Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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Iltrir ifliurn Harvey George Larson, Sergeant, Army Air Corps, Sierning, Australia. Charles F. Leidel, Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Clifford Clyde Cox Lockhaven, Lieutenant, Navy, Atlantic. Elmer George Maurer, Gunner's Mate 2nd class, Navy, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Theodore Michael McDonald, Sergeant, Infantry, Castellar, France. Frank Joseph Michel, Staff Sergeant, Infantry, Camp Phillips, Kansas. Gearge Eugene Naegle, Seaman lst class, Navy, Pearl Harbor, avvaii John Charles Newman, Ensign, Navy, Jacksonville, Florida. John Clayton Olson, Fireman 2nd class, Navy, Iwo Jima. Ralph Olson, Lieutenant, Infantry, Belgium. Ervin Walter Proksch, Staff Sergeant, Infantry, Italy. Clarence William Raith, Quartermaster lst class, Navy, Ckinawa. ' Robert Kendall Rau, Corporal, Field Artillery, Saint Lo, France. Milton Rude, Seaman lst class, Navy, Australia. Sidney Robert Sanders, Staff Sergeant, Army Air Corps, Pueb- lo, Colorado. James F. Schuirman, Staff Sergeant, Infantry, Germany. Gerald Edward Seidel, Private, Army, France. Melvin Ray Severson, Private lst class, Army, Stuttgart, Germany. Robert George Shimshak, Aviation Radio Man lst class, Naval Air Corps, Port Angeles, Washington. John Robert Spellum, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, Italy. Rodney Stensgard, Corporal, Infantry, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Robert Sweeney, Seaman lst class, Navy, Atlantic. Walter Karl Thomack, Corporal, Marine Corps, New Georgia. Delos F. Warner, Private, Infantry, France. Robert Kenneth Weisbecker, Ist Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, North Africa. Robert Emil Wolf, Captain, Infantry Medical Corps, Limburg am Lahn, Germany. Glen Richard Wrobel, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, Germany. Glen Warren Ziel, Major, Medical Administrative Corps, Pil- sen, Czechoslovakia. Page 7

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Page 6 'ling Maur Robert Carl Abegglen, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, La Charles, Louisiana. Arnold J. Abraham, Private, Infantry, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Leo DeVere Amundson, Private lst class, Marine Corps, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Winfield M. Bagley, Corporal, Army Air Corps, San Diego, California. Lawrence Banasik, Private lsf class, Army Paratrooper, France. Harold Elsworth Barrett, Ensign, Naval Air Corps, Admiralty Islands, South Pacific. Otto Warren Bey, Flight Officer, Army Air Corps, Casino, Italy. Arliss Emmons Boedeker, Staff Sergeant, Infantry, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Robert Lauren Books, Fireman 2nd class, Navy, Brisbane, Australia. LaVerne Elmer Borreson, Staff Sergeant, Infantry, Margraten, Germany. Marian Louise Braun, Private, Wac, Medical Corps, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Robert M. Brody, Private lst class, Infantry, Saint Lo, France. Donald Clark Carey, Seaman 2nd class, Navy, Okinawa. William Beveridge Cassells, lst Lieutenant, Military Govern- ment, Mannheim, Germany. I Halsie Eugene Cilley, Sergeant, Army Air Corps, Lakeland, Florida. LaVerne David Cilley, Chief Petty Officer, Navy, Pacific. Avery Ray Cole, Corporal, Army, Leyte, Kenneth Dell, Sergeant, Army, Germany. William Edward Downey, Corporal, Marine Corps, Iwo Jima. Jack Pershing Ellis, lst Lieutenant, Infantry, Metz, France. Robert Charles Grosskoph, 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, England. Darrel Hess, Fire Control Man, lst class, Navy, Hawaii. James Richard Hillebrandt, Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, Or- lando, Florida. James Peter Jolivette, Captain, Infantry, Munoz, Philippine Islands. Jerome Robin Kelley, Corporal, Army Air Force, Leyte, Philip- pine Islands. Emil Krause, Colonel, Infantry Inspector General Department, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Roy Arthur Lafser, Ist Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, Shreve' port, Louisiana. Stuart Lambe, Sergeant, Army Air Corps, South Pacific.

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fbqalamad foe Seauicemen' A number of undergraduates after entering the various branches of the armed service completed requirements for a high school diploma. Since most of these graduates were not previously mentioned in the Booster, the 1947 Staff has attempted to give them that deserved recognition. The list includes graduates from the January, 1941, class to those in June, 1947, who made application for diplomