr. Homer L. Dodge.

Dr. Bowles advocated that the country's military establishment in-clude scientific and technical men who can render service similar to that which they now give to educational institutions and to industry.

"Although our industries have per-formed miracles in adapting them-selves to the needs of war, there have been tragic shortcomings because of the lack of specific planning for the in-dustrial aspects of national security," the speaker charged. "Had there been broad and realistic foresight of national and international scope, we should never have found ourselves vulnerable in respect to our supply of rubber and several other essential raw materials

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at a time when it proved dreadfully costly to remedy the defection. Had we achieved a more realistic philoso-phy during the inter-war period, the military and industry could have pre-pared themselves better for mutual integration when the emergency came.

"Blame for the lack of such plan-ning can be placed neither on the mili-tary nor on industry. It falls logically and naturally on all who shared the na-tional attitude of dissociation from reality. Looking at those aspects of our military operations which require scientific and technical talent, I be-lieve we must conclude that something is needed to enable us to establish the balance necessary to accomplish the complete integration of military, in-dustrial, and educational resources."

Describing his plan for the solution of this problem, Dr. Bowles declared:

"I venture to propose for your con-sideration a plan whereby I believe there can be created within the mili-tary organization sufficient induce-ment in the form of professional recog-nition through rank and otherwise to encourage graduates in science and engineering of our civil institutions of higher learning to seek opportunities there just as they now do in educa-tional establishments and industry. I firmly believe that the obstacles to the achievement of this goal are not in-superable. Among other things, this would have the effect of drawing into the army candidates of the same varied qualifications as are now available to industry and, with proper inducement and directed effort, would offer the same advantages of selection.

"Next, I believe, it is in the interests of effective integration to encourage selected and adequately qualified can-didates from the army, including graduates of West Point, to undertake advanced technical work at civilian educational institutions. In some in-stances such work could be of the cali-

ber leading to the doctorate. These men, as I envision it, should, for the time, be indistinguishable superficially from any other graduate students taking comparable work. Further-more, there have been, and will in-creasingly be, so many applications of science and advanced engineering to military problems, that I am confident it would be feasible to offer a minor or even a major in the advanced applica-tions of science to military problems.

"I visualize as a part of the process that some of the army participants in this program will venture into the in-dustry as a professional career, thus establishing a substantial bond be-tween the two. Others, no doubt, will gravitate to the staffs of educational institutions and thereby strengthen mutual ties. This, together with the complementary migration of civilian specialists into the military as a pro-fessional career, if encouraged as a regular procedure, is potentially cap-able of producing the sort of mutual understanding making for most ef-fective integration of our resources, which no directives, contracts or legis-lation could possibly achieve."

NEW ADDRESSES Lt. William B. Super, '44, formerly

Fort Belvoir, Va., now Camp Clai-bourne, La.

Pvt. Lothrop W. Jordan, '47, form-erly New York University, now Co A, 46th Bn, IARTC, Camp Howze, Tex.

1st Lt. Hugh W. Haskett, '42, formerly Hondo, Tex., now Box 600 AAF, Hobbs, N. M.

1st Lt. Richard Shedd, '43, formerly San Diego, Calif., now 102nd SRMU, APO 244, San Francisco, Calif.

Maj. Robert W. Ferree, '36, former-ly Belmar, N. J., now Dayton C. S. Procurement District, Dayton, Ohio.

NORWICH RECORD, APR. 27, 1945 PAGE 3

Norwich Represents American Point Of View-Gen. Miles

Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles of Boston, head of the First Service Command, received the honorary degree of Master of Military Science at the 126th Norwich commence-ment held Mar. 31. In bringing to the graduating class the greetings of the United States Army, he spoke as follows:

I bring you the greetings of the Army. But for the life of me I don't know whether those greetings should be given in the rollicking spirit in which our troops are surging forward in Germany, or with the cold eye of the traditional first sergeant looking over recruits. A little of both, I think. For see how your cards have fallen.

In one way or another you will all be in the armed services before many months have passed. What a time you have chosen, or rather have had thrust upon you to enter the Army! The turn of the tide indeed! The tide, you know, is a pendulum, as is this war which we are about to see swing from the east to the west.

Never before have young men gone to war, as you will go, while that war itself was being picked up and swung half way around the world. When you join, it will be an Army already old in war. You will serve with men many of whom have been under arms longer than any soldier served in the Civil War. These men have been battle-tried, many of them on fields so varied as to make all our former wars seem fenced-in affairs.

Through mighty signs and wonders they have passed. They have faced and mastered one innovation after an-other in weapons and in tactics. They have been subjected to an intensity of

instruction not unfitting even that faculty under which you labor or have so lately labored. So when you join such worthies of the ancient profes-sion of arms, you will not, I trust, take it amiss if you get that cold top ser-geant's eye of which I spoke. It's just one of those things which time recti-fies and a wise man meanwhile turns to his guidance.

For still another reason my greetings to you must bear some of the question-able welcome associated with a recruit's reception. For the first time in our his-tory we are fighting fanaticism, deep and wide spread. Norwich has con-tributed her sons to many wars. They have fought determined and oft-times fierce enemies. But never before have American forces been up against a fanaticism comparable only, in scope and intensity, to that of the Middle Ages.

We Americans are singularly inept in dealing with it because we have seen it so rarely and in such diluted forms. If we were men of the Crusades, or even of Puritan New England, we would understand our problem better. It is not only that the fanatic is a deadly enemy, but that he is essential-ly an unpredictable one. His is a per-version of mental processes largely un-intelligible to us. He is swayed by neither fair play nor common sense.

It is like stepping into the ring and finding that your opponent is a lunatic. But in this case he is armed with lethal weapons instead of boxing gloves, and he follows no rules save that of kill or be killed. I have no doubt you will meet this issue in the only way it can be met—except through the healing hand of time—by hard common sense and an intelligent application of your training.

But now let me take off the mask of the first sergeant and turn to the more cheerful aspect of my greetings. I have not really come here to bring you that


stale reminder that "there's a war on." Far less have I come to give you ad-vice. On the score of the military pro-fession you have already had much advice. I doubt not that it has been of excellent quality. Why paint the lily?

No, I turn to brighter things. There is indeed much of good cheer to bring you concerning your prospective ser-vice. The Army will welcome you, though you may at times doubt it, first because of your youth and all that it carries with it. You will bring the Army, not only sound minds in sound bodies, but unwearied minds in un-wearied bodies. The wear and tear of war is great. As I have already told you, you will enter an old Army— old not perhaps in years, but in the sense of being thoroughly tired of the seamy side of war—they will have seen so much of it. With your fresh outlook you will bring that inestimable quality of the doer-of-deeds, enthusiasm. With-out it, few courses have been run, few battles won.

Lastly, the Army will welcome you because of the uniform you wear to-day, because you have served under those colors, and because you carry with you the high traditions of Nor-wich University. Those traditions, as you know and as we of the Army know, have been maintained for the past century and a quarter. That in itself is much.

Perhaps even more is the embodi-ment of the American spirit for which Norwich stands. We gained our inde-pendence in war. We preserved our union in war. We are fighting today in defense of our national existence. But never in those long years have we been militaristic. We recognize the pro-fession of arms as a necessary con-comitant of the civilization in which we live. But we make and have made no fetish of it. We have no god of war.

And that essentially American point of view is what Norwich represents.

BOSTON CLUB

Meetings on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p. m. at the Uni-versity Club. Final Spring meeting:

Tuesday, May 15. Those planning to attend should call

before noon of the day of meeting either Dixie Hollis at Stadium 8610 or Gil White at Hubbard 4040 to per-mit arrangements for reservations.

It was what Alden Partridge meant, and what has been carried out all these many years. It is not surprising, al-though it is very significant, that only in America does one find those few colleges, such as Norwich, which are at the same time military and non-mili-taristic.

And because Norwich is what she is, because through all the years of peace she has maintained her high and essen-tially American conception of the pro-fession of arms, she has been able to serve so well her country in her need— as you will do. You see, you must serve well when your time comes be-cause the very prestige of Norwich, which makes you welcome in the Army, is at the same time a challenge which you must in honor meet. May good fortune go with you.

NEW ADDRESSES

Col. Henry H. Cameron, '18, form-erly 2213 Washington, now Del Cam-ine Courts, El Paso, Tex.

Lt. Col. Sheldon Viles, '32, formerly Camp Chaffee, Ark., now 665 FA Bn., APO 18020, New York City.

The Norwich University Record is issued bi-weekly during the college year and monthly during the Summer by Norwich University. Re-entered as second-class matter July 20, 1940, at the post office at Northfiel.d, Vermont, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Original entry as second-class matter author-ized June 17, 1909. News Issue Editor, John E. Mazuzan, '24.


DEGREE CITATIONS

Norwich's 126th commencement Mar. 31 brought honorary degrees to three men, Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles of Boston, head of the First Service Command, Gov. Mortimer R. Proc-tor of Vermont and Prof. Edward L. Bowles of Washington, special advisor to the secretary of war. In conferring the degrees, Dr. Homer L. Dodge, Norwich president, presented citations which read as follows:

Edward Lindley Bowles Graduate of Washington University

and of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; eminent teacher and con-sulting engineer; organizer and direc-tor of one of the first and most com-prehensive courses in electrical com-munications; skilful in the choosing and placing of men and gifted in the power of inspiring others to supreme achievement; combining to an extra-ordinary degree technical competence and understanding of the methods and objectives of science with traits of character that win the confidence and support of men of action; with un-stinted energy and devotion you have applied these talents in the service of your country, bridging the gap be-tween civilian research and industry and those who plan and direct our military operations—Norwich Uni-versity confers upon you the degree of Doctor of Science.

S h e r m a n Miles Graduate of West Point in the class

of 1905, since then serving in all com-missioned grades including his present one of major general in the Army of the United States; son of an honored soldier, descendent of New Engend-ers, nQw the commanding general of the First Service Command upon whom rests the responsibility for the safety and security of the New Eng-land States in this time of war; a

soldier who has served with honor and distinction in three branches of the Army, the Cavalry, Coast Artillery, and Field Artillery, and as military attache in the Intelligence Service of the United States; an officer recognized by high awards from our own and oth-er governments for his outstanding service in war; able administrator and distinguished soldier who has lived up to the finest traditions of the armed services of our Country—Norwich University confers upon you the de-gree of Master of Military Science.

