Rayen School - Rayen Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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Private Louis Fried, '42, lost his life in combat November 18, 1944, in France. He entered service Iuly, 1943, and received his basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, after which he studied engineering at Iowa State College under the Army Specialized Training Program. When the program was discontinued he was sent to Camp Leonard Wood, Missouri, for infantry training and went overseas in September. Pfc. Lawrence Galardi, '39, was killed in action November 24, 1943, at Makin Island. Private Galardi was inducted November 22, 1941. He left the United States March 21, 1942, going to the Hawaiian Islands as a member of an infantry unit. Private Lee Harold Garson, '37 was killed Ianuary 3, 1940, when an oil truck, in which he was riding, overturned and caught fire. He was stationed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, at the time of the accident. He was the first casualty from the Rayen Group. Seaman First Class Michael Vincent Gismondi, '43, who was reported missing in action aboard the USS Indianapolis sunk off Leyte Iuly 30, 1945, has been declared dead. Seaman Gismondi had been in the Navy since July, 1943. He went on active duty in October, 1943. He had participated in a number of the Pacific invasions. First Lieut. Raymond V. Gombossy, '38, navigator on a B-24 Liberator operating with the Fifteenth Air Force from a base in Italy, was reported missing in action on April 13, 1944, over Hungary. This report' was later changed to killed in action. He joined the air corps December 8, 1941, and took his flight training at Kelly Field, Texas. He was commissioned a Second Lieut. at Kelly Field in May, 1942 and was promoted to First Lieut. March 19, 1943. Pfc. William E. Gribben, '40, was killed in action with the United States Marines in the South Pacific in September, 1944. He had been overseas since March, 1943, and is believed to have seen service in the battle of Tarawa, Saipan, and possibly others. He enlisted in the Marines and was trained at Parris Island, South Carolina. Private William Francis Higgins, '41, died in Iuly, 1943, of injuries received in a dynamite explosion at North Camp Hood, Texas. He had been in the army only since the beginning of Iuly. Staff Sgt. Clifford C. Hurst, Ir., '38, died November 13, 1943, in England. Sgt. Hurst, an aerial gunner who entered the army in March, 1942, had completed 23 missions over enemy territory. Private George Iorella, '43, was first reported missing in action on December 21, 1944, and the report was later changed to killed in action. He enlisted in the army in February, 1944, and went overseas in August. He was an infantryman. Dedication Biographies -if Page Nine 1111-

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F First Sgt. Robert G. Auld, '42, died in lndia lanuary 10, 1946, as a result of a skull fracture. He entered military service May 5, 1943, and went overseas Iune 25, 1945, serving in Calcutta and Karachi, India. During the last few months he assisted in evacuating servicemen to the United States. He is the last casualty. Lt. tj.g.l Charles Bare, '45, was killed in a plane crash off Hawaii on February 1, 1945. He joined the Navy on April 7, 1943, and received his training in Hollywood, Florida, before leaving the country. He was an in- structor in navigation, as a trainer, and was active in flying in the Pacific. Lt. lames Barnes, '34, died of battle wounds on Ianuary 26, 1945. He was an infantryman fighting with General George S. Patton's Third Army and was slightly wounded January 24 in the Belgian Bulge. He attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was graduated as a second lieutenant before he was sent overseas August 30, 1944. Donald P. Barrett, '40, Seaman First Class died in 1943 in a Iapanese prison camp after having been taken prisoner in the Manila Bay Area when it was captured. Captain Robert E. Baugh, '35, died Ianuary 14, 1943, of injuries sustained in an airplane crash in North Africa. Captain Baugh was commanding officer of an air force observation squadron which served in England until the African invasion began, and then was shifted to the new battle theater. He had been in the air corps about three years, receiving his commission after training at Kelly Field, Texas. Sgt. Ioseph 1. Conde, '34, who was missing on a bombing mission De- cember 4, l942, has been declared dead. Sgt. Conde enlisted in the service lanuary 8, 1941, and went overseas in the fall of 1942. He was a crew