With the Armed ForcesSINCE the opening of the new Allied the-ater of operations in North Africa, newshas reached the Alumni Office about Soon-ers in all branches of the armed forces whoare participating in the land, sea and airoffensive .1 Dispatches from the African battlefrontreported that Maj. Clark Kegelman, '34236,El Reno, was leading a squadron in bomb-ing raids in Tunisia. Major Kegelman wasawarded the Distinguished Service Crossfor heroic action in a raid last July 4 overNazi-occupied Europe with the same groupof fliers .1 Services for the first American dead inthe African campaign were conducted byLt . Phineas M. Casady, '29ba, formerly ofOklahoma City, in a cemetery at Fedhala,French Morocco, on November 10 . TheAs-sociated Press dispatch from Africa saidin part, "Even as the fallen were paid finalhonors, the distant sound of firing told ofthe progress of their comrades marchingagainst Casablanca . . . The sun brokethrough as Chaplain Casady intoned theservice." Lieutenant Casady, former rectorof Episcopalian churches in Clinton andAlva, was a rector in Berkeley, California,before going into active service as an Armychaplain .> Accompanying the first Americantroops into North Africa was a medicalunit commanded by Maj. Paul Sanger, '28ba, which for the first time in U. S. mili-tary history set up a field hospital as partof landing operations . Major Sanger, for-mer physician in Charlotte, North Caro-lina, supervised establishment of a hospitalon the beach to care for wounded as soonas the battle started . Two hundred soldierswere awarded the Purple Heart in the hos-pital tent . Work of the evacuation hospitalwas described in a dispatch to the ChicagoSun from African Correspondent H. R.Knickcrbocker .

Flying over the unfamiliar hilly terrainof Kwangsi province in southern China, Lt .Joe Griffin, '38-'40, Pauls Valley, in lateNovember chased a Japanese bomber awayfrom its objective, an air field used by Gen-eral Claire Chennault's flying forces, aftertwo other enemy bombers had been shotdown . Lieutenant Griffin pursued theenemy craft through dim moonlight de-spite danger of crashing into a hillside .When he returned from the chase, his planebore bullet holes and oil splashed from theJapanese plane.

Lloyd Childers, '40, Oklahoma City,aviation radioman third class in the NavyAir Corps, was awarded the DistinguishedFlying Cross, for heroism in the Battle ofMidway last June . He was severely wound-ed while serving as tail gunner in a Navytorpedo plane which scored a direct hit ona Jap carrier. The citation from Admiral

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Lloyd Childers, '40, Oklahoma City,aviation radioman third class in theNavy llir Corps, was awarded the Dis-tinguished Flying Cross for heroic ac-tion while serving as tail gunner in aNavy torpedo plane during the Battle

of Midway .

Nimitz read in part, "Without regard forextreme danger from anti-aircraft fire andoverwhelming fighter plane opposition hevigorously and with heroic determinationrepelled enemy air attacks . Even thoughwounded and unable to continue to fire hisfree machine gun, he continued to fire onattacking enemy planes with his .45 caliberpistol ." After receiving the award, Mr .Childers was home on leave and recentlyreturned to duty in San Francisco.Oil- Lt . Col. Stuart M. Porter, '38bus, Mus-kogee, was awarded the Purple Heart alongwith other crew members of a Flying For-tress which took part in a raid on Lille,France, October 9 . Colonel Porter, actingas observer-gunner, was injured when theplane was hit by anti-aircraft fire whichripped the right wing-flap and tore a holein the fuselage . The crew members broughtdown a number of German planes despitepersonal injuries and damage to the plane'soxygen lines.> Lt . Dugan Woodring, '36-'38, Noble,was awarded the Silver Star for gallantryin action in South Pacific aerial battles . Apursuit pilot, Lieutenant Woodring is amember of a pursuit squadron which upto last September was credited with de-struction of 24 Japanese planes . He majoredin engineering while attending the Univer-sity .> Word has been received that Capt . Ken-

neth M. Taylor, '40, Hominy, has won thePurple Heart in Pacific war action . Cap-tain Taylor left Hawaii in mid-October,three days after his promotion from firstlieutenant to captain, and was reported inthe South Pacific . He received the Distin-guished Service Cross for heroism at PearlHarbor, was the first alumnus of the Uni-versity decorated.> Lt . Paul Irving Williams, '34239, Nor-man, was awarded the Distinguished Fly-ing Cross and the Silver Star for braveryin an aerial attack on Rabaul, New Guinea,in October. According to dispatches fromthe South Pacific, Lieutenant Williams tookhis Flying Fortress dangerously low in or-der to strafe and bomb a Japanese airdromeat close range. He was reported on dutyin the Solomon Islands area .> Adding to his already impressive list ofhonors, Capt . Nathan H. Blanton, '36-'38,Earlsboro, recently received the PurpleHeart for action in the Lingayen Gulf,Philippine Islands, on December 20, 1941 .He was previously awarded the Silver Starand an Oak Leaf cluster .> For the second time since going on for-eign duty, Lt. Don Sutliff, '39240, Black-well, has been reported missing in actionand later found . The War Department,which announced that Lieutenant Sutliffwas missing in the South Pacific as of No-vember 22, notified his parents on De-cember 7 that he had been located, wasalive and well . Similar reports about thepilot were received once before .> Lt . Alfred Naifeh, '37ba, '401aw, Nor-man, was killed in Naval action in the Pa-cific according to an official Navy Depart-ment report received by relatives on No-vember 25 . Details were not disclosed. Lieu-tenant Naifeh entered active service as anensign in the fall of 1941, was stationedat Soldiers Field Station in Boston beforegoing on sea duty. Former secretary to A.P. Murrah, '281aw, federal circuit judge,Lieutenant Naifeh held a master's degreefrom the University of Michigan. While astudent in the University he was a mem-her of Bombardiers, Phi Eta Sigma, PhiBeta Kappa, the President's Class and theDebate team . He was president of the Men'sCouncil in 1936, college secretary of theState League of Young Democrats andpresident of the University chapter. Sur-vivors include his mother, Mrs. RathiaNaifeh of Norman ; three brothers, Pvt.Robert Naifeh, '38242, with the Army AirForce in Denver ; W. M. Naifeh, Norman,and Mitchell Naifeh, Camp Carson, Colo-rado ; and two sisters, Helen Naifeh,'42bus,and Julia Mai Naifeh, a junior in the Uni-versity.> Ensign Gerald Gault, '40bus, Sentinel,has been reported missing in action by theNavy Department . Before going on sea

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duty he was stationed for a time in NewOrleans and later assigned to the NavySchool of Supply at Harvard Universityin Cambridge, Massachusetts . Ensign Gaultwas employed as an accountant by theLouisiana Ice and Electric Company atAlexandria before entering Navy service .While attending the University he was amember of Phi Eta Sigma scholastic fra-ternity and Beta Gamma Sigma businessfraternity . Survivors include his parents,Mr . and Mrs. John Gault of Sentinel .> Capt . Walter L . Callaham, '39bus,Broken Bow, was reported missing in ac-tion with the Army Air Force in the Heb-rides Islands in an official War Departmentnotice November 27 . Captain Callahamhad been on combat duty in the Pacific sincelast May when he ferried a bomber fromthe U . S . to the war zone . He receivedflight training at the Spartan School ofAeronautics in Tulsa, Randolph and KellyFields in Texas, and was stationed in Day-ton, Ohio, before going overseas . While at-tending the University he majored in ac-counting and was a member of Pi KappaPhi fraternity .> Ensign Cecil E . Blakley, '37-'38, of theNavy Air Corps, was fatally injured lastmonth in an airplane crash December 3at San Diego, California, where he was sta-tioned . Ensign Blakley received his com-mission last summer and served in Icelandand Alaska before transfer back to the U . S .He majored in petroleum engineering whileattending the University . Survivors includehis parents, Mr. and Mrs . Thomas E . Blak-ley of Oklahoma City .> Hope was revived for the safety of Capt .Michael Peshek, '39bus, when a box ofChristmas presents mailed from Shanghaito his mother in September, 1941, arrivedNovember 12 in Oklahoma City . The lastmessage which Mrs . Peshek had from herson came last March shortly before the fallof Shanghai where he is believed to havebeen taken prisoner by the Japanese. Hewas promoted to captain in the MarineCorps last August while presumably inJapanese custody . Contained in the Christ-mas box along with Chinese linens andpottery was Captain Peshek's gold-braideddress uniform sent home for safe keeping .> Though the last two ships on whichhe has been stationed met with ill fate, CarlDalbey, '40, Oklahoma City, expected lastmonth to return to Merchant Marine ser-vice after his new assignment was issued .Mr . Dalbey went back to sea early last fallafter recovering from 32 days of floatingin an open boat on the Atlantic after hisship was torpedoed by an Italian submarine .The second ship which met with misad-venture, part of a convoy, was five days outof port in October when it was accidentallyrammed by the following ship . Mr . Dalbeyand other crew members, at great personalrisk, sailed the half-wrecked sinking shipto port with the stem high out of thewater and the stern submerged .> Maj . Gen. Walter M. Robertson, '07,has been stationed at Camp McCoy, nearSparta, Wisconsin, where an extensive pro-