Mor t imer Robinson Proctor Graduate of Yale in the class of

1912; Governor of the State of Ver-mont; talented son of a family which has contributed to the prestige of Vermont, not only through their ser-vice to the State but also in the Con-gress of the United States; an official of one of Vermont's leading industries during years which witnessed some of its greatest development; by virtue of a lifetime of study and preparation a specialist in the ways and means of promoting the welfare of Vermont; an authority on its history; a man truly democratic in habits of mind and per-sonal associations, and generous with gifts of time and funds not only to in-dividuals in need but also to organiza-tions seeking to promote the health and social conditions of Vermont's people; a student of economic prob-lems who ardently believes that rural living is the bulwark of the future of democracy; a believer in better edu-cational standards as a means of rais-ing the economic and social level, whose two years of study in this field resulted in a complete revamping of the state's educational laws; a lover of the outdoors to whom "the mys-terious pages of nature are an open book"; sincere and honest with others in the best Vermont tradition; a true lover and leader of Vermont whose faith in its people and the state is

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evident in his leadership—Norwich University confers upon you the de-gree of Doctor of Laws.

NEW YORK CLUB

May Meeting Wednesday, the 2nd Will Hear President Dodge

Because President Dodge will be in New York at that time, the May meeting of the New York Norwich Club will be held Wednesday night, May 2, at the Downtown Athletic Club, 19 West St.

Any Norwich service men stationed in this vicinity are urged to make note of the date.

CHARLES V. WHITCOMB, '24 March Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of the New York Club was held Mar. 20 at the usual rendevous, the Prince George, and around the usual round table.

We were honored by the presence of three of our young lieutenants among the seven who turned out on a record-breaking introduction to Spring. The thermometer had registered 80.4 as the official high.

Present were Lt. Alphonse F. Ci-frino '44, Lt. Joseph F. Savoldi '43, Lt. Smauel V. Constant '43, A. A. Dearing '16, C. V. Whitcomb '24, J . G. Loughlin '21 and J. T. Sibley.

The conversations centered around our men in uniform and the forth-coming visit of President Dodge May 2.

J . T. SIBLEY, JR. Secretary

Lt. Gardner Hopwood, '45, formerly Baltimore, now 1st O, T. C., Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Ensign Richard P. Ashton, '45, formerly Chapel Hill, N. C., now Bldg. 11, Class 3B-L, Naval Air Station, Dallas 2, Tex.

PRESS PIECES

CAPT. GEORGE FAIRBANKS, '39, WINS BRONZE STAR MEDAL From the Somerville, Mass., Press

Capt. George C. Fairbanks, III, 30, husband of Mrs. Doris T. Fairbanks, 42 Everett Avenue, Somerville, supply officer with the 8th Tank Battalion, has been cited for meritorious service in combat. He has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by order of Major General Hugh J . Gaffey, commander of the Fourth Armored Division.

The citation reads in part: "For meritorious service in connec-

tion with operations against the enmy from November 8, 1944, to January 2, 1945, in France and Belgium. Capt. Fairbanks joined in combat operations with the 8th Tank Battalion on No-vember 9, 1944, as the unit was mov-ing out as part of the large offensive launched by the U. S. Third Army in Lorraine.

"Since that date this unit has never wanted for supplies of any type so long as they were at all available. There is no limit to the extent to which Capt. Fairbanks will go to obtain the necessary supplies, even though this entailed many trips to rear areas at all hours and under all types of weather conditions. On numerous occasions he has gone to company positions in an unarmored vehicle under enemy shell-ing to obtain a list of the daily needs. Due to this aggressive spirit, disre-gard for his own personal safety, and a faithful devotion to duty demonstrat-ed by Capt. Fairbanks, combat troops of this unit have never wanted for any class of supplies."

Capt. Fairbanks was with the Fourth Armored Division when the crack tank outfit effected the historic relief of the besieged 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, Belgium. He is a 1939 graduate of Norwich University.


Letters 1920 LOOKS AHEAD TO 25th REUNION

Pythian Building St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Record Editor: Ordinarily this June would bring

the 25th reunion of the Class of 1920. We had all looked forward to seeing the gang once again on the Hill. Of course, this anniversary will have to be postponed until resumption of Commencement at Norwich comes normally again.

Many of our classmates are in dif-ferent parts of the world doing their bit in the war. It has been almost impossible to keep informed of them.

At the first opportunity, men of '20 will meet at Norwich to celebrate their 25th reunion and subsequent an-niversaries.

Whenever your address is changed, kindly notify the Record at once. Your Class Secretary would be pleased to hear from you, too, at any time.

DR. C. L. VITTY, '20 Secretary

GERRY ZWART, '21, RECALLS POLO TEAMS OF 25 YEARS AGO

Box 264 Suffern, New York

Record Editor: Maybe a dozen other boys have sent

you the news of I. D. White, '22, commander of the 2nd Armored Di-vision, being promoted to major gen-eral. I spent Easter weekend in Chi-cago and didn't meet any old friends so it was especially nice to be reminded of the soft-spoken, very gentlemanly "I. D.", who with Allen, Switzer, Jocelyn, Hurd and myself, under the

wonderful direction of Col. Frank Ed-wards, trounced every indoor polo team we ran up against, including Yale and Cornell.

We almost repeated the perform-ance the next year, but West Point was apparently still smarting from the de-feat of 1912 at the hands of another Norwich team so we were "safely" and hopelessly mounted for that match by the boys at the Point on a string of ex-ice truck horses.

Incidentally, no polo was played at N. U.ffrom 1912 until 1919 when Col. Tompkins, commandant, looked out of his office window with amazement one fine morning to see Whitney Harring-ton, '21, and myself "racing around the upper parade on foot" trying hard to hit a baseball with the end instead of the side of a polo mallet. However, from that moment and that lowly be-ginning Col. Edwards, who was him-self an expert poloist, guided Norwich through many seasons of highly suc-cessful competition.

I still treasure a picture stuck in my membook, clipped from the Boston Post, showing the indoor champs of 1920—outfitted with English tropical sun helmets instead of regulation polo headgear. And another name that stands out vividly in my recollection of the revival of polo at N. U. is Mur-ray Woodbury, class of '21 and cur-rently directing operations as Brig. Gen. in the European theater.

Enclosed herewith is my check for Living Endowment. Hope the list of contributors is growing fast.

GERRIT ZWART, '21

Maj. Robert Chilson, '37, formerly APO 929, San Francisco, now Hq. First Air Force, Mitchel Field, N. Y.

Capt. D. M. MacLeay, '42, formerly APO 560, New York City, now Hal-loranGen. Hosp., Willowbrook, S. I., N. Y.


PRESS PIECES

MAJ. HERB ORR, '28, FLYING IN ITALY North Adams dispatch in the Boston Globe

Herbie Orr, former Drury and Nor-wich University basketball star, now holds the rank of major in the United States Army Air Force and is stationed in Italy.

He was a pilot in the Air Force long before the outbreak of war, having taken up flying as his career soon after completing his course at Norwich in 1928. He retired from the Army at one time to take up commercial flying but promptly signed up again before Pearl Harbor when the nation found itself in need of experienced pilots.

LT. LEONARD WING, '45, WINS SILVER STAR From the Rutland Herald

Maj. Gen. Leonard F. Wing of Kingsley Avenue, famed for his leader-ship on the field of battle against the Japs, has been widely acclaimed as a great soldider, but he now has a rival for the title right in his own family.

The general's older son, Lt. Leonard F. Wing, Jr., now 22, and a prisoner of war of Germany, who was a student in high school when his father left for war, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action against the Germans. The young officer had been in combat only three months when he won the high award.

Maj. Gen. Wing wears both the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit.

The medal and citation of Lt. Wing were sent by his commanding officer, Gen. A. R. Bowling, of the 84th Di-vision in Germany, to Maj. Gen. Wing, who has been leading his 43d Division men in the historic fight on Luzon. The Rutland general, in turn, forward-

ed the award to his wife in this city. The citation to the young officer read:

"For gallantry in action against the enemy in Germany Nov. 29, 1944. When his platoon was subjected to in-tense enemy mortar and small arms fire, 2d Lieutenant Wing, by his dis-play of calm courage, superior leader-ship and complete disregard for his own safety, so inspired the men of the unit that they moved forward and took the platoon objective.

"The agressive action and commend-able conduct exhibited by Lt. Wing presented an exceptional example of those soldierly qualities which are in accordance with the highest traditions of the military service."

Lt. Wing was a student at Norwich University with the 1945 class when he entered service. Gen. Wing is a Nor-wich trustee.

IRVING EDWARDS, '09, WRITES FROM LUZON From the Boston, Mass., Herald

Mrs. Andrew P. Cornwall of 11 Fenwick Road, Winchester, wife of a Boston physician, has received sev-eral letters from her brother, Irving Edwards, since the release of prisoners from Santo Tomas internment camp, stating he and his 17-year-old son, Hamilton, were well. The first letter was dated Feb. 6, two days after the Americans entered the camp.

Edwards, who became associated with the Philippine constabulary im-mediately following his graduation from Norwich University in 1909, was more recently employed by the Bu-reau of Education in the Philippines. His work included the education of the natives in Mindanao, where he left his wife and four daughters when he was interned.

1st Lt. Chandler Earle, '40, former-ly Newburg, N. Y., now 2114th AAF-BU-AAB, Lockbourne, Columbus, O.


Letters PFC. BOB DUDLEY, '31, HELPS BAG 26 GERMANS, 7 KILLED AND 19 CAPTURED

Box 166 Topsham, Maine

Record Editor: Enclosed is a clipping from the Bos-

ton Herald about my husband, Pfc. Robert M. Dudley, of the class of 1931. You may recall that Bob and I and our four children were residing on our farm in Norwich, Vt., when he entered the service.

HELEN J. DUDLEY (Mrs. Robert M. Dudley)

* * *

From the Boston Herald A German raiding party's capture of

Pfc. Malford G. Heimer of Frost, Tex., a couple of weeks ago set off an action in which his buddies killed seven Ger-mans, captured 19 and rescued him.

The skirmish marked one phase of the 10th Mountain Division's success-ful assault on Monte Belvedere in Italy.

Some of the Germans surrendered with three machineguns to Pfc. Robert Dudley, 37, of Norwich, Vt., and Pfc. Joe Polunci of Glens Falls, N. Y.

LT. " R E D " LINDQUIST, '43, PROMOTED IN MARINES

Hudson Brook Lane North Adams, Massachusetts

Record Editor: Our son, Lt. August Lindquist, '43,

who was recently cited for "outstand-ing service" in action near Formosa, has since been promoted to first lieu-tenant in the Marines.

