* With the Armed ForcesEd's Note : Readers should remember while

reading this section that most of the newswas received by the Sooner Magazine beforethe war ended in Europe. The notices ofliberation published about O.U. alumni whohave been German prisoners of war includeonly those which have conic to the attentionof the magazine staff. There are, of course,other alumni who have been liberated andnews about these will be published as soonas confirmation of liberation has been received .

As HOSTILITIES CEASED in Europe, Alumni Officerecords showed that approximately 2,000 graduatesand former students of the University were fightingwith the armed forces there.O.U . alumni were in every branch of the service

represented in the European theater, but the AirForce and Field Artillery probably claimed thelargest numbers. Hundreds of alumni have flowninnumerable missions over the continent as membersof the Eighth, Ninth and 15th Air Forces, andhundreds more served in ground positions at homebases . Officers who received their first militarytraining in the University R.O.T.C . unit in yearspast distinguished themselves in practically everyoutfit on the western front.

DecorationsLt . David M. Cook, '42law, Oklahoma City, a

Field Artillery officer, has been awarded a SilverStar for gallantry in action at Pawing, Leyte, lastOctober 21, and a Bronze Star for meritoriousachievement during military operations against theenemy on Leyte from October 20 to November 22last year. The Silver Star was awarded LieutenantCook for helping save the life of a wounded soldierwhile under enemy fire . The citation stated, inpart, "About 20 yards away from Lieutenant Cook. . . a man who had been seriously wounded whilein his fox hole was calling for an aid man.Perceiving that no aid men were present, LieutenantCook crawled to his equipment and procured hisfirst aid pouch, which contained several morphinesyrettes. He then crawled to the wounded man,and in so doing exposed himself to enemy cross-fire .He gave the wounded man an injection of one-halfgrain of morphine, then applied first aid to agunshot wound in the soldier's thigh. He remainedwith the soldier . . . until the firing subsided anda medical officer arrived on the scene."

Copt . Neal W. Harris, '36-'40, Norman, hasbeen awarded the Bronze Star for meritoriousservice in combat with the Fifth Army in northernItaly . The accompanying citation stated in part thatCaptain Harris showed excellent knowledge ofField Artillery technique and attention to duty ."These talents enabled him to co-ordinate Artillerysupport by accurate and timely reports to bothhis own and the supported unit," the citation said .Captain Harris has returned to the United Statesand was stationed at Fort Sill .

Col. Lloyd Swearingen, '206a, '21 ms, professorof chemistry on leave of absence for military service,has been awarded a Bronze Star and the FrenchCroix de Guerre with Palm for meritorious serviceas a Chemical Warfare officer on the staff of the15th Corps during the European war. ColonelSwearingen's trailer was recently used as a dressingroom by Marlene Dietrich when she put on a showfor his men. Now, Colonel Swearingen wrote hiswife, generals want to trade trailers with him .

An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to theAir Medal held by Lt. Col. Ellis L. Brown, '39eng,Duncan, veteran of more than 500 hours of flightin the Pacific . Commander of the "Jolly Rogers"Bombardment group, Colonel Brown also holds aDistinguished Flying Cross with two Clusters anda Presidential Unit Citation .

Lt. Col. Ernest L. (Mike) Massad,'32, Ardmore,

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has been awarded the Bronze Star and Silver Starmedals for service with an Airborne division inthe Philippine campaign . The Silver Star wasawarded to Colonel Massad, a Field Artillery com-mander, for risking his life to wipe out a Japaneseinstallation on Luzon. He braved machine gun fireto reach an observation post where he couldpersonally direct fire on enemy positions. ColonelMassad received the Bronze Star for meritoriousachievement in connection with military operationsagainst the enemy on Leyte. Colonel Massad, oneof the most famous Sooner fullbacks of all time,played football at O.U. in '30, '31 and '32.

Copt. Richard O. Trent, '40-'42, Oklahomacity, has been awarded an Air Medal with an OakLeaf cluster for meritorious service with the AirForce in the South Pacific . He already held theDistinguished Flying Cross. Captain Trent hasreturned to the United States after being overseasfor 22 months and 450 hours of combat . Pilot ofa B-17, he was badly injured when another planecrashed into his during a take-off, but has nowrecovered . He was to report to Santa Monica,California, last month for re-assignment .

Lt . Col. Kenneth Rees, '40eng, Edmond, hasbeen awarded a Bronze Star medal for meritoriousservice in France, the Netherlands and Germanyfrom September 23, 1944, to March 3, 1945, asOrdnance officer with the 102nd Infantry Division .The accompanying citation stated in part : "Hisknowledge of Ordnance problems and their solu-tion, his initiative and foresight, energy and tirelessefforts in obtaining Ordnance equipment andsupplies, planning for support of Ordnance installa-tions, directing battlefield recovery and evacuation,supervising maintenance of Ordnance equipment,and his attention to duty, reflect great credit uponhimself and the military service."I" Maj. Paul E. Scheefers, '33eng, Duncan, hasbeen awarded an Air Medal for meritoriousachievement in participating in aerial flight againstthe enemy as liaison officer with a Field Artillerybattalion of the 45th Division .10- Copt. John T. Spears, '43, Ardmore, has beenawarded the Bronze Star medal for bravery inaction with the 251st Engineer Combat battalionof the 13th Corps in its drive through Germany.

To BUILD TOWN

Comdr. Herman P. McCrimmon, '25med,Burlingame, California, was stationed at anadvanced Naval Base in the Pacific to set up aSpecial Augmented Hospital and establish acomplete town centered about the hospital.

An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to theAir Medal held by Capt. Steve McLaury, '426a,Snyder, for meritorious achievement in aerialflight from May 22, 1944, to February 6, 1945, inItaly and France. Captain McLaury is a liaisonpilot with a Field Artillery unit .Do- A bronze Oak Leaf Cluster has been added tothe Air Medal held by Maj . Richard A. Wilson,'39-'41, Oklahoma City, staff officer of an A-20Bombardment group of the Fifth Air Force in thePhilippines. Major Wilson, who has been overseas17 months, was credited with 100 combat missions .

Staff Sgt. Walter S. French, '29bus, Tonkawa,has been awarded the Bronze Star for bravery inaction in Normandy and Germany with the FirstArmy . He has been attached to G-3 at headquartersof the Army .

Copt. Basil D. McCampbell, Aleng, OklahomaCity, has been awarded the Order of the PurpleHeart for wounds received in action on CorregidorFebruary 16 . He has now recovered and is back inaction with his outfit, a Parachute Field Artillerybattalion.No- Lt. Murray V. Jett, '41-'42, Frederick, has re-ceived an Air Medal for his work as co-pilot of aB-17 with the Eighth Air Force.

Four Oak Leaf Clusters have been added to theAir Medal held by Lt . George B. Snider, '39-'42,Waurika,, pilot of a Flying Fortress with the EighthAir Force.Do- Copt. Thomas S. Napier, '34eng, Miami, Florida,has been awarded the Bronze Star for outstandingperformance of duty with the 25th Division onLuzon in the Philippines. As a member of thecommanding officer's staff, Captain Napier gatheredvaluable information about the enemy during thetime the division was meeting strong Japaneseresistance in the lowlands of the island . Afterclearing the enemy out of the plains, the 25thDivision was assigned to the Caraballo Mountainsto fight retreating enemy forces .It An Air Medal has been awarded to Staff Sgt.Clifford L. Marshall, '43, Norman, turret gunneron a Liberator bomber of the Eighth Air Force. Hehad completed 16 missions over Europe.I" Lt. Merit L. Fspy, '42-'43, Vici, has beenawarded an Air Medal for meritorious achievementduring a bombing attack last December 3 on anenemy railway bridge at Mantua, Italy. He was pilotof a Mitchell bomber with the 12th Air Force.

Lt. Gerald E. Moore, '41-'43, Oklahoma City,has received an Air Medal for meritorious achieve-ment during 20 missions over southern and centralEurope . lie was navigator on a Liberator bomberwith the 15th Air Force in Italy .t An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to the AirMedal held by Staff Sgt. Samuel 1) . Robinson,'42-'43, Oklahoma City, ball turret gunner on aFlying Fortress with the Eighth Air Force. SergeantRobinson participated in some of the biggest aerialassaults on Germany during the last few monthsof the war.Do- Tech . Sgt. H. Arthur Ncdom, '42-'43, Tulsa,has been decorated with the Bronze Star medalfor heroic conduct in battle as a member of the106th Division . The 106th, a part of the FirstArmy, met the full fury of the German attack nearSt . Vith on the morning of December 16, and hasreceived special citations and commendations fromGeneral Hodges and British General Montgomery .0- Copt. Charles L. Smith, '42bus, Fairview, hasbeen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross forextraordinary achievement (luring a raid on an oilrefinery in Austria on January 31 . He was groupleader on the flight, which was accomplished suc-cessfully in spite of extremely adverse weatherconditions . Captain Smith also holds an Air Medalwith three bronze Oak Leaf Clusters .

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been awarded two Purple Hearts for two woundsreceived in action with the 104th infantry Divisionin Germany. He was in a hospital in Englandawaiting passage to the United States . SergeantBuswell received a flesh wound at one time and atanother lost a leg.

Master Sgt. Robert Steele, '38-'40, Kingfisher,has been awarded the Bronze Star for service aboveand beyond the call of duty with the Ninth Armyin Europe . He was especially commended for hiswork in heavy Field Artillery operations betweenOctober 23, 1944, and January 31 .Do- Lt. Thaine A. Syfert, '33-'35, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Crossfor extraordinary services with the Air Force inItaly and the Order of the Purple Heart for woundsreceived in action. He is a bombardier-navigator .Lieutenant Syfert also holds an Air Medal withnine Oak Leaf Clusters .

Tech . Sgt. John Chipman, '42, Oklahoma City,has been awarded an Air Medal with three Oak LeafClusters for his work as a radio operator and aerialgunner with the Air Force in Italy . Sergeant Chip-man was overseas for lI months, going onnumerous missions over Vienna, Munich, Bucharest,Budapest and other cities, and supporting the alliedinvasion of Southern France . He recently returnedto the United States and was to report in Californiafor re-assignment at the end of his leave.0~ Capt . Arthur C. Wood, Jr ., '41bus, OklahomaCity, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal formeritorious service in connection with the 95thDivision's drive on Metz . Captain Wood was citedfor establishing liaison between Infantry andArtillery units. He is a member of the 358th FieldArtillery.I" Capt . Hubert M. Anderson, '42med, OklahomaCity, has been decorated with the Bronze Star medalfor outstanding service as a surgeon on theNormandy beachhead from June 9 to September Ilast year . He entered the Medical Corps in July,1943, after serving his interneship at King CountyHospital, Seattle, Washington . Mrs. Anderson andtheir small son, Joe, live in Oklahoma City .0- An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to the AirMedal held by Lt. Joseph R. Southwesl, '38-'40,Oklahoma City, upon completion of 450 hours ofoperational flight piloting transports over India-to-China routes .

Lt. (jg) T. II. Tillman, '436s, Oklahoma City,has been awarded a Purple Heart for wounds re-ceived in action aboard a destroyer in the SouthwestPacific last summer . Assistant engineer aboard theship, Lieutenant Tillman spent a 30-day leave athome earlier this year and is now back in the areaof the Philippines.

Lt . Jack W. Janssen, '41-'43, Lyons, Kansas, hasbeen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, aPresidential Unit Citation, and five Oak LeafClusters to add to his Air Medal for meritoriousservice with the Eighth Air Force. After completing35 missions, Lieutenant Janssen was returned to theUnited States and stationed at the Enid Army AirField.10- Maj. Wendell L. Bevan, Jr ., '37-'38, Denver,has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Crossfor leading a group of Flying Fortresses againstoil storage yards and refineries at Regensburg,Germany, last December 20, in spite of the handicapof losing the use of two engines before reachingthe target. Major Bevan was commanding officerof a B-17 squadron of the 15th Air Force based inItaly . He also holds an Air Medal with two OakLeaf Clusters .It The third Oak Leaf Cluster has been added tothe Air Medal held by Lt . Lester W. Morris, '35-'36,Oklahoma City, co-pilot of a Flying Fortress withthe Eighth Air Force.t Lt . Frank 11 . Perkins, '42-'43, Oklahoma City,has been awarded an Air Medal with eight OakLeaf Clusters for meritorious service during 48missions over enemy territory in the Europeantheater . He recently returned to the United Statesafter serving overseas for 11 months .No- Lt . Charles S. Burton, Jr., '40-'43, OklahomaCity, has been awarded a Bronze Star with an OakLeaf Cluster for meritorious work with an Engineersunit in Europe. He was wounded by shrapnel while

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crossing the Rhine, but by mid -April was well andback with his outfit. Lieutenant Burton also holdsthe Silver Star .00- Lt . J. A. McReynolds, '376a, Norman, has beenawarded the Order of the Purple Heart for agunshot wound received from a Japanese sniperApril 14 in the Philippines . He was recovering ina Philippine hospital .

Capt . William W. Musser, Jr ., '411aw, Enid, hasbeen awarded a Bronze Star medal for distinguishedperformance of duty as a battery commander withthe 70th Field Artillery battalion during the assaultacross and beyond the Roer River. The accompany-ing citation stated that "From February 23 toMarch l, Captain Musser, by aggressive reconnais-sance and capable direction of gun displacementsmet the rapidly changing situation, deliveringeffective Artillery fire in support of the Infantry andArmored units."It Lt. Col . Russell D. Funk, '24, Oklahoma City,has been decorated with the Bronze Star medal formeritorious achievement in action while servingwith the 158th Field Artillery battalion of the 45thDivision in Europe . Colonel Funk previously wasawarded the Silver Star .

A third Oak Leaf Cluster has been added tothe Air Medal held by Lt . Wayne C. Montgomery,'41-'43, Oklahoma City, pilot of an Eighth AirForce Flying Fortress .I" An Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster hasbeen awarded to Lt . Leo E. Thomson, '41eng,Oklahoma City, pilot of a Flying Fortress withthe Eighth Air Force in England .0- Lt . Lloyd H. Saunders, '37-'38, Tulsa, has beenawarded an Air Medal for meritorious achievementwhile flying missions over Germany as pilot of aB-17 . Lieutenant Saunders was taken prisoner bythe German government in May, 1944 . In hisabsence, the medal was given to Mrs. Saunders .The couple have a baby daughter, Patricia Lynn,born last September 20 .10- Lt . Andrew G. Mayse, '41eng, Tulsa, hasreceived the order of the Purple Heart for woundsreceived while on a mission over Japan on April 7.Lieutenant Mayse, pilot of a B-29 based on Saipan,has completed more than 20 missions over Japan.He went on several search missions for the bomberrilotcd by Capt. Waddy Young, '36-'40, lost on amission to Japan.ItThe Order of the Purple Heart has been awarded

GOOD FIT, TooLt . Preston f . Moore, '40, with the Air Forcein the Philippines, reports that one of hiscomrades in arms, a Filipino fighter, also likes

the red and white of Oklahoma U.

to Tech . Sgt. Doyle B . Watson, '42-'43, Muskogee,who was wounded early in April in action with theInfantry in Europe . He was attached to the ThirdArmy .ON- An Oak Leaf Cluster has been added to theSilver Star held by Lt . Col. Merton E. Munson,'311aw, - Lawton, for gallantry in action lastDecember 7 near Dillingen, Germany. The accom-panying citation stated that when enemy fire fromGerman pillboxes impeded the crossing of theSaar River by the 90th Division, Colonel Munson,commander of the 344th Field Artillery battalion,placed a 155 MM self-propelled gun in a positionto destroy the enemy fortifications at close range."Colonel Munson, with undaunted courage and atthe risk of his life, gave the command to fire andpersonally supervised the direction of fire uponthe enemy from an exposed position until woundedseriously," the citation said .0- Flight Officer Willard R. Bergstrasser, '40-'42,Oklahoma City, has been awarded an Air Medal forhis work as navigator of a B-17 based in England.

t Capt . Donald W. Johnston, '37ba, OklahomaCity, has been awarded a Bronze Star for meritori-ous service with the Field Artillery in Germany.

0~ Sgt. James R . Andrews, '41-'42, Norman, born-hardier and gunner on a B-25, has been awarded anAir Medal for his work (luring missions from aMediterranean base .0~ Pfc. Billy D. Barnett, '41=43, Earlshoro, hasbeen awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achieve-ment as a member of an Anti-tank company withthe Ninth Army in Germany. The citation statedthat he moved freely under intense enemy fire overopen terrain and with utter disregard for his ownsafety to remove mines from roads, thus enablingtanks and armored vehicles to render close and

effective support to assault elements . Private Barnetthas been overseas since last September.1o- Lt. William F. Hubbell, '40ed, Oklahoma City,has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Crossand the third Oak Leaf Cluster to add to his AirMedal for his work with the Air Force in Italy .Lieutenant Hubbell recently returned to thiscountry after completing 35 missions .10- 1,t. James E. Jones, '40-'43, Oklahoma City, hasbeen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross formeritorious performance of duty as pilot of aliberator bomber with the 15th Air Force in Italy .He was especially commended for a bombing raidover Austria .

The third and fourth Oak Leaf Clusters havebeen added to the Air Medal held by Lt . Jack R .Cornett, '39-'40, pilot of a P-51 Mustang in theEuropean theater.10- Capt . Harry R. Cook, '40bus, Oklahoma City,has been awarded an Air Medal for meritoriousservice as navigator-bombardier on a B-25 withthe Tenth Air Force. He completed 62 missionsover enemy-held territory during his first sevenmonths of service overseas .10- Maj . James P. Johnson, '401aw, Ponca City, hasbeen awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious servicein support of onerations against the enemy asmateriel officer of a B-25 Mitchell Bombardmentgroup in Italy .P Cpl. John R. Nielsen, '44, Norman, has beenawarded the Order of the Purple Heart for injuriesreceived in action with the Tenth ArmoredDivision in Europe . He was sent to a hospital inParis for treatment. Corporal Nielsen also holds theBronze Star for extraordinary gallantry in action .

Back from BattlefrontsLt . Norman M. Barker, '40, Norman, was home

this spring after escaping from a German prisoncamp in Poland and returning to the United Statesby way of Odessa, Egypt and Naples . LieutenantBarker, a Paratrooper, was captured last Septemberin Holland and transported to the camp in Polandon a prisoner of war train . He escaped, along with400 other men, when they were being marched frornPoland back into Germany. The escaped prisonerswere taken in and cared for by Polish officers inLublin, where they stayed for a month. LieutenantBarker holds the Order of the Purple Heart and

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two Presidential Citations, one for the jump intoHolland and one for taking part in the Normandyinvasion .

Lt . W. C. Durham, Jr ., '40, Oklahoma City,Marine fighter-bomber pilot, has returned to theUnited States after serving in the Pacific for a yearand a half. Lieutenant Durham participated in thecampaigns of Bougainville, New Britain, NewIreland and the Philippines, receiving a PresidentialCitation for his work at Bougainville .00- Lt. Earl E. LeVally, '426a, Maysville, hasreturned to the United States after a tour of dutywith the Air Force in the European theater . Holderof the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, hewas assigned to duty at the Army Air Field atHarlingen, Texas.No- Lt . Haskell Sobol, '38-'39, Seminole, hasreturned to the United States after serving for 15months as a Navy dive bomber pilot in the SouthPacific. Lieutenant Sobel earned two battle stars(luring the Marshall Islands campaign .00- Lt . J . B. Chenoweth, '43, Norman, arrivedhome in April after serving a tour of duty with theEighth Air Force. He was co-pilot of a B-17 FlyingFortress .No- Lt . William B. Hill, '43cng, Norman, hasreturned to the United States after being stationedin India since February . He was on duty in Assam,but was forced to leave because of illness .It Capt. Dale Desper, '39ba, former staff memberof the University R.O.T.C . unit, has returned tothe United States from China, where he was anAir Force flier.t Lt. William C. Moore, '4leng, Oklahoma City,has returned to the United States after serving for38 months with the Signal Corps in the Pacifictheater . He was stationed in New Guinea, theDutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands withthe 41st Division .0- Lt. Col . Rowe Cook, '32law, Oklahoma City,staff judge advocate of the 45th Division, washome on leave this spring . He expected to rejointhe division at the end of 45 days . The day ColonelCook left to come home the 45th crossed the RhineRiver. In his capacity as staff judge advocate, ColonelCook supervises the legal problems of membersof the division, holding court as titne and militaryconditions permit.b- Maj . John A. Myers, '41eng, Dallas, returned tothe United States after serving overseas with theAir Force for nearly three years, and was stationedat the Army Air Field, Roswell, New Mexico.Major Myers holds an Air Medal and the Legion ofMerit.ON- Capt. 1 . 1) . Warden, '36-'40, liberated from aGerman prison camp by Soviet troops, arrivedat his home in Norman on April 18, after flying tothe United States from Italy . Captain Warden wastaken prisoner by the Germans last December 19in Luxembourg, and was freed by the Russians onJanuary 29 . He reported that actually he was in theprison camp only a month and a half, and that hespent 21 (lays marching into Germany, 8 daysmarching on into Poland and to a prison camp inPomerania. After being liberated he was taken toOdessa, then to Naples, where he boarded a planefor home.It Lt . W. William Turnbull, '426us, Hobart, hasreturned to the United States for hospitalizationafter being wounded in action in Luxembourg . Heis a Paratrooper.D,- Tech . Sgt. Winston C. Montgomery, Jr ., '36-'40,Oklahoma City, recently returned to the UnitedStates after serving for 38 months with the AirForce in the Southwest Pacific .lo- Lt . Robert M. Young, '43bus, Oklahoma Cityand Chickasha, has returned from the China-Burma-India theater to McCloskey General Hos-pital, Temple, Texas, for treatment of injuriesreceived last December . Lieutenant Young wasserving with a Pack Artillery outfit on the LedoRoad fighting front when a shell fragment hit hisright knee . He was evacuated by natives on a litterand flown to a hospital in northern India. On March20 lie arrived back in this country.Roo Pvt. John M. Hall, Jr ., '43, Tulsa, was a patientin Borden General Hospital at Chickasha, receivingtreatment for wounds received in Belgium on

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SKIPPER IN PACIFIC

Lt. Richard M. McCool, Jr ., '41ba, Norman,who was jumped to his present rangy fromensign, is captain of an LCS in the SouthwestPacific and a recent graduate of the Naval

Academy at Annapolis.

January 7. Private Hall fought with an Infantryunit of the 83rd Division during the Battle of theBulge.

Lt. (jg) W. Eugene McCrary, '41ba, Lawton,was home on leave this spring after serving for16 months at a Navy base in England. A personnelofficer, Lieutenant McCrary was to report to KeyWest, Florida .

No Longer MissingLt . Harry Culver, '40-'43, Homestead, missing

in action since March 18, was reported internedfor the duration in neutral Sweden . Pilot of a B-17and flight leader, lie was forced down in Swedenafter a raid on Germany. A message from himstated that he was not wounded, was safe, andwas being well-treated . Lieutenant Culver holdsan Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters .b- Lt . Paul T. Jackson, Jr ., '42-'43, Oklahoma City,missing in action over Italy since last February, hasreturned to his outfit safely . A letter from himreceived by his parents last month was the firstword heard from him since he parachuted to earthin northern Italy from his disabled fighter plane.He wrote them lie was not allowed to tell how heescaped capture and rejoined his unit .

LiberatedLt . Col. Walter G. Hopkins, Jr., '40bus,

Oklahoma City, was reported to be in an Armyhospital in Europe following his liberation from aGerman prison camp . Colonel Hopkins, a FieldArtillery officer with the Second Division, wascaptured last June 10 in Normandy . He was firstimprisoned in Poland, but was moved to a campin Germany last January.00- Pfc. Milton E. May, '41-'42, Fort Towson, wasfreed from a German prison camp by Americanforces on April 19 . He was taken prisoner by theGermans last December IS during the Battle of theBulge. Private May was reported to be in goodhealth .10- Capt. W. Robert Iamb, '30-'34, OklahomaCity, missing in action in Belgium since lastDecember 21, has been liberated from a Germanprison camp by Soviet troops and was back inthe United States . He is a Field Artillery officer .D Lt . J. T. Godfrey, Jr., '40med, McAlester, U.S .Army physician who had been a prisoner of theGermans for two years, has been liberated and isback in this country. Lieutenant Godfrey was first

reported missing it, action in North Africa as ofFebruary 17, 1943, and later that year was reportedto be a prisoner in Oflag No . 64 in Germany. Hewas with a Medical battalion in Northern Irelandbefore going to North Africa .0- Pvt. C. D. (Red) Deal, '42-'43, Oklahoma City,was freed from a German prison camp by the104th Division and was reported to be at Halle,Germany, waiting for favorable weather to fly homeon leave. Private Deal had earlier been reportedmissing in action . i t was not officially known thathe was a prisoner until he was reported liberated .00- Sgt. Joseph W. Duvall, Jr ., '41, Oklahoma City,was freed from a German prison camp by the104th Division early in May. No word had beenheard from him since l ;tst November . His parents,Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Duvall, and his wife, Mrs.Rosemary Duvall, all live in Oklahoma City.It Lt. Scott Sanders, '40, Wetumka, was releasedfrom a prison camp four miles from Brunswick,Germany, by American troops in April. He wastaken prisoner last December 22 . Dispatches fromBrunswick said that the liberators greeted theprisoners with cigarets, candy and news ofFranklin Roosevelt's death.

Injured in ServiceLt. Homer C. English, '41-'43, Webb City and

Shidler, was injured on February 21 on Iwo Jima,where lie was fighting with the Marine Corps.He received shrapnel wounds in both legs . Lieuten-ant English was undergoing treatment in a Navyhospital somewhere in the Pacific .NO- Pfc. Frank O. Reudelhuber, '42-'43, OklahomaCity, was wounded in action on March 17 inGermany with the Infantry . It was the second timeprivate Reudelhuber had been wounded, the firsttime being last December 19 during the Battle ofthe Bulge.

Sgt. Laddie B. Fields, '43, Hobart, was injuredduring an air raid on Berlin on March 18 . Tailgunner in the Eighth Air Force, he suffered abroken leg and was hospitalized overseas .No- Lt. (jg) Anthony R. Kane, '411aw, OklahomaCity, was wounded in the shoulder and thighduring operations in the China Sea on January 21,but recovered and was back on duty. In the samebattle in which he was injured, one officer andseven men were killed on his ship, a destroyer .Lieutenant Kane also participated in the Luzoninvasion and the action at Manila .Do- Lt. George P. Wild, Jr ., '43cng, Weatherford,was wounded in action with the Third Army inGermany. The extent of his injury was not known.

Pfc. Joe Thornton, '41-'43, Tulsa, was injuredin action in Germany on April 9. He is an Infantry-man.10- Cpl. Bill Faulkner, '42, Salina, Kansas, waswounded in action with the Marine Corps on IwoJima on March 1, after fighting there for 11 daysand nights . He was shot by a sniper in the rightelbow, and returned to the United States fortreatment at the Puget Sound Naval Hospital inWashington . Later lie was sent to the NormanNavy hospital . Corporal Faulkner was in action atBougainville also .No- The name of Lt. William V. Amrein, '39-'42,Noble, was included on an April 23 list of thosewounded in action in the Pacific theater .No- Lt . Thomas E. (Eddie) Davis, '40-'43,Muskogee, star fullback am the 1941 and 1942 O.U .teams, was wounded in action with the FieldArtillery on the western European front, but wroteCoach Snorter Luster lie would still be able toplay football when he comes back to school .Lieutenant Davis received two wounds fromshrapnel and a grenade.10- The name of Ensign B. B. Easterly, '41, Alva,was included on an April 18 Navy casualty listas having been wounded in action . Ensign Easterlywas on duty aboard ship in the Pacific .t Pfc. Clarren A. Brondenburgh, Jr ., '44, wasnamed on an April 17 list of those wounded inaction in the European theater. Details and extentof his injury were not available .

The name of Lt . Aaron C. Little, '31med,Minco, Navy physician, was on a list of thosewounded in action released April 18 . Lieutenant

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Little was attached to a Marine fighting unit as asurgeon.Do- Lt . Clyde McGinnis, '36ed, Hobart, injured inaction on Iwo Jima with the Marine Corps, was apatient in the Norman Naval Hospital . Also aveteran of Guam and Bougainville, he received aleg injury on Iwo. Lieutenant McGinnis was amember of Coach John Jacobs' Sooner track andgiros-country teams in the '30s .

Missing in ActionLt . Donald B. Alexander, '42eng, Salem,

Missouri, has been listed as missing in action sincehe was shot down in a raid on Tokyo January 27 .Lieutenant Alexander was a crew member of aB-29 based on Saipan . The pilot of another planeon the raid reported that Lieutenant Alexander'sship was forced down near the Bonin Islands 500miles south of Tokyo because of a punctured gastank .

Lt . Thomas B. Fessenger, Jr ., '35-'36, SanFrancisco, California, has been missing in actionon a bombing mission over Rabaul, New Guinea,since December 30, 1943, the Alumni Office haslearned .

Prisoners of WarSgt. James L. (Jack) Jones, '39journ, prisoner of

the Japanese since the fall of Corregidor, wastransported to Japan last August with a groupof prisoners, a friend recently liberated fromJapanese captivity has reported to his mother . Hewas said to have recovered from a two-year attackof beri beri and to be in good health now.

Lt . Clifford Fcsler, '34-'35, Cushing, bombar-dier in the Air Force, was a prisoner of war of theGermans at Stalag Luft No . 3, Obermassfeld,Germany.

Sgt. Elbert Hoffman, '44, Oklahoma City,missing in action in Germany since last December16, was reported to be a prisoner of war inGermany in mid-April . Sergeant Hoffman was inthe Infantry .Do- Pfc. Edward E. (Ted) Soule, '40-'43, OklahomaCity, missing in action in Belgium since last Decem-ber 18, was reported in mid-April to be a prisonerof war in Germany. An appointment to the U.S .Military Academy at West Point, New York, iswaiting for Private Soule when he returns to thiscountry.

Deaths in ServiceCapt . Steve E. Masoero, '39eng, Henryetta, died

on April 19, 1943, near Manokwari, Dutch NewGuinea, of malaria and dysentery, the War Depart-ment has announced . He escaped in a sailboat fromthe Philippines in August, 1942, after the Islandshad fallen to the Japanese. Manokwari is approxi-mately 600 miles southeast of the Philippines . It isnot known how Captain Masoero lived after hegot there, but it is asumed he hill with natives, asthe area was occupied by Japanese . Last wordreceived from Captain Masoero was a letter mailedin April, 1942, from Mindanao . Captain Masoeroentered the Infantry in March, 1941, and went tothe Philippines the following September. Beforeentering service he was employed by Eastman OilWell Survey Company, Atlantic Refining Companyand the Shell Oil Company. At the University hewas a member of the Petroleum Engineers Cluband the Engineers Club .No- William Paul Mays, '29bus, Pauls Valley, waskilled April 11 when the C-47 transport plane ofwhich he was co-pilot crashed 11 miles fromOklahoma City following an explosion in mill-air .Mr . Mays was a test pilot for the Douglas AircraftCompany in Oklahoma City . Cause of the explosionwas undetermined . Mr . Mays, who learned to flyin 1939, became an instructor of Air Force cadetsat the Ada Flying School in 1943, resigning tobecome a Douglas test pilot . Prior to becoming aprofessional pilot, he was a Pauls Valley insuranceagent. At the University Mr . Mays was a memberof Sigma Nu fraternity . Survivors include his wife,Mrs. Joy Corby Mays, and a five-year-old son,Victor, of Pauls Valley, and his parents, Mr . andMrs. Will Mays, of Maysville .

Capt . Marion S. Owens, '31=34, Oklahoma

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City, was killed in action with the Field Artilleryon Luzon March 30 . Captain Owens, overseas sinceMay, 1944, took part in the landings in Leyte Gulf .In addition to O.U . he attended Staunton MilitaryAcademy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. AnneOwens, and a baby son, Guy, of Berkeley, Califor-nia, and his parents, Mr . and Mrs. E. Guy Owens,Oklahoma City .t Albert B. Curtis, '41-'42, Oklahoma City,fireman first class in the Navy, was killed in actionin the Pacific January 29 . He was previously listedas missing in action . Mr . Curtis had been onforeign duty with the Navy since June, 1944 . Atthe University he was a pledge to Phi Kappa Sigmafraternity . Survivors include his parents, Mr. andMrs. W. C. Curtis, Oklahoma City.

The Alumni Ogice urgently re-quests the co-operation of all alumniin securing as complete data as pos-sible on University casualties of thiswar. If you have any informationabout a Sooner who has died in ser-vice, is missing in action or a prisonerof the enemy, please send all the factsyou have IMMEDIATELY to WarRecords Secretary, Alumni Office,University of Oklahoma .

observer and reconnaissance officer with the 489th'Armored Field Artillery battalion in westernGermany. Lieutenant Haas received his commissionat Fort Sill in July, 1944, and went overseas last .December . At the University he was a student inthe College of Engineering and a member ofScabbard and Blade and Sigma Chi fraternity .Survivors include his parents, Mr . and Mrs. Samuel :Haas, Alexandria .0- Capt. James A. King, Jr ., '38-'40, Wichita Falls�Texas, was killed in action on January 16 while'raiding Bitche, France, as commanding officer ofa Bombardment squadron of the First Tactical AirForce in support of the Seventh Army . CaptainKing's plane sustained a direct hit from anti-aircraft.fire and crashed, killing seven of the eight crew,members aboard . Captain King went overseas in ,June, 1944, and was first stationed in Sardiniawith the 12th Air Force. Before the invasion ofSouthern France he was transferred to Corsica and'helped organize the First Tactical Air Force andlmove it into France in support of General Patch's,troops . Captain King held the Air Medal, the :Croix de Guerre with Palm and a Unit Citation .At the University he was a student in chemical'engineering. Survivors include his parents, Mr . and!Mrs . James A. King, Wichita Falls, Texas.

0- Capt. Howard Leeser, '40eng, Tulsa, was killed'in action with the 15th Air Force in Italy on Aprill20 . He had been in the Air Force since February,.1941 . Before entering the service Captain Leeserwas active in the oil business in Chelsea. Survivors ;include his mother, Mrs. Flossie Leeser, Tulsa.

No- Capt. William W. Woolley,'36pharm, formerly,of Marlow, died in a Utah hospital on February 5,,

It Lt . Robert Schafer, '42-'43, Oklahoma City, was

having returned to the United States from France'

killed in action in Germany on February 25 . He

where he became ill last fall while serving with thewas with a Cavalry Reconnaissance group attached

Seventh Army . Captain Woolley, a Field Artillery

to a mechanized Artillery unit. In addition to O.U.

officer, went overseas in November, 1942, and

Lieutenant Schafer attended Stanford University,

participated in the initial landings in North Africa,Palo Alto, California, and was a graduate of Culver

Sicily, Italy and Southern France . He entered theMilitary Academy. At the University he was a

Army in June, 1941, at Fort Lewis, Washington, as

student in the College of Business Administration

a reservist. Before going into the service he was aand a member of Sigma Chi fraternity . Survivors

pharmacist in Los Angeles, California . Captaininclude his father, H. J . Schafer, Oklahoma City .

Woolley had also practiced pharmacy in Tulsa,

lo- Sgt. Sidney Waiters, '43, Norman, was killed

Guthrie, Lawton and Snomac . At the University he

in action over Germany last December 14 . He was

was

a

member

of

the

O.U.

Pharmaceutical

previously reported missing in action . Nose gunner

Association and, in his sophomore year, the ranking

on a B-24, he was killed when his plane was shot

R.O.T.C . battery. Survivor s include his wife, the

clown over Hannan . Sergeant Waiters entered the

former Eulonda Maddox, '33-'35, and their nine-

Air Force in June, 1943, training at Childress,

year-old son Jiromy, who are living in Lawton .

Texas, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, and

0- Sgt. Vernon A. Boucher, Jr ., '40-'42, Bartlesville,Sheppard Field, Texas, before going overseas last

was killed in action with the Fourth Division of theNovember . Survivors include his parents, Dr . and

Third Army near Hanau, Germany, on an undis-Mrs. S. A. Waiters, two sisters, Mrs. John M.

closed slate. His name was on an April 25 casualtyLuttrell (Joe Nell Waiters, '38fa), and Mrs. H. N.

list. Sergeant Boucher went overseas last December,Stone (Mary Ann Watters, '37fa), all of Norman,

arriving in Luxembourg for combat duty late in,

and two brother, Maj . Harold J . Waiters, '30-'36,

January. He has been awarded the Order of theSan Antonio, Texas, and John A. Waiters, '34eng,

Purple Heart posthumously, and his parents havePort Arthur, Texas.

received letters commending him from his battalion

It The Alumni office has learned of the death on

and division commanders . Sergeant Boucher entered

April 26, 1944, of Lt. William H. Allen, Jr ., '40-'42,

the Army

in October,

1942,

training in

FieldLeedy, navigator on a B-17 . He was killed on a

Artillery, then in Anti-aircraft, and finally inmission to Berlin, his twenty-fifth over the

Infantry . At the University he was a member ofcontinent. Lieutenant Allen entered training with

the Men's Glee Club, the Men's Quartet and thethe Air Force at Santa Ana, California, in February,

a cappella choir. Survivors include his parents, Dr.1943, and received his commission at Mather Field,

and Mrs. V. A. Boucher, and a sister, MarthaCalifornia, the following October. He went overseas

Boucher, '40m .ed, all of Bartlesville .i n January, 1944 . Lieutenant Allen held the AirMedal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and was up

promotionsfor promotion to first lieutenant at the time of hisdeath. At the University he was a student in the

The following alumni have been promoted to

College of Engineering . Survivors include his lieutenant colonel recently : F. Gordon Ratliff,

mother, Mrs. William H. Allen, and his wife, Mrs.

'39law, Laredo, Texas, Field Artillery officer on

Gertrude Allen, both of Lcedy.

the staff of Brig . Gen. Joseph A. Cranston in

Is Pfc. John Dixon, '42, Ardmore and Norman,

Assam, India; Richard G. Taft, '40law, Norman,

was killed in action with the Infantry in Germany

at the Army Air Base, Santa Ana, California ; Carl

on April 5. Former art student in the University,

Albert, '31ba, McAlester, member of the judge

he entered the Army in November, 1941, and was

Advocate General's Department on the staff of the

stationed in Oklahoma City before going overseas .

Fifth Air Force Service Command.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. H. J . Dixon,

Lynn R. Mapes, '266a, Norman, on duty with

and his wife, the former Elizabeth Comfort, '43fa,

headquarters of the Eighth Air Force ; Robert H.

daughter of Nick Comfort, clean of the Oklahoma

Neptune, '37law, Wilburton, overseas with a

School of Religion, and Mrs. Comfort, Norman .

Parachute Field Artillery battalion ; Eugene B.

10- Lt . Samuel 1) . Haas, '40-'43, Alexandria,

Dodson, '336a, Arlington, Virginia, regional postal

Louisiana, flied on March 28 of wounds received

censor with the United States Office of Censorship

the previous day in action with the Seventh

in Balboa, Canal Zone ; Charles P. Brown, '406us,

Armored Division . He was battalion forward

McAlester, Field Artillery battalion commander on

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Luzon, and Mark G. Meister, '38law, OklahomaCity, with an Anti-aircraft group in the Europeantheater.

Promoted to major were the following: MauriceD. Adams, '41, Sapulpa, with an Armored FieldArtillery battalion in France ; Jean Crabtree, '38,Ada, overseas with the Air Force; Charles Landt,'426us, Norman, in the South Pacific ; John W.Swinford, '33law, Oklahoma City, at the Army AirBase, Fairmont, Nebraska ; John A. Spencer,'34pli .c, Oklahoma City, overseas with the FieldArtillery; LecW. Kilgore, '39geol, Chickasha, withAir Force Intelligence in Washington, D. C. ; JoeW. Simpson, '40eng, Norman, Ordnance officer onduty at Wilmington, California .

Reginald S. Williams, '42law, Bethany, overseaswith the judge Advocate General's Dopartment ;R. R. McCracken, '38law, Oklahoma City, atMorrison Field, Florida ; Leonard B. Allen, '37eng,Oklahoma City, overseas with an Air Depot group;Robert L. Hert, '34law, Perkins, overseas with theField Artillery, and Horace K. Calvert, '40law,Saginaw, Michigan, on duty in the office of themilitary attache at an American embassy overseas .

Alumni recently promoted to captain include thefollowing : Edward L. Leonard, '40bus, Chickasha,Army Air Field, Muroc, California ; Lester W.Morris, '35-'36, Oklahoma City, Eighth Air Forcepilot who was thought to be on his way home ;Erik Rhodes, '276a, former Hollywood actor nowon duty with the Air Force in the Marianas ; AlbertJ. Kirkpatrick, '39fa, Oklahoma City, with a TenthAir Force mobile radio unit in Burma ; Paul A.Smith, '40bus, Norman, member of the MedicalAdministrative Corps on duty at the Air ForceRegional Hospital, Kearns, Utah .

Charles K. Shroyer, '406us, Oklahoma City,Ordnance officer on duty at the Port of Embarkation,Charleston, South Carolina ; Wayne B. Smith,'40law, Kingfisher, overseas with the FieldArtillery; John W. Reeder, Jr ., '38-'42, Amarillo,Texas, at Buckley Field, Colorado ; Walter Whitton,Jr ., '39-'40, Holdenville, armament officer withthe Air Force overseas ; Eugene A. Bavinger, '38-'42,Yale, on duty at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City ;John Miskovsky, '386us, former football coach atCapitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City nowwith Airborne forces in Europe .Owen O. Green, Jr ., '38-'39, Oklahoma City,

Marine Corps Air Station, Kinston, North Carolina;Jack E. Gordon, '34-'35, Claremore, overseas withthe Infantry ; Donald Gamble, '39-'41, Chickasha,with the Ferry Command at Gore Field, GreatFalls, Montana ; James H. Richard, '40eng, '406a,Norman, Patterson Field, Ohio ; Coridon J . Quinn,'40-'41, Okmulgee, pilot with the Ninth Air Force;Hugh W. Ford, '40journ, Billings, :onibat liaisonofficer with a Field Artillery battalion of the 27thInfantry Division in the Pacific ; Richard Ducker,'38eng, '39nis, Tecumseh, attached to the ChineseCombat Command.

Errit 1' . Jackson, '386a, '40ins, Lawton, on dutywith the Signal Corps at the Air Force OverseasReplacement Depot, Kearns, Utah ; Reed O. Hudson,'426us, Oklahoma City, with the Air Force atVan Nuys, California ; Harold J . Hedges, '36fa,Burbank, Oklahoma, overseas with the FieldArtillery; E. Wayne Wilson, '406us, Enid, with adetachment of Special Troops at Camp Polk,Louisiana; Ben Harried, Jr., '366a, Bartlesville,overseas with the Field Artillery; Woodrow Wentzy,'40-'41, former assistant in journalism at theUniversity now with a photographic interpretationunit in the Philippines; Henry W. Harins, '35eng,Cherokee, overseas with the Field Artillery ; C.Willard Anderson, '37eng, Smethport, Pennsylvania,with an Ordnance Training battalion at AberdeenProving Ground, Maryland, and Harold L. Earhart,'39eng, Omaha, Nebraska, overseas with the AirForce.

Advanced to first lieutenant were the following:Milton R. Moon, '436us, Oklahoma City, with theField Artillery in the Philippines ; Henry L.Janssen, '43ba, Lyons, Kansas, with the ArmoredField Artillery in Europe ; Ray J . Hassler, '43ba,Norman, with the Army Airways CommunicationsSystem in Europe, and Carl M. Kirkpatrick, '35-'37,Oklahoma City, in Europe with the Field Artillery.

JUNE, 1945

Lieutenant Kirkpatrick recently wrote that he alongwith some others in his outfit had killed five deer,and that they all enjoyed fresh venison for supperthat night.

Frank Smith, '26-'27, Altus and Pampa, Texas,with an Engineer Depot company in France, hasbeen promoted to technical sergeant. John A.Phillips, II, '37law, Atoka, with Infantry schooltroops at Fort kenning, Georgia, has been promotedto corporal .

Jack L. Rinn, '406us, Lahoma, on duty aboarda destroyer, and George E. Meador, '40med,Oklahoma City, Navy physician on duty at SanLeandro Hospital, Oakland, California, have beenpromoted to lieutenant commander in the Navy .Promoted to lieutenant junior grade were the

following : H. J . Thacker, Jr ., '43bus, Weatherford,on sea duty ; Johnathan 1) . Turner, '38eng, SantaAna, California, on sea duty ; Paul Mason, '40bus,El Reno, at sea with an Armed Guard crew ; AllenG. Gclwick, Jr ., '436us, Bristow, at sea; Philip D.White, '43eng, Okuiulgce, on sea duty ; ElizabethAnne Olson, '40ba, Ada, at the Naval Air Station,Banana River, Florida ; Robert Ortenburger, '40-'43,Norman, on sea duty, and Fletcher S. Crowe, Jr .,'43ba, Enid, on sea duty .Ralph Reed, '33ph.c, Norman, on duty aboard

ship in the South Pacific, has been promoted tochief pharmacist's mate.

At Innsbruck SurrenderMaj. Bland West, '37law, former Oklahoma City

lawyer, was one of two blindfolded officers whowent into Innsbruck, Austria, early last month todiscuss the terms of its surrender to the 103rdDivision . The city had been taken by a free Austriangroup but SS troops numbering 250 had refusedto surrender . After the conference Innsbrucksurrendered to the 103rd, which was greeted as itentered the city with cries of "Heil, Americans,"flowers and wine .

Major West, whose wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen West,'336a, '35ma, is an instructor in Latin at O.U ., isan intelligence officer on the staff of Maj . Gen.Anthony McAuliffe.

Home from BritainGrace Stevenson, '39journ, Holdenville, first

officer with the Air Transport Auxiliary in Englandfor the last three years, returned to her home inOklahoma in May after her term of enlistmentwith the A .T .A. expired in April. On June 1, MissStevenson was to rejoin the staff of the SpartanSchool of Aeronautics as flying instructor . She wasassociated with the Spartan School before signingun for overseas service in England. As a first officerin the A.T,A ., Miss Stevenson held a rank com-parable to that of captain in theU.S. Army .

Unhurt in CrashStaff Sgt. Jack I' . Drake, '436us, Wagoner, was

uninjured in the crash landing of the airplane inwhich he was being transferred into Manila Bayoff Corregidor on April 11 . No one aboard the shipwas hurt . The landing was made after the right

ON SEARCH FOR WADDY YOUNGLt . Andrew G. Mayse, '41eng, Tulsa, hadcompleted more than 20 missions over Japanat last report and was one of the men assignedto search for the lost Super Fortress of Capt.

Waddy Young, '40, missing in action .

motor caught fire, burned off and dropped into thebay. Passengers and crew of the plane were pickedup five minutes after they landed by the Air-SeaRescue Service .

U . S. S. Lawrence CommissionedThe U.S .S . Lawrence, a rocket ship named after

Ensign John M. Lawrence, '41-'44, Oklahoma City,the first graduate of the University Naval R.O.T .C .unit to be killed in action, was commissioned atthe Navy Yard in Charleston, South Carolina, inMay. Ensign Lawrence was killed last December13 during the invasion of Mindoro in thePhilippines.

Journalists in ParisStationed in Paris were two graduates of the

School of Journalism, Lt. Frank Spencc, '41journ,Sayre, and Lt . Parker Ledbetter, '40journ, PoncaCity . Lieutenant Spencc, former sports editor ofthe Norman Transcript, was assigned to a training;school for Air Force athletic officers in preparationfor work as an athletic director in addition to hisduties as public relations and special service officer .Lieutenant Ledbetter, former Tulsa newspaperman,was in Paris as a historical officer with the Corpsof Engineers.

Sets Up Navy HospitalComdr. Herman P. McCrininion, '25nied,

Burlingame, California, has been assigned to anadvanced Naval base in the Pacific to set up aSpecial Augmented Hospital . With a large detach-ment of officers and men under him, CommanderMccrinimon is establishing a complete town,including a laundry, mess, a garden, recreationcenters, etc., all centered about the hospital .

Commander McCrimmon was formerly chiefmedical officer at Hunter's Point Dry Docks,California . This is his second tour of duty in thePacific, as he was stationed at Oahu when the warstarted .

Mrs. McCrimmon, the former Adelaide Paxton,'246a, is making her home in Burlingame whileCommander McCrinunon is overseas . With herthere for the duration is her mother, Mrs. FanzineS. Paxton, '01ba, formerly of Norman .

Sooners in the 38thFour batteries of the 38th Field Artillery

battalion, Second Division, in Germany arecommanded by O.U . alumni, a letter from Capt .John E. Brunim, '40journ, Duncan, reported . Capt .William S. Jackson, '35-'40, Tipton, commandsheadquarters battery, . Capt. Thomas M. Brett,'406us, Ardmore, and Captain Brunim commandfiring batteries, and Capt . Muryl G. Crossley,'406us,Oklahoma City, is commander of the servicebattery . There are also two Sooners on the battalionstaff, Maj. Gerald H. Galbreath, '40law, Tulsa,S-3, and Capt. Theatus A. Grecson, '39journ,Duncan, liaison officer .

Always a GeologistMai. Gerald Shivers, '35-'40, Davis, has sent V. E.

Monnett, director of the School of Geology, ageological specimen he picked up on the VolturnoRiver in Italy, where he is stationed with theSignal Corps . In a letter to Doctor Monnett hereported he tried to get away with a cannon ballfrom the Castle of San Angelo in Rome, "but it wastoo bulky for me to get out the door with. I haven'tgiven up yet-I'll get one some time or other."Major Shivers has sent Dr . Willard Stovall,professor of paleontology, a brick from an amphi-theater at Pompeii and a "small chunk" of thesacrificial altar in the Temple of Apollo there.

Commands New LSMLt . Walter B. McCown, Jr ., '40bus, Anadarko,

has taken command of a new Landing ShipMedium commissioned April 16 at the Navy Yardat Charleston, South Carolina . Lieutenant McCownformerly commanded a rocket ship and is a veteranof the Normandy and Southern France invasions.