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gram of Army remedial training has beenset up . General Robertson is the brotherof Mrs . Garrison H. Buxton (Virginia Rob-ertson, '29fa), Oklahoma City, and Mrs.Wyatt Marrs, Norman, wife of ProfessorMarrs on the University faculty.> Flight surgeon with a Naval squadron,Lt . Neville Bowers, '39med, of the NavyMedical Corps, returned to his post withthe Pacific fleet last month after a shortvisit at his home in Oklahoma City. Lieu-tenant Bowers flew to the U . S . in a trans-port plane with a group of wounded mensent back for medical attention . He hasserved in the Solomons and Guadalcanalareas, sometimes right up in the front linesin the thick of fighting .> Capt . Alvan M. Muldrow, '331aw, Nor-man, recently was awarded a Soldiers'Medal in ceremonies at Camp McCoy, Wis-consin . The medal was given for "heroismnear Leesville, Louisiana, on July 29, 1942,when Captain Muldrow saw an officer wasin danger of electrocution when a telephoneline connection came in contact with a hightension line causing a telephone at thecommand post to ring." When the officer,Lt . Kenneth Richards, '37fa, Norman,answered the telephone he received a highcharge of electricity. Captain Muldrowknocked the telephone from his hand andapplied artificial respiration . The captainwas burned in the same accident in whichthree men along the line were killed .> Two University alumni thought to bemissing in action in the Philippines lastmonth were reported Japanese prisoners inofficial communications to relatives fromthe War Department . They are Maj . CarlosE. McAfee, '281aw, former Oklahoma Cityattorney, and Capt . Clifford Hines, '34,whose wife lives in Bartlesville . Major Mc-Afee, an officer in the Judge Advocate Gen-eral's department, was last heard from al-most a year ago . He was reported missingafter the fall of Corregidor . Captain Hines,former Oklahoma City draftsman, was sta-tioned at Fort Stotsenburg near Manila .One-time employee in the University Alum-ni Office, he had charge of a C.C.C . campat Bartlesville before going into active ser-vice in the summer of 1941 .

AbroadCapt . Andy Reynolds, '40, Seminole, is de-

scribed in an article in the December issue ofReader's Digest as an "aloof .

.. chunky, calm

Jap-killer ." The article, entitled "The Fighters ofHumpty Doo," is about the squadron of airmenstationed at Humpty Doo, a small town near PortDarwin, Australia. Captain Reynolds is known asa bullet nurser, the article said . "He never shootsmore than one burst of 25 shells from each ofhis six guns, in unison . . he pulls the triggeronly when he is reasonably sure." When asked ifhe ever got scared, Captain Reynolds said, "Plenty.Not of the Japs so much, but I don't like thosesharks and crocodiles. Oklahoma is a long wayfrom the ocean and I just guess I got used to dryland ." Captain Reynolds is back on active dutyat an undisclosed location after a short leave athome in October.Huge swarms of locusts, swirling desert dust

storms, hostile planes and an insufficient numberof landing fields are a few of the things that makelife complicated for trans-Atlantic ferry pilots inAfrica, according to Lee Haynes, '32-'34, Normanflier who was home for a visit in November after

four ferrying missions. Mr . Haynes told of pilotinga bomber through a cloud of locusts, each severalinches long, which hit the plane with the forceof baseballs . The involved state of African politicsbothers pilots too, as they can never be sure whetherthe territory they are flying over is friendly orhostile, he said . Sand in the engines, necessitatingconstant repair jobs, and the great distances be-tween air fields add to the uncertainty of the work .Mr. Haynes expected to go back to his job withthe Ferry Command, now under Army control .

Ensign Richard Wray, '406us, former OklahomaCity insurance salesman ; was home on leave inDecember after returning from Africa where heparticipated in landing operations. Among otherduties he served as beach master in charge of land-ing teams from his convoy, senior boat officer, co-ordinator between Army and Navy forces on histransport and assistant gunnery officer. Before heleft Africa to return to the United States he raninto Lt. Sam Moore, '38med, former Cleveland,Ohio, physician now in the Army Medical Corps,who landed in the same convoy group .Home on leave after months of patrol duty out

of Pearl Harbor highlighted by frequent encounterswith Japanese planes, Lt. George W . Colvert, '296a,Navy Air Corps navigator from Muskogee, report-ed that planes from his squadron were the firstto sight the enemy approaching Midway Island .His squadron took part in the battle for Midwaylate last summer . A month later while on patrolduty he spotted Japanese bodies floating off theisland, Lieutenant Colvert said .Among a group of women ferry pilots with

whom Mrs . Roosevelt chatted during her trip toEngland was Grace Stevenson, '39journ, Holden-ville . Miss Stevenson is with the Air TransportAuxiliary of the Royal Air Force . A wirephotodistributed to U. S . newspapers showed Mrs . Roose-velt talking to Miss Stevenson and a group ofother A.T.A. fliers.

American soldiers' confusion among British cus-toms, language and food was the subject of anarticle which Lt. Max Gilstrap, '37journ, formerlyon the staff of the Christian Science Monitor inBoston, sent that publication from his post in GreatBritain. The men are always amazed and amusedwhen they find that trucks are lorries, peanutsare monkey nuts, biscuits are crackers, and so forth,but they gradually get used to the idea, he wrote .The best attitude to take, Lieutenant Gilstrap said,is that "It's never wise to regard people as curiosi-ties in their own land ."

Philip B . Klein, '32eng, Oklahoma City, attachedto headquarters of a Fighter Command unit over-seas, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel . For-mer pilot with the Braniff Air Lines in KansasCity, Missouri, Colonel Klein was stationed for atime at Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zonebefore his foreign assignment.

Lt. W. L . Corwin, Jr., '40eng, former electricalengineering student in the University, last monthwas reported on foreign duty in England with theSignal Corps . His father, an Army Air Force cap-tain who also served in the last war, surmisedfrom scanty information he received that Lieuten-ant Corwin was assigned as operator of electricalair warning equipment in Britain .

Friends and relatives of Lt. Jack Rivers, '36bus,Oklahoma City, were thrilled to recognize him ina group picture of Army fliers in New Guineapublished recently in Newsweek. The men wereshown gathered around a bar in Sloppy Joe's res-taurant at the Port Moresby airport consumingmonumental sandwiches and drinking coffee . Lieu-tenant Rivers went to Australia in April, afterserving at Barksdale Field, Louisiana ; LangleyField, Virginia ; Murock Field, California, and inHawaii.

