East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Showing some tactics are the first and second units of the ROTC drill team These are a few of the many drills they use in demonstrations. Drill Team Presents Exhibitions During Year Among the many activities of the East R.O.T.C. drill team are demonstrations which are exhibited for various groups of young people, This year, the drill team presented programs for two units of Boy Scouts during March, for the Cub Scouts of Ashley school and a Boy Scout troop at Park Hill school. The R.O.T.C. drill team is- composed of two units. This year the first team consisted of eight boys and was lead by Lt, Col. Ted Maynard, This was the group which partici- pated in demonstrations, Under the leader- ship of Capt. Donald Hill, the second team members were ready to substitute in case someone was absent from the first team, . At the first of the year, after the first and second teams were chosen, the members started to learn the routines. lt was not until the second semester that they gave demon- strations. On May 3 the East unit of R.O.T.C. corn- peted with units from other high schools to determine the best squad, platoon and drill team. The individual who was outstanding in appearance, drilling and other tests, was also chosen from all the R.O.T.C. units participat- ing. One of the main characteristics of the East R.O.T.C. drill team is that there is a high degree of training behind the drills, ln other high schools, the commands are given by the team commander, thus eliminating much of the practicing, At East, 'team members memo- rize the turns and stops so that they are able to execute the drills with perfect timing and without the direction ofthe commander. S

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COMPANY E, PLATOON 1. Foreground: John Betts, Ralph Haider, platoon leader, Henry Kirchgestner, company exec. Front row, left to right: George Bush, Nick Brooks, Barry L, Kramer, Barry Bern, Al Turner, Paul Wasserstein. Second row: Bill Norper, Dick Allen, Fred Krannig, Jim Pederson, Dove Esmail, Richard Seyfarth, Murray Maclxleill. COMPANY E, PLATOON 2. Foreground: Arthur Kent, Donald Hill, company com- ffwndef: Terry Lahn, Front row, left to right: Bob Seikel, Gary Fancher, Larry Van Pelt, Mike Hogan, Tom Bowman, l-UVVY Brooks, Kenny Aylor. Second row: Bill Dickerson, John Counts, Louie Mitsis, Hugh Stapp, Gary Short. COMPANY F, PLATOON l. Foreground: Taylor Franklin, platoon leader. Front row, left to right: Bill Conz, Charles Reicher- seder, Terry Hernandez, Dick Crippin, Don Barnett, Jim Harding, Bob Argenzia, Jerry Lunn, Second row: Harley Marshall, Bill Rodgers, Steve Thruston, John Goldharnmer, Jim Taber, Dave Olson, Howard F, Crocker, Roger Rodine. COMPANY F, PLATOON 2. Foreground: Tom Davis, platoon leader. Front row, left to right: Bernie Hynes, Wilson Fisher, Orville Springs, Alan Holzapfel, Stanley Ferguson, Jack Taniguchi, Ted Liebann, Bill Schmutzler, Bill Davis. Second row: Jim Crowley, Dick Gaskill, Art Dachman, Herbert Krug, Phil Drake, Stacey Laux, Myron Gruner, Robert Shurtleff, Tom Riggs. 44