With the Armed ForcesSOONERS with the 45th Division, participat-ing in the thick of battle at Salerno, werean important force in stopping the Ger-man spearhead which threatened to drivethe Allied troops into the sea.

Particular credit went to Lt . Col. HalMuldrow, '28bus, Norman, who, duringthe critical period, stripped his gun crewsto arm his artillerymen . The Nazi drivewas stopped and several days later Ger-man troops began an inland retreat .

Also credited with notable action duringthe battle was Lt . Col. Edwin Stephenson,'40m.ed, Oklahoma City, of the Infantry .An account of the fighting at Salerno

which appeared in Time magazine was asfollows :

Lt . Col. Edwin Stephenson and three enlistedmen saw a German tank running clown a roadand knocking down U. S. infantrymen like bowl-ing pins . Another tank headed for ColonelStephenson, Corporals Perry Barker and AlvinCopeland and Private Eli Franklin . The Colonelsaid : "Boys, let's stay ."

"Yes, sir," they said . They and the Colonelcrawled into a ditch by the road, fired when thetank was ten feet away . The tank began smok-ing and the German crew, screaming with pain,started to climb from the turret . Colonel Stephen-son said : "My men cut them down one by onewith rifles as they climbed out."

xxxxx At the height of the German threat,warships, including two British battleships (War-spite, Valiant), shelled the Nazi positions. Alliedair forces threw many hundreds of planes at thesame positions, flew 2,000 sorties in one day. Atthe extreme crisis, artillerymen under Lt . Col .Hal Muldrow, one of the many Oklahomans,were the only forces facing German tanks andinfantrymen .Muldrow stripped his gun crews, gave them

rifles and machine guns . The German spearheadwas stopped, enveloped, thrown back . Near thenorthern end of the bridgehead the British stop-ped a German advance, seized the town and air-field of Montecorvino Pugliano . On the eleventhclay a reporter flying over the line saw columnsof Germans retreating inland .

Missions AccomplishedSooner fliers last month were reported

serving with Allied Air Forces in contin-ually increasing raids on enemy territoryin scattered sectors of the globe.Lt . David Barbour, '38-'4 1, Norman, was

a member of a Troop Carrier squadrontaking part in the first invasion of Sicily .A dispatch from the area stated, "Priorto the departure of the group on the vitalmission, Lieutenant Barbour aided in finalpreparation for the dropping of Americanparatroopers on the historic island ."

This same group, of which LieutenantBarbour is a member, has been in actionin North Africa, ferrying Paratroopers,gasoline, ammunition and supplies andevacuating wounded.'T ain't a Bird, an Army Air Force

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HELPED TURN THE TIDE

Lt . Col . Hal Muldrow, '28bus, and his ar-tillerymen are credited in large measurewith throwing back the German spearhead

during critical hours at Salerno.

bomber piloted by Lt . M. H. Higgins, '40,Duncan, was in a group of raiders overBerlin in August . On one return trip, thebombers were attacked by 75 enemyfighters which were driven off by a groupof Thunderbolt escorts .

Capt . Ellis Brown, '39eng, bomber pilotfrom Duncan, took part in August raidson Salamaua when Liberators blasted Jap-anese batteries and started large fires . Hewas recently promoted from first lieuten-ant at his post in New Guinea .

Capt . Roy Johnson, '39240, OklahomaCity, piloted a Flying Fortress on a bomb-ing raid over Bolzano, Italy, just south ofthe Brenner Pass, early in September.

After returning to his North Africanbase, Captain Johnson wrote an accountof the raid for the Associated Press . Dur-ing the flight northward over Italy a fewfighters appeared, the pilot reported, butafter they were driven off he had time toadmire the mountain scenery below.Capt . Max Wiecks, '39law, Ponca City,

was credited with shooting down a Zeroover New Guinea in mid-August . As-sociated Press dispatches from that areastated that American fliers downed 11medium bombers, 2 dive bombers and 14fighters belonging to the Japanese .Lt. William F. Purnell, Jr ., '36-'38,

Oklahoma City, was one of the navigatorson the mid-July bombing raid on Para-

mushiro, the northernmost Japanese basein the Kurile Islands .

Interviewed later in Seattle, Washing-ton, Lieutenant Purnell commented, "Wedidn't think we'd ever get back." Homeon leave in August after no summer in ayear and a half, Lieutenant Purnell wasassigned to Tampa, Florida.

DecorationsAward of 32 more decorations to Soon-

er alumni brought the total number ofdecorations won since Pearl Harbor to 174,according to Sooner Magazine's war rec-ords .Lt . Carleton G. Shead, '37eng, Norman,

was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster forcourage displayed in bringing a heavily hitbomber through an encounter with Nazifighter planes after a successful bombingattack on a German war base .The ceremony at which the medal was

presented took place at an Air Force Basein England. The Oak Leaf Cluster wasadded to an Air Medal Lieutenant Sheadalready held, according to the official an-nouncement . He is the son of A. C.Shead, University chemistry professor, andMrs . Shead.

Lt . Charles R. Stewart, '39240, Okla-homa City, was awarded a DistinguishedFlying Cross and an Air Medal with OakLeaf Cluster for more than 400 hours ofcombat and patrol flying in the South Pa-cific .

Pilot of a Flying Fortress called Calam-ity lane, he has flown on more than 70missons at Guadalcanal . Lieutenant Stew-art was home on leave in August, saw histhree-months-old daughter Linda Sue forthe first time .

Lieutenant Jack C. Martin, '39-'40, Al-tus, former engineering student in the Uni-versity, received an Air Medal from theAlaskan Defense Command for valiantand heroic service on flying missions inthe Aleutians.The accompanying citation pointed out

that flying weather in the Aleutians isworse than in any other theater of the war.Capt . Denver Davison, '36-'41, Okla-

homa City, was awarded an Air Medal forten months of service in North Africa andfor his participation in the invasion ofSicily . He is credited officially with shoot-ing down one Messerschtnitt and has sev-eral "probables ."

Captain Davison was in the first squad-ron to land in Morocco months ago.Home on leave in August, he saw his sonDenver III for the first time . Mrs.Davison is the former Susan Norris, '4lba,of Ada .

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Lt . Wheeler N. Burkett, '37-'38, Okla-homa City, received the Order of the Pur-ple Heart for wounds received in aerialaction over Europe while serving as navi-gator on a bomber lack the Ripper.His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur

Burkett, Oklahoma City, were informedthat he would be released from an Englishhospital in August .Capt . E. Bruce January, '40, Norman,

received the Order of the Purple Heartfor wounds received during an enemybombing raid on Sicily . Mrs. January(Betty Read, '41fa) and their daughterJudith Anne live in Norman .Lt . (jg) William Perry Carmichael, '28-

'29, Norman, received the Order of thePurple Heart for injuries received in seaaction near Guadalcanal .The action was described by Sidney

Shalett in his recent book Old Nameless,an Epic of a U . S . Battlewagon, in whichhe stated that Lieutenant Carmichael, thenan ensign, caught a piece of shell in hisarm as he stood watch during the firing .After a brief leave to recuperate, Lieuten-ant Carmichael returned to sea duty .Capt . James B. Criswell, '39, Purcell,

was awarded the Distinguished FlyingCross for extraordinary achievement whiletaking part in an aerial flight near NewGuinea . He was pilot of a plane whichscored a direct hit and sank a Japanesedestroyer .

After participating in aerial combatagainst the enemy in Java, New Guineaand Australia, Capt Criswell recently re-turned to the United States for duty atWill Rogers Field near Oklahoma City .Lt. T. Hillas Eskridge, '38-'42, Elmore

City, who was wounded in action in NorthAfrica, received the Silver Star for gal-lantry and was returned to this countryfor medical treatment at Fort Dix, NewJersey.The citation accompanying the award

read in part, "While reconnoitering anenemy position, Lieutenant Eskridge waspainfully wounded by enemy tank and ar-tillery fire . Despite his serious condition,he personally directed the withdrawal ofhis men and vehicles to the safety of ourown lines."

Lt . Chester C. Kennedy, '35, Konawa,was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster and aDistinguished Flying Cross for aerial ac-tion in the Southwest Pacific. He alsoholds an Air Medal for his destructionof a Japanese naval vessel near Rabaul,New Britain.The Oak Leaf Cluster was awarded for

the sinking of an enemy transport and theDistinguished Flying Cross, for extraordi-nary achievement during 200 hours ofoperational flying .Lt . Amos Battenfield, '41journ, Chick-

asha, has been recommended for a Dis-tinguished Flying Cross and five Oak LeafClusters to add to the Air Medal he al-ready held .

OCTOBER, 1943

Pilot of a Liberator bomber at Guadal-canal, Lieutenant Battenfield has partici-pated in a number of raids against the Jap-anese. Mrs. Battenfield (Josephine Bow-en, '40bus) is employed in the UniversityExtension Division .Lt. (jg) Alfred Naifeh, '37ba, '40law,

Norman, who was killed in South Pacificnaval action in November, 1942, wasawarded posthumously the Navy and Ma-rine Corps Medal.The award was made "for heroic con-

duct and outstanding devotion to duty incaring for survivors clinging to life raftsafter the sinking of the U. S. S. Meredith ."The accompanying citation read in part,

"With complete disregard for his own per-sonal safety, Lieutenant Naifeh persistedin constantly swimming around the rafts,rendering invaluable aid to the men whowere wounded or exhausted. As a conse-quence of his continued valiant efforts tohold these men to the rafts, he himself wascompletely overcome by exhaustion whichultimately resulted in his death."