Disproving a German claim, Lt. Russell B .Houghton, '39eng, Guthrie, came home from Eng-land in November on a ship which Berlin had re-ported damaged . Lieutenant Houghton, formerlyan engineer with the Gulf Research Company inSan Antonio, Texas, had been in England withthe Signal Corps for the last year . The ship, hereported, reached port unscratched .

Promotions recently reported among men onoverseas duty were Sam P . Leeman, '41eng, Dallas,Texas, to first lieutenant ; Leo Burkett, '366a, New-castle, to major at the Henry Barracks in PuertoRico ; Morton Rutherford, '41letters, Tulsa, believed

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by his parents to be in Africa, to first lieutenant ;John Watt, '38cng, Oklahoma City, in Australia,to captain ; Joe Myers, '33bus, formerly managerof the West Oak Gasoline Company and the Per-fect Fuel Company in Sayre, now in Hawaii, tocaptain ; Ellsworth W . Showen, '40eng, Maysville,to captain ; Henry W . Reaves, '40bus, Norman, tofirst lieutenant ; Herbert Meeting, '40law, Anadarko,to captain ; Walter R . Tupper, '36med, on dutyat Fort Raymond, Alaska, to captain ; Robert H .Jones, '33-'34, Oklahoma City, pursuit ship pilotthought to be in Central or South America, tocaptain, and Robert M . Smith, '39-'40, Snyder, tosergeant.

Others on foreign duty were Lt . Robert E . Davis,'42eng, Woodward, with an Electronics TrainingGroup ; Lt . (jg) Howard S. Morrison, '41eng,Bartlesville, with the Naval Supply Corps ; Lt. JoeB . Steele, '37=38, Ringling ; Lt . Drank C. Binkley,'39med, former Los Angeles physician now in NewGuinea ; Staff Sgt . Walter E . Jordan, '42ba, Coraop-olis, Pennsylvania, with the cryptography sectionof the Army Air Forces ; Lt . 1 . 13 . Long, '41pharm,May, Oklahoma, with the Army Air Force; Lt .Charles A. Dow, Jr ., '41eng, Tulsa, with a detachedordnance company ; Lt. Philip P . North, '41, BayCity, Michigan ; Maj . Frank T. McCoy, '356a, Nash-ville, Tennessee, with the Air Force IntelligenceDivision in Australia ; Lt. Charles R . Musgrave,Jr., '421aw, Bartlesville ; Lt . Jack M. Collier, '40fa,Norman, Flying Fortress pilot ; Ensign John E .Carter, '31bus, Guthrie, at Pearl Harbor ; Lt . Wor-tlen W . Parrish, '34-'40, Madill ; Lt. Bennett E .Robertson, '416a, Guthrie, base weather officer withthe Army Air Force in the south Pacific ; Lt. Wil-liam F . Purnell, Jr ., '36-'38, Oklahoma City, inthe Aleutian Islands, and Lt . Jack C . Jones, '41hus,Oklahoma City, with the Marine Corps in thePacific.

At SeaFrom the (leek of the ship on which be is sta-

tioned, Pharmacist Mate Bryce Maybcrry, '41, wit-nessed a terrific sea spectacle in November off theNorth African coast when an enemy submarinesank three convoy ships . In a letter to a brotherin Shawnee Seaman Maybcrry reported an Allieddestroyer later found the sub 100 yards from hisship and sank it.

Lt . Elmer Ridgeway, Jr ., '40med, OklahomaCity, and Willie R . Warren, '41pharm, pharmacistmate second class, Richmond, California, are onduty in the Pacific. Lieutenant Ridgeway is amember of the Navy Medical Corps .Tommy Tall Chief, '39-'40, Fairfax, was a sea-

man second class on duty aboard ship in thePacific .Alabama

Maj . E . I-1 . Harrelson, '32ba, Oklahoma City,has been transferred to headquarters of the Re-placement and Command School in Birmingham .He recently graduated from the Command andGeneral Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .

Paul E . Dubois, '33phys, '35eng, formerly em-ployed in the city engineering department in Okla-homa City, has been promoted to the rank ofcaptain at Fort McClellan .

Lt . Joe A. McCloud, '29law, former OklahomaCity attorney, was stationed at Craig Field .Arizona

Lt . Ellis L . Brown, '39eng, Duncan, was sta-tioned at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, in Novem-ber as first pilot with a Bombardment group . Heexpected to be transferred soon .Tommy Costakis, '37-'38, Tulsa, and Richard

B . Lawrence, '376a, Altus, have been commissionedensigns in the Navy and ordered to the trainingschool at Tucson for indoctrination .

Fred E . Damberg, '33-'37, Oklahoma City, wasstationed at the Basic Training Base at MaranaField as a ground instructor .

Aviation Cadet Louis G. Friedrichs, '41phys .ed,New Orleans, has been stationed at ThunderbirdField, Phoenix .

Lt . George R . Sullivan, '41bus, Norman, wason duty in the post Engineer office at Fort Hua-chuca .Arkansas

Lt. Joseph S . Stocker, '35ba, former reporteron the Daily OFlahornan, bas been transferred to

JANUARYS 1943

SOLOMONS ' Act: APPEARS ON LIFL COVERMagazine stands sold copies of the December 7 issue of LIFE right and leftafter Oklahoma folks learned that Maj. John L. Smith, '36bus, hero Marine pilotfrom Lexington, was featured on the cover. In addition LIFL devoted some eightpages inside to an article plus more pictures about Major Smith and his MarineFighting Squadron . At the time the issue was released the Sooner pilot was top

man for enemy planes downed, having 19 Japanese craft to his credit.

Camp Robinson . Lt. J . Don Wict, '37bus, Tulsa,was stationed there temporarily after receiving hiscommission in the Infantry .

Jesse E . Bernard, '36-'41, Norman, has beenpromoted to sergeant at the Army Air Force BasicFlying School near Walnut Ridge .

CaliforniaLoyd Harris, '22pharm, '24ms, on duty at the

War Department Civilian Protection School atStanford University, bas been promoted to therank of major . Major Harris was professor ofchemistry at the University before entering theservice .

Lt . Marion Basham, '38ba, '40ma, San Diego,was reported a patient in Torney General Hospitalat Palm Springs this fall, after participating indesert maneuvers during August and September .Sgt . James P. Evart, '36pharm, formerly assistantmanager of the Walgreen Drug Store in OklahomaCity, is in charge of the pharmacy division ofthe hospital .

Ensign Paul W . Davis, '29, Oklahoma City,completed the Merchant Marine gunnery coursein San Francisco and was assigned to the San

Diego Destroyer Base . Also stationed in San Diegowere Thomas 1) . Steen, '38-'41, Norman, a sea-man second class at the Naval Air Station, andPvt. Edwin K . Chase, '40-'41, Oklahoma City, withthe Coast Artillery .

Lt . Artie Marie Garrctt, '33he, and Lt . LynnScott, '41 nurse, are Army nurses on duty at theCamp San Luis Obispo Station Hospital . Lieuten-ant Garrctt was formerly on the staff of the Uni-versity School of Nursing in Oklahoma City . Pvt .Preston Peden, '391aw, Altus, was on duty withthe Signal Corps at Camp San Luis Obispo.

Aviation Cadet J . W . Cook, Jr., '42m .ed, Hugo,was one of 28 enlisted men in the United Statesselected to attend Army Air Force meteorologyschool at the University of California in Los An-gel cs .

Lt . Roy P. Stewart, '31journ, former city editorof the Daily Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, hasbeen transferred to duty in the security office ofthe Port of Embarkation . He was formerly in thePublic Relations branch of the Army .

Capt. Newman B . Smith, '24eng, former engi-neer with the U . S . Coast and Geodetic Survey,bas been transferred to San Francisco . Bill Van

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Dyke, '38, Norman, was there awaiting assignmentto duty after completing training at the Navy Elec-tricians' School in San Diego.

John H. Brady, '36med, Visalia physician, wascommissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the NavyMedical Corps and called to duty in December atthe Treasure Island Naval Dispensary .

