Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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W E, the members of the Class of 1 942, dedicate this fifty-eighth edition of the V. M. I. BoMB to the man who has done more to further our common interest and encourage us toward a finer life than any other person. His brilliance in the classroom has strengthened our academic achievement; his practical judgment has steadied our faltermg steps; and his never faihng cheerful- ness, humor, and vivacity have never ceased to charm us. If ever we attain those standards of loyalty, devotion to profession, and generosity that we have seen exemplified by him in our daily progress through our cadetship, we indeed shall have lived. Our appreciation for the rare privilege of having served under him is heartfelt and

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COLONEL ROBERT A. MARR. JR.

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IN MEMORIAM A: , S the Class of 1942 goes forth to do its its part in the war in which we have become engaged, it pauses briefly to pay tribute to those graduates of the V. M. I. who have already laid down their lives in the service of their country in the present struggle. April 29, 1941— WOOD ALL, J. A., ' 29. An airplane ferry pilot in the Canadian Service, he was drowned when the British liner Nerissa was sunk off the Irish coast by a German battle- ship, submarine, and air attack. May 7, 1941— YOUNG, E. M., JR., ' 33. A captain in the 1 1 1 th Field Artillery, he died of pneumonia at Fort Meade, Maryland. January 23, 1942- HANDY, G. B. J., ' 40. A first lieutenant in the Field Artillery attached with the Philippine Scouts, he was killed in action at an unknown place on the island of Luzon. April 3, 1942— DARDEN, A. C, JR., ' 37. A first lieutenant in the Air Corps, he was killed in an airplane accident near Columbia, S. C.