How Sooners ServeARMY

Privates ------------------------------ 921Corporals ----------------------------- 229Sergeants ----------------------------- 214Warrant Officers

------------------------

30Cadets -------------------------------- 253Lieutenants ___________________________1,942Captains ------------------------------ 858Majors __

________________________ _ 400Lieutenant Colonels --------------------- 107Colonels ___ _________ ___._____________ 27Major Generals _______.______ ____ _____

2WACS --------------------------------- 69

TOTAL __________________________5,052NAVY

Seamen ------------------------------ 338Petty Officers --------------------------

40Cadets ----------------------------- -- 65Ensigns --------------------------- -- 317Lieutenants --------------------------- 243Lieutenant Commanders ____ ___ ______ 246Commanders --------------------------

5Captains -------------------------------

1WAVES ----------------------------- 40

TOTAL --------------------------- 1,065MARINES

Privates ------------------------------ 48Corporals __ _____ ___ ____________ _

7Sergeants -----------------------------

ILieutenants --------------------------- 53Captains ------------------------------

6Majors __ ___.------------------------------------------------ 5Lieutenant Colonels --------------------

3Colonels -------------------------------- 2Women's Reserve _____________________

2

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

127COAST GUARD

Seamen ------------------------------ 40Petty Officers ______ ____ _____________ 4Cadets ____ _________________________ 2Ensigns ------------------------------ 3Lieutenants ---------------------------- 2SPARS

4TOTAL -------------------------- 55

GRAND TOTAL ______________________6,299

Capt. Harry D. Lewis, '39, Stigler,member of a Troop Carrier squadron, wasawarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to add toan Air Medal for meritorious achievementswith the Army Air Force in Sicily . Hewon the Air Medal for "dangerous flying"in North Africa .Maj . Elmer G. Schoggen, Jr ., '37-'39,

Little Rock, Arkansas, pilot of a FlyingFortress, holds the Distinguished FlyingCross with two Oak Leaf Clusters and theAir Medal with one Cluster.Major Schoggen returned to duty in the

United States last month after serving inthe South Pacific since the outbreak of thewar. He was stationed at Hickam Field,Hawaii, when the first attack came, sawhis plane blasted in its hangar. Since thenhe has put in 550 operational hours in thewar zone.Lt . Col. Julian M. Bleyer, '34, Tulsa,

has been awarded the Distinguished Ser-vice Cross for his participation in the Au-gust raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Ru-mania. He commanded a formation overPloesti which was under attack for twohours and which downed nine enemyfighters .Maj. James Bruce Morehead, '38, Wash-

ington, Oklahoma, was awarded the Dis-tinguished Flying Cross for meritorious ac-tion in the early days of the SouthwestPacific aerial war.Major Morehead already held the Dis-

tinguished Service Cross and the SilverStar for action over Darwin, Australia.Now in this country as an instructor, hewas stationed at Fort Van Nuys, Cali-fornia .Capt . Howard L. Fielden, '37geol, Fort

Cobb, Oklahoma, was awarded the SilverStar for gallantry on the North Africanfront while participating in the battle ofTunisia. The citation stated that CaptainFielden directed artillery fire from ad-vanced observation posts under intenseenemy bombardment.Lt . Col. Hal L. Muldrow, Jr ., '28bus,

Norman, of the 45th Division, wasawarded the Silver Star for gallantry inaction during the Sicilian campaign whenon his own initiative he re-established con-tact with his forward observers after com-munication lines were destroyed.The citation stated, "In spite of enemy

infantry patrols, covered by artillery fire,infiltrating to cut off his withdrawal, heremained at his post for more than sixhours continuing to relay firing data, andso effectively directed the fire that it as-sisted in a large measure to force the en-emy to retreat and our forces to advance."

Deaths in ServiceCapt . Leonard L. Billingsley, '41eng,

Mutual, Oklahoma, pilot in the Army AirForce and holder of the DistinguishedFlying Cross, was killed in action in NorthAfrica in August .Upon graduating from the University,

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Captain Billingsley was commissioned inthe Field Artillery but later transferred tothe Air Force. He was assigned overseasafter receiving training at Luke Field, Ari-zona ; Patterson Field, Ohio, and EslerField, Louisiana.At the University, the pilot was a mem-

ber of several engineering organizationsand took primary and secondary flighttraining under the Civilian Pilot Trainingprogram. Survivors include his parents,Mr . and Mrs. E. L. Billingsley of Mutual .Lt . Chadwick N. Bowen, '41, Okla-

homa City, bomber pilot in the Europeanfighting zone, was accidentally killed Au-gust 9 . He had been in England for fourmonths .

Lieutenant Bowen entered the Army inFebruary, 1940, received his commission inthe Air Force in August, 1942, at Mission,Texas. Survivors include his parents, Mr .and Mrs. F. C. Bowen and his wife, theformer Betty Jean Young, all of OklahomaCity .

Staff Sgt. N. Earl Harris, Jr., '40, Okla-homa City, gunner on a Flying Fortress,was killed in aerial action in the Europeanwar theater on July 17 after being sta-tioned in England for several months .Former student in the College of Fine

Arts at the University, Sergeant Harrisenlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor . Sur-vivors include his mother, Mrs. N. E. Har-ris of Cheyenne, Wyoming.The death of Lt . Ralph Howard, '37-

'40, Norman, during the defense of Bataanhas been confirmed by the War Depart-ment. He was formerly listed as missingin action .A member of the Army Air Force, Lieu-

tenant Howard was not heard from afterhe left Australia on a flight assignmenton April 28, 1942 . He was an engineer-ing student in the University . Survivorsinclude his parents, Mr . and Mrs. JosephC. Howard of Westwood, California .Lt . Terry James Almond, '38-'42, Dun-

can, was killed August 26 in the crash ofa twin-engine trainer south of WilliamsField, Arizona, four days before he wasscheduled to graduate from advancedpilot training .

Lieutenant Almond formerly was amember of the Ordnance section of theArmy but transferred to the Air Force inNovember, 1942 . While attending theUniversity, he was an engineering student,member of Tau Omega aviation frater-nity and Scabbard and Blade military sci-ence fraternity .

Survivors include his wife, the formerPatricia Johnson, San Antonio, Texas, andhis mother, Mrs. B. E. Akins, Duncan.

Lt . (jg) John H. Wenzel, '37-'38, Hous-ton, Texas, died in the crash of a Navytraining plane into the Atlantic Oceaneight miles off the Rhode Island coast onAugust 18 . Twelve Navy officers lost theirlives in the crash.Former business student in the Univer-

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sity, Lieutenant Wenzel received his com-mission in the Naval Air Service at CorpusChristi, Texas, and was stationed at Nor-folk, Virginia, and Banana River, Florida.Lt. Arthur B. Chandler, Jr ., '39-'40,

Oklahoma City, was killed in an airplanecrash near Indio, California, while on dutyat Desert Training Center headquarters .A former business student in the Uni-

versity, he entered the Army Air Force inJanuary, 1942 . Survivors include hismother, Mrs. A. B . Chandler of OklahomaCity .Lt. Aubrey J . Denton, '34geol, Black-

well, of the Coast Artillery, was killed inan accident while on artillery maneuversat Fort Benning, Georgia, according to aWar Department notification received byhis parents in September.At the University .he was a member of

Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and SigmaGamma Epsilon geology fraternity . Heenlisted in the Army in 1941 . Survivorsinclude Mrs. Denton, the former AurettaBellmon, '34ba, and a daughter Darla.

Missing in ActionTech . Sgt. Graham Wall Diggs, Jr ., '42

ba, Wetumka, waist gunner on a bomber,was reported missing in action over Kiel,Germany, after the Allied raids of July 29 .A week earlier, on July 22, he received

the Air Medal for outstanding service withthe Air Force in England where he hadbeen stationed since April. Former pre-med student in the University, SergeantDiggs had been on several missions overGermany. His mother is Mrs. G. W.Diggs of Wetumka.Lt . Baxter Harris, '36-'37, Elk City,

former University law student, was re-ported missing in action after failing to

FIRST CODE EXPERT

First cryptographer in the Women's ArmyCorps was Thelma Bills, '25ba, '27ed, Go-

tebo, former teacher in Puerto Rico .

return from a raid over Berlin late in Au-gust .Lieutenant Harris was stationed at

Kelly Field, Texas, before going overseas .His father is L. B. Harris of MountainView.Capt. George E, (Sinning) Crane, '31

ba, former Topeka attorney and a FieldArtillery officer, has been listed as missingin action in the Philippines . He was sta-tioned at Fort Stotsenburg in the samegroup with Capt. Alex Wclcher, '40gcol,Norman, now a prisoner in Japan.A member of Delta Tau Delta frater-

nity, Captain Crane was principal of theHigh School at Maysville, Oklahoma, be-fore entering law practice . He is a neph-ew of Mrs. Marius Lindloff (FrancesAtwater, '29fa, '30fa), Berkeley, Californ-ia, formerly of Norman .

Injured in ServiceLt . Col. Jess Larson, '26, Chickasha, of

the 45th Division, was reported woundedin Sicilian action and confined to a hos-pital in North Africa . His injury wasdescribed as not serious .Lt . Richard O. Trent, '40-'42, Okla-

homa City, pilot of an Army Troop Trans-port plane, was seriously wounded in aer-ial action in the Southwest Pacific on Au-gust 10 . No details were released concern-ing his injury .

Ernest

Gunter,

'33-'34,

Hammo n,Oklahoma, of the Royal Canadian AirForce, was seriously injured in Sicilian ac-tion and sent to an Allied Base Hospitalfor medical treatment.Mr . Gunter, who entered the R.C.A.F .

in February, 1942, was assigned overseasin June of the same year after receivingtraining in Canada .

Prisoners of WarRelatives of Sooner officers who are Jap-

anese prisoners last month received noti-fications concerning their welfare. Severalhad not been heard from since the fall ofthe Philippines .A postcard from Capt . Clifford C.

Hines, '34, Norman, was received in Au-gust by Mrs. Hines. The card, which wastypewritten, stated that Captain Hineswas well and that he was working for pay.He is being held in a camp near Osaka,Japan.

Direct word was received in August forthe first time since the fall of Corregidorfrom Maj . Emil P. Reed, '31med, formerphysician in Brownsville, Texas.' MajorReed, a Medical Corps officer at Fort Stots-enburg, wrote his wife that he was in goodhealth .Maj . Charles W. Miller, '27geol, Sapul-

pa, prisoner in the Philippines, was re-ported safe and uninjured in a card re-ceived by Mrs. Miller in August.Maj. Carlos McAfee, '28law, Oklahoma

City, has been transferred to a prison campnear Osaka, Japan, according to word re-leased by the War Department in August.