Lt . T. Jim Almond, '42, Duncan, transferredto the Army Air Corps and was stationed at theSanta Ana Air Base.

Lt . Robert O. Burkett, '39geol, Blanchard, hasbeen transferred to Minter Field where he is aninstructor .

Lt . Roy Byars, Jr., '40bus, Oklahoma City, isa statistical officer on duty at Hammer Field .

Cadet Harry S . Collinson, '376a, Arkansas City,Kansas, was taking naval aviation training at theOakland Air Port.

Lt . Chester E. Daniels, '41, has been transferredto an Air Force Training Detachment at MatherField .

Powell E . Fry, '34med, former Stillwater physi-cian, has been stationed at the Chico Army Fly-ing School .

Bressem C. Holtzschue, '346a, Oklahoma City,on duty at Camp Roberts, has been promoted tothe rank of captain.

Lt. Bryan H . Hyder, '28pharm, former Clintondruggist, has been transferred to the ArlingtonStaging Area .

Lt. Robert Krueger, '41, Oklahoma City, whorecently completed training in the Chemical War-fare School at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, wasstationed at Merced.

Capt . Jack I . Laudermilk, '34ba, '38eng, '41eng,former University of Texas faculty member, hasbeen transferred to a Signal Operational TrainingCompany at Camp Pinedale .

Cadet Joseph P. Little, '42law, Madill, has beentransferred with an Air Force Training Detach-ment to Dos Palos .

Cleon Shock, '40eng, was promoted to the rankof captain and transferred to Santa Anita .

Pvt. George E . Walton, '391aw, was stationed inSanta Monica with the Army Air Force .Lt. Harold B . Wilson, '34eng, Ardmore, has

been assigned to the Armed Guard Center onTreasure Island.

District of ColumbiaEugene B . Dodson, '33ba, formerly on the staff

of the Daily Oklahoman, now on duty in the PostalCensorship Office in Washington, D. C ., has beenpromoted to the rank of captain . Mrs . Dodson,the former Grace Beaulieu, '33phys .ed, has beenemployed in josh Lee's Washington office sincelast March.

Richard L . Downing, '24-'26, who was em-ployed in the Norman City National Bank beforeentering the service, has been promoted to therank of captain in the Signal Corps . He and hisfamily are living in Arlington, Virginia, whilehe is stationed in the capitol .

Lt . Roy S . Taylor, '35eng, former electrical en-gineer with a power company in Oklahoma City,was stationed temporarily at the General OrdnanceSchool at the Navy Yard for training before as-signment for active sea duty .

Herbert M . Palmer, '29-'32, with the Coast Guardin Washington, has been promoted to chief pettyofficer. Mr. Palmer formerly was associated withthe Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and priorto that was Canadian County representative in theOklahoma Legislature.

Lt . Adin H . Hall, '41eng, Ponca City, was as-signed to duty with the Ordnance division withheadquarters in the Pentagon Building.

Capt. Joe T. Dickerson, '211aw, former managerof the Shell Oil Company legal department in Hous-ton, Texas, has been transferred to Army Air ForceHeadquarters .

Lt. Kenneth H . Abernathy, '311aw, Altus, hasbeen transferred to duty with the control divisionof the Directorate of Air Communications in theMaritime Building.

FloridaChad Y. Vallance, '42ed, Norman, an Army

physical education instructor, has been promotedto the rank of sergeant and transferred to St .Petersburg. Mrs . Vallance (Flo Leenhouts, '411ib .sci) is in St . Petersburg.

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Officers assigned for training with the ArmyAir Force at Miami Beach were Capt. Dick T.Pendleton, '261aw, former Norman lawyer ; Lt.Lee Spencer, '40-'41, Shawnee, and Lt. Sylvan A.Hertz, '366s, former New York City physician.Thomas H . Wilson, Jr ., '40ma, Norman, was thereattending the Air Force Officer Candidate School .

Elizabeth Ray, '34ba, Oklahoma City, recentlyreceived her commission as a lieutenant in theWAACS at Fort Des Moines and was assignedto the new WAAC Training Center at DaytonaBeach .Lt. Carroll B. Hodges, '36ms, formerly on the

faculty of Duke University at Durham, North Caro-

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Privates -------------------------- 338Corporals ------------------------ 61Sergeants -------------------------- 116Warrant Officers -------------------- 3Cadets --------------------------- 168Lieutenants ----------------------- 11628Captains --------------------- _ 543Majors --------------------------- 189Lieutenant Colonels ___________ _ __

46Colonels

10Brigadier Generals -----------------

2Major General ---------------------

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TOTAL _ _

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Seamen --------------------------- 157Petty Officers _

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31Cadets _._____ .__._ ._______ ______ .__

60Ensigns

---------------- 180Lieutenants ----------------------- 117Lieutenant Commanders -------- --- 20Commander -----------------------

ICaptain -------------------------- IWAVES --------------------------

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Privates ---------------------------- 12Sergeant ---------------------------

ICadet ___ ___ _________ ______ _

1Lieutenants --------------------- -- 15Captains

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5Majors -- ------------------------ 2Lieutenant Colonel __ __ _ ___ .__ _

1Colonel ---------------- 1

TOTAL ------------------

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Seamen ---------------------------

25Petty Officers -------- ---------------

3Ensign _ --------------- _ . .________

1

TOTAL

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29GRAND TOTAL ----------------- 3,778

lina, was serving as military psychologist and per-sonnel consultant in the Army AdministrationOfficer Candidate School at Gainesville.

Lt. Richard W. Musser, '426us, Enid, has beentransferred to Camp Carrabelle where he is witha Quartermaster battalion .

James E . Mitchell, '39-'41, Kingfisher, a gun-ners mate third class, was stationed in Miami .

Clair Eckerd, '41, Oklahoma City, radio tech-nician mate third class in the Coast Guard, hasbeen assigned to the Sound Material School atthe Key West Naval Station .Lt. Norman M . Barker, '40, Norman, has been

transferred to Camp Blanding where he is withthe Infantry. Maj . Gerald D. Shepherd, '326us,Oklahoma City, was stationed there with the FieldArtillery.Georgia

Camoufleur with the gigantic Army War Showwhich concluded a nationwide tour last month inGeorgia was Cpl . Paul Emerson, '31fa, formerKansas City portrait and landscape painter, whosespecial job in the show was the construction of aforest which was attacked by "American" forces

and defended by the "Japanese" each night in theperformance. Corporal Emerson also assisted inthe erection of a 120-foot pre-fabricated bridgeused during sham battles . Included in the ArmyWar Show were six huge exhibition tents, equip-ment for staging a sham battle in which 2,000soldiers participated, and vast exhibits of equip-ment used by different branches of service . Dur-ing its tour the Army War Show appeared in 17large cities, playing before huge crowds . Proceedswent to Army Emergency Relief.

Capt . George A. Champlin, '33-'37, former tellerin the Lawton City National Bank, has been as-signed to the Warner Robins Army Air Depot.

Lt . Raymond E. Gandy, '39-'40, Norman, wasstationed with the Army Air Force at TurnerField .

Lt . Lambert R. Hiatt, '41, was stationed at FortBenning with an Armored regiment. Joe BaileyHumphreys, '32, has been transferred there forofficer candidate training in Infantry .Idaho

Lt . Howard F . Wilson, '181aw, former Blackwelllawyer, was stationed at Boise with a Military Po-lice battalion .Tex Kassen, '38ed, '40m.ed, former school teach-

er at McAlester, was on duty as a chief specialistat the Farragut Naval Training Station .

IllinoisRichard E. Smethers, '426us, Ponca City, and

Robert N. Dawson, '426us, Enid, were assignedfor training in the Naval Reserve Midshipmen'sSchool at Chicago .

Lt. A. S . Gilles, '371aw, Norman, has been sta-tioned with a Coast Artillery Anti-aircraft divisionat Fort Sheridan.

John H . Speer, '37geol, was an aviation cadettaking meteorological training in Chicago Univer-sity .