We received a letter from Roger Collins, '43, recently. He was in the Netherlands East Indies when he

wrote. We enjoy hearing from him very much as he was "Red's" room-mate all four years at Norwich.

Red mentions receiving the Record very often and enjoys it as do we.

Enclosed find a check for Living En-dowment.

Best greetings to all you Norwich men.

MRS. A. B. LINDQUIST Editor's Note—A newspaper ac-

count of Lt Lindquist's citation ap-pears on Page 12 of this issue.

PFC. ANGELO VALENTE, '46, GETS RECORD IN INDIA

Assam, India via APO 689, New York City

20th Gen. Hospital Record Editor:

Just a word to let you know that I have been receiving the Record here in India. Although some are four and five months in getting here, they never seem out of date, and I enjoy reading all of them. Keep them coming be-cause they give me the only news I get from the Hill.

Please add my name to the list of contributors.

ANGELO J. VALENTE, '46 Private First Class

LT. ISADORE KATZ, '44, COMPLETES JUMP TRAINING

2nd Parachute Training Reg. Fort Benning, Georgia

Record Editor: The clipping from the Columbus

Ledger (Georgia), which I am enclos-ing, has prompted me to write to the Record for the first time in what I'm afraid has been much too long.

I arrived at the Parachute School in time to say goodbye to four classmates, Lt. Chris Zoukis, Joe Cronin, Hank Lisowski, and Marty Howard, all '44,


who had finished jump training about a month before I did. I presume they now are all over, and I would like to know just where they are.

As for myself, I finished jump and jumpmaster training last month. Since then, I have been stationed in the Ala-bama area of the Parachute School where I am an instructor of the Ad-vanced Training Division—just wait-ing for my boat reservations.

Would like to hear from any other '44 men.

ISADORE KATZ, '44 Second Lieutenant

Editor's Note—The article sent by Lt. Katz is reproduced on Page 20 of this issue. It tells of the pro-motion to lieutenant colonel in China of Edward T. Cowen, '28.

SGT. STILES WOODRUFF, '43, PLUGS LIVING ENDOWMENT

Germany via APO 102, New York City

102nd Ren. Troop Record Editor:

I have been receiving the Record in very good time.

Congratulations on your drive for Living Endowment. The appalling thing, however, is the meager percent-age of contributors from the various classes. Have requested my mother to send a contribution from my bank account at home, and you should re-ceive it at any time. Although small, it is a start, anyway. I think the great trouble is that N. U. has a lot of men with good intentions about contribut-ing like myself, but they have put it off. So, men, let's not put it off any longer, and start the ball rolling. Sure would like to see the class of '43 bring up that 11% and outdo them all.

I am in the 9th Army in Germany. I was wounded slightly in December by a bomb but feel fine now. Under-stand "Zeke" Ellison, '43, is reported

missing in action. Here's hoping he turns up somewhere. C. P. Hicks, '43, is in the South Pacific with a Harbor Craft Co.

Keep the Record coming, and good luck on Living Endowment. Let's go class of '43.

STILES D. WOODRUFF, '43 Sergeant

HENRY MUZZY, '14, APPRECIATES RECORD

Lock Box 1017 Holden, Mass.

Record Editor: Just realized that I have been re-

ceiving the Record for over 30 years without even a word of appreciation. It certainly is a fine Norwich service.

My Living Endowment contribu-tion is enclosed.

HENRY S. MUZZY, '14

MAJ. ELIAS LIAKOS, '37, IN GREECE WITH BRITISH

Greece via APO 512, New York City

Record Editor: Please change my address. For the past ten months I have been

attached to a British Army Force which arrived in Greece some five months or so ago.

ELIAS F. LIAKOS, '37 Major

NEW ADDRESSES Pfc. Harry E. Lupia, '47, formerly

Lincoln, Neb., now Sec. G-l, Davis-Monthan Field, Tuscon, Ariz.

F2-c Thaddeus Buzko, '47, now USS Bearss (DD654), c-o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco, Calif.

Lt. John Connarn, '41, formerly Clinton, Iowa, now Box 662, Monitou Springs, Col.


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CAPT. SHERMAN CROCKER, '44, MANY TIMES DECORATED, MISSING IN ACTION From the Hyannis, Mass., News

Capt. Sherman N. Crocker, 24-year-old son of Sheriff and Mrs. Lauchlan M. Crocker of Barnstable, has been reported by the War Depart-ment as missing in action over Ger-many since Feb. 13. He was a 9th Air Force pilot, serving in the European Theatre of operations.

Capt. Crocker was awarded the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters and later the Distinguished Flying Cross for outstanding achievement in aerial flight against the enemy. On one occasion he attacked a force of more than 40 enemy aircraft and was successful in the destruction of two and the probable destruction of a third.

A graduate of Barnstable High School and Bordentown Institute, he was a 1944 student at Norwich Uni-versity prior to entering the service April 15, 1942, in the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School at Maxwell Field, Ala. The following July he transferred to the regular Army Air Forces for flight training.

Following his graduation from the A. A. F. Advanced Flying School at Napier Field, Ala., on Feb. 18, 1943, Captain Crocker was awarded his sil-ver wings and a 2nd lieutenant's com-mission.

In August, 1943, he received an as-signment to the 98th Fighter Squad-ron, made famous by Eddie Ricken-backer in the last war, and served as an acting flight instructor at an air base in Florida. At the completion of a short leave at his home, he was sent overseas, where he became a member of the 9th Air Force as a P-47 Thunder-bolt pilot.

LT. AUGUST LINDQUIST, '43, CITED BY ADM. HALSEY From the North Adams Transcript

Second Lieut. August Bernhard Lindquist, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, has been cited by Admiral W. F. Hal-sey for contributing materially to the destruction of two Jap planes and pre-venting serious damage to his ship off Formosa.

According to the citation, Lieut. Lindquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lindquist of Clarksburg, performed outstanding service while serving as a gun director officer and spotter of a heavy machine gun battery.

"When his ship was subjected to a vicious attack in the vicinity of For-mosa," Admiral Halsey declared, "by two Japanese land based torpedo planes, his skill and accurracy in es-timating range and spotting during a period of very low visibility, his cool-ness under fire, his devotion to duty and his excellent leadership, con-tributed to the destruction of both planes.

"His conduct throughout," accord-ing to the citation, "was in keeping with the highest traditions of the na-val service."

Lieut. Lindquist was graduated from Drury High School in 1939 and from Norwich University in 1943. He is a member of Lafayette Lodge of Masons and St. John's Episcopal Church. He was commissioned in the Marine corps in May, 1943.

CAPT. ANDIE HARKNESS, '37, BACK FROM NEW GUINEA Special to the Record from Atlantic City, N. J .

A combination mother, teacher, athletic director, movie impresario and construction engineer is how Capt. Andrew R. Harkness of Nyack, N. Y.,


describes the average special service officer overseas.

Having returned from one year in New Guinea as a special service officer with the 5th Air Force Service Com-mand, the 29-year-old captain knows whereof he speaks.

"Our job over there," said the cap-tain, here now at AAF Redistribution Station No. 1 to receive a new duty assignment after completing his over-seas tour, "was to keep the men oc-cupied during their off-duty hours, and to keep them informed. We were often short of materials, but a little improvisation can go a long way."

Since Softball was the leading out-door sport, softballs headed the list of scarce items. "Rube Goldberg" radios, homemade ping-pong tables, and hobby shops in soldier-built day-rooms were among the improvisations.

"Making jewelry out of shell casings, Australian money or anything else that could be found was a favorite in-door sport," said the captain, whose father, Andrew M. Harkness, lives at 82 Sickles Ave., Nyack. "I t wasn't especially a non-profit hobby, either. A good looking bracelet made out of scraps would often bring $15."

On the information side, New Guin-ea special service offices issued daily news sheets and arranged for news broadcasts over public address sys-tems on nights when motion pictures were shown. In addition, discussion groups met regularly to talk over the war and home-front problems, and correspondence courses were made available through the Armed Forces Institute.

"The men were always eager for news," said Capt. Harkness, "and a surprisingly good majority were regis-tered in correspondence courses. We had an arrangement with an Austra-lian university which resulted in fast service which kept up the men's in-terest."

Capt. Harkness, whose wife, the former Dorothy Wick, lives at 180 Rose Hill Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y., is a 1937 graduate of Norwich Uni-versity.

LT. BURT RHODES, '46, GETS AIR MEDAL From the Hartford, Conn., Courant

Second Lieutenant Burton L. Rhodes, 21, of Cromwell, pilot on an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress, has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in bombard-ment missions against Nazi Germany, according to word from the bomber station to which he is attached in England. A son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Rhodes of Cromwell, he attended Norwich University with the 1946 class before entering the service in February, 1943.

LT. EBEN FOGG, '39, AT VALLEY FORGE From the Hingham, Mass., Journal

Lieut. Eben T. Fogg, who gradu-ated from Norwich University in 1939, has been appointed instructor in mod-ern languages at the Valley Forge Military Academy at Wayne, Pa.

Lieut. Fogg has had two years of Army duty and four years teaching experience at Francis Military Acad-emy, Stratford, New Jersey. He is a member of Phi Kappa Delta and Al-pha Psi Omega and is now working on his master's degree at Temple Uni-versity. He has been engaged for the past ten years in military lexicography, compiling a five-language military dic-tionary.

Lieut. Fogg is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Fogg, 129 Fort Hill Street, Hingham, Mass.

Pfc. James E. Witkins, '47, now Co. G, 343rd Inf., APO 450, New York City.

NORWICH RECORD, APR, 27, 1945 PAGE 13

Letters CAPT. DICK VEDELER, '21, ASKS SOME QUESTIONS

Belgium via APO 872, New York City

97th Repl. Bn. Record Editor:

The enclosed check has been slow in forthcoming, and it looks as if many other loyal Norwich sons have been procrastinating too. It really takes so little effort to forward a check, be it large or small. If only the boys would realize that a small contribution is needed and appreciated, and that numbers are just as important as the amount of money.

Surely, everyone of us would be proud to see the N. U. percentage near the top among the colleges rather than at the bottom. We all boast about N. U., its training and its at-mosphere, so let's change the records and really show our feelings.

Well, gang, what are we waiting for? Let's go. How about it, 1921? Let's show the way.