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Trains Transport CrewsLt . Col . Bennett H . Griffin, '17ba, vet-

eran flier and aviation official, commandsthe Air Transport Command center atHomestead, Florida, where crews aretrained to fly cargo planes all over theworld .The training center, called the Domes-

tic Transportation Division of the A.T.C .,prepares fliers to join the gigantic air ser-vice operated by the U. S . Army betweenall the Allied nations and fighting fronts .Before entering service in the A.T.C .,

Colonel Griffin was director of the stand-ardization center of the Civil AeronauticsAuthority in Houston, Texas . In 1932he made the first non-stop flight from theUnited States to Berlin, setting three newworld speed records .During the first World War, Colonel

Griffin saw duty with the Army Air Forcein France, Italy and England .

Home on LeaveLt . Roy L . (Preach) Jennings, '37, '39-

'40, one of the first Oklahoma men to re-turn from the Sicilian battlefront, washome on leave in Norman in September .

Injured early in the Sicilian action, Lieu-tenant Jennings was returned to the ArmyHospital at Temple, Texas, for treatmentand was given a 30-day leave for conva-lescing . He was wounded in a hand gre-nade explosion .While at home he visited briefly with

his brother, Cpl . Bill Jennings, '37-'41,former O . U . football star who was homeon leave from the Southwest Pacific wherehe has been stationed in the Marine Corps .

Lost Pilot ReturnsLt . John E . Johnston, Jr ., '36=38, Okla-

homa City pilot who was reported missingin the African theater in July, was backwith his squadron in August .He wrote his mother, Mrs . John E .

Johnston of Oklahoma City, that he hadbeen lost but that he was well and backon the job, flying his second plane . Hesent her a set of Fascist insignia indicatingthat he was probably in Sicily .

Lieutenant Johnston, who went toAfrica last February, was pilot of a planewhich helped escort the transports carry-ing Anthony Eden and Winston Churchillto their recent North African conferences .

New OfficersRecently awarded their commissions as

second lieutenants in the Army Air Forcewere A . I . Baker, '39-'42, Buffalo, Okla-homa, at Stockton Field, California ; Hom-er A . Potter, '37-'38, at the BombardierSchool at San Angelo, Texas ; Dewey W.Foster, '40-'41, Cushing, at Luke Field,Arizona ; Ray H. Quackenbush, '42pharm,Shawnee, who was assigned to the AirBase at Dodge City, Kansas, and CharlesR . Childers, '38-'42, Oklahoma City, as-signed to the Army Air Field at Liberal,Kansas .

OCTOBER, 1943

TRAINS CARGO CARRIERS

Lt . Col. Bennett Griffin, '17ba, commandsthe Air Transport School at Homestead,Florida, where crews for cargo planes are

trained .

Katherine Ann Beckman, '42bs, Mus-kogee, was commissioned a second lieu-tenant and assigned to Bruns General Hos-pital, Santa Fe, New Mexico, as an Armydietitian . Lieutenant Beckman recentlyconcluded a year's training in dietetics atWalter Reed Hospital in Washington,D . C ., and Hammond General Hospital atModesto, California .

Other new second lieutenants are RiskThompson, Jr ., '35-'39, Oklahoma City,commissioned at the Anti-aircraft OfficerCandidate School, Camp Davis, NorthCarolina, and assigned to Camp Polk,Louisiana ; George W. Allen, '34-'38, Ho-bart, commissioned in the Corps of Mili-tary Police and stationed at Fort Custer,Michigan, and Richard M. Karns, '39bus,and James A . Biondo, '41fa, both of Okla-homa City, commissioned at the Adju-tant General's Officer Candidate School,Fort Washington, Maryland .

Margaret (Peggy) Rennie, '41ed, andMary Elizabeth Polk, '33ba, both of Ard-more, were commissioned ensigns in theWAVES at the Naval Reserve Midship-men's School, Northampton, Massachu-setts .Commissioned into the Navy directly

from civilian life were Lt. Thomas H.Clifford, '30bus, formerly with GeneralMills, Incorporated, in Oklahoma City ;Ensign Paul Mason, '40bus, El Reno, andEnsign Thomas B . Ensch, '38eng, Bartles-ville, who was ordered to Quonset Point,Rhode Island, for indoctrination .Commissioned at the Naval Reserve

Midshipmen's Training School in Chicagowere Ensign Jack Moskowitz, '43bus, Tul-sa, and Ensign Howard B . Upton, '43ba,Muskogee . Ensign Moskowitz was or-dered to the Naval Training School at

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massa-chusetts . Ensign Upton was to continuetraining at the Navy Bomb DisposalSchool in Washington, D. C .

Louis A . (Paddy) Palmer, '40law, form-er county attorney of Tilltman County,was commissioned an ensign and assignedto duty in Washington, D. C . After re-ceiving his commission, Ensign Palmertook a month's training in the Navy Com-munications School at Harvard University .He reported seeing Ensign WinfordDavidson, '35bs, Frederick, and EnsignKarl Westerman, '41, Oklaunion, Texas .

Jimmie Paine Artman, '43ba, Norman,and W. E . Dickey, '40-'42, Eufaula, werecommissioned second lieutenants in theMarine Corps . Lieutenant Artman wasassigned to Quantico, Virginia, for furth-er training, and Lieutenant Dickey wasordered to Cherry Point, North Carolina .

PromotionsTwo graduates of the Medical School

have been promoted to the rank of colonelin the Army Medical Corps . They areEmery E . Alling, '25med, former physi-cian in Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, com-manding officer of the Station Hospital atthe Shenango Personnel Replacement De-pot, Greenville, Pennsylvania, and GordonG . Bulla, '30med, former Oklahoma Cityphysician now with the Medical Corps atAir Transport Command headquarters inWashington, D. C .

Six alumni were recently promoted to the rankof lieutenant colonel . They are O. D. Horne,'206s, former chemist with a Ponca City oil com-pany, now Chemical Warfare Service officer onthe staff of the Military Service department ofTexas A . and M . College ; C . Guy Brown, '23ba,assistant professor of commercial education at theUniversity on leave for duty in the Office of theChief of the Army Air Force in Washington,D . C . ; Clarke Selman, '38bus, Oklahoma City,with the Air Force in the Southwest Pacific ; R .H . Anthis, '35-'37, El Reno, with the Air ForceFerry Command ; Victor C. Searle, '28ba, '29ms,former Cincinnati, Ohio, chemist now with theChemical Warfare Service at Pittsburgh, Penn-sylvania, and Sam Maddux, Jr ., '36bus, Lawton,on the Air Force general staff in Washington,D. C. Colonel Maddux was with the Air Forcein the Pacific in the early clays of the war.Those recently advanced to the rank of major

arc John F. Conway, '22law, former Tulsa at-torney, post judge advocate at the Army Air ForceTechnical Training Command at Kearns, Utah ;George T. Metcalf, '38bus, member of a GliderField Artillery unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina ;Edward W. Smith, '40law, Oklahoma City, onthe staff of the Fort Sill Field Artillery School ;Earl I . Mulmed, '37med, with the Medical Corpsat the Army Air Base, Great Falls, Montana ;Phillip J . Smith, '371ned, with the Medical Corpsat Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and William A .Loftin, Jr ., '33-'35, Idabel, on duty at the SedaliaArmy Air Field, Williamsburg, Missouri, wherehe is base technical inspector, base operationsofficer and pilot for the commanding officer.

Charles W. Himes, '38arch, Norman, com-manding officer of an Air Force depot repairsquadron on foreign duty ; Laile G . Neal, '25med,Ponca City, surgeon with an Engineers specialservice regiment at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana ;C. A . Stein, '36law, at the Field Artillery Re-placement Training Center, Fort Bragg, NorthCarolina ; R. A . Norton, '29eng, with the Corps

of Engineers at Camp White, Oregon, and Rus-sell F. Hunt, '27-'29, Oklahoma City, overseaswith the judge Advocate General's Department .

James C. Denton, Jr ., '366a, Field Artilleryinstructor at the U. S. Military Academy, WestPoint, New York ; Frank G. Ratliff, '39law, onduty in the Pentagon Building, Washington,D. C. ; T. J. Walsh, Jr ., '36, stationed in Iran ;Herman W. Gaddis, '36med, Bartlesville, headsurgeon with a Bombardment group in Sicily,and John O. Hall, '366a, recently transferredoverseas from duty in Washington, D. C. MajorHall is a graduate of the School of Military Gov-ernment in Charlottesville, Virginia .Alumni recently promoted to captain include

Earl K. Hurd, '37-'38, Shawnee, with the Med-ical Corps in Hawaii ; Thomas P. Ryan, '42eng,Ponca City, on duty at the Shenango PersonnelReplacement Depot at Greenville, Pennsylvania ;H. A. Deck, Jr., '41pharm, Cherokee, on duty atKelly Field, Texas; Oscar J. Jacobi, '41eng, Sterl-ing, Oklahoma, with an Air Force College Train-ing Detachment at Canyon, Texas; Lloyd D. Bet-tis, '35eng, with a Signal Air Warning battalionat the Army Air Base, Hattiesburg, Mississippi,and Steve McLaury, '42ba, Snyder, overseas withthe Field Artillery.

Marvin Balch, '33, former Holdenville attorneynow with the Air Force in Detroit, Michigan ;Mont B. Stewart, Jr ., '39bus, Armored Field Ar-tillery officer at Pine Camp, New York ; Paul M.Setzer, '36-'40, Oklahoma City, member of anAirborne division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina ;Fred C. Buffington, '35rned, with the MedicalCorps at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri ; Walter M.Harrison, Jr ., '386a, Oklahoma City, at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with the Air Force, andBenjamin B. Blakeney, '296a, Oklahoma City,instructor at the Air Force Intelligence School,Harrisburg, Pennsylvania .Bernard T. Johnson, '42eng, Oklahoma City,

with the Air Force at Wright Field, Ohio ; JohnA. Marshall, '40eng, Oklahoma City, with aGlider Field Artillery unit at Fort Bragg, NorthCarolina ; Cecil M. Ferguson, '37-'40, engineeringofficer at Morrison Field, Florida ; Ralph Bohan-non, '276us, assistant finance officer at Scott Field,Illinois ; Aubra E. Tilley, '39-'40, Guthrie, withthe ordnance division in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania, and Paul E. Gardiner, '41bus, Cherokee,with the Air Force at Sarasota, Florida.