Sidney V. Taylor, '39-'41, Norman, apprenticeseaman, and John W . Johnson, '34-'35, Checotah,musician second class, were on duty at the GreatLakes Naval Training Station .

Cadet William B . Thompson, '41eng, Shawnee,was assigned for training at Chanute Field . Alsothere were Willard C . (Pete) Gilles, '426a, Nor-man, and Vernald A . Smith, '34ba, both in theWeather Bureau, and Pvt. John Bumgarner, '40-'42, Norman.

IndianaLt . (jg) George L . King, '33eng, formerly asso-

ciated with the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Com-pany at Muskogee, has been stationed at the NavalTraining School at Purdue University at Lafayette .H . W . Baker, '39journ, formerly associated with

radio station WOW in Omaha, Nebraska, andGeorge P . Selvidge, Jr ., '426a, Ardmore, were tak-ing midshipman's training at Notre Dame Uni-versity .

IowaMore and more alumnae were numbered among

the ranks of the WAACS at Fort Des Moines . Re-ported in training there recently were Mrs . EthelynSmith, '20pharm, Lexington ; Mary Fern Green, '33ed, former Knoxville, Tennessee, school teacher ;Jean Frost, '33-'35, Tulsa ; Mary K . Bryden, '396a,former Bixby school teacher; Violet Davis Clark,'39ed, former Frederick school teacher ; Reba N .Weedn, '426a, Duncan ; Mrs. W . Nolan Hunt(Georgia Fay Beard, '39fa) Chanute, Kansas, andAgnes McDanel, '25-'26, formerly a buyer forBrown's Department Store in Oklahoma City .

KansasCapt . Edward T . Cook, Jr., '38med, formerly

associated with the Madison General Hospital inMadison, Wisconsin, has been assigned to the Medi-can detachment of an Armored regiment at CampFunston . Lt. Eugene N . Moore, '36-'40, Drum-right, has been transferred there as commander ofa Communications company.

Pvt. Albert E . Clark, '28-'31, Tulsa, has beenstationed with a Medical Detachment at StrotherField .

Lt . Leland Gourley, '40, former Associated Pressman in Oklahoma City, has been stationed at CampPhillips as a Special Service officer with the 94thDivision .

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Capt . Gene N . Moore, '36-'40, Drumright, waswith an Infantry division at Fort Riley .

Lt . Roy Tant, '38-'39, Grandfield, was on dutyat the Topeka Army Air Base .

KentuckyVernon Rice, '31ha, Norman, has been pro-

moted to staff sergeant and assigned as messagecenter chief of an Armored battalion at CampCampbell . Before entering the service SergeantRice was assistant drama editor of the New yorkPost in New York City . Lt. Kenneth R . Short,'37-'41, was also at Came Campbell .

LouisianaLt . ()g) Marion C . Clules, '35cng, formerly as-

sociated with the Pan-American production (om-pany in Houston, Texas, was assigned to Navalheadquarters in New Orleans . Lt . L . C . Nordahl,'42eng, Oklahoma City, was on duty there withan Air Depot Group .E . H . (Bud) Larecy, '26, on duty at Camp

Beauregard, has been promoted to the rank ofmajor.

Lt. James R . Murray, Jr., '39, has been trans-ferred to Camp Claiborne with the QuartermasterCorps . Lt . Wayne Vernon, '39journ, Medford,was also there.

Robert M . Swesnik, '38eng, Oklahoma City, onduty with the Field Artillery at Camp Polk, hasbeen promoted to the rank of captain .

Irl H . Sellers, Jr ., '41, Norman, Coast Guardseaman first class, has been assigned to Navalheadquarters at Grand Isle .

Archie C . Graham, '37fa, has been transferredto the Baton Rouge Air Base where he is witha pursuit group .

Lt. Joe T . Glover, '40eng, Amarillo, Texas, wason duty with a Bombing squadron at HardingField .

Lt. Raoul J . Delier, '41, Oklahoma City, hasbeen transferred to Barksdale Field .

Lt. Edward E. Dale, '426a, Norman, has beentransferred to Camp Livingston .

Aviation Cadet Murlyn F . Burnett, '40, Enid,has been stationed at the Advanced NavigationSchool at Monroe .

MarylandMaj . Darrell Althausen, '266s, is on the special

staff of the Office of Chief of Chemical WarfareService at Edgewood Arsenal . Before entering theservice Major Althausen was engaged in syntheticrubber research in Peoria, Illinois . Also on dutyat Edgewood Arsenal were Lt . Charles D . Stinch-ecum, '351aw, former Duncan lawyer, instructorin military law at the Officer Candidate School ;Lt. Herman W . Sheriff, '40, Oklahoma City, withthe Chemical Warfare Service ; Cpl . Lowell F.Throckmorton, '40pharm, Hooker, with a detachedcorps of Military Police, and Sam R . Faris, '41chcin, formerly a graduate assistant at ColumbiaUniversity in New York City, with a regimentof cadets .

Lt . Noel E . Story, '421aw, Eufaula, was sta-tioned at Fort Meade with the Field Artillery .

Sgt. P . Roscoe Lyon, '38, Oklahoma City, hasbeen stationed at the Postal Officer Candidate Schoolat Fort Washington . Also there was Owen Town-send, '401aw, former state representative fromLove County .

Lt . James Helis, '40eng, New York City, hasbeen assigned as assistant director of automotivetraining at the Aberdeen Proving Ground .

MassachusettsRalph S . Phelan, '39med, on duty with a Medi-

cal Battalion at Camp Edwards, has been promotedto the rank of captain . Also on duty there wereCapt. K . E . Hudson, '38med, former OklahomaCity physician ; Lt . Harry- P . Frantz, '416us, formerEnid insurance man, and Lt . Norman B . Privett,'426us, Pawnee .

Lt . John C . Straiton, '42eng, Oklahoma City,completed a Signal Corps training course at Har-vard University in November and was to takefurther training in the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology .Mary E . Lewis, '28, Oklahoma City, and Edith

Roberts, '29, Soper, have been commissioned en-signs in the WAVES at Smith College, Northamp-

JANUARY, 1943

STAR IN SYRVICLForsaking for a time his movie career,Actor Van Heflin,'32ba, went into active service recently and was assignedto the Special Services Office at CampSan Luis Obispo, California . He holdsa second lieutenant's commission .

ton . Ensign Roberts formerly was in charge ofthe Western Union office in the state capitol build-ing .Michigan

Lt . Wesley W . Davis, '41mcd, has been trans-ferred to Fort Custer where he is with a Medicalbattalion . He was associated with the Good Samari-tan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, before enteringthe service.

Capt . Lee Diffendaffer, '29ms, former Edmondschool teacher, has been transferred to Sault SainteMarie .Minnesota

B . W . Nicholas, '371ws, Kansas City, Missouri,is a seaman third class assigned to the Naval Offi-cer Procurement Office in Minneapolis .Mississippi

Lt. John P . McNaughton, '39ba, former gradu-ate assistant in the engineering hydraulics labora-tory at the Colorado School of Mines at Golden,has been transferred to Camp Shelby . Also sta-tioned there were Leonard W . Cox, '40m .ed, for-mer Coweta school teacher, a chaplain ; Lt. John'1-. Spradling, '41ba, Oklahoma City, and Lt . RayT. Lehman, '426us, Guthrie .John R . Penington, '40eng, Antlers, has been

commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Forceat the Columbus Flying School . He gave up hiscommission in the Ordnance Department to enteraviation cadet training .Olcy Attebery, '41, Waurika, on duty with

the Coast Guard at Biloxi, has been advanced toair machinists mate second class .

Pvt . Darmus D . LeGatc, '39-'41, Stonebluff,Oklahoma, has been transferred to Keesler Field .

Lt. Frank J . Newkumet, '37eng, was assigned toan aviation cadet detachment at the GreenvilleArmy Flying School . Warrant Officer W . BruceFeigley, '38-'39, Oklahoma City, was there asband leader .