RICHARD VEDELER, '21 Captain

MAJ. BOB FERREE, '36, AIDS PROJECTS 1 AND 2

Procurement District Dayton, Ohio

Record Editor: This is a request to have my address

changed from Camp Evans Signal Laboratory, Belmar, New Jersey, to 448 Grafton Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. By the time this reaches you the or-ganization I am with will be a part of the Air Corps under the Air Technical Service Command. Still the same old ground radar procurement game with a new boss.

It's been so long since I dropped you a line that I don't believe your records show me as being married, to say nothing of being a father. On October 2, 1943, Georgiana Corbin Kohn, a girl from the old home town, West Hartford, and I were married, and on February 4 this year we were blessed with a fine baby girl, Georgiana Corbin Ferree. At present they're residing in West Hartford due to what someone calls a critical housing situation in Dayton—a masterpiece of understate-ment.

This is about all I have to report; I just wanted to keep the Department of Vital Statistics fully informed.

My check for Living Endowment is enclosed. I have noted well President Dodge's statement on Special Pro-jects, and I am glad to help on both.

ROBERT W. FERREE, '36 Major

MAJ. JOHN VEYETTE, '39, SEEKING NORWICH MEN

France via APO 633, New York City

Office of Director of Intelligence Hdqts. U.S.S.T.A.F. (Main)

Record Editor: Since I wrote last I have moved to

the above address. Guess I can say I'm in France without the censor cutting it out. There certainly should be a few of the boys around here, and I shall try to find some of them.

I am receiving the Record regularly. I plan to send another contribution to Living Endowment before the period closes.

JOHN H. VEYETTE, '39 Major

1st Lt. Russell B. Sylvester, '42, formerly Tampa, Fla., now Hq. F. E. A. S. C., Sig. Sec., APO 323, c-o Post-master, San Francisco, Calif.


MAJ. ED CASWELL, '32, ON OAHU, HAWAII

49 Smith Street New Bedford, Mass.

Record Editor: Edwin B. Caswell, '32, is now a ma-

jor in the Tank Destroyers. He is on Oahu, Hawaii, at the present time. Please continue to send the Record here until he has a more definite as-signment.

EMMA M. CASWELL (Mrs. N. H.)

LT. EZRA MANN, '38, MISSED BILL JOHNSON, '39,


Tr. B, 116th Cav. Ren. Sq. Record Editor:

We have been moving so fast these last few weeks our mail must be all over England and France, but I'm hoping the lastest Records reach me soon. Our move from England came at just the wrong time because I just missed seeing "Bill" Johnson, '39, but talked with him on the phone.

Just received the announcement of the arrival of Philip J . Baird the Third Dec. 2—son of Capt. Phil Baird, '38.

EZRA B. MANN, '38 1st Lieutenant

LT. DICK SHEDD, '43, IN JAP RADIO STATION

The Marianas via APO 244, San Francisco

102nd SRMU Record Editor:

In a previous issue of the Record, I found that I am carried as having no address. Therefore, I am taking this opportunity to regain contact with Norwich.

Since my graduation from O. C. S.,

I have been in many places in the U. S. and in the Pacific area. My first over-seas station was Hawaii. From there I moved to my present location in the Marianas where I am in command of a radar maintenance team for ground radar. Our present location on the island is in an abandoned Jap radio station. I would like to hear from any Norwich men in this area.

Last June I had the good fortune to marry Miss Joan Moody. She traveled with me in the States until the time I reached the Seattle port of embark-ation.

I would like to hear from Prof. Spencer and his E. E. Department.

Enclosed is a money order for Liv-ing Endowment.

RICHARD D. SHEDD, '43 First Lieutenant

LT. NEL ZIMMETT, '41, MEETS CAPT. McCLOSKEY, '42


43rd Cav. Ren. Sq. Record Editor:

In all the hustle and bustle I neg-lected to notify you of my change in address. Please send the Record to me at the above station.

I haven't met many Norwich men over here. I did see Capt. Joe McClos-key, '42, for a short while about a month ago, but the situation wasn't conducive to a long talk. Also saw Marinus Van Kleef, '41, under the same circumstances.

Best regards to all, and do not fail to send those Records along.

NELSON H. ZIMMETT, '41 First Lieutenant

Lt. Isadore Katz, '44, formerly APO 258, New York City, now 2nd Academic Co., A. T. D., 2nd Parachute Training Reg., Fort Benning, Ga.


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COL. BILL SHURTLEFF, '24, CITED FOR PART IN OPENING CHINA'S STILLWELL ROAD Special to The Record from Chinese Combat Command

Because of his services as a member of the general staff of the Chinese Ex-peditionary Force in the initial stages of the Salween campaign, Col. Wil-liam H. Shurtleff, Jr., 45, derived con-siderable personal satisfaction from the opening of the Stilwell Road, made possible by the offensive in which he participated.

From January, 1944, until May of the same year, Col. Shurtleff assisted in the establishment of ammunition, fuel and ration dumps in forward areas on the Salween prior to the start of the campaign.

"This was accomplished," the col-onel relates, "by truck transportation followed by pack horses to inaccessible localities. In the supply game here in China, we use transport planes, L-5 observing planes, coolies, and pack animals."

Life on the Salween Front was filled with discomforts and many harrowing experiences for the colonel, who has since been named assistant G-4 at a headquarters of the Chinese Combat Command near Kunming. He has been awarded the Bronze Star for exceptional meritorious service.

The colonel, who has been in the Army since 1933, was graduated in 1918 from Lexington High School, Phillips Exeter Academy in 1920 and from Norwich University in 1924 with a bachelor of science degree.

As a college student, he was active in ice hockey and polo, and he served on the staff of the student newspaper and college year book. He is a member of Theta Chi fraternity and Skull and Swords.

Col. Shurtleff was stationed at Fort Riley, Kans., when ordered overseas. He arrived in India in June, 1943, and a month later was flown across the Himalayan "Hump" to China.

Army schools attended by the colon-el include Cooks and Bakers School, Command and General Staff School and Motor School.

While serving overseas, the colonel's wife and two children, William H., I l l , age 16, and J . Lee, age 4, make their home at 229 West Spruce St., Junction City, Kans. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shurtleff, reside at 41 Somerset Road, Lexington, Mass.

Prior to entering active military service, Col. Shurtleff was engaged in the iron and steel business with Brown-Nales Co., Boston. He was promoted to his present rank in Sep-tember, 1944.

COL. IRVING BRANCH, '34, DIVE-BOMBS ICE JAM

From the Stamford, Conn., Advocate Death-dealing 500 pound bombs

were used on an errand of mercy last week when Col. Irving L. Branch, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Branch, 121 Maple Ave., Glenbrook, and four fel-low-pilots pin-pointed their bombs on an ice jam in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska. Using techniques gained in 13 months combat experience in China, Col. Branch dive-bombed the ice jam from a Thunderbolt. By starting a crack in the ice block, the pilots averted possibilities of untold suffering and transportation tie-ups in this midwestern area.

Col. Branch, commanding officer of the 72nd Fighter Wing, was com-missioned as a second lieutenant in the Cavalry from Norwich University in 1934. In 1935 he transferred to the Air Corps and received his wings as a pilot

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from Kelly Field, Texas, in June of the same year.

Col. Branch went to China to serve as a fighter pilot under Gen. Chen-nault in August, 1943. During the 13 months Col. Branch was in China he received the American Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal, and the Chinese Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and Bombardment Medal.

His wife, the former Margaret Rog-ers, Bristol, Tenn., and their son, Christopher, are residing in Colorado Springs.

CAPT. DICK SLASON, '39, 30 MONTHS IN PACIFIC Special to the Record from Air Base, Richmond, Va.

Capt. Richard J . Slason recently ar-rived here from Army Air Force Re-distribution Station at Atlantic City to assume his new duties as motor pool officer at Richmond Army Air Base.

Capt. Slason served overseas for 30 months and wears bronze combat stars for the Guadalcanal campaign and Northern Solomons campaign.

Capt. Slason attended Franklin Academy in Malone, N. Y., and Nor-wich University, where he graduated in 1939. Before entering the service, he was employed as an insurance claim adjuster. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

NEW ADDRESSES

Lt. Fred W. Taylor, '29, formerly Davisville, R. I., now Bu. of Yards and Docks, Washington, D. C.

Lt. Gordon B. Kennington, '40, formerly Chelsea, Mass., now UNAS, Jacksonville, Fla.

Capt. Ian F. Turner, '37, formerly APO 1, now APO 34, New York City.

RECALLS GEN. RANSOM'S DEATH AT CHAPULTEPEC Burlington Free Press editorial

Vermonters are particularly interest-ed in the recent conference in Mexico which resulted in the Chapultepec agreement, not only because of the prominent part which Senator Warren R. Austin played in formulating the resolution which was agreed upon, but also because a Vermonter led the at-tack which resulted in the capture of "that well-nigh impregnable fortress of Chapultepec" almost 100 years ago, Representative Charles A. Plumley of Vermont told the national House of Representatives a few days ago.

Incidentally, Plumley got in a good word for Norwich University, of which institution he was formerly president. He reminded his colleagues that Gen. Truman B. Ransom, who resigned as president of Norwich to enter the arm-ed service of his country, led the at-tack and gave his life to compel the surrender of Chapultepec Sept. 13, 1847. In reviewing briefly that his-toric event, Plumley said:

History records that when the commanding general issued the order to the effect that the fortress should be captured and reduced, General Ransom said: "Essay-ons," or being translated "I will try", which is the motto of all Norwich men since that day.

History repeats itself. We are now undertaking to establish an enduring peace. The senior sena-tor from Vermont, from that his-toric fortress at Chapultepec, again may well adopt the motto of Norwich in his efforts to pro-duce an enduring peace among all nat ions—"Esay ons.''

Lt. Howard G. Gebbie, '43, formerly APO 360, New York City, now 3325 SIAM Co., Camp Gruber, Okla.


Letters CAPT. JOHN McGAULEY, '41, NAMES NORWICH MEN WITH HIM AT BASTOGNE


Hq. CCB, 10th Arm'd. Div. Record Editor:

I've been overseas quite a while now but have never received a Record. I miss them very much and would ap-preciate it if you would forward them to the above address.

I have met several Norwich men over here so far. Most interesting were meetings during the "Bulge." I was at Bastogne when the Germans started through, and in the tumult of action I ran into Capt. Phil Baird, '38. The last time I had seen him was when I was a freshman and was acting as an orderly for him. When the Fourth Arm'd. broke through to us, one of the first persons I met was Maj. Tom Churchill, '40.