Obbie Lewis, '39-'42, Houston, Texas, HunterField, Georgia ; R. P. Messinger, '38med, MedicalCorps officer at Camp San Luis Obispo, California ;Victor M. Torres, '35eng, with the Field Artilleryat Fort Benning, Georgia ; R. R. McCracken, '38law, Oklahoma City, on duty in the judge Ad-vocate General's office at Morrison Field, Florida ;Albert C. Bailey, '36-'41, Brooks Field, Texas,and James Helis, '40eng, New York City, as-signed to headquarters of the Ordnance Replace-ment Training Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland .

William Harold Netherton, '40law, OklahomaCity, with the Air Force at Gulfport Field, Missis-sippi; Robert B. Harbison, '30law, Eldorado, mem-ber of the Army Air Force ; Julian J. Rothbaum,'38law, who recently completed a course in minefield technique on Louisiana maneuvers; RobertJ. Casey, '39bus, Field Artillery officer at CampRucker, Alabama, and Francis W. Winn, '41eng,Weleetka, with the Chemical Warfare Service inthe Office of Petroleum Administrator in Wash-ington, D. C.

Charles H. Larson, '42ed, Norman, on dutyat Camp Maxey, Texas; Leonard B. Aughtry, '32ba, assistant base operations officer at Kelly Field,Texas; Herbert Miller, '41eng, Oklahoma City,stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas; Benjamin Cohen,'40eng, Tulsa, overseas with the QuartermasterCorps, and Henry J . Beck, '42eng, Bradford, Penn-sylvania, in the Pacific area with the Field artil-lery . Captain Beck wrote the Alumni Office thathe has met O. U. men everywhere he has gone,among them Lt. Jay Skaggs, '37-'41, Norman ;Capt. Vic Boling, '40, Healdton ; Capt. Edwin

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Hurst, '42law, Oklahoma City ; Lt . James Will,'42eng, Oklahoma City, and Lt . Frank Binckley,'41eng, Racine, Missouri.Recently advanced to first lieutenant were J.

Victor Bryan, '42geol, Chickasha, with an En-gineers unit at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana; Bal-four S. Whitney, 326a, '33ma, former instructorin mathematics and astronomy at the University,now an instructor at the Air Force NavigationSchool, Hondo, Texas; Amos Battenfield, '41journ, Chickasha, with the Air Force in the South-west Pacific ; Carl E. Blackwell, '39-'41, Norman,Army Air Base, Liberal, Kansas ; Arch D. Akers,'36, Fort Robinson, Nebraska, and Neil Keller,'33law, former Norman attorney, on duty atFort Sam Houston, Texas. Lieutenant Keller isa battalion adjutant, commanding officer of head-quarters company and trial judge advocate there.Don Bailey, '38bus, Bartlesville, on duty in

North Africa, has been commissioned a secondlieutenant direct from the rank of technical ser-geant. Former employee of the Phillips Petrol-

If you have more recent infor-mation about any of the alumnimentioned in these news items,please notify Editor of SoonerMagazine, Norman, Oklahoma .

cum Company, Lieutenant Bailey is in the Fi-nance division of the Army .Among the ranks of non-commissioned officers,

James H. Davis, '42geol, Mountain View, over-seas with an Engineers regiment, has been pro-moted to technical sergeant. Others recently pro-moted to sergeant are Robert L. Shepherd, '39m.ed, with the Air Force at the University ofArkansas in Fayetteville ; William J. P. Fugitt,'43, Oklahoma City, with the Medical Corps atCamp Shelby, Mississippi, and Robert G. Arm-strong, '42ma, Cincinnati, Ohio, overseas witha Signal Service company.Frank C. Amend, Jr ., '42bus, Antlers, Army

Air Field, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Howard Mc-Elhaney, '42, Norman, Army Air Base, Dalhart,Texas; John H. Culp, '33ba, Norman, PattersonField, Ohio ; H. Paul Flippin, '39journ, man-aging editor of the Borden News, published atthe Borden General Hospital, Chickasha; LyleC. Montgomery, '416us, Delaware, Oklahoma,Army Air Base, Santa Ana, California ; James C.Sawyer, '42ba, Sapulpa, Army Air Base, Laurel,Mississippi ; Granville McElroy, '39-'40, Eldorado,Fort Sill, and Harry G. Hightower, '42ba, PoncaCity, with an Army Airways CommunicationsSquadron in the South Pacific.New corporals include Carl L. Easterling, '35

ba, Norman, with a Bombardment squadron atSioux City, Iowa ; John Herren, '42pharm, Buf-falo, Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, NorthCarolina ; James L. Cox, '41eng, Lawton, Cha-nute Field, Illinois ; Bill P. Siard, '41-'43, Dun-can, Army Air Base, Dunnellon, Florida ; CarlBovard, '416a, on recruiting duty in Tulsa;Charles Baldwin, '42-'43, Oklahoma City, inEngland with a camouflage unit of the ArmyAir Force, and Jack Knight, '41-'42, McAlester,O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri .

Robert A. Carlson, '42ed, Tulsa, overseas withthe Infantry, has been promoted to private firstclass .

Promotions came recently to two brothers fromAltus in the Navy Medical Corps, Coy Abernethy,'30med, and Harold Abernethy, '39med . CoyAbernethy received his promotion to the rank ofcommander while on leave in Altus between as-signments. He had just returned from two-yearsduty in England, and was to report to Washing-ton D. C. Harold Abernethy, Naval flight sur-

geon somewhere in the Pacific, was promoted tothe rank of lieutenant commander.James R. Sayers, '29med, member of the Navy

Medical Corps since 1929, has been promoted tothe rank of commander. Commander Sayers ison duty aboard a ship with the Atlantic fleet.He and Mrs. Sayers (Louise Douglas, '28ba)make their home in Arlington, Virginia.

James R. Bollinger, '33eng, stationed in theBureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department,Washington, D. C., and William B. Matney, '31law, former Dallas attorney now on Navy dutyin New Orleans, have been promoted to lieu-tenant commander. Commander Bollinger wasformerly with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamationin Friant, California, and Denver, Colorado .

Stanley L. Moore, '40, Norman, and W. H.McConnell, '39bus, on duty in Baltimore, Mary-land, have been promoted from lieutenant juniorgrade to the rank of full lieutenant .

Recently promoted to lieutenant junior gradewere the following: Bill Morrison, '41journ, Dur-ant, assistant public relations officer at the NavalAir Station, Pensacola, Florida ; Bob Forrester,'41bus, Muskogee, with the Atlantic fleet ; RonaldBollenbach, '41ma, Kingfisher ; Virgil L. Smith,'42eng, Lawton, on Atlantic sea duty, and HazelEssary, '39nurse, Hollis, a nurse at the NavyHospital at Bainbridge, Maryland .G. F. (Ted) Sundstrom, '40, Chattanooga,

Tennessee, on duty in Columbus, Ohio ; J. F. Am-berg, '37bus, on duty in San Francisco ; F. M.Dale McLain, '396a, on duty in the Pacific, andGeorge W. Harper, '40, Lone Wolf, Naval AirStation, Los Alamitos, California .Two alumni recently given ratings as pharm-

acist's mates first class are Billy Bryan, '33-'34,Ada, Norfolk, Virginia, and John W. Albright,'41pharm, Denver, Colorado, on foreign duty .

Elnora B. Whiteley, '426s, Marlow, on recruit-ing duty with the Marine Corps Women's Re-serve in San Francisco, has been promoted to therank of sergeant.

Albert H. Follmar, '38bus, Oklahoma City, withthe Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California,has been promoted to the rank of major. J . D.Thomson, '266a, Oklahoma City, Marine Corpsflier, has been promoted to captain and assignedto Atlanta, Georgia, for instrument training. Cap-tain Thomson was formerly a civilian flying in-structor at Wiley Post Airport, Oklahoma City.Homer B. Simmons, '43ed, Seminole, with the

Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia, has beenpromoted to private first class .

OverseasNews of Oklahomans in the Sicilian campaign

was recounted by Brig. Gen. Ray S. McLain, Okla-homa City, second in command of the 45th Di-vision, in a letter to Mrs. McLain . The general'sson, Capt . Ray S. McLain, Jr ., '36bus, was oneof several Sooners he ran into during operationson the island . Others included Lt . Col. WalterArnote, '28law, Col. Dwight Funk, '24, Lt . Col.Hal Muldrow, '28bus, Norman, and Lt . Col. JessLarson, '22-'26, '33.

Capt . Walter Eugene Curry, Jr ., '36-'37, Okla-homa City, with the Field Artillery in NorthAfrica, made an inspection trip through themountains of French Morocco, climaxed by din-ner at the palace of the governor general of theterritory . In honor of the American Army menpresent, apple pie with ice cream was served bythe governor general .

Staff Sgt. C. N. Hockman, '41-'42, Carnegie,has been transferred to foreign duty with an AirForce Combat Camera unit . He recently com-pleted training with a motion picture unit inCulver City, California .On the staff of the same hospital in the south-

ern Caribbean area were Col. Samuel H. Alex-ander, '28med, Oklahoma City, commanding of-ficer, and Capt. Woodrow L. Pickhardt, '37med,Seminole . "My record for having O. U. alumnion my staff continues to hold," Colonel Alexanderreported.

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Attached to the same unit overseas were Maj .S. B. (Stinky) Meacham, '17, Maj . George Shirk,'36law, and Lt. Col . R. B. Holtzcndorff, '31law .

Capt . Hannah J . Ashby, '37ed, Norman, wascommanding officer of a WAC detachment whicharrived in North Africa early in September tohandle clerical work at Allied headquarters there.Also in the detachment was Lt . Elizabeth Ray,'34ba, Yukon, former state newspaperwoman .Capt . L. B. Snider, 146a, '15ma, San An-

tonio, Texas, was assigned to duty with the AirForce in the South Pacific after taking trainingat Miami Beach, Florida, and Harrisburg, Penn-syvania . He was a sergeant in the first WorldWar.

Lt . Byron W. Jones, '39law, Oklahoma City,has been appointed trial judge advocate at hispost in England.A one-day holiday which fell on Friday, Aug-

ust 13, was joyously greeted in England by agroup of Air Force men, including Lt . MurlynF. Burnett, '40, Oklahoma City. There are 13men in the group and their thirteenth missionwas to have come on the 13th clay of the month.

Ensign J . Hubert Kiersky, '42bus, Memphis,Tennessee, is on overseas duty with the NavyAmphibious Force. Ensign Kiersky received hiscommission in Chicago on December 24, 1942,and has been overseas since last April . Mrs.Kiersky is the former Doris Strauss .