member of the B-17 bomber that failed to return from a mission over New Guinea. Sf Sgt. Louis lohn Dornstetter, '34, was killed in action November 8, 1944, in France. He had been overseas less than six Weeks when he was killed. He entered military service in August, 1942, and received his training at Camp Swift, Texas, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas. After his training he went on maneuvers in Louisiana, and then to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, after which he went on desert maneuvers in California. He Went overseas from lndiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Second Lieut. Richard 1. English, '41, was killed in a plane crash in Iuly, 1943, at Titusville, Florida. He enlisted in the army air forces in April, 1942, and was sent to Santa Ana, California, in luly, 1942, for primary training, and was later transferred to Phoenix, Arizona, Pecos Field, Texas, then to Chandler Field, Arizona, where he was graduated and received his commission in March, 1943. From there he went to Orlando, Florida, and Kissimme, Florida, where he was stationed at the time of the accident. Sgt. Hyman Fine, '44, wounded in the right arm and chest December 1, 1944, in Holland, died of wounds Ianuary 15, 1945, in an English hospital. Sgt. Fine enlisted in February, 1943. He trained at Camp Adair, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, before going overseas in December, 1943. Dedication Biographies -'Cf Page Eight 131-

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TX4 Marvin I. Katz, '43, was killed in Belgium, Ianuary 4, 1944. He was inducted in May, 1943, and went overseas in September, 1944. He was a radio technician in a field artillery unit. He trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Camps Bowie, and Masey, Texas. Sgt. William Thomas Kennedy, '36, was killed August 18, 1944, on his 38th mission while returning to his base in Sicily. He was with the 15th Air Force. Cpl. Matthew Kunovic, '40, died of a wound in the head at Le Havre, France, April 25, 1945. Pvt. Robert W. Landis, '38, was killed in a cross fire of Iapanese machine guns in the North Burma Iungles, February 25, 1944. He was the first American combat infantryman to die in battle on the Burma front. Pfc. Ralph Lazazzera, '37, was killed in action Iuly 28, 1943, in the Southwest Pacific. He was drafted May 19, 1942, and served in the infantry with the 43rd Division. He trained at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and Fort Ord, California, and went overseas in October, 1942. Sgt. William H. Lowery, '30, radio operator and aerial gunner on a bomber, was killed in action on April 24, 1944. He entered the service in 1943 and trained at Seymour-lohnson, Washington: Moses Lake Field, North Carolina: and Hunter Field, Florida, before going overseas in March. Second Lt. Mario A. Mastrangeli, '43, was killed in a plane crash at Punela Gorda, Florida. Pfc. Patrick lohn Monroe, '32, was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific area Iuly 16, 1943. He joined the armed forces in May, 1942, and was sent overseas several months later. TfSgt. Robert I. Morrison, '42, a radio operator on a B-17 bomber, was killed near Magdeburg, Germany, while on a mission over Berlin. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in November, 1942, and trained at Kingman, Arizona: Kearney, Nebraska: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Ardmore, Oklahoma. Staff. Sgt. Robert A. McFadden, '41, was killed in action over Germany December 19, 1943. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps October 29, 1942, and received training at Lowry Field, Coloradop Kingman, Arizona, and Pocatello, Idaho. He went overseas Iuly 6, 1943. Pfc. William I. McGuire, '42, died of serious wounds received while fighting in Holland on September 20, 1944. He entered service March 1, 1943, and trained at Camp Rucker, Alabama: Fort Benning, Georgia: Camp Mackall, North Carolina, and Fort Meade, Maryland. Pvt. Kenneth Novy, '42, was killed in action in France on Iuly 12, 1944. He entered the service on October 25, 1943, and trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. He was sent overseas in March, 1944, and was in Ireland before participating in the Invasion of Europe. Corp. T!5 Stephen F. Olenik, '40, lost his life in action December 1, 1944, in Holland. He was serving in the laundry division of the quarterrnaster corps. He entered the army February 8, 1943, and left for overseas after training at Vancouver, Washington, and Camp Adair, Oregon. Dedication Biographies -riff Page Ten fit'-