The only members of my class still with me are Capt. Dave Perrin and Capt. Marinus Van Kleef, both of whom have been wounded and since have returned to duty. Capt. Joe Mc-Closkey, '42, and Lt. Shietinger, '43, are in this outfit also.

My Living Endowment check is en-closed.

JOHN R. McGAULEY, '41 Captain

LT. JERRY STEDMAN, '46, BOMBARDIER IN LEAD SHIP

Eaton-Pond Company, Inc. Automatic Machine Products

15 Park Street, Springfield, Mass. Record Editor:

I am enclosing a check for Living Endowment for 1945.

The Record is coming through regu-larly, is read by us and then forwarded to Lt. J . M. Stedman, '46, 329th Bomb Sqdn., 93rd Bomb Group, A.P.O. 558, c-o Postmaster, New York City.

This is a new address as Jerry has changed crews and is now bombardier in a lead ship after finishing a month's advanced radar training. In a late let-ter he speaks of meeting some of the Norwich gang attached to the 8th Air Force.

I am sure he will appreciate hearing from any of the '46 outfit in particular.

RALPH S. STEDMAN Vice-President

LT. HUGH HASKETT, '42, IN B-17 TRAINING

Box 600 HAAF Hobbs, New Mexico

Record Editor: At long last I am writing to thank

you for the Record which has always caught up with me in spite of many changes of address.

I am taking Transition Training in the B-17 at Hobbs now and hope to finish the course some time in May. Where I'll go from here is the big question.

I received my promotion to 1st Lt. in Feb. before I left Hondo, Texas, where I was last stationed.

I'll be glad to hear from any of the boys in the class of '43.

I am sending along a check to help the cause and hope you keep those Records coming—they are always more than welcome.

HUGH W. HASKETT, '42 First Lieutenant

1st Lt. Howard F. Chilson, '41, formerly APO 17111, now Detch. of Patients, 4175 Hospital Plant, APO 121, c-o Postmaster, New York City.


MAJ. HENRY MARTIN, '25, MEETS COL, MACDONALD, '20, SENDS US NAZI FLAG


104th Inf. Division (The Timberwolves)

Record Editor: As you perhaps noted from press re-

leases, the Timberwolf Division, head-ed by Maj. Gen. Terry Allen, formerly of the cavalry and one time star polo player of Fort Oglethorpe, spearhead-ed the attack on Germany's third largest city.

While out looking for billets yester-day for my regiment, I entered the CP of the 4th Cavalry and there encount-ered Col. Junk Macdonald, '20, our old commandant, whom I had not seen for 20 years. We looked familiar to each other, and it did not take long to as-certain the facts. The colonel looks re-markably young, and I'd say he has a more youthful figure now than when on the Hill.

I am enclosing the smallest - Nazi flag I have run across to date. I thought you might like it as a souvenir. They usually come large enough to hang from a flag pole atop a three-story building and still touch the ground.

HENRY H. MARTIN, JR., '25 Major, Engineers

X T . ROY BLACKBURN, '32, SENDING FRENCH LETTUCE

France via APO 18020, New York City

495th Ord. Hvy. Auto Maint. Co. Record Editor:

I am now S-2ing and S-3ing in sun-ny France—and sunny it is, too. The local citizens are scurrying around like ants, all carrying something, high in anticipation of their first crop since occupation of their country.

I've been far less comfortable in bivouacs in the States but never so far from good old home base—aye, that 's the rub.

So far I haven't seen any Norwich men but have hopes. Will send you a small bale of French lettuce for Living Endowment as soon as I'm able to fathom the mysteries of transferring funds from here to there.

ROY V. BLACKBURN, '32 Lieutenant

PFC. BOB HUMPHREY, '46, OVERSEAS WITH INFANTRY

48 Ashland Avenue Methuen, Massachusetts

Record Editor: I am enclosing a check for Living

Endowment for my son, Pfc. Robert B. Humphrey, '46. We enjoy the Records very much and read them be-fore sending them to Bob.

After leaving Norwich in March, 1943, he reported to Fort Devens. From there he was transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas, for three months basic training. At the completion of basic he was sent to the University of Mis-souri under the Army Specialized Training Program. He stayed there until April, 1944, when the ASTP was abolished and he was sent to Camp Ruckner, Alabama. He remained at Camp Ruckner until November, 1944. He is now somewhere in France and his address is:

Pfc. Robert B. Humphrey, Co. E, 264th Inf., A. P. O. 454, c-o Postmas-ter, New York, New York.

Best of luck to all Norwich men. FRANCES C. HUMPHREY

(Mrs. Wesley B.)

Lt. Col. Glendon N. King, '43, now 24th Combat Mapping Sq., 5th Photo Ren. Gr., APO 690, c-o Post-master, New York City.


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LT. COL. O'DONNELL, '29, DECORATED IN PACIFIC Special to the Record from the South Pacific

For "meritorious achievement" in the Marianas battle last year, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Clarence J . O'Don-nell, 40, recently was presented the Bronze Star Medal.

Col. O'Donnell's wife and daughter reside at Dover Point Road, Dover, N. H.

The colonel served as executive of-ficer of a Marine infantry regiment with the Fourth Marine Division. The di-vision received the Presidential Unit Citation for the Marianas. He also is a veteran of Roi-Namur in the Mar-shal l . Col. O'Donnell was graduated in 1929 from Norwich University where he was a star football player.

ED COWEN, '28, MADE LT. COL. IN CHINA From the Columbus, Ga., Ledger

Major Guy C. Cowen, retired, of 1805 Slade Drive, has received word of the promotion of his son, Edward T. Cowen, to lieutenant colonel.

Lt. Col. Cowen has been serving in the China theater for over two years and is on General Wedemeyer's staff as a member of the General Staff Corps. He is a graduate of Norwich University, class of 1928, and he re-ceived his commission as second lieu-tenant in the reserve corps upon gradu-ation. He is also a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, and he served at the Presidio of San Francisco and at Fort Douglas, Utah, before going to India and China.

Lt. Col. Cowen was with the Stand-ard Oil Company in China from 1928 to 1932. He went into active service in

December, 1941. He has an elder brother who is a captain in the Air Corps in San Antonio, Texas.

MAJ. AL WESTON, '32, RETURNS FROM INDIA Atlantic City dispatch in the Boston Herald

Maj. Roscoe A. Weston, son of Mrs. Alta R. Nicodemus of 66 Ruggles Street, Quincy, Mass., here for rest after two years in India, where he be-came ill of malaria and dengue fever, has just returned from operating a rest camp for soldiers.

At the camp, not far from New Delhi, he set up facilities for 155 va-cationing soldiers, with a staff of seven officers and 40 enlisted men, two nurs-es and three Red Cross workers.

Men war-weary after six months' service in the area enjoyed the can-teen, wtih beer on tap, dances, riding, athletics, and Maj. Weston's pet fa-cility—hunting, on an estate owned by the Rana of Kuthar, on which deer, elk, boars, panthers and leopards were abundant.

Maj. Weston was graduated from Norwich University in 1932, and en-tered the service in August, 1940.

MAJ. HUBERT SARGENT, '43, RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS From the Montpelier Argus

Maj. Hubert E. Sargent, Jr., arrived at Montpelier last week to spend a three-weeks leave at his home. Maj. Sargent, who had t^een stationed with the Eighth Air Force, came to the States from Scotland by plane.

He completed nearly 100 bombing missions over enemy territory as a command pilot on a B-24. He went overseas in March of 1944. After the completion of his leave here, Maj. Sargent will report for duty at Atlan-tic City, N. J .


GLENDON KING, '43, MADE LIEUTENANT COLONEL From the Barre Times

Joining the ranks of the higher com-missioned officers in this area is Glen-don N. King, 28, who has been pro-moted from major to lieutenant colon-el, according to a letter received from him by his wife, Mrs. Patricia H. King of the Barre-Montpelier road.

Col. King, a bomber pilot and com-mander of a mapping squadron, is stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.

The new lieutenant colonel was a second lieutenant when he left Barre with Company M, Vermont National Guard, in March, 1941. While still with the infantry in Hattiesburg, Miss., he was promoted in rank to first lieutenant. In April, 1942, he transferred to the air corps and began training as a pilot. He received his wings in December, 1942, at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.

His promotion to captain came in March, 1943, when he was stationed at Colorado Springs, Colo., and he was overseas when he was made major in June of last year. He went overseas in March, 1944, to the theater where he is now stationed.

Only recently he was awarded the air medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight from April 2, 1944, to January 29, 1945, while participating as pilot in more than one hundred hours of combat and operational mis-sions in heavily loaded unescorted photographic aircraft on long range flights where exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected.

His marriage to Patricia Hayden King, who now lives in her mother's home on the Barre-Montpelier road, took place in July, 1941. Her mother is Mrs. Mildred Hayden, representa-tive of the town of Berlin in the Ver-mont legislature. The couple have a

15-months-old son, Glendon, Jr., whom the father has never seen.

A graduate of Spaulding High School in the class of 1934, Col. King was in his second year at Norwich University when he left for federal service. His brother, Ernest King, lives in East Barre.

WALT DOMINA, '43, MARINE LIEUTENANT From the Manchester, N. H., Union

Walter E. Domina, graduate of Keene High and a member of two All-State football teams and an All-State basketball team, who went on to Nor-wich University to star in varsity foot-ball before leaving to enter the Marines in his senior year, has received his commission and wings in that branch of the service.

Lieut. Domina reported at Jackson-ville, Fla., March 26 for an assignment. The well-known athlete received his naval aviation training at Williams College, Fitchburg, Mass., Teachers College, Chapel Hill, N. C., Bunker Hill, Ind., and Pensacola, Fla.

While at Norwich, Lieut. Domina received a contract to play football with the New York Giants. He plans to remain in the service.

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From the Washington, D. C., Star The marriage of Miss Martha Ladd

Sparhawk to Lt. Walter Eli Domina, U. S. M. C., took place Mar. 9 at the Cleveland Park Congregational Church.

A graduate of the University of Maryland, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Norwood Spar-hawk.

Lt. Domina is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Domina of North Swan-zey, N. H., and is a graduate of Nor-wich University. He and his bride went to New Hampshire on their wed-ding trip before going to Jacksonville, where he will be stationed.