Capt. R. E. Barrett, '33eng, has seen service inEritrea, North Africa and India during nearly twoyears of overseas duty . He reported having meta former O. U. classmate, Capt . E. L. Stacy, '32eng, in North Africa .

Capt . Garner G. Collums,'19ba, former businessmanager of Oklahoma College for Women atChickasha, is an Air Force fighter squadron execu-tive on duty in India. He left the United States onJuly 22 and touched on four continents beforearriving at his post of duty . He wrote fromIndia that he is "living in a desert with windand sand ."Among the increasing number of alumni re-

ported on foreign duty with the Army wereMaj. Wesley H. Jones, '31, Oklahoma City, withthe 45th Division ; Pfc. Larry W. Varvel, '41bus,Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Quartermascr Corps inSicily ; Capt . M. G . Banks, '39ed, Muskogce, ofthe Quartermaster Corps ; Capt . Roy. L. Neel,'38med, former Oklahoma City physician, Capt .Gayfrce Ellison, Jr ., '40mcd, Norman, and Lt .Roy E. Bazc, '36med, Oklahoma City, all withthe Army Medical Corps; Lt . Marvin (Red)Richardson, '37-'41, Noble, of the Paratroop Ar-tillery; Capt. F. Marion Setzer, '35geol, and Lt.Ben W. Baker, '39-'41, both of Oklahoma City,with the Coast Artillery ; Albert W. Ramsey, '31eng, technician fifth class, Lt . Domer V. Dough-erty, '42eng, Oklahoma City, and Lt . Harvey W.Smith, '25-'28, Oklahoma City, all with the Sig-nal Corps; Capt . H. R. Wehrenberg, '37cng, Lt.Victor W. Johnson, Jr ., '39bus, Pueblo, Colorado,Lt . Lloyd E. Dean, '4leng, Oklahoma City, Capt .J . Donald Prendergast, '38eng, Kansas City, Mis-souri, and Staff Sgt. Charles H. Price, Norman,all of the Ordnance division ; Maj . Francis R.Reese, '34-'36, of the Infantry ; Lt. Lloyd W.Winkler, '42, Duncan, with an Engineering bat-talion ; Maj. Webster Wilder, Jr., '33law, Capt .David W. Way, '36bus, Capt . F. W. Akright, '34eng, and Capt . George V. Stein, '41law, Miami,all with the Field Artillery; Lt . John W. Davis,'39bus, former certified public accountant inBrooklyn now with the Finance department ; Lt .E. T. Binckley, '42eng, Bartlesville, with a Main-tenance battalion of an Armored division ; Lt . Col.James E. Ensey, '28med, former Altus physician,and Pvt. George M. Dinkler, '33ph.c, both at-tached to Station Hospitals .On overseas duty with the Navy were Lt . (jg)

Eugene C. Stevens, '39bus, Tulsa, in Puerto Rico ;Ensign B. W. Mariner, '40geol, Fredonia, Kansas,in Hawaii ; Ensign Frank L. Best, '37cng, with theNavy Air Force in the Southwest Pacific ; Ensign

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HERE AND THERE

Capt . William O . Waid, '34eng, Paw-huska, with the Field Artillery in theSouth Pacific, and Mrs. Waid, the formerOlga Pochobradsky of the Army Nurse

Corps, who is now a nurse in Tulsa .

Robert Kuntz, '396a, '40ms, Lawton, and EnsignElmo Hcerwald, '42bus, Manitou, Oklahoma .On foreign duty with the Army Air Force

were Lt. Paul R. Turnbull, '29eng, Hobart, witha Service squadron ; Lt . Clyde W. Beson, Jr ., '41eng, Norman, with a Depot group, and Pfc.Wayne B. Snow, '42ba, Oklahoma City.

Lt. Sidney Broaddus, '416a, Muskogee, was onforeign duty with the Marine Corps.

At SeaLt . Paul Harkey, '39-'40, Idabel, reported a big

representation from Oklahoma and the Univer-sity aboard his ship . Included were Lt . Com.C. A . Meeker, '24-'25, Edmond, and Lt . (jg)Bob Lockwood, '35bus, Tulsa.On sea duty in the Pacific were Ensign Austin

E. Cordray, '42eng, Helena, Oklahoma ; EnsignRobert W. Allen, '42bs, Tulsa ; Ensign Leo H.Bishkin, '42geol, El Campo, Texas; Ensign CharlesA. McWilliams, '43journ, Rush Springs; Lt . (jg)Houston Shirley, '41bus, Tulsa; Ensign KennethS . Nelms, '42law, Ardmore, and Lt . (jg) Wil-liam T. Brooks, '28-'29, Oklahoma City .On sea duty in the Atlantic were Ensign

Wayne L. McCann, '42eng, Kansas City, Missouri,and James H. Garner, '42, Seminole, seamansecond class. Also on Naval assignments abroadwere Lt . (jg) James A. Huser, '40fa, OklahomaCity ; Ensign Harold W. Baker, '39journ, Gaines-ville, Texas, a communications officer, and Wen-dell B. Andrews, '35bus, storekeeper first class .Louis Lindquist, '36-'38, Norman, is radioman

third class aboard a ship which recently com-pleted a three-months cruise in the Mediterranean.

Charles J . Conkling, '41-'42, Midland, Texas, isa seaman first class in the U. S. Coast Guard onduty aboard ship in the Pacific . Assigned to dutyaboard a Coast Guard cutter was Clair F. Eckerd,'41, Oklahoma City .

Lt. James H. Pope, '42phys.ed, was with aMarine detachment aboard ship in the Pacific .

ArmyCapt. Lawrence G. Boyts, '35eng, pilot in the

ferry division of the Air Transport Command, hasbeen awarded campaign ribbons for serving onferrying missions in the American, European-African and Asiatic-Pacific war theaters .

Houston W. Reeves, '30law, assistant in theoffice of the state attorney general in OklahomaCity for the last eight years, was inducted intothe Army at Fort Sill early in August. Before takingthe state position, Mr . Reeves was assistant countyattorney of Tillman County and a Fredericklawyer.Lt . Guy S. Hensley, Jr ., '36ba, Oklahoma City,

was with a Quartermaster transport unit at aPort of Embarkation .Lt. Orville F. Dec, '32ba, '40ma, Enid, was

with the Coast Artillery .

Lt . Lowell Gregory, '40ba, Norman, was onduty with the Air Transport Command.Maj. C. Max Carder, '38law, Hobart, was ex-

ecutive officer of a Field Artillery battalion atCamp Rucker, Alabama.

Maj. Cannon C. Harris, '29law, OklahomaCity, member of the Judge Advocate General'sDepartment, was assigned to duty at Fort Hu-achuca, Arizona. He reported that O. U. is wellrepresented at Fort Huachuca, his sixth postsince entering service, as well as everywhere elsehe has been assigned .

Lt . Col. A. L. Jennings, '29med, formerly onthe staff of the Walter Reed Hospital in Wash-ington, D. C., has been transferred to the StationHospital at Luke Field, Arizona.

Lt . Darrell R. Davidson, '40-'41, Hitchcock,Oklahoma, was on duty at the Army Air Fieldat Kingman, Arizona.

Pvt. Thomas M. Short, '34-'38, and Pvt. F. H.Rulison, '39, were assigned to the Army Special-ized Training Unit at the University of Arizonain Tucson.

Lt . Charles L. Coates, '406s, Oklahoma City,was assigned to a Bombardment group at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona.

Assigned to an Army Specialized Training unitat the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville werePfc. Paul R. Buhl, '41-'43, Tulsa ; Pfc. Jack Turn-bull, '41-'43, Norman, and Pfc. Allen Dorris,'42-'43, Oklahoma City .R. D. Davis, '41-'23, Muskogce, was an avi-

ation cadet in training at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas .Maj . C. M. Bassett, '30med, has been transfer-

red to Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas,where he is on the staff of the Station Hospital .

Lt . Charles E. Covington, '42bus, Mangum,has been transferred to Camp Roberts, California,where he is with a Field Artillery unit. Also as-signed there was Lt . William H. Ford, Jr ., '38-'39, Oklahoma City.Lt . Ray M. Wadsworth, '42med, El Dorado,

Arkansas, of the Army Medical Corps, was as-signed to duty at the Letterman General Hospitalin San Francisco .Maj. W. J . Kelley, '37-'40, Lexington, was

with a Fighter group at Hamilton Field, Cali-fornia .

Lt . Reed O. Hudson, '42bus, Oklahoma City,has been assigned to a Fighter group at the ArmyAir Base, Mumc, California . Also there was Lt .Dale Dcsper, '39ba, Norman, formerly on theR.O. T.C. staff at O. U.

Aviation Cadet William P. Huckin, Jr ., '42ba,Muskogee, was in training at Minter Field, Cali-fornia.

Lt. Robert S . Phillips, '42eng, Okmulgee, wason duty with the Army Air Forces at Fairfield,California.

Lt . Richard P. Schorman, '42eng, Duke Center,Pennsylvania, was assigned to Monrovia, Cali-fornia, as assistant motor transportation officer.

Capt . J. Thomas Prendergast, '38eng, '39eng,was stationed at the Sierra Ordnance Depot, Her-long, California .

Pfc. Alan B. McPheron, '37law, was assignedto an Evacuation Hospital at Camp San LuisOpispo, California .

Lt . David W. Bardwell, '42eng, Oklahoma City,was attached to an Engineers Camouflage companyat the Presidio of San Francisco, California .

Capt . M. C. Foster, '36-'39, was assigned toan Ordnance battalion at Camp Santa Anita, Cali-fornia, as executive officer . Also attached to anOrdnance battalion there was Maj. James L.Farmer, '38eng.

Olin E. Wyatt, '41-'43, Tahlequah, was intraining as an aviation cadet at the Army AirBase, Santa Ana, California .

Capt. R. L. Hert, '34law, was assigned to aField Artillery battalion at Camp Hale, Colorado .

Lt . Lowell F. Hess, '42, Anadarko, has beentransferred to Camp Carson, Colorado .

Pfc. Joe Holland, '37ba, Blackwell, former as-sistant in public relations at the University, wasin training at Fort Logan, Colorado .