Maj . Wilbur Wilson, '341aw, Norman, formerlydirector of a C.C .C . camp near Lakeview, Oregon,has been transferred to Camp Van Dorn wherehe is with a division of the Field Artillery . Alsothere was Lt . Julian 1 . Rothhaum, '381aw, Harts-horne.MissouriPvt . Frederick Sloan, '38, Norman, was in an

Army hospital at Springfield last fall, under obser-

cation for a foot injury lie received before cn-tcring the service .

Cpl . Carl Kirkpatrick, '35-'37, Norman, wason duty at Fort Leonard Wood .

Lt. Sample E . Brockman, '34m .ed, was on dutyat Camp Crowder with the Signal (:ores .

Lt. Way"nc F. DcCapito, '40-'41, and Lt . G . L.Thompson, '19phario, Shawnee, were stationedat Rosecrans Field .

NevadaWilliam M . Ilaun, '421aw, El Reno, has been

transferred to the Air Force Gunnery School atLas Vegas .

New JerseyPvt. Harold A . Landsman, '40-'42, Brooklyn,

New York, was stationed at Fort Dix .

New MexicoRose Marie MacKellar, '41hc, Norman, has en-

tered the Army Air Corps as a dietitian and wasassigned to duty at Carlsbad with the rank of firstlieutenant . Lieutenant MacKellar served her in-terneship at a hospital in Canada .A flashlight, a couple of pieces of tin, some tis-

sue paper and a board with holes in it are amongthe parts of a simple little gadget Staff Sgt . RoyHolloway, '28-'29, Oklahoma City, has rigged upat the Roswell Army Flying School . It is a simu-lated bombing range on which bombardiers andaerial photographers can practice indoors and savemany hours of flying formerly necessary to attaina high degree of efficiency in judging distancesfrom the air . Sergeant Holloway believes his in-vention offers training as good as the actual thingbesides saving considerable time .

Sgt. Paul R . Gamino, '39bus, former Boy Scoutexecutive in Albuquerque, has been assigned asan instructor at the Roswell Army Flying School .Carleton Shead, '37eng, Norman, was recentlycommissioned a lieutenant in the Air Forces there .

Lt. Richard D . Jones, '406us, Oklahoma City,has been transferred to Fort Sumner . Mrs . Jonesis the former Patricia Jane Thompson, '42journ .

New YorkGeorge England, '391aw, former Ponca City

lawyer now on duty at the Naval Reserve Mid-shipmen's School in New York City, has been pro-moted to the rank of lieutenant commander . Intraining there were Raymond Scruggs, '40bus, for-merly with the Jones Oil Company in CorpusChristi, Texas, and W. G . (Bill) Bauman, Jr ., '42bus, Tulsa . Ensign John F . Y. Stambaugh, '366us,formerly an accountant in Houston, Texas, wasstationed in New York City .

Earl R . Rapp, '38-'40, Oklahoma City, on dutvat Pine Camp, has been promoted to the rank ofcaptain . He and Mrs . Rapp (Betty Escalante, '40speech) make their home at Watertown . Lt. War-ren Myers, '40, Norman, has been assigned forduty at Pine Camp .

Lt. (jg) Harold Tacker, .'40fa, former Univer-sity photographer, has been in New York City totake special newsreel training with March of Timeand News of the Day technicians .G . A . Fisher, '30-'34, was promote(] to captain

in October and assigned to temporary duty as act-ing staff Judge Advocate of the 45th Division .Edwin O . Shaw, Jr ., '38bus, former accountant

with the State School Land Commission in Okla-homa City, is a warrant officer with the 45th Di-vision .Ensign Mark E . Miller, Jr ., '36fa, former archi-

tect in Arlington, Virginia, was assigned to theGyro-Compass School at the New York NavyYard .

Lt. (jg) Siler D . Lambdin, '33eng, former Hous-ton engineer, was stationed at the Naval TrainingStation at Cornell University in- Ithaca .

North CarolinaLt. Maurice E . Stuart, '38law, has been trans-

ferred to Fort Bragg . Ile was associated with theAetna Casualty and Surety Companyan Houston,Texas, before joining the service . Carl E . Thain,'37-'41, Waukoinis, has been promoted to therank of captain at Fort Bragg . He commandsa Parachute battalion .

Lt . J . Wilbur Jeffers, '40, Norman, was assignedto an Observation group at Morris Field .

North DakotaHarold H . Taft, '35-'39, Norman, is in train-

ing as an officer candidate at Fargo .

Fort SillPromotions recently were announced for Otis

Blankenship, '391aw, Norman, to captain ; H .Oliver Holt, '36ba, '38fa, '40m .ed, Oklahoma City,to captain ; Max Sims Lale, '38journ, to captain ;Thomas D. Davis, '38-'42, Oklahoma City, tocorporal ; E . Owen McBride, '39eng, former chem-ist with the Humble Oil Company at Baytown,Texas, to captain ; Nathan W . Anderson, '39eng,former engineer with the Reda Pump Company,to captain ; George K . Massad, '42bus, OklahomaCity, to first lieutenant ; C . Doyle Watson, '401aw,Norman, to captain ; Joseph H . Kennedy, '291aw,Muskogee, to major ; R . W . Vahlberg, '35eng, Okla-homa City, to major ; T. F . Thompson, '34eng,Shawnee, to major, and Jon T . Williams, '41,Blackwell, to first lieutenant .

Officers attending the Field Artillery School in-cluded Lt. Col . Jess Larson, '26, former OklahomaCity attorney ; Lt. R. L . Grady, '381aw ; Lt. M. G.Crossley, '40bus, Oklahoma City ; Lt. Andrew E.Larson, Jr ., '32bus, Garden City, Kansas ; Maj . R .W. Vahlberg, '35eng, Oklahoma City ; Lt. EstilMcBride, '39eng, Mountain View ; Lt . Loddie W.Brodie, '42, and Lt . Gene O . Brodie, '42, brothersfrom Skiatook, and Lt . Elvin Shultz, '40eng, Okla-homa City .Included on the staff of the Field Artillery Re-

placement Training Center were Maj . Thomas F.Thompson, '34eng, formerly an engineer in Okla-homa City and Shawnee ; Lt. Charles F. Wood, III,'42geo1, Oklahoma City ; Lt . William J . Slivka,'42, Mount Vernon, Illinois ; Lt. Hillord Hinson,'34geo1, Houston, Texas ; Pvt . Elvin A . Nikkel,'42bus, Corn, Oklahoma, and Capt. John W .Grantham, '33ba, formerly on the staff of a C.C.C.camp near Wagoner .

Dick Riggs, '41, Lawton, withdrew from therace for Comanche County representative to enterOfficer Candidate School at Fort Sill . He was theunopposed Democratic candidate . Cpl . R . B . Hol-land, '32-'35, was also attending the school .

OklahomaJoe L . Duer, '32med, Woodward physician, has

been commissioned a senior grade lieutenant inthe Navy and stationed at a Norman base . Alsoon duty near Norman were Lt. J. Ed Pierson, '32ed,former operator of a cleaning plant in OklahomaCity ; Ensign Harold E. DeShurley, '42eng, Mus-kogee, and Bob Wooderson, '39journ, a yeoman .

Capt. William O . Breedlove, '381aw, Kingfisher,has been transferred to Will Rogers Field . He wasformerly county attorney of Kingfisher County .Also stationed there was Lt . Virgil C . Bennett,'37bus, formerly employed by an elevator companyat Drummond .Hugh R . Lyons, '39, Tulsa, has been promoted

to the rank of sergeant and assigned as office clerkwith the Medical Detachment at Camp Gruber .Alsd on duty there were Lt. Roger O . Herigstad,'42eng, Minot, North Dakota, and Leo D . Marks,'37ba, technician fifth grade, in the public rela-tions office .

