Washburn High School - Wahian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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J. eoizuow rousom Jeizome H. Fowwns WESLEY s. FRANZTN DONALD 5, QARNTSS -K J. GORDON FOLSOM, Class oi I939, was a Corporal in The Marine Corps. He ToughT in The Pacific where he received The MeriT of Honor Award. He was killed March 3, l945, by a Japanese sniper on lwo Jima in performance of a special Task Tor wnich he volunTeered. K JEROME H. FON- TAINE, Class of I937, was a FirsT LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps. He was a leader of The 388Th heavy bombardmenT group of The EighTh Air Force over Europe and received Two Air Medals, The Purple HearT, The PresidenTial CiTaTion, and a corriniendaTion Trom General Arnold Tor coolness and bravery in acfion. He was killed over France on his way To Liege on May 25, T944. -K WESLEY FRANZIN, Class of June, I943, was a PrivaTe in The Army. He 'iougrT on The Rhine in Germnay, where he received The Pres7denTial CiTaTion and The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on December 2, I944. 4X DONALD S. GARNISS, Class oT l939, was a FirsT LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps, He Tougnt in lTaly where he was awarded The Air Medal and The Purple HearT. He was reporTed missing in acTion on May 25, I944, and was declared dead on May 25, I945. sk JACK W. GLOVER, Class of l938, was a LieuTenanT in The Marine Air Corps. He ToughT in The SouTh PaciTic where he was reporTed missing in acTion on May l8, I944. He was declared dead on May I9, l945. K JOHN D. GREATHOUSE, Class oT January, l933, was a LieuTenanT li.g.l in The Medical Corps. He served in The Pacific where ne received The Pwple l-learT. He has been rcissing in acTion off 'FTE U.S,S, Neosno since The Coral Sea BaTTle on May 8, l942, and has since been declared dead. 4 DONALD L. GROSS, Class oi June, l942, was an Ensign in The Navy Air Corps. He ToughT in vhe SouTh Pacific TheaTer where ne received The Air Medal and The PresidenTial ciTaTion. He was reporTed missing in acTion on July l, l945, on a mission over French-lndo China, and has since been declared dead. 1X WILLIAM C. HAAS, Class of January, l'?35, was a LieuTenanT li.q.l in The Navy Air Corps. He was sTaTioned aT Corpus ChrisTi, Texas, and Then aT Pasco, WashingTon, where he was killed in a crash on a rouTine TlighT on April Zl, l943. K ARTHUR J. HALENKAMP, Class oT June, l942, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Marine Air Corps. He ToughT on OKiU5W5 where he was killed in acTion on December l5, 1945. -K CURTISS R. HAYES, Class oT June, l942, was a FlighT OT?icer in The Army Air Corps. He was sTaTioneo aT Shipyard Field, Texasg C.T.C.U. of Nevada, aT Reno, SanTa Ana, Army Air Base, California, Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona: Pecos Field, Texas, Yuma, Arizonag Lincoln, Nebraskaj and MounTain Horne, ldaho, where he was killed in a crash landing on March 6, l945. He was awarded The CiTaTion of Honor poslhumously by General Arnold. sk ROLFE H. HEPBURN, Class of June, l937, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Marine Corps. He ToughT in lceland, The Marshall lslands, and The Marianas Islands. He was awarded The Experl Riflemanls Medal, The ExperT BayoneT Medal, The Purple HearT, The PresidenTial CiTaTion, and The Silver STar. He was killed in acTion on Saipan on June ll, T944. i DONALD G. HILL, Class oi January, l940, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class, in The Arrnv. He TougrT in Numea, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Okinawa. He was killed in acTion on Okinawa by a Japanese sniper on April 28, l945. JACK W. G-LOVER JOHN D. GREATHOUSE DONALD L. GROSS WlLLlAM C. HAAS v- m ARTHUR J. HALENKAMP CURTTSS R. HAYES ROLFE H. HEPBURN DONALD 9- HTL!- .. X5

