Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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, We Welcome me Veterans Donald Hager, Iohn Striebich, and Robert Rebadow discuss English IV with Miss Flierl During the year, 28 veterans returned to Kensington High School. They wisely took advantage of the opportunities for further education offered them in the G. I. bill of rights program. To complete their high school education, these men adopted strenu- ous schedules so that they might be better equipped to seek employment or to continue their education. We at Kensington were glad to Welcome them back to our corridors. Their determ- ination to continue where they left off shows the true Kensingtonian spirit. We look to them as fine examples of American man- hood and wish them success in their future endeavors. Serwbemen WM Diplomas Called to the service of their country, many Kensingtonians had to leave school before completing their high school courses. Realizing the ever increasing importance of a good education, they contacted their school for information on continuing their studies, enlisted the aid of the U. S. A. F. I. and, in various Ways, under extraordinarily difficult circumstances, many succeeded in securing their diplomas. During the year, diplomas were granted to the following service men and were awarded on Iune 24, 1946: Benjamin Iessie Carter .............. ............ G eneral Raymond Iohn Cambell ........... ............ G eneral Ronald Carter Dannecker ........................... General lack Funk ................................................... Social Science Robert William Graeff .................................... General Robert H oebel .......................,.. Charles Irving Hughes ............... .............General .............General Peter Alexander Iohnston ............. ............... S cience Theodore Frederick Klein ........... ............. G eneral Richard B. Manke ........................ ...............Science Thaddeus Stanley Mars ............ ............. G eneral Robert Alfred Riter .............. Ernest H. Schwippert ............... Robert James Shatzel ............. Edmund loseph Shine ............ Harry R. Smith ..................... Iames Harry Stobie ............. Arthur E. Sullivan ........... William I. Traberth .............. ..................General Engineering ...................General .............General ..............Science ..............Science .............General

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Blbgrapfuks CHESTER I. GRAI EK General State Teachers College: Advertising Arts U. S. Navy laviation repairl: 3Vz years in service: overseas 1 year in Marianas Islands tGuamJ: received good conduct medal: Avi- ation metalsmith l fc. ROBERT FORTIER Post Graduate from Burgard U. S. Navy: 6 months in service: Seaman 2fc. DONALD I. HAGER College Science Army Signal Corps: 2 years 8 months in service: basic training at Atlantic City: Radio school at Fort Monmouth, New lersey: over- seas, 2 months in Africa, rest of time in China, Burma, India Theater with 559th Sig- nal Air Warning Battalion: received E.'.T.O. ribbon, C.B.I. ribbon with 2 battle stars, good conduct medal. NORMAN R. HAKES General University of Buffalo: Business Administration U. S. Army Field Artillery: 5 years in service: overseas 38 months: Theater of operations in Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, West- ern Pacific: partook in Invasions of Gilberts, Marshalls and Marahanas Islands. lOHN W. LOCK General U. S. Army Air Corps: 1 year 10 months in service: Basic training at Keesler Field, Mis- sissippi: C.T.D. at Mississippi State College: O.L.T. at Goodfellow Field, Texas: Pre-F light training at San Antonio, Aviation Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas: O.L.T. at Brooks Field, Texas: M.I. of B-29 Engineer School, Amarillo Field, Texas. l OHN MCHUGH Post Graduate U. S. Army Air Corps: 2 years 7 months in service: overseas in Ardennes, Northern France, Po Valley, Rhineland, Rome Arno, Southern France, Air Combat: received air medal with three clusters, Distinguished Unit Citation, African Middle-eastern service medal, Good Conduct Medal, American de- fense and victory medal: Staff-Sergeant aer- ial gunner. l OSEPH MINKEN General U. S. Army Air Corps: 3Vz years in service: overseas in African and Sicilian Campaigns: received Purple Heart, Air Medal with 4 clusters. THOMAS W. N ICKOLS Science Band, 4: Orchestra, 4: Aviation U. S. Marine Corps: 4 years 1 month in serv- ice: Consolidation of Guadalcanal 1942-1943: New Georgia Operations l943: boot training at Parris Island, South Carolina: duty in Virginia, Florida, California, Illinois, North Carolina: Technical Sergeant. Robert Fortier and Iohn McHugh