Laurence Mantooth, '30phys .ed, '35ms, formerPurcell grocer, has been stationed at the NavyGunnery School east of Lexington as director ofphysical education . He is a former wrestling cham-pion . Lt . Wallace E . Robertson, '226a, OklahomaCity, was an instructor at the School .

Chief Petty Officer W . Earl Staggs, '21=23, wasassigned to duty in the Navy Recruiting Office atMuskogee .

Robert L . Hoskinson, '32-'35, Norman, wastransferred to Okmulgee for a month's specialtraining with a glider detachment of the Air Force .

Herbert Barnett, Jr ., '35law, former Tulsa at-torney, has been stationed at the Enid Army Fly-ing School.

OregonCapt. TOM . Beaird, '21ba, executive secretary

of the Alumni Association on leave for service withthe Army Air Force, has been transferred to thePendleton Flying Field .

Frank Hawkins, '40eng, acting division Ord-nance officer of an Infantry division at Camp White,

has been promoted to captain . Mrs . Hawkins(Elizabeth Snoddy, '37he) is teaching school inMedford, near Camp White.

PennsylvaniaCapt . John M . Campbell, '19ba, former mem-

ber of the law firm of Beach, Campbell and Hol-land at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has been stationedat Harrisburg with the Air Force .

Lt . Col . Walter H . Miles, '18med, former Okla-homa City public health director, graduated in No-vember from the Army Medical Field ServiceSchool at Carlisle Barracks .Rhode IslandEnsign Justin Veith, '39-'41, Okemah, has been

transferred to the Naval Air Station at Quonset

The Alumni Office wants to keep intouch with all graduates and formerstudents on active duty . If relatives orfriends will notify the Alumni Officewhenever the address of a service manchanges, the favor will be appreciated .

Point, where he is a dive bomber pilot with ascouting squadron.

James D . Gray, '42m .ed, Edmond, chief special-ist in the Navy physical fitness program, has beentransferred to Davisville .South CarolinaLt. Robert Moon, '421aw, Bartlesville, has been

stationed at Fort Jackson. He recently received hiscommission at the Officer Candidate School at FortBenning, Georgia .

Lt. James M . Mahaffey, '40-'42, Norman, hasbeen assigned to the Columbia Army Air Base .

Lt. C . K . Shroyer, '406us, Oklahoma City, hasbeen assigned to the Motor Transport office atCharleston .Tennessee

Lt . Joseph P . Smith, '42, Chelsea, has been as-signed to duty with a Motorized Division at CampForrest.Texas

J . F. Malone, '37ba, former director of the Lec-ture and Entertainment Bureau in the UniversityExtension Division, was commissioned a secondlieutenant in the Anti-Aircraft division of the CoastArtillery in November and stationed at CampHulen .

Cpl . Raymond List, '30fa, '40mfa, former mu-sic instructor at Idabel, has been assigned for train-ing in the Camp Hood Officer Candidate School .Upon completion of his training he will be com-missioned a second lieutenant in the Tank De-stroyer division . Lt . Francis M. Townsend, '42,Purcell, was on duty at the Tank Destroyer School .

Lt . Gus Reinhardt, '311aw, Oklahoma City, hasbeen stationed with the Air Force at Amarillo Field .Pvt. Thomas E . Rogers, '41ms, Mount Vernon,Iowa, was there with a Medical Detachment.Among the fliers receiving their second lieuten-

ant's commissions at the seven schools of the GulfCoast Army Air Forces Training Center in No-vember were the following Sooners : Stuart M .Abrams, '42bs, Miami, Milton E . Carshon, '32=34,Oklahoma City, and Dan L . Garrett, Jr ., '39-'40,Ponca City, at Kelly Field ; Raymond J . Barnett,'38-'40, Purcell, William C . Matthews, '36-'37,Oklahoma City, and Raymond O. Roush, '38-'40,Hobbs, New Mexico, at Ellington Field ; James R .Brooks, '35-'38, San Antonio, Texas, at LakeCharles, Louisiana ; Robert E . Fox, '40-'42, Waco,Texas, John E. Johnston, '36-'38, and James T.Mangum, '40-'41, both of Oklahoma City, at Fos-ter Field ; William P . Mitchell, '40-'41, Kirkwood,Missouri, and Robert V. Mulanax, '40-'41, Chick-asha, at Brooks Field ; William P . Selvidge, '421aw,Ardmore, at Lubbock Field, and Jack E . Whitener,'416s, Duncan, at Moore Field . Staff Sgt . MarvinV. Green, '37-'40, Norman, graduated from thebomber school at Ellington Field .On duty at Camp Barkeley were Harry S .

McMillan, '29pharm, adjutant of a Motorized

Evacuation Hospital, recently promoted to captain ;Kenneth G. Howard, '39, Oklahoma City, who re-ceived his commission as a second lieutenant atthe Medical Replacement Training Center, andPreston Jay Moore, '40, Bartlesville, an officer can-didate .

Aviation Cadet Donald Davis, '42, Norman, hasbeen transferred to Big Springs .

Lt. Paul Ballinger, '341aw, former representativefrom Hughes County, was graduated from the Mili-tary Police Officer Candidate School at Fort Ogle-thorpe, Georgia, and stationed at Fort Bliss .

Lt. Neal W. Harris, '37-'40, Norman, was onduty at Camp Bowie .

Ensign Maurice L . Filson, '416us, Wewoka, hasbeen stationed at the Naval Air Station in CorpusChristi . He was recently married to Miss KathleenRhoades of Sasakwa, who is living in CorpusChristi. John H . Wenzel, '37-'38, Oklahoma City,and Robert L . Widlake, '38-'42, Norman, wererecently commissioned ensigns at the Naval AirStation .

Lt. Col . R . H . Cloyd, '281aw, Norman, has beentransferred to Service Command headquarters inDallas .

Staff Sgt . Pilot William L . Shamel, Jr ., '40, wason duty with a transport squadron at DuValleArmy Air Base .

Aviation Cadet Warren H. Finley, '39bus, wasin training at Ellington Field . Lt. Thomas 7. .Wright, '29bus, '341aw, former University facultymember, was there as an instructor.

Cadet George T . W . Miller, '35-'36, El Reno, wasin training at Foster Field . Darrald K . Calkins, '40,Stillwater, expected to receive his commission therein January.Lewis C . Dilleshaw, '38pharm, former Tulsa

druggist, has been promoted to first lieutenant andappointed post photographic officer at GoodfellowField .Among recent graduates at the Army Air Forces

Navigation School at Hondo were Raymond D .Holder, '38-'40, Oklahoma City ; William H . Tabb,'41ba, Altus ; William M . Phillips, '36-'40, Garber ;Jesse D. Burton, '39journ, Shawnee, and Louis C .Roark, '40geol, Tulsa . Dorman W. Sims, '40, Po-casset, on duty there, was promoted to the rankof first lieutenant . Ralph R . Alworth, '37, was intraining there .Capt . Jesse L . Simon, '35eng, formerly associat-

ed with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-pany, has been transferred to Howard HughesField, Houston, as adjutant .

Aviation Cadet Bill M . Phillips, '41, Garber, hasbeen transferred to Kelly Field . Pvt. Oliver Stewart,'38-'42, McAlester, was assigned to the base weatherstation there after completing meteorology train-ing in California .

Lt . Oscar J . Jacobi, '41eng, Sterling, Oklahoma,has been stationed at the Lubbock Air Base as atacital officer . In training there were Cadet JohnT . Holder, '38-'39, Alex ; John Singletary, '411aw,Norman, and Pvt . Robert B . McCabe, '41-'42,Oklahoma City .Bunn D. Hale, '352 39, Galveston, on duty at

Camp Maxey, has been promoted to the rank ofcaptain . Also assigned there were Lt . W . S . Hen-dren, Jr., '41med ; Lt . Paul F . Smith, '41med, for-mer Guthrie physician, at the Station Hospital, andLt. Millard L. Emanuel, '35bus, Norman, with anOrdnance company.