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we-A-an may WILLIAM CRAWHALL WILLIS K. DAGGETT ROBERT M. DALBY ROBERT D- DARNALL X WILLIAM CRAWHALL, Class of I933, was a STaTf SergeanT in The Army. He received Commando Training in ScoTland and Ireland and foughT in Africa where he was awarded The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on December 7, l942. K WILLIS K. DAGGETT, Class of I936, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in The Marine Corps. He ToughT in The Pacific TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on Hill Number Three Hundred SixTy-Two on The Island of Iwo Jirna on February 28, l945. K ROBERT M. DALBY, Class of January, I94O, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps. He ToughT in The European TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion over Germany on May I3, I944. 1k ROBERT D. DARNALL, Class oT June, l942, was a Second LieuTenanT in The TwenTieTh Air Force oT The Army Air Corps. He was sTaTioned on Tinian Island in The Marianas. He was killed on AugusT 8, l945, when his B-29 crashed immediaTely aTTer Taking off on The TwenTy-Third mission over Japan. 1 VERNON L. DELIN, Class oT January, I934, was a STaf'f SergeanT in The Army. Previous To ThaT he was a member of The MinnesoTa NaTional Guard. He ToughT in NorTh ATrica, Tunisia and lTaly, and received The Purple HearT, posThumously. He was killed in acTion aT Salerno, lTaly, on SepTernber I3, l943. 4K BURTON J. DUNTLEY, Class OT January, l94O, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps. He TOughT in The European TheaTer in England where he was killed in acTion on January 7, I944. -K FREDERIC H. DUNTLEY, Class OT June, I934, who was BurTon's broTher, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in Tne Army. He ToughT on The Philippine Islands and on The Island of New Guinea in The SouThwesT Pacific, where he received The Purple He-arT. He was killed in acTion on Luzon Island, February 5, l9'45. sk ROBERT H. EATON, Class OT January, I94l, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps Communicahons. He ToughT on The Philippine Islands where he conTracTed poliomyeliTis and died aT The UniTed STaTes FourTh General HospiTal in Manila on December I, l945. sk RAY J. ERICKSEN, Class of January, l935, was a LieuTenanT Colonel in The Army. He ToughT in Africa and lTaly where he received The Purple HearT wiTh a clusTer, The Silver STar, and The DisTinguished Service Cross. He was also given Two baTTle Tield promoTions. He was killed on The Anzio Beach head on June 3, I944. 41 EDWARD A. EVERETT, Class of I939, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in The Army. He ToughT in lTaly and in The SouTh France Invasion where he received The PresidenTial CiTaTion and The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion aT BelforT Gap, France, on OcTober 2, I944. X DONALD F. EYRE, Class OT l938, was a Second LieuTenanT in The TwelTTh Division OT The Second Army. He ToughT in France where he was killed in acTion. 1K DAVID E. FOLTZ, Class OT June, l94l, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in The Army. He foughT in The European TheaTer in France and Germany, where he received The ExperT SharpshooTer's Medal and The Purple HearT. He was killed during his TirsT engagemenT while making a drive wiTh The BriTish and Canadian Forces on The norThern end OT The Siegfried Line in Germany, when he was The TirsT one To reach The designaTed cbiecfive. He is buried in The UniTed STaTes lvTiliTary CerneTery aT MarqraTen, Holland. VERNON L. DELIN BURTON J. DUNTLEY FREDERIC H. DUNTLEY , ROBERT H. EATON if . E1 . ff' . ,., ... is Tai A ,f -rews.. RAY J. ERIOKSEN EDWARD A. EVERETT DONALD P. EYRE DAVID E- FOLTZ M. .ZR MW' M. P 3 X57 Wz I

