Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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SERV CE RGLL Wars are uon by young people The Unzted Nations are wznnmg the present war because 0 the youth 0 Amerzcu In memory 0 the nune ormer Bloomzngton hugh school students who urre reported kulled or rnussung ln ll orld War II the Aepzx dedlcates these pages Thelr sacrz zce uas supremf But rom the sucat, dust, and tears 0 lherr labors, uzll emerge a peaceful uorld Thur deszre or such a uorld uas great enough that they uere utllzng t ugh! or I and due or If They shall not haue dzed un vain 'kv' our- ' Page Four The death ot PVT EDWARD F DORAN un a Japanese pruson camp un the Phullupunes has been conturmed Pvt Doran was on the Islands at the tume of theur sur ren er May 7 l74l He was re ported mussung un actuon August 7 42 v D ran e lusted e Army Aur Corps Sept I4 940 He graduated from Scott fueld and was sent to Nuchols tued Manula un August l94l He was a graduate of Bloomungton hugh school and the Chullucothe Mus souru busuness college Pvt Doran was the son of Mrs Blanch Moore IO3 E Front St S SGT EVERETT E WALKER S death was confurmed January H44 He was orevuously reported mussung un actuon un the Southwest Pa utuc D c 20 42 Sgt Walker was a member of the Army Aur Corps He was gunner and raduo man aboard bomber whuch crashed th Coral Sea on a combat mussuon All efforts to locate hum tauled Walker entered the servuce wutl' the Natuonal Guard unut un Feb ruary l94I He was a graduate ot Bloomungton hugh school Sgt Walker us survuved by hus mo her Mrs Glen H Gusel ot Duron lllunous hus father Everett L Walker 620 S Lee St and a brother Sgt Jack R Walker PVT BERNARD F USZIENSKI was kulled un actuon by enemy gunfure February 20 I943 at Kasserune Pass Tunusua North Atruca Pruvate Usxunensku as un the l9th En guneers ot the U S Army Bernard was drafted IH July l94l At the tume of hus death he receuved the purple Heart Pvt Usluensku last attended Bloomung ton hugh school un l934 Pvt Uszuensku was marrued July I4 l942 to Josue B L Fortevulle formerly ot Pasadena Calufornla She us now luvung at l408 W Mul berry wuth Bernard s parents Mr and Mrs Alexander Uszuensku T SGT GLEN E HILSABECK was reported kulled un actuon un the South Pacufuc Islands Hulsabeck was the Flught Enguneer on a B24 Bomber and was top turret gunner on the plane H us burned IH Unuted States Cem etery No l In New Guunea S t Hulsabeck receuved the Purpe Heart other aur medals and several cutatuons of honor at the tume of hus death He onlusted March l94l and went to Camp Forrest Tennessee wuth the N tuonal Guard He graduated from Bloomungton hugh school wuth the January class ot H40 Sgt Hulsabeck was the son of Mr and Mrs C M Hulsabeck 60l S Clanton St Glen was born Sept 2l l7l8 at Bloomungton

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fnlfff ' unwr- IN MEMORY Ol' 1-RFD CARLTON1 HEAD EINCINEER OF BLOONIINI TON Hll H SCHOOL AND SUPERINTEBDFNT O1 BUILDINC S -XND 1 ROUNDb HN BLOONIINQ ION 1916 1943 In the hall of the hl ll chool lllllldlll and pdrlxcularly on the athletic fleld where Qtudents Q0 often sau hum om the ccond mule to Req: the flcld rn Quperb COlld1tlOI1fOI'll'1E1I' porin Ur Carlton 1 mr ed He had a lft of unuiual IH6Clld!'l1Cal talent to wlnch he added .1 personal prlde rn dom: esen the smallebt task mth the utmo t care Page Thren

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0-,w LT. MARK EUGENE MILLARD was killed as a result of an air- plane crash near Washington, D. C., September 5, l943, while on active duty from his home field. The crash was caused by motor failure at a low altitude with no chance to bail out. Lt. Millard was a pilot of a Thunderbolt ' the U Army Air Forces He enlisted in ust 942 When a boy Milard won the Central Illinois Soap Box Championship and com peted in the International Soap Box Derby at Akron Ohio in l937 He last attended Bloomington high school in H40 Lt Millard was the son of Mr and Mrs Mark Millard of 06 N Fell Ave Y LT LOUIS F UTESCH was re ported missing in action March 28 I943 In North Africa Lt Utesch enlisted as an avra tion cadet and received his train ing at Corslcana Texas He re celved his wings in May I942 Louis graduated from Bloom lngton high school and later at tended lllmois Wesleyan Univer H as the son o Mr and Mrs Frank Utesch l009 S Main Street LT JOHN R GRAY of the Army Air Forces was reported missing in action since January l944 He was navigator on a Fly mg fortress Lt Gray received the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters Lt Gray enlisted Apnl I942 He was sent to Santa Anna Cal :forma and then to Williams Field Arizona where he was rated a distinguished bombadner He was then stationed in Monroe Louis :ana and classified as Navigator He was sent to Europe last Sep tember Lt Gray was born April 26 His mother Mrs W Gray resides at I07 E Locust vs: 'G .-fra LT. PETE GARDNER was re- ported killed near San Diego, California, July 22, I942. Lt. Gardner was a figter pilot in the United States Marine Corps Re- SEFVE, Lt. Gardner graduated from Bloomington high school in l92B. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University for one year Before en listing in l94I he held a pose on at the Bank of America Los An geles California Lt Gardner was born May I9 I9l6 an Bloomington He was the son of Mr and Mrs H P ard ne SI6 E Grove St LT ROBERT PARSONS First Pilot on a B I7 bomber has been missing since Oct 9 I943 when his Flying Fortress failed to turn from a mission over Aachen Germany Lt Parsons enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in l94I after completing two years of college at both Illinois Wes leyan University and Illinois State Normal University He graduated from Bloomington high school ln I9 . Lt. Parsons is the son of Mrs. Ada Parsons 708 W. Monroe St. and Thomas Parsons also of Bloomington. Robert was born May 25 I9l9 at Fancy Prairie Illinois. Page Five