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City, has been transferred to Godman Field, Fort

at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Knox, Kentucky . On hospital duty at Fort Knox

at Rolla.

were Capt. Joseph J . Swan, '39med, Oklahoma

Cpl. Vernon K. Duke, '37-'40, Okemah, was

City, and Cpl . James K. Mugg, '43pharm, Hig-

in training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Warrant Officer Marvin C. Mesch,'41bus, Enid,

gins, Texas.

Captain Swan recently returned

Pvt. George R. Webber, '42ba, Enid, was in

former Sooner basketball player, is assistant per-

from Alaska where he was stationed for more

training with an Army Specialized Training Unit

sonnel officer at the Army Air Base, La junta,

than two years as an Army surgeon.

at Washington University in St . Louis, Missouri .

Colorado .

Capt. B. C. Holtzschue, '346a, Oklahoma City,

Lt. Louis O. Barnett, '42eng, was stationed at

Lt. Walter P. Scheffe, '39pharm, Enid, was as-

has been transferred to Camp Campbell, Ken-

the Army Air Base, Lincoln, Nebraska, as base

signed to a Mapping group at Bolling Field, Wash-

tucky, where he is with a Field Artillery battalion.

ordnance officer .

ington, D. C.

With an Engineers regiment there was Capt.

Capt. J . O. Fletcher, '41eng, Norman, was an

W. L. Corwin, '40eng, Oklahoma City, was

Howard Schmoldt, '36-'40, Oklahoma City .

Air Force liaison officer with the Signal Corps at

assigned to a Signal Air Warning battalion at

Flight Officer Bill R. Barrowman, '41, Norman,

Bradley Beach, New Jersey .

Drew Field, Florida . On duty there as venereal

was assigned to duty as a glider pilot at Bowman

Lt. Claude M. Gordon, Jr., '42eng, Okmulgee,

disease control officer was Capt. George L. Bor- Field, Kentucky.

was with the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth,

ecky, '23med, former member of the University

Cpl. George A. Hughes, Jr ., '33-'35, Oklahoma

New Jersey .

Medical School faculty .

City, is attending Army Engineers School at the

Lt. Marshall D. Word, '401aw, Butler, was as-

Lt. Albert W. Fischer, '39-'41, Oklahoma City,

University of Kentucky in Lexington.

signed for instruction in flying bombers at Kirt-

was assigned to a Bombardment squadron at the

At Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, for training in

land Field, New Mexico .

Army Air Field, Orlando, Florida .

the Corps of Engineers were Pvt. C. Harlan Dunn,

Cadet A. Leon Hockstein, '406a, Philadelphia,

Cpl. Clint A. Darnall, '41geog, Marlow, was

'41eng, Tulsa; Pvt. Thomas M. Lewallen, '41eng,

was , assigned to a training unit at Cornell Uni-

on duty at Fort Barrancas, Florida.

Tuttle, and Andrew B. Riddle, Jr ., '42-'43, Ard-

verslty, Ithaca, New York .

Capt . James M. Gordon, '27med, former Ard-

more . Capt . Dean D. Dillon, '27bus, former

Aviation Cadet Clyde D. Martin, '40-'42,

more physician, was on the staff of a hospital at

teacher and coach at Alton, Kansas, was assigned

Healdton, was assigned to New York University

St. Petersburg, Florida .

to an Engineers regiment there.

in New York City for advanced training in me-

Lt. Maury A. West, Jr ., '42, Oklahoma City,

Lt. H. R. Segnar, Jr ., '41eng, Hope, Arkansas,

teorology.

was stationed at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida.

was on duty at Camp Polk, Louisiana.

At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, were Maj. Leo

Capt. Garner B. Fanning, '39, has been trans-

Lt. E. L. Killingsworth, '366us, Seminole, was

B. Burkett, '36ba, who recently returned from

ferred to Eglin Field, Florida.

assigned to a Service group at Barksdale Field, foreign duty and was assigned to the Field Ar-

Jack Stamper, '38-'39, former Oklahoma news-

Louisiana.

tillery Replacement Training Center ; Maj. D. O.

paperman, was attending the Army Air Force

Lt. Henry Dolezal, '331aw, was attached to a Bernier, '12, '25, Norman, with a Glider In-

Officer Candidate School at Miami Beach, Florida .

Field Artillery Replacement battalion at the New

fantry unit ; Lt. Jack G. Barker, '37-'40, Nor-

After receiving his commission in the Quarter-

Orleans Staging Area, New Orleans, Louisiana .

man, of the Paratroops, and his brother Lt. Nor-

master Corps at Camp Lee, Virginia, Lt . W. D.

Luther T. Wilder, '42-'43, Hammon, Okla-

man M. Barker, '40.

Clark, '41bus, Antlers, was assigned to the Air homa, was assigned to Louisiana State Univer-

Maj. Woodrow W. Page, '386a, was attached

Corps and stationed at Tyndall Field, Florida .

sity at Monroe with an Army Specialized Train-

to a Glider Field Artillery battalion at Camp

Assigned to Camp Gordon, Georgia, were Maj .

ing Unit.

Mackall, North Carolina . Also there were Capt .

Thomas V. Munson, '35bus, Capt. Glen Stinson,

Lt. Artie Marie Garrett, '33he, Lexington, Army

H. L. O'Bryan, '39geol, and Lt . Frank J . New-

'36pharm, Capt . Carl A. Reid, '40eng, Oklahoma

nurse, has been transferred to the General Hos-

kumet, '32-'37, with the Parachute Field Artil-

City, and Capt . Joseph McWherter, '39bus, all

pital at Camp Livingston, Louisiana .

lery, and Capt. Vernon L. Martin, '36-'42, Okla-

with the Field Artillery. Pfc. John Rector, '39-

Capt. W. Clark Hetherington, '42bus, Norman,

homa City .

'42, Fort Supply, was transferred to Camp Gor-

of the Tank Destroyer Corps, has been transferred

Capt. Frank A. Benesh, '36eng, Moore, was

don with an Armored division after completing

to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

on Army Air Force duty in Asheville, North Car-

Tennessee maneuvers.

Eugene P. Ledbetter, '421aw, Oklahoma City, olina.

Lt . M. Dean Bridges, '42bus, Bartlesville, has was attending the Adjutant General's Officer

Cpl. Roy E. Munson, '39ed, Lawton, was at-

been transferred to Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where

Candidate School at Fort Washington, Maryland .

tending Anti-aircraft School at Camp Davis,

he is attached to an Ordnance company.

Capt. William A. Rigg, '32ph.c, Fairview, was

North Carolina .

Lt . Harry N. Britten, Jr ., '37ba, was on duty

on duty with the Chemical Warfare Service at

Lt. L. H. Procter, '41eng, Oklahoma City, has

at Camp Stewart, Georgia.

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.

been transferred to Camp Butner, North Carolina,

Capt . Kenneth T. Wilson, '33-'36, Field Artil-

Sgt. John Caraway, '39241, Oklahoma City,

where he is with an Engineers regiment .

lery officer, has been transferred to Fort Benning,

was assigned to an Army Specialized Training

Lt. Carl W. Eley, '38-'39, member of an Ob-

Georgia.

Unit at the University of Maryland in College

servation squadron, has been transferred to Mor-

Maj . Edward F. Hubbard, '38bus, Frederick,

Park.

ris Field, Charlotte, North Carolina .

was stationed at the Pocatello Army Air Base in

Pfc. Bill C. Tucker, '43geol, Tulsa, was as-

Maj . Nosh P. Truss, Jr., '366us, Oklahoma

Idaho.

signed to the Army Specialized Training Unit at

City, was with the Air Force at Greensboro,

Assigned to the Army Specialized Training Unit

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to

North Carolina .

at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois,

take advanced civil engineering.

Aviation Cadet Ray J. Hassler, '43ba, Norman,

were Pvt. William L. McFarland, '41-'43, Roose-

Pvt. King D. Simon, '40-'43, and Pvt. Bill M.

was in training at Seymour Johnson Field, North

velt, Oklahoma, and Pvt. Jack F. Stitsworth, '41-

Parker, '40-'43, both of Oklahoma City, were

Carolina .

'42, Sand Springs.

assigned to West Point Preparatory School at

Cpl. Stephen L. Evins, '32-'40, Wilburton, was

Capt . Edwin R. Page, '38eng ., '40m .eng, Nor-

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts .

assigned to the Materiel Command at Wright

man, was assigned to the Elwood Ordnance Plant

Lt. Joe Redding, '39bus, Oklahoma City, was

Field, Dayton, Ohio .

at Joliet, Illinois, as an electrical engineer .

attending Supply Officers Training School at Bos-

Alumni recently transferred to Fort Sill were

Lt . (jg) James H. Cain, '42med, Tulsa, of the

ton, Massachusetts .

Capt. Bennie A. McElyea, '27ba, '36m .ed, former

Navy Medical Corps, was on duty at Great Lakes,

Lt. Charles P. Gotwals, Jr., '40law, Muskogee,

superintendent of schools at Hobart ; Capt . Chris-

Illinois.

was attending the judge Advocate General's

tian Sheedy, Jr ., '39eng, Capt . Jack L. Marshall,

Robert W. Lessert, '36, was in training with

School at Ann Arbor, Michigan . Robert L. Berry,

'40eng, and Lt . Ray O. Weems, Jr., '43bus, all

an Army Specialized Training Unit at Purdue

'31law, Oklahoma City, was assigned for officer

of Oklahoma City ; Capt . Earl Willhoite, '40m .ed,

University, Lafayette, Indiana.

candidate training in the same school .

Durant, and Lt. O. B. Wheeler, '42ba, Tulsa.

Lt . Jack F. Parsons, '30-'34, former Cherokee

Lt. Morris H. Russak, '39eng, Muskogee, has

Captain Sheedy and Captain Marshall were with

physician, is on the surgical staff of the Base

been transferred to Selfridge Field, Michigan, for

the same Field Artillery Observation battalion

Hospital at the Army Air Base, Liberal, Kansas . service with the Air Force.

during summer maneuvers.

Lieutenant Parsons holds a medical degree from

Maj . Rodney R. Burns, '33bs, Oklahoma City,

S. S. Thomason, '416us, Gainesville, Texas, was

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska .

Also

was with a Tank Destroyer group at Camp

attending Field Artillery Officer Candidate School

at the Liberal field were Pfc. Russell L. Balyeat,

Shelby, Mississippi . Maj . Silos Gassett, '39eng,

at Fort Sill .