Pvt . Melvin H . Dodson, '39-'41, Mangum, wasstationed at Perrin Field . Before entering the servicePrivate Dodson was employed by the War Depart-ment as an engineer on the construction projectDenison Dam .

Alfred G. Todd, '36bus, Tulsa, has been pro-moted to the rank of major at Gulf Coast TrainingCenter Headquarters at Randolph Field. Lt . ByronP . Spears, '41eng, Norman, has been transferredthere .

Lt . Dick L . Holland, '31eng, was taking officertraining at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center .Lt . A. G . Mayse, '41eng, Ardmore, was on dutyat the A.A .F. Pre-Flight School there. David L .Lindsay, Jr ., '37eng, Denton, Texas, has been pro-moted to the rank of captain and assigned to theOrdnance Automotive School at Normoyle Ord-nance Motor Base in San Antonio .Lt. Wray E . Dudley, '41, McKeesport, Penn

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John Kayser, '38journ, Chickasha, on duty atCamp Swift, has been promoted to the rank ofcaptain . Lt . James W . Drummond, '416us, Wayne,was stationed there with a Field Artillery battalion .

Lt . Bill Selvidge, '42law, Ardmore, former statelegislator, has been stationed at Tarrant Field, FortWorth .Tommy S . Myers, '37-'39, was on duty at Vic-

tory Field, Vernon, as a flight instructor .Gene R. Smith, '37, Alva, was training as an

aviation cadet at the Waco Army Flying School .Lt . Charles B . Overbey, Jr., '41med, formerly

associated with the Emergency Hospital and Clinicin Oklahoma City, has been stationed at the CampWolters Station Hospital .

Lt . James T. Dorland, '41, former employee ofthe Shell Oil Company, has been transferred to anAir Depot Group at Hill Field .

Lt . Jac L. Goldstucker, '40bus, Wichita Falls,Texas, and Harry Hightower, '426a, Ponca City,were stationed at Kearns Field .

Transferred from Camp Callan in California,Pvt. Wynn York, '36fa, has entered the Army Band-master Training School at Fort Myer . Upon gradu-ation he probably will be assigned as band directorat some camp with warrant officer's rank . Whilestationed at Camp Callan, Private York playedthe French horn in the Army band . He plays thetrombone and cello as well as the French hornand has composed musical compositions developingthe themes of various poems . Some of these areLyric Poem, Suite for Orchestra honoring Ameri-can poets, Romantic Poem for Cello and Stringsand Night Clouds . The last two compositions wereplayed by the Rochester Civic Symphony underHoward Hanson . Private York, formerly of Clare-more, attended the Eastman School of Music inRochester, New York .

Lt. Robert W. Mitchell, '36ma, former Washing-ton, D . C . jeweler, was on duty with the Quarter-master Corps at Fort Eustis . Pvt. Harry N . Britten,'37ba, Norman, was assigned to the Anti-aircrafttraining school there .

Capt . F . A. Engleman, '366us, Tulia, Texas,and Lt. Quynton R . Hampton, '37-'41, Norman,were on duty at Camp A . P. Hill .

Three alumni commissioned second lieutenantsin the Quartermaster Corps at Camp Lee were Vir-gil C . Bennett, '376us, Drummond ; Mark Debakey,'31-'33, Drumright, and Thomas M. Lillard, '39,Shawnee . O . T . McCall, '406us, Norman, andBen F. Curtis, '41eng, Norman, were recentlypromoted to captain there .

Ensign Jack J. Summers, '37fa, '38mfa, Supply,was on duty at the Amphibian Training Base atNorfolk . Before entering the Navy Ensign Sum-mers was a music examiner in the copyright di-vision of the Library of Congress .

Lt. John A. Orcutt, '40, Oklahoma City, hasbeen transferred to Camp Pickett.

Pfc . Robert Phillips, '41, Oklahoma City, hasbegun training as a Marine officer candidate atQuantico. After receiving his commission he willtrain for ten weeks at Reserve Officers School be-fore assignment to duty with a regular MarineCorps unit .

Robert M . Hippard, '42eng, Tulsa, was com-missioned a second lieutenant in the Army AirForce and assigned as a squadron engineering offi-cer to the Ephrata Air Base. Lt. Ross Strader, '36-'40, Homestead, Oklahoma, was recently assignedthere in command of 200 men.

Arthur L. Southerland, '32-'36, was on dutyas a gunner at the Seattle Navy Air Station .Raymond S . Smith, '29chem, '30pharm, former-

ly of Houston, Texas, has been promoted to ser-geant technician fourth grade at Fort Lewis .

Lt. Forrest H . Barker, '34-'40, Norman, has re-

turned to duty at Olympia after taking a specialtraining course in Orlando, Florida .

WisconsinLt. William C . Alston, Jr., '37med, Checotah,

was to complete a twelve-week training course inthe Army Air Force Medical Corps at Madison inDecember. He expected to be stationed at ScottField, Illinois .On duty at Camp McCoy were Lt. John J.

Donaldson, '34eng, Oklahoma City ; Capt . MerrillW . Younger, '35-'40 ; Capt. Alvan Muldrow, '33law, Norman, and Lt. Paul M . Setzer, '36-'40,Oklahoma City .

Pvt . Thomas Barker, '256s, '38m .ed, Granite,was on duty in the War Overhead bureau in theAdjutant General's Office at Madison .

WyomingAaron A . Fischer, '29, publisher of the Woods

County Enterprise at Waynoka, was to graduatefrom Officer Candidate School at Fort Francis E .Warren in November . Pvt. John R . Whitney, '27law, former Oklahoma City attorney, was also sta-tioned at Fort Warren.

GeneralGaston Constantine, '42, a native of Eaubonne,

France, and lieutenant in the French Field Artil-lery, who came to the United States after Francewas invaded, has left the University to join theFighting French under General DeGaulle in Eu-rope . He enrolled as a graduate student in chemi-cal engineering for the fall semester on an ex-change scholarship won before the war . LieutenantConstantine escaped from Nazi-held France inthe fall of 1941 by methods he could not disclosefor fear of reprisals . He planned to go to FightingFrench headquarters in New York City after leav-ing the University and hoped to gain permissionfrom immigration authorities to return to Europeimmediately .N . P . Chesnutt, '35eng, formerly an engineer

with the Southern Union Gas Company at Pyote,Texas, has been promoted to the rank of major .

Genevieve Morgan, '27-'30, Oklahoma City, hasbeen inducted into the WAACS and was awaitingassignment to training. She is a member of GammaPhi Beta sorority .Rodney M . Partin, '34pharm, Phoenix, Arizona,

has enlisted in the Navy as a pharmacist mate sec-ond class and was to be assigned to duty No-vember 11 .

Carl W. Smith, Jr ., '35-'38, resigned in Oc-tober as advertising salesman on the Denison DailyHerald in Denison, Texas, to enter the Army .

Edwin Hess Burba, '33bus, with an ArmoredField Artillery battalion, was recently promoted tothe rank of major .

Lt . Eugene B . Driskell, '37-'41, Muskogee, iswith an Observation squadron .

Earl Theron Eberhart, '29-'32, Hobart, witha division of the Artillery, has been promoted tothe rank of major .

Lt. Garner B . Fanning, '39, is with an electroni ; straining division of the Signal Corps .

Giraldus Fuller, '42, with the Army Air Forces,has been promoted to first lieutenant .

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writing desks and the engineering andtransmitting rooms .The aforementioned Miss Pat Ferguson,

Tulsa, recently received a long distancetelephone call from a staff sergeant withthe Army Air Force in North Africa . Whiletalking with the sergeant before he leftfor overseas duty, Miss Ferguson blithelysuggested that he call her up sometimefrom North Africa . Six weeks later he did .Rumors circulating for several months

that Tex Beneke, former saxophone playerwith Glenn Miller's Orchestra, was sta-

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