West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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1 A 'V Iohn Floberg ' I Battalion Commander 4 ft i J f' 1 .51- R X uf- ,--v . T31 . 1 Eigigifl A V tl Ierry Parlee I Company A Commander The twelve members of the rifle team who are chosen for highest scoring are pictured above. See identification below. Military training in the high schools throughout the United I I I I States received its first great impetus with the advent of World War l, when America Was plunged into a World-Wide conflict designated as the war to end wars. A generation 6 Q Q Q 6 Q later, the fallacy of this statement was discovered to the sor- Q 9 Q ,Q 0 row of this great nation. Rockford received its first taste ot 0 ' 00 00 9 milttar tr 1111 'H th Central l-li 11 s 11 l' 1917 11 'Q ,OQ Q.. f y a ng1 e g coo in wena fasftp ...9..,.. OOQQOOQ.. Q3 unit formed under the direction of Sergeant George Cockriel A A A A A A ' ' A A A A A A A A A A A A A of the regular army. With the cooperation of the Rockford citizens, the first unit was formed with l9O cadets, with a bat- talion consisting of three companies. First Platoon Company A ' CBack row, left to right? Cadets: Anthony Gulisano, Harvey Iewett, Cpl. Roger Turner, Sgt. Albert Nicholas, Iames Mit- chell, Bill Bauer, Richard Nagus. Allan Cameron. iThird row? lames Conner, Floyd Burrier, Roland Wilson, Sgt. Ralph Woods, Stuart Hyer, LaVerne Schroeder, Charles Almond, Porter Roderick, Dave Pennock. iSecond rowl Richard Keenan, Henry Miller, Don Wolfang, Roger Beckstrom, Martin Budack, Louie Dean. Clfront rowt Harold Berg, sf Sgt. Frank Rally, Roger White, SfSgt. Donald Heisler, Technical Sgt. Harold Watton, lean Olson, Robert Van Dusen. In the small pic- ture above are: Cback rowl Lt. Bruce Lobdell, Douglas Bresler, Robert Longhenry, Cpl. Edward Iohns, Sgt. Roger Stiles, Cpl. Kenneth Bull, lack Iohnson. fFront row! Fred Whitlock, Iohn Coavera, Sgt. Ronald Bodda fteam captain? Technical Sgt. Jack Mitchell, S,fSgt. Eugene Whitney. l52

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...nl 5 stef Swimmers enjoy performing specialty dives. GAA Climaxing GAA swimming is the meet in which swimmers from each class participate. Ribbons are awarded to girls gaining the most points. Clsett, topl lunior swimmers watch lean White- head and Irene Cook execute a dive. Others fright, top? prepare to do a kneeling dive. Some of the girls tleft, bottornl form a water ballet wheel. lunior girls fright, bottornl practice for the baseball tournament, final sports event ot the year. Through its varied program the GAA instills in its members the impor- tance ot leadership and fair play, which will prove valuable to them in the future. Ol1l'IlUIIl.6I1l. !I ' Iuniors practice tor the baseball t Water ballet wheel is formed by GAA swimmers. 151 In GAA swimmers practice funda mental dives

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The battalion sponsors and the company sponsor are nominated by the company commander cmd approved by the dean of girls. CSee identification below.l Firearms were borrowed from the Illinois National Guard for the first few months. Requisitions for rifles were sent and the rifles soon came. The object of the ROTC has been pri- marily, ever since its start in lQl7, to lay the foundation of intelligent citizenship by inoculatinq in the student the habits of precision, orderliness, courtesy, correctness of posture, department, leadership, and respect and loyalty to consti- tuted authority and to give the student Ccadetl basic military training which will be of benefit to him and of value to the military services, if and when he becomes a member thereof. Alfred Makulec Second Lieutenant, Company A Tom Tenney Second Lieutenant, Company A R. 0. T. C. AOAMAQAQA A.A.A.A.A.A 4. O A A AQA 6 CJ Q 0.0 34 G 0,5 ' 0 CQ o'0'0's o'4'o'o QK'lo'o, Q55 Second Platoon Company A fBack row, left to right? Cadets: Richard Bradley, Robert Messenger, William Clevenger, Neil Hamilton, Darwin Wilcox, Cpl. Oliver Webb, sfsgt. Don Hoglund, Phillip Lee. CThird rowl Arthur Carter, Guidon Norris Levis, Plt. Guide Robert Lorenzen, lack Voedisch, Cpl. Henry Paris, Donald Tucker,Iack Olson, Iim Cutler, Iohn Colberg. iSecond rowj Techni- cal Sgt. Russell Wharton, Robert Metters, Cpl. Warren Mordt, Vincent LaFonde, Kenneth Strom, Sgt. Donald Lind- stead, SfSgt. Iohn Colombo, Floyd Boyce, David Anderson, Cpl. Iohn Frankenberq. CFront rowl Charles Troy, Sgt. .Ron- ald Bodda, Cpl. Peter Zammuto, Albert Chambers, Sgt. Donald Sechler, First Sgt. Robert Chockley, Ierry Heisler, SfSgt. Richard Gilbert, Cpl. Charles Gould, Robert Packard. Shown in the picture at the top are Kay Vogeler Cbattalionl Kay Eastman CCompany BJ, Marjorie Chandler CCompany AD, Alice Ray Owens CCompany CJ, and Veronica Bunk 1Com- pany DJ. 153