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MADALON LOUISE HOL WILLIAM S. HOLM CHESTER E. HUDSON RAE K' JOHNSON X MADALON L. HOL, Class of January, l94l, was a PrivaTe in The U.S. Women's Marine Corps. She passed away on June IO, IQ43, before being assigned To a Training cenTer. 1 WILLIAM S. HOLM, Class of January, I936, was a FirsT LieuTenanT in The U. S. Air Corps. He was sTaTioned aT Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Then aT Akron, Ohio, where he was killed on OcTober 3, I942. K CHESTER E. HUDSON, Class oT June, l929, was a M,A.M. 3, C in The U. S. Navy. He foughT in The Pacific TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on board The U.S.S. Douglas H. Fox on May I7, INS. He is buried on The Island of Zamani, Okinawa GunTo. ak RAE K. JOHNSON, Class of l93B, was an A.M.M. ZXC in The UniTed STaTes Navy. He wenT To French Morocco, Africa, To compleTe his gunnery Training. There he was killed in a Training crash in July, I944. 'K C. WILLARD JOHNSON, Class of January, I937, was a LieuTenanT in The U. S. Army Air Corps. He was a navigaTor on a B24 LiberaTor Bomber and served in The PaciTic TheaTer. He was losT over The Pacific Ocean on a TligT.T en rouTe To The Island of Hawaii on Ocfober 27, l94Z. sk WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, Class oi June, l938, was a Firsf LieuTenanT in The U. S. Army Air Corps. He foughT in The European TheaTer where he was awarded The Purple HearT, The Disfinguished Service Cross, The Air Medal wiTh Three Oak Leaf ClusTers, and The Presidenfial CiTaTion wiTh an Oak Leaf Clusfer. He was killed in acTion over Europe on April l3, I944. 'X MILO J. JONES, Class oT June, l94l, was an Ensign in The U. S. Navy Air Corps. I-Ie was sTaTioned in SouThern England while bombing The Bay of Biscay. He was killed in a crash aT Casablanca, French Morocco, on January I4, l945, en rouTe home Tor rehabiliTaTion leave and reassignrnenT. 1 PAUL C. JOYSLIN, Class of I937, was a CapTain in The U. S. Air TransporT Command. He ToughT in The European TheaTer where he received The Air Medal wiTh Two Oak Leaf ClusTers, and The PresidenTial CiTaTion. He was killed in acTion over Bresf, Holland, on SepTernber 19, I944. K RICHARD S. KARLSON, Class of January, l94l, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in The U. S. Marine Corps. He received his Training aT The U. S. Marine Training CenTer aT San Diego, California. He foughT aT Tarawa and Then on The Island of Saipan where he was wounded in acTion and received The Purple HearT. LaTer he died as a resulf of The wounds, and he was buried aT sea. -K HAROLD G. KIMPEL, Class oi June, l9'35, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Army. He served in The European Theafer in boTh England and France wiTh The 4Th Armored Division. He received The Purple HearT and The Bronze Sfar. He was killed in acfion in Europe. sk A. REED KING, Class of I937, was a CadeT in The U. S. Army Air Corps. He received his Training aT ATlanTic CiTy, Syracuse UniversiTy, San Anfonio Aviafion CadeT Cenfer, and Corsicana CadeT School. He was killed on a Training Tlighf on OcTober I9, I943. 'K CHARLES M. KUNZ, Class of l938, was a LieuTenanT in The Marine Air Corps. He received Training aT Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, MinnesoTa3 The Basic Training Naval Air STaTion, Corpus Chrisfi, Texas, and The American Air Lines School, Meacham Field, ForT NorTh, Texas. He was assigned To acTive duTy aT Cherry PoinT, NorTh Carolina, where he was killed on Augusf Zl, l943. S U C. WILLARD JOHNSON WILLIAM H. JOHNSON MILO J. JONE PA I.. C. JOYSLIN RICHARD S. KARLSON HAROLD 6. KIMPEL A, REED KING CHARLES M, KUNZ f I 'M is-TT: gigifaiga i