'37239, Norman, member of the Air Force band,

was attached to a Field Artillery batttalion there.

Capt. Fred J. Perry, '36med, Tulsa, was sta-

and Lt . Paul R. Nagle, Jr ., '43, Spencer, Okla-

Aviation Cadet Darrell F. Casida, '38-'41, Ho-

tioned at Will Rogers Field, near Oklahoma City .

homa .

bart, was assigned to the Army Air Field at

Assigned there to a Medical detachment was Cpl.

Lt. C. E. Herring, '24ma, Oklahoma City, was

Greenwood, Mississippi, for basic flight training .

Felton R. Nease, '406a, Lawton .

stationed at the Army Air Field, Garden City,

Lt. Bird Gerald Conners, '37-'39, was attached

Capt. John B. Anderson, '40eng, Oklahoma

Kansas .

to a Field Artillery battalion at Camp Van Dorn,

City, was on duty at Tinker Field.

Also as-

Maj . Bob Hancock, '27, formerly of Portland,

Mississippi .

signed there was Lt . Earl E. Ridgway, '366a, of

Oregon, was assigned to Fort Leavenworth, Kan-

Pvt. Herbert L. Beck, '4lbus, Shawnee, was

the Quartermaster Corps.

sas, for training at the Command and General attending the Army Administration School at

Clifton Speegle, '41ed, former football coach

Staff School . Also there was Pvt. Bruce B. Har-

Mississippi Southern College at Hattiesburg.

at Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City,

low, '39ba, Oklahoma City.

Pvt. Robert B. Capps, '41-'43, Bowlegs, was was an aviation cadet in training at Oklahoma

Lt. Houston H. Bartley, '37-'40, Oklahoma assigned to the Army Specialized Training Unit City University .

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Sgt. William W. Gresham, '40ba, Norman, hasbeen transferred to the Air Force College Train-ing Detachment at Oklahoma A. and M. College,Stillwater .

Lt . Foster L. White, '40eng, Odessa, Texas,was assigned to the Enid Army Flying Schoolfor basic flight training . He transferred fromthe Corps of Engineers to the Air Force.

Maj . Ben Burdick, '406a, Stillwater, has re-turned to Camp Adair, Oregon, after completingan advanced Field Artillery training course atFort Sill .

Lt . Robert L. Krueger, '41, Oklahoma City,was assigned to the Army Air Base at Pendleton,Oregon, as a Chemical Warfare officer.

Pfc. Francis J. Fitzpatrick, '29-'33, Guthrie,was with a Reconnaissance squadron at the ArmyAir Base, Redwood, Oregon .

Lt. E. Wendell Donald, '42med, formerly ofDenver, Colorado, was on the staff of the StationHospital at Camp White, Oregon .

Lt. Thomas J . Huff, Jr ., '42med, who recentlycompleted his interneship at the City Hospitalin St . Louis, Missouri, was assigned to CarlisleBarracks, Pennsylvania, for training in the Med-ical Corps. Lt. Albert Kirkpatrick, '39fa, formerOklahoma City musician and music critic, wasthere with the Air Force.

Lt . Everett Dean Daniels, '39, Norman, hasbeen transferred to the Shenango Personnel Re-placement Depot at Transfer, Pennsylvania.

Pvt. David W. Gish, Jr., '37fa, has been as-signed to an Army Specialized Training Unit atLafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania .

Lt . H. A. Potter, '37-'38, was assigned to dutyat the Army Air Base, Columbia, South Carolina .

Lt . Orville L. Williams, '28-'31, Elk City, waswith the Field Artillery at Fort Jackson, SouthCarolina .

Lt . Joe H. Dawson, '38-'42, Meeker, has beenassigned to the Base Ordnance Office at the Con-garee Army Air Field at Congaree, South Caro-lina .

Pfc. Samuel Reese, '40ba, Oklahoma City, wasattached to an Air Base squadron at the MunicipalAirport, Memphis, Tennessee.Capt . E. O. McBride, '39eng, Mountain View,

was assigned as a battery commander with anArmored division on maneuvers near Carthage,Tennessee.A rare allergy case was under observation last

month at Camp Maxey, Texas, by Maj. HerveyA. Foerster, '27med, former Oklahoma City phy-sician. A private at Camp Maxey proved allergicto the rubber on his gas mask, breaking out in arash similar to poison ivy a few minutes after put-ting the mask on . Major Foerster, who was direct-ing a series of tests at the Camp Maxey StationHospital designed to control the allergy, said itwas the first case of its kind he has encounteredin his practice .

Lt. Almeda E. Doak, '42he, Blanco, Oklahoma,was on duty at the Station Hospital at CampMaxey, Texas, as an Army dietitian . Lt . RossPorter, '28-'30, was stationed there with theQuartermaster Corps.

Capt. A. G. C. Bierer, Jr ., '21ba, Tulsa, mem-ber of the judge Advocate General's Department,has been assigned to duty at Service Commandheadquarters in Dallas, Texas. Also at commandheadquarters was Staff Sgt. John D. Bradley, '38journ, '42law, Kingfisher .

Pfc. Henry C. Easterling, '42pharm, Norman,was assigned to the Army Specialized TrainingUnit at Baylor Dental College in Dallas, Texas.

Capt . Lancie C. Allen, '25ba, Ponca City, waswith the Field Artillery at Camp Barkeley, Texas.He was formerly an accountant with the Con-tinental Oil Company. J. W. Fees, '43pharm,Pond Creek, was assigned for officer candidatetraining at the Medical Replacement TrainingCenter there.

Lt. Finis E. Hendrick, '4leng, Tuskahoma,was assigned to the Basic Flying School at Good-fellow Field, Texas.

Lt. Joe A. Apple, '29ma, Durant, was a stu-dent instructor with the Air Force at Randolph

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Field, Texas. Lt . Logan E. Hysmith, '306a, Wil-burton, and Lt. Oscar Jacobi, '41eng, Sterling,Oklahoma, were also stationed there.

Capt . I . N. Taylor, '40eng, Oklahoma City,has been transferred to Tarrant Field, Fort Worth,Texas, for training with a student officer detach-ment. Also there were Maj . E. F. Hubbard, '38bus, and Lt. Robert B. McGlasson, '35-'36, Okla-homa City .L. K. Walker, '41-'42, Oklahoma City, was in

training as an aviation cadet at Ellington Field,Texas.

Capt. Joseph D. Gilmore, '38-'39, Norman,was assigned to a Field Artillery battalion atCamp Swift, Texas.

Aviation Cadet Hubert K. Chadwell, '42eng,Purcell, was in training with the Air Force inSan Antonio, Texas.

Lt . Paul C. Sowers, '42bus, Gage, has beentransferred to Camp Bowie, Texas, where he isattached to a Field Artillery Observation battalion.

Lt . Alvin F. Burch, '38-'43, Maud, was as-signed to the Field Artillery at Camp Howze,Texas.

Lt. Felix Simmons, Jr., '42bus, Oklahoma City,was assigned for advanced training at FosterField, Texas.

Lt. L. A. Campbell, '41eng, Corner Brook,Newfoundland, has been transferred to the ArmyFlying School at Big Spring, Texas.

Lt . Ina Barton Reynolds, '33nurse, Chickasha,of the Army Nurse Corps, was on duty at Wil-liam Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas.

Aviation Cadet Richard K. McIntyre, '40-'43,Kiefer, was in training at a Gunnery StudentSquadron at the Army Air Field, Laredo, Texas.

Lt . Quinn M. Dickason, '27law, was assignedto duty on the Rents and Claims Board at jasper,Texas.

Lt . Jesse S. Skaggs, '38, Oklahoma City, wasstationed at Laughlin Field, Del Rio, Texas.Maj. T. T. Beeler, Jr., '37med, of the Medical

Corps, was on duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.Capt . Jacob W. Zadik, '39geol, was assigned therewith the Field Artillery.

Lt . John K. Flowers, '37-'41, Norman, of theAir Force, has been transferred to Langley Field,Virginia .

Maj . Archie C. Graham, '37fa, Tahlequah, hasbeen transferred to the Army Air Base at Rich-mond, Virginia .

Pfc. Percy F. Blair, '41eng, Tulsa, was assignedto an Engineers regiment at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

George B. Turner, '35eng, Kilgore, Texas, wasan officer candidate in the Corps of EngineersSchool at Fort Belvoir, Virginia .

Capt. Elvin L. Buford, '4lmed, has been as-signed to a Medical battalion at Fort Lewis, Wash-ington . Lt. W. F. Collins, Jr., '40-'42, OklahomaCity, was assigned to a Field Artillery battalionthere.Lt . Marvin K. Redfearn, '38-'42, Duncan, was

on duty with the Air Force in Seattle, Washing-ton. Also there was Lt . J. D. Hoover, '28ed,'39m.ed.Sgt. John D. McElroy, '40-'42, Altus, is a stu-

dent in the Army Specialized Training Unit atWashington State College in Pullman, taking ad-vanced engineering.

Pvt. Edwin S. Haraway, Jr ., '41,Ada, was as-signed to an Army Specialized Training Unit atWest Virginia University in Morgantown .

Capt. T. W. Donnell, '31bus, has been trans-ferred to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, where he iswith the Field Artillery.

Capt. H. Barney Crawford, '32law, was as-signed to duty with the Army Air Force at TruaxField, Madison, Wisconsin. Pfc. Charles E. Lan-don, '42-'43, Oklahoma City, was attending RadioMechanic School there.

Lt . Lowell D. Gregory, '406a, and Lt . RaymondL. Ramsey, '39, both of Norman, were stationedat Billy Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

WACThelma M. Bills, '25ba, '27ed, Gotebo, first

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grapher, was assigned to the WAC detachmentat Fort Riley, Kansas . Miss Bills formerly taughtin Puerto Rico and was employed in the Ad-jutant General's office in Washington, D . C., be-fore taking WAC training at Fort Des Moines,Iowa .

Pfc. Hazel N. White, '31fa, Shawnee, was amember of the WAC detachment at Perrin Field,Texas.

Pfc. Dorris Riley, '39ed, was on duty with aWAC detachment at the Army Air Base, RapidCity, South Dakota .

Pvt. Mary F. Evins, '38, Wilburton, was with aWAC detachment at Fort Myer, Virginia .

NavyWinfield Crawford, '41-'42, Oklahoma City,

storekeeper second class in charge of recreationat Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia, appearedon a coast-to-coast radio program broadcast fromthe camp in September. Mr. Crawford also singsbefore Williamsburg clubs and church groups .

Lt . (jg) M. E. Hamilton, '41eng, Bartlesville,was attending a Navy Radar maintenance school .

Aviation Cadet W. G. (Dub) Lamb, '39-'43,Ardmore, was in flight training at Maxwell Field,Alabama.

Assigned for Navy duty at San Diego, Californ-ia, were Lt . (jg) William N. Greene, '41law,Huge, assistant to the admiral at the OperationalTraining Command office ; Lt . Benjamin F. Bragg,'40-'42, Cushing, at the Naval Air Station; Lt .(jg) Harlan K. Sowell, '43med, Oklahoma City,at the Navy Hospital ; Ensign John W. Lesch,'43eng, Oklahoma City, at the Fleet TorpedoSchool, and Edgar T. Keller, '20ba, Lexington,storekeeper first class at the Receiving Barracksin Balboa Park .

Ensign F. Jack Allen, '406a, Lawton, was onduty in Long Beach, California .

Lt. Edgar W. Brady, '40m .ed, former Okmul-gec school teacher, is director of athletics at theNaval Air Station at Moffett Field, California .

Aviation Cadet Cecil

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'42bs, Hobart,was on the honor roll for leadership and scholar-ship (luring his training at the Navy Pre-flightSchool at St. Mary's College, California . As-signed to the Pre-flight School there was EnsignEugene F. Corotto, '39ed, former O. U. footballstar.K . L. Kraettli, '36-'37, Norman, pharmacist's

mate second class, was transferred to the NavalHospital School at Corona, California .

Delmer Dilbeck, '39-'43, Noble, seaman see-end class, was in training at a radio school inBoulder, Colorado .

Lt. (jg) P. A. Campbell, '36eng, has beentransferred to the Army-Navy Engineer Schoolin Hartford, Connecticut.

Lt . (jg) Taft Nicholson, '39eng, was assignedas a radio engineer in the Bureau of Aeronautics,Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Lt. (jg)R. E. Morgenthaler, '39bus, was stationed in thedepartment's Bureau of Ordnance .

Ensign C. H. Atchison, '4lgeol, Afton, Okla-homa, was assigned to the Photo-InterpretationSchool at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D. C.H. A. Bizzell, '34-'36, Navy specialist second

class, was assigned to duty in the District of Co-lumbia .

James R. Conner, '416a, Wichita Falls, Texas,was assigned for Naval aviation cadet training atPensacola, Florida .

Lt . (jg) Virgil L. Smith, '42eng, Lawton, wasassigned to Miami, Florida, to await orders . Mrs.Smith (Irene Irby, '42ed) is with her parents inOklahoma City . Also assigned to Miami wasLt . Travis A. Hinson, '35ed .

Lt. W. P. Ragsdale, '276a, Navy gunnery in-structor, and Ensign Louis A. Brown, '41eng,Shawnee, were assigned to the Naval Air Stationat Jacksonville, Florida .

George E. Gibson, '346a, Grove, Oklahoma,was an apprentice seaman at the Naval TrainingStation, Great Lakes, Illinois .

Ensign George A. Kramer, '39ms, Tulsa, was

assigned to duty at the Naval Air Station, Ot-tumwa, Iowa .

Lt. J. Knox Byrum, '27law, Shawnee, was onduty at Naval District headquarters in New Or-leans, Louisiana. Also assigned there were Lt .Jay Smith, '36-'37, Oklahoma City, Navy publicrelations officer, and Gene I) . "Thomas, '32ph.c,Adair, pharmacist's mate first class .

Lt. (jg) Everett E. Cotter, '36law, OklahomaCity, was assigned to Navy duty in Portland,Maine.

Lt. (jg) Carl S. Woodward, '3lms, former as-sistant professor of physics at Central State Col-lege, Edmond, is on the electrical engineeringfaculty of the United States Naval Academy atAnnapolis, Maryland .

Lt . William B . Downing, '36bus, OklahomaCity, who recently returned from more than ayear's service at Pearl Harbor, was assigned toa Naval Air Station in Maryland .

Assigned for Navy training and duty at Har-vard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, wereEnsign Joe H. Sterling, '426a, Seminole, andEnsign Robert D. Blinn, '426a, Oklahoma City,both in Supply School ; Ensign Winford A. David-son, '35ba, Frederick, in communications training ;Ensign lack H. Moskowitz, '43bus, Tulsa ; En-sign Willis G. Short, '43ba, Durant, and EnsignWallace E. Eater, '43eng, Nashville, Illinois . Lt .C. E. Earnheart, Jr ., '28law, former OklahomaCity attorney, was transferred for duty in SouthBoston, Massachusetts .

Ensign Paul E. Browne, '43eng, Chickasha, isin officer training at the University of Minnesotain Minneapolis.

Lt. (ig) Neale Boyd, '29-'31, Oklahoma City,was stationed at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island,New York .W. S. Cox, '37-'40, Bowlegs, and Prod Miller,

'43eng, Enid, were in training at the Naval Re-serve Midshipmen's Training School in NewYork City .

Bill O. Smythe, '386a, Oklahoma City, chiefspecialist, was assigned to the Navy unit at theUniversity as physical training instructor .W. Earl Staggs, '21-'23, Norman, petty officer

first class, has been transferred to the area re-cruiting office in Tulsa.

Lt (jg) Allen Timmons, '42m.ed, Muskogee,was stationed in the statistical section of the in-dustrial department at the Philadelphia NavyYard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Also assignedthere was Ensign Roy S. Randerson, '41bus, Okla-homa City, a disbursing officer .Munger W. Ervin, '3lbus, Oklahoma City, was

a storekeeper first class on duty at Camp Endicott,Davisville, Rhode Island . Also there was WayneD. McKowen, '34bus, carpenter's mate first classin the Seabees.

Lt . Charles B. Evans, '23ba, '35m .ed, formerprincipal of Roosevelt Junior High School inOklahoma City, is commanding officer of a NavalCollege Training detachment at Vanderbilt Uni-versity in Nashville, Tennessee . Lieutenant Evans

Miss Nichols Re-electedMildred Nichols, arts and sciences

senior from Oklahoma City, has been re-elected editor of the Oklahoma Daily, stu-dent newspaper, to serve during the eight-weeks autumn session which began earlyin September.

Miss Nichols and Joy Shockley, Roose-velt, managing editor of the Daily, re-cently attended a press conference in theoffice of Gov . Robert S. Kerr, '16, andlater visited informally with the governor .Other editors of campus publications,

also co-eds, are Betty German, Porter,Oklahoma, Sooner Yearbook, and CindyCook, Eldorado, Oklahoma, the CoveredWagon, humor magazine .

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has a doctor's degree from Stanford Universityin California .

William L. Jones, '40-'43, Okemah, radio tech-nician third class, was on duty at the Naval AirTechnical Training Center at Corpus Christi, Tex-as .

Lloyd F. Childers, '40, Oklahoma City, Navalaviation cadet, was assigned for primary flighttraining at Pasco, Washington .Ensign H . Haden Jordan, '39fa, has been trans-

ferred to duty in Seattle, Washington, at theNavy Aviation Field Gunnery School .

WAVESEleanor I . Kyle, '35fa, Oklahoma City, and

Katherine I: . DcPuy, '27ba, Tulsa, have beenassigned for officer training at the Naval Re-serve Midshipmen's School, Northampton, Mas-sachusetts . Miss Kyle was formerly a yeomanthird class on duty at the Jacksonville, Florida,Naval Air Station . Miss DcPuy was a seamansecond class at the Navy base at Memphis, Ten-nessee .

Harriet Elizabeth Hicks, 36journ, OklahomaCity, has entered training with the WAVES atthe Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at North-ampton, Massachusetts . She was formerly withthe Department of Public Dellfare at Clinton.Also in school there was Lucille Turner, '37fa,Britton .

Clair Miner, '296a, Tulsa, yeoman third class,was assigned to duty in the Office of the ViceChief of Naval Operations in Washington, D. C.Also there was Narcissa Bond Emanuel, '27ba,Riverside, California, on duty in the Bureau ofAeronautics, Navy Department.

Betty Urscy, '42-'43, Guymon, a seaman firstclass in the WAVES, was assigned to the NavalAir Station at Anacostia, D. C.

Ensign Margaret (Peggy) Rennie, '41ed, PaulsValley, was on duty with the Navy Supply Corpsat Radelifle College, Cambridge, Massachusetts .

MarinesMaj . John L. Smith, '36bus, Marine ace from

Lexington, attended a conference of leading Army,Navy and Marine fliers in Texas in August . Themeeting sponsored by the Army Air Force Train-ing Command, brought together experts from allthree aerial services to exchange opinions, ex-periences and advice. An account in Time Mag-azine, headlined "Killers' Convention," calledthose attending the conference "the cleans andprofessors of the science of aerial warfare. Theirprofession : killing Japs and Nazis on the wing.Their special field : the high and delicate art offixed gunnery, practiced in fighter planes whilemoving several hundred miles an hour.' Timelisted Major Smith as one of the "famed hotpilots of hot ships" attending the meeting. MajorSmith flew to Texas from his South Carolinabase in a Corsair .

Capt. Raymond O. Sommers, '406s, OklahomaCity, was on duty at Marine Corps headquartersin Washington, D. C. Lt . Ray Mullen, '43ed,Seminole, recently commissioned in the MarineCorps at Quantico, Virginia, was assigned forduty in the Navy Yard at Washington, I) . C.

Pfc. Robert M. Hurd, Jr ., '42, Shawnee, of theMarine Corps, was in training at a Naval Com-munication School at Camp Pendleton, Ocean-side, California .

Harry Scoufos, '43pharm, Okemah, was sta-tioned at Parris Island, South Carolina, with theMarine Corps.

Lt. Roy O. Loftis, '42bus, Holdenville, was as-signed to the Marine Base at Camp Kearney,San Diego, California. In training there wasPvt. William H. Blue, '30-'31 .

Coast GuardEdward M. Woody, '38-'42, Elk City, seaman

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was on duty at a Coast Guard Radio Station .

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