PRESS P I E C E S

CAPT. GEORGE LUCEY, '38, FREED FROM GERMAN PRISON CAMP BY RUSSIANS From the Lynn, Mass., Item

Welcome news that her son, Capt. George Abbott Lucey, age 28, taken prisoner more than two years ago by the Germans in Tunisia, had been liberated by the advancing Russian armies and is now believed to be in Moscow, has been received by his mother, Mrs. George H. Lucey, widow of the late town counsel of Swamp-scott.

The glad tidings coming after the tragic death of his father recently cheered Mrs. Lucey greatly. The parents were on their way to a meeting in Boston at which American prison-ers, liberated in Europe, spoke. The couple, who had heard nothing from their son, were in hopes of obtaining information from the freed veterans. Atty. Lucey collapsed on the way to the hall and was pronounced dead at a Boston hospital.

Capt. Lucey was graduated from Swampscott High School in 1934 and from Norwich University in 1938. He was commissioned in the regular Army in 1941. He was in command of Com-pany E, First Armored Regiment, when he left for overseas in the latter part of May, 1942.

In June, 1943, the Norwich Record, alumni publication of the military in-stitution, reported Capt. Lucey and two other Norwich men were prisoners in a camp "in the heart of Germany." The other two men who may possibly have been liberated by the Russians were Lt. Kenneth Goddard of Wor-cester and Lt. William Angevine of Bristol, R. I.

1st Lt. Harry M. Dunham, '44, now 4D 273 Pentagon, Washington, D. C.

CHARLIE YARDLEY, '40, PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN Special to the Record from the Seventh Army, Germany

Charles F. Yardley, son of Mrs. Emma Howell Yardley, 41 Hersey St., Hingham, Mass., has been pro-moted to the rank of captain. He is now with the Transportation Section of Headquarters Seventh Army.

Overseas twenty months, Capt. Yardley has been in the military ser-vice since May, 1942. He wears four stars on his campaign ribbon for par-ticipating in the campaigns in Sicily, Italy, Southern France and Germany.

He graduated in 1940 from Norwich University where he majored in eco-nomics and obtained his reserve com-mission as a second lieutenant.

TWO GRADS ATTEND VICTORY SHIP LAUNCHING Special to the Record from Calif. Shipbuilding Corp.

The S. S. Norwich Victory, 419th ship built by the California Shipbuild-ing Corporation, was launched at 10 p. m. Feb. 24 from the Calship ways on Terminal Island, Calif.

The 10,500-ton, 455-foot Victory Ship was named for Norwich Universi-ty of Northfield, Vermont, which was founded in 1819. The vessel is one of a series of Calship-built Victory Ships to bear the names of oldest American universities and colleges.

Mrs. Eugene Biscailuz, wife of Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz of Los An-geles County, gave the vessel a cham-pagne christening. Beside her as ma-trons of honor were her two daughters, Mrs. Philip Donovan and Mrs. Wil-liam H. Mohr. Mrs. Donovan is the wife of Major Philip Donovan, U. S. Army, who is serving in the Philip-pines. Mrs. Mohr is the wife of Lt. Col. William H. Mohr, U. S. Army,


who is serving in France. Representing Norwich University

at the launching ceremony were Col. F. P. Snow, U. S. Marine Corps, who was graduated from the university in 1917; and Joseph C. Coulombe, Del Mar, Calif., who was graduated from Norwich in 1905.

John D. Burton, Calship public re-lations manager, was master of cere-monies.

LESLIE STEVENS, '11, FREED IN PHILIPPINES From the Boston Globe

The War Department has announc-ed a partial list of civilian personnel liberated in the Philippines. Included was Leslie E. Stevens who went to the Philippines more than 30 years ago and during World War I served as an Army Captain with the Engineer Corps in France. He returned to the Philippines after the war, operated a plantation, several general stores and a taxi business. He is a native of Rut-land, Vt., and a 1911 graduate of Nor-wich University.

PFC. CHARLIE PHIPPS, '46, MISSING IN ACTION From the Rockville, N. Y., Owl

Private First Class Charles M. Phipps has been missing in action in France since January 18th, according to a War Department telegram re-ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Phipps of 110 Brower Avenue. His brother, Ensign John F. Phipps, a Navy pilot, has been missing in the Pacific since October 25.

Private Phipps was a scout in a rifle squad of the 42nd or Rainbow Division of the Seventh Army. He has been in Europe since December.

A graduate of South Side High School, Private Phipps studied at Norwich University in Vermont for a

year before entering the Army. He received basic training at Fort Reilly, Kans., and then entered Denver Uni-versity where he studied under the Army Specialized Training Program until it was disbanded. At that time he was sent to Camp Gruber, Okla., where he trained with his infantry regiment until going overseas.

S. SGT. TONY RITSKY, '40, WOUNDED IN GERMANY From the Worcester Telegram

S-Sgt. Anthony Francis Ritsky, Jr., 20, was wounded in action with the U. S. Army in Germany Feb. 23, ac-cording to a telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ritsky of 34 Sias Avenue, Shrewsbury.

Sgt. Ritsky is a graduate of Shrews-bury High School and was a student at Norwich University when he en-listed two years ago. He has been overseas since last September. He was recently awarded the Combat In-fantryman's Badge for meritorious service.

NEW ADDRESSES 1st Lt. Robert L. Hubler, Jr., '43,

formerly APO 562, now Co. C, 361st Engr. S. S. Regiment, APO 513, c-o Postmaster, New York City.

Lt. Robert B. Westin, '42, formerly APO 528, now 16th Air Service Sq., APO 650, c-o Postmaster, New York City.

F -0 John A. Remington, '46, now Stewart Group, Crew 22, Avon Park, Fla.

1st Lt. Clinton G. Gardner, '42, formerly Fort Riley, Kans., now AGF Repl. Depot 2, Fort Ord., Calif.

Pvt. Paul W. Christensen, '47, formerly Chanute Field, 111., now Boca Raton, Fla.

NORWICH RECORD, APR. 27, 1945 PAGE 2 3

PRESS PIECES

LT. SETH SPRAGUE, '44, MISSING IN ACTION FIGHTING WITH SEVENTH From the Hingham, Mass., Journal

Lt. Seth Sprague, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Sprague of Lafayette Aven-ue, is missing in action on the Western Front. Lt. Sprague was with Patch's 7th Army in Southern France in Al-sac with the armored tank corps. He had been in action since his arrival overseas several months ago and was in the big drive of Patch's armored division.

He enlisted while a junior at Nor-wich University in March of 1943, was first assigned to the cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, transferred later to mechanized and received his com-mission at Fort Knox. He graduated from Thayer Academy.

His father is president of the Hing-ham Trust Company and chairman of the Hingham Rehabilitation Commit-tee. Mrs. Sprague is active in the Hingham Recreation Center and is on the executive board.

LT. NORM ANDERSON, '43, PRISONER OF GERMANS From the Northfield News

Mr. and Mrs. G. Norman Ander-son of Baltimore, Md., proprietors of Camp Wihakowi in the Bull Run sec-tion, have received a letter from their son, Lt. G. Norman Anderson, Jr., dated January 7 stating that he is a prisoner of war in Germany. Lt. Anderson attended Norwich Universi-ty with the 1943 class.

Lt. Roger H. Noden, '43, formerly Camp Pickett, Va., now Co. F, 16th Cav. Ren. Sq., APO 403, New York City.

CAPT. ED SERWATKA, '29, POST SIGNAL OFFICER From the Chattanooga Times

Capt. Edward T. Serwatka, former district traffic superintendent of the Bell Telephone Company of Penn-sylvania, is now post signal officer at Fort Oglethorpe, it was announced yesterday by Col. Howard Clark, II, post commander.

Entering the army as a first lieu-tenant in August, 1942, Capt. Ser-watka has had duty at Camp Crowder, Mo., Camp Beale, Calif., Fort Lewis, Wash., Fort Monmouth, N. J., and at Camp Koehler, Calif.

Capt. Serwatka is a graduate of Norwich University with the 1929 class. Norwich was the first college in the United States to inaugurate an ROTC program. He is married and has three children. He lived in Allen-town, Pa., for five years while he was with the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.

NEW ADDRESSES Ensign Murdo G. MacDonald, US

NR, '45, now c-o Fleet Post Office, San Pedro, Calif.

Crosby Adams, '10, now 224 Canal St., Brattleboro, Vt.

Capt. Albert H. Hislop, '39, former-ly APO 17346, now Tr. C, 19th Cav. Ren. Sq., APO 403, New York City.

Maj. John A. Conway, '28, formerly APO 957, now Hq. Co., 53d Medium Port, T. C., APO 331, San Francisco, Calif.

Pfc. David A. Tucker, '47, formerly Westover Field, Mass., now Sect. E, 114th AAF Base Unit, Chatham Field, Ga.

Lt. Col. O. D. Mathews, '20, former-ly Camp Blanding, Fla., now GFTC, APO 545, New York City.


MAJ. CHARLIE GRAY, '30, AWARDED BRONZE STAR Special to the Record from the South Pacific

Marine Major Charles D. Gray, 38, of 229 Conant Rd., Weston, Mass., has been presented with the Bronze Star Medal for "meritorious achieve-ment." Maj. Gray's wife, Margaret, and daughter, reside at the Weston address.

Maj. Gray, a veteran of Roi-Na-mur in the Marshalls and an officer of the Marine infantry regiment with the Fourth Marine Division, was formerly associated with the Standard Dupli-cating Machine Corporation of Ever-ett, Mass. He graduated from Nor-wich University in 1930. He is en-titled to wear the Presidential Unit Ci-tation ribbon with star which was awarded the Fourth Marine Division for the Marianas.

LT. DICK HIGGINS, '44, AWARDED AIR MEDAL Special to the Record from an air base in England

Second Lieut. Richard W. Higgins, fighter pilot of Framingham, Mass., has been awarded the Air Medal for "exceptional meritorious achievement in aerial flight over enemy-occupied continental Europe."

Lt. Higgins flies with the famous 56th Fighter Group. A unit of Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner's Second Air Division, the 56th has destroyed 852 German planes—675 in aerial combat and 177 by strafing.

Lt. Higgins is credited with the des-truction of a number of enemy loco-motives, freight cars, supply trucks and other enemy ground installations strafed by the 56th.

A former 1944 student at Norwich University, the 22-year-old fighter pi-lot is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsi-

lon fraternity. Prior to his enlistment in the Army Air Forces in 1942 he was a press operator with the Dennison Manufacturing Company, Framing-ham, Mass.

His wife, the former Elizabeth M. Pfeiffer, lives at 23 Warren Road, Framingham. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Higgins, live at the same address.

LT. BILL TEMPLETON, '45, ADDS CLUSTER TO MEDAL From the Simsbury, Conn., Herald

Pictured after returning from a high altitude combat mission with the 490th Bomb. Group, a B-17 Flying Fortress unit of the Eighth Air Force, is First Lieut. William D. Templeton, Jr., 22, of Farmington, Conn., pilot.

The flyer has recently been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal, equivalent to a second award of the medal, for "meritorious achievement" on bombing attacks against German military and industrial targets.

The airman, who showed "courage, coolness and skill" on these attacks, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Templeton, Sr., of 34 Crescent Avenue, Farmington, and prior to entering the Army Air Forces in August, 1942, he was a student at Norwich University with the 1945 class.

The 490th Bomb. Group is a unit of the Third Air Division, the division cited by the President for its historic England-Africa shuttle bombing of Messerschmitt aircraft plants at Re-gensburg, Germany.

Lt. Nelson H. Zimmett, '41, former-ly APO 446, now 43rd Cav. Ren. .Sq., APO 403, c-o Postmaster, New York City.

Capt. Richard G. Vedeler, '21, formerly APO 551, now 97th Repl. Bn., APO 872, c-o Postmaster, New York City.


NorWich War Dead Sequence Name Class Date of Death

1 Lt. Col. Allen E. Smith 1921 Apr. 12, 1942 2 Lt. James H. Williams 1941 Oct. 6, 1942 3 Lt. Frederick G. Lake 1942 Jan. 21, 1943 4 F -0 Frank S. Millen, RCAF 1943 Feb. 1, 1943 5 Lt. Col. Horace Manchester, Jr . 1931 Feb. 13, 1943 6 Lt. Richmond N. Allen 1932 Feb. 14, 1943 7 Maj. Charles D. Frink 1907 Apr. 22, 1943 8 Maj. Pelham B. Withers 1934 June 4, 1943 9 Lt. Col. Girvelle L. Field 1920 June 11, 1943

10 Capt. Charles H. Cooke 1933 July 13, 1943 11 Lt. Charles S. Murch 1938 Oct. 9, 1943 12 Col. Richard L. Creed 1916 Nov. 15, 1943 13 Sgt. Edward F. Johnson 1941 Nov. 26, 1943 14 Pvt. James R. Panner 1946 Dec. 1, 1943 15 Lt. Paul J . Kohler 1942 Dec. 29, 1943 16 Sgt. William G. Dickison 1944 Feb. 13, 1944 17 A-C Harvey P. Hawthorne 1945 Feb. 19, 1944 18 Lt. Salter S. Clark 1944 Feb. 28, 1944 19 Cpl. Henry J . Frank 1945 May 16, 1944 20 Capt. Gorton J . Fuller 1938 June 11, 1944 21 Pfc. Virgil E. Wardwell, Jr. 1942 June 15, 1944 22 Lt. Howard F. Welch 1944 June 24, 1944 23 Cpl. Ralph S. Madison 1945 July 10, 1944 24 Pvt. Robert A. Ogston 1945 July 10, 1944 25 1st Lt. Eugenio L. Bonafin 1943 July 13, 1944 26 Lt. Lawrence R. Elman 1942 July 27, 1944 27 Maj. Howard W. Gardner 1936 Aug. 2, 1944 28 Col. Harry A. Flint 1910 Aug. 3, 1944 29 Lt. George P. Briggs 1932 Aug. 8, 1944 30 Pvt. Stephen A. Woynar 1944 Aug. 12, 1944 31 Capt. Leo A. Moore, Jr. 1942 Aug. 14, 1944 32 Capt. Ripley Buckingham 1935 Aug. 18, 1944 33 Maj. Samuel W. Carder, Jr . 1935 Aug. 30, 1944 34 1st Lt. Thurber C. Raymond 1941 Sept. 10, 1944 35 Pfc. David Gillett 1946 Sept. 16, 1944 36 Ph. M. Carleton W. Griswold 1944 Sept. 17, 1944 37 Capt. Sten E. Bergstedt 1932 Sept. 22, 1944 38 Pvt. Richard C. Austin 1944 Sept. 24, 1944 39 Pfc. Donald D. Viall 1946 Oct. 9, 1944 40 Capt. Norman P. Sturtevant 1939 Oct. 16, 1944 41 Pfc. William H. Ball 1936 Oct. 23, 1944 42 Maj. Henry A. La France 1918 Nov. 6, 1944 43 Pvt. Dennis J . Lacey 1946 Nov. 7, 1944 44 Capt. Charles G. Warner 1942 Nov. 19, 1944 45 Lt. Gilbert W. Stansfield 1944 Nov. 25, 1944 46 Lt. Robert Norris 1942 Dec. 8, 1944


47 Maj. Wesley G. Goddard 48 Sgt. Edwin I. Seeger 49 Lt. Arnold W. MacKerer 50 F-0 Victor F. Belotti 51 Pvt. John A. Curwin 52 Wayne Burgess 53 Lt. Charles W. Dennis 54 Cpl. James Logan 55 Pfc. Dario Sassorossi 56 Pfc. Arthur B. Knight 57 Lt. Charles R. Cummings 58 Sgt. James C. Muir 59 F-O Ronald A. Cargill 60 Pfc. Robert H. Buschen 61 1st Lt. John W. Brower 62 1st Lt. Jerome P. Eastman 63 Maj. Harold D. Martin

MAJ. " D O C " MARTIN, '20, KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Special to the Record from Tuskegee Air Field, Ala.

Flight Officer Charles W. Stephens, flight instructor at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and Maj. Harold D. Martin, director of Ground School, were killed on a routine cross-country flight on March 23 near Reidsville, North Caro-lina.

F -0 Stephens, the pilot, was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute with a bachelor of science degree. Prior to becoming an instructor at this station he was a civilian primary instructor at Moton Field, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. He was the son of Charles Stephens of Monroeville, Alabama.

Maj. Martin, well known in the field of sports, taught at Miner Teach-ers' College, Washington, D. C., be-fore receiving his call to active duty in 1942. He is a graduate of Norwich University and New York University where he received his master's degree. The ground school director was a let-terman in football, baseball, track and hockey at Norwich. He was the son of J . E. Martin of 12 Gannett St., Bos-ton, Mass., and was married to the

1933 Dec. 13, 1944 1946 Dec. 16, 1944 1946 Dec. 21, 1944 1946 Dec. 27, 1944 1944 Dec. 31, 1944 1947 Jan. 1, 1945 1945 Jan. 4, 1944 1945 Jan. 7, 1945 1945 Jan. 16, 1945 1946 Jan. 25, 1945 1942 Feb. 10, 1945 1946 Feb. 23, 1945 1946 Feb. 25, 1945 1947 Feb. 28, 1945 1943 Mar. 1, 1945 1933 Mar. 1, 1945 1920 Mar. 23, 1945

former Miss Beatrice C. Boyd of Washington, D. C. Surviving also are two sons.

* 5ft * The Funeral

20th Air Force, Washington Office of the Commanding General

Record Editor: It was an honor rather than a duty

for me to arrange the details for "Doc" Martin's funeral. The services were held in the chapel at Arlington Na-tional Cemetery Wednesday after-noon, March 28. In addition to the family and such outstanding people as Congressman Plumley and Mrs. Don Wilson, the wife of General Wilson, as representative of Gen. Arnold, there were some 500 friends of the Martin family.

The weather was clear and spring-like. Full military honors were ob-served. There were flowers beyond imagination. The entire occasion formed fervent attestation to Doc's character and achievements and to the esteem in which the family is held.

The honorary pall bearers were six Norwich men: Col. Ernest W. Gibson, '23; Lt. Col. Dean J. Almy, '20; Lt. Col. Albert C. Molter, '28; Maj.


Theodore M. Ball, '26; Maj. Donald A. Brown, '23; Maj. Nelson E. Hor-ton, '20.

Appended is a brief summary of some of the high lights of Doc's career, together with a copy of a letter sent to his widow by his commanding officer.

PHILIP M. WHITNEY, '20 Colonel, G. S. C.

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Career High Lights Major Harold D. Martin, Director

of Ground School, Tuskegee Army Air Field, Tuskegee, Alabama, graduated from Norwich University in 1920, B. S. In 1920 he received appointment to West Point, but did not accept.

He was employed by Westinghouse & Doherty Electrical Companies until 1921, coached at Union University, Richmond, Va., 1921 to 1924, coached at Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C., 1924 to 1927, and was athletic director, Virginia State, Petersburg, Va., 1927 to 1932.

He received a master's degree in physical education in 1932 from N. Y. U., and he was director of health and physical education, Miner Teach-ers' College, Washington, D. C., 1932 to 1942.

He was granted military leave from Miner in May, 1942, to accept appoint-ment as captain in Army Air Forces, stationed at TAAF, Tuskegee, Ala-bama. He was assigned principal duty as Director of Ground School in 1943, and he was promoted to major March 26, 1944.

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C. O. 's T r ibu te Headquarters

Tuskegee Army Air Field Tuskegee, Alabama

Mrs. Harold D. Martin 1804 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Martin:

This entire station was shocked and

grieved at the news of the loss of Ma-jor Harold D. Martin. His tour of duty here was one of the longest of any officer at this station, and because of his great interest in all activities he was well known to almost everyone. His major work here was supervision of the Ground School and his contri-bution to this station and its program and to the entire war effort was out-standing. He was always thoroughly conscientoius and effective in his work. By force of his great strength of charac-ter he was able to maintain the high standards and to secure favorable re-sults even in the face of unusual dif-ficulties.

In addition to his major duty, he took active part in the functioning of the Officers' Club and particularly the athletic program, spending most of his spare time in encouraging and develop-ing the very successful baseball teams which represented this station. His personal interest and his untiring ef-forts were always inspiring to those who came under his influence. Almost all graduates of this station are now fighting overseas or preparing to do so and remember him as the man who was responsible for their ground train-ing while cadets. His loss is truly irre-placeable, and we of this command ex-tend to you our deepest sympathy and share your grief.

NOEL F. PARRISH Colonel, Air Corps

Commanding

PVT. JOHN CURWIN, '44, DIED DEFENDING POST

Since reporting in the last issue of the Record the death in action on Leyte of Pvt. John Curwin, '44, a copy of a letter sent to his mother by his commanding officer has been received. Excerpts follow:

"John was on guard duty when a large enemy force attacked his pa-

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trol's bivouac area. He sighted the enemy and was fired on, but instead of withdrawing to secure aid, he re-mained at his position and placed fire on the enemy, killing several of them. He was killed instantly at his post, but only after he had held off the enemy long enough for the patrol to organize and form a defense line against the on-coming Japanese. John gallantly and unhesitatingly gave his life in order to protect his comrades.

"Services in your son's religious faith were held on January 3, 1945, with full military honors. He is in-terred in the United States Armed Forces cemetery at Limon, Leyte, Central Philippine Islands, and will be given the care worthy of those who have made the supreme sacrifice for their country and loved ones.

"John had been a valued member of this organization since May 17, 1943, and he had gained many friends among the officers and enlisted men of this troop. You may well be proud of the excellent record that John had es-tablished as a gentleman and a soldier of the United States Army. He was respected and well liked for his willing-ness to carry out his assignment, how-ever difficult or dangerous."

PFC. ROBERT BUSCHEN, '47, PREFERRED TO FIGHT

Since presenting in the last Rec-ord a brief announcement of the death in action of Pfc. Robert H. Buschen, '47, the following from the Long Island Press has been re-ceived:

Private First Class Robert H. Bus-chen of Ridgewood, who turned down a chance to go to West Point after en-tering the army because he preferred to go into combat, was killed in Ger-many Feb. 28.

The young soldier, who went over-seas in November just after his 19th

REGISTRAR HEDGES, 40 YEARS AT NORWICH, IS HONORED

Alleen F. Hedges, Norwich registrar, was honored by the faculty and her fellow workers of the administrative staff on Apr. 10 when she completed 40 years of service to Norwich. A framed testimonial was presented to her, together with a purse of money and a basket of flowers, at a brief cere-mony during a faculty meeting. The testimonial read as follows:

"For 40 successive years you have held a position of trust and responsi-bility with Norwich University. Throughout the years your service has been marked by an unselfish de-votion to duty and a spirit of cheerful cooperation. On this anniversary your associates hereby attest the great es-teem in which you are held and would have you know that your achievement is a constant inspiration to high en-deavor."

birthday, was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown of 60-43 70th Avenue, who brought him up from infancy.

A graduate of Public School 88, Ridgewood, he was graduated in 1943 from Richmond Hill High School, where he was president of Arista for two terms and was active in sports and dramatics.

Private Buschen attended Norwich University a short time before entering the army as an infantryman in Feb-ruary, 1944. He trained at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and Camp Shelby, Miss. In his last letter, dated Feb. 23, he said he had not yet seen action but had volunteered for duty with an ad-vance task force.

Private Buschen, whose mother died shortly after his birth, leaves his grandparents and father, Henry A. Buschen, of Scarsdale, and two young step-sisters, Diane and Marilyn.


Letters LT. COL. ED RODDEN, '31, WITH FIRST OVER RHINE


14th Tank Battalion Record Editor:

Guess that you probably have heard about our famous "Bridge" across the Rhine River. Probably the news has been hot on the air and in the news-papers. I guess you know that the 9th Armored Division was the first to cross the Rhine.

I ran into my nephew, Sanford A. Smith, '45, in France. I had not seen him for a couple of years. We were lo-cated only about seven miles apart and finally caught up with each other. I think that this meeting was one for Ripley.

I would appreciate it if you would forward the Record to the above ad-dress. Have missed getting it and know that I am behind on a lot of news.

I came over to this theatre in Janu-ary and had the good fortune to make the trip by air. It took only about fifteen and one-half hours and was a thrilling trip. We arrived in London at two a. m., moved our watches ahead five hours and went out to breakfast.

EDWARD RODDEN, '31 Lt. Colonel

CAPT. ED SWETT, '37, PRICKS PROCRASTINATORS

With the 3rd Armored In Germany

Record Editor: Well, I've put this off long enough!

In fact, it's about two years overdue, and my conscience has haunted me to the point where I've got to put it at ease.

I've just received the March 2nd

issue of the Record, and I find that the Living Endowment goal of 1500 con-tributors is short by exactly 1125, which isn't so good. I have a pretty good idea that my own case is probably similar to that of about 1124 other alumni—I've just been putting it off until "tomorrow"—for the past couple of years. I find that it's really not hard at all to make it "today." How about it, you other 1124 procrastin-ators!

It seems like yesterday we had our final parade on the Hill, but when I stop to consider I find that a lot of water has gone over the dam. For one thing, I find that somehow my brood has risen to three future cadets. (I'm still trying to figure this one out, and so far can account for it only by one of two possibilities. Either Professor Van der Jagt's prize course needs re-vision, or I didn't give it a fair trial.) If anybody from the class of '37 can lay claim to better support of his Alma Mater in the way of potential alumni, let him speak. Girls don't count, Pete.

I've been overseas a year and am with a T. D. Bn. attached to the 3rd Armored Division—the toughest di-vision of the toughest corps of the toughest army in the E. T. O., as any spearheader will freely and impartially admit if you twist his arm a little. Many Norwich men in this division have already been mentioned in the Record, and at one time or another I've bumped into most of them. As yet, however, I've been in touch with only one '37 man, Major Jim Whit-ney, who is A. T. O. of an infantry division over here.

I notice from the Record that I'd have to salute most of my classmates first if I came across any of them, but it sure would be worth it to see or hear from a few of the old gang.

EDWARD SWETT, '37 Captain


1913 VERSUS 1914— NOW GIVE EAR TO ROSY BURCH, '13

Michigan Mutual Liability Co. 163 Madison Avenue Detroit 26, Michigan

Record Editor: I am hastening to get off the spot

and out of the middle by enclosing herewith my contribution to Living Endowment.

I appreciated the article by McVick-er, '14, in the last Record, wherein he gives me all the credit (perhaps he did not mean it this way) for making the Class of '14 a swell class. Then the Editor exercised his well deserved privilege, because of the swell job he is doing with the Record, and pointed to the absence of my name, as well as many others of the Class of '13, in the list of contributors to the present campaign for Living Endowment. I am going to need more help from the Class of '13 before we can raise our average above that of '14, but I have every confidence that the old '13 gang will come through.

I want McVicker to know my at-tendance at the New York alumni meeting was 33 1-3% numerically and 50% by weight, and, furthermore, I hope he peruses the current edition of the Record very carefully as I would like to call his attention particularly to the accomplishments of at least one of the Class of '13, Capt. Osmon A. Tilton, who announces a daughter born last October, I suppose, some day "to dress her up in green and send her to Norwich to coach the freshman team." We are now waiting to hear from the Class of '14.

Another reason why I hasten to get out of the middle is that the son (Class of '46) I sent to Norwich "to sit on the steps of Dewey Hall and yell 'to Hell with U. V. M.' like his daddy used to do", I find is listed as a conrtibutor.

He might have let the "old man" in on the fact that he was contributing, but he too will appreciate the "old man" being in the middle, as McVicker does.

Now, getting back to the fund, I was somewhat disappointed last Fall when it was announced in the Record, with-out any explanation, that military would not be compulsory at Norwich for returned veterans. Frankly, I was quite disturbed. After more than 100 years of compulsory military training at Norwich, I wondered if the New Dealer from Oklahoma was going to turn Norwich into a co-educational institution, if not literally, practically.

I am still not convinced that a boy can get too much military training, (and this remark will get me even with my son, now in the army, who does not agree about too much military train-ing.) Bill Wallace, '12, has been doing some thinking, too, and I agree with him 100%. I would like to know more about the whys and wherefores even tho' it's perhaps none of our business.

As for the projects outlined in President Dodge's remarks in the Record, I really go for Project No. 1. However, I cannot think of a lighter step than Fuzzy Woodbury's for he always seemed to arrive at the most unexpected time and places without being heard. As for inspiration coming from Baldy Dix, I can't imagine not being inspired as I took a lot more than mathematics away from his classes. I think one of the things in my life from which I derived most satisfaction was the fact that my son has also had the privilege of being in his classes.

We may be a little slow, but the Class of '13 by contributing to the fund will join me in again putting the Class of '14 in its place.

C. B. BURCH, '13

Lt. Thomas J . Hagan, '30, formerly Fort Bel voir, Va., now Box 2601, Washington, D. C.

NORWICH RECORD, APR 27, 1945 PAGE 3 1

L I V I N G ENDOWMENT

Symbol of the Norwich Man's Love of Alma Mater

< J S C O Z £ S h e e t

1941-1942: Number of contributors 114 Total contributed $10,618.97



1944" 1945 Contributors thus far 620 Total amount thus far $8,878.81

Total Norwich alumni, 3386 1 9 4 4 . 4 5 GOAL

$25,000 f rom 1500 Norwich Men

The foregoing tabulation includes the contributions of friends as well as alumni. The record of alumni giving follows: 1941-42

Alumni contributors . 101 Amount contributed $2562

1942-43 Alumni contributors 236 Amount contributed $4780

1943-44 Alumni contributors 638 Amount contributed $9406

1944-45 Alumni thus far 597 Amount thus far $7923

Maj. John H. Veyette, Jr., '39, formerly APO 588, now Hq. USSTAF (main), Office of Director of Intelli-gence, APO 633, U. S. Army, c-o Post-master, New York City.

Letters LT. RALPH McLAIN, '43, AIDS PROJECTS 1 AND 2

Office of the PMS&T Marion Institute

Marion, Alabama Record Editor:

I have just received the latest Record with Dr. Dodge's well-phrased proposals for Living Endowment, and I promptly succumbed. Please accept the enclosed additional contribution for Projects 1 and 2.

I will be very interested in anything Dr. Dodge may have to say in the Record. His administration promises to be as successful as that of Dr. Thomas, if not more so.

RALPH E. McLAIN, JR., '43 2nd Lieutenant

LT. ANDY BOGGS, '44, FINALLY GETS RECORD


Co. C, 18th Tk. Bn. Record Editor:

Upon receipt of the December issue of the Record yesterday, I realized that it was time for me to write. After being sent to five addresses, it finally reached me here in Germany.

My best regards to the faculty and lots of luck to my classmates of '44.

Enclosed is my tardy contribution to Living Endowment.

ANDREW T. BOGGS, III, '44 1st Lt., Cavalry

Lt. Christo Zoukis, '44, formerly Fort Benning, Ga., now 3rd Platoon, 1st Prcht Inf., APO 15863, c-o Post-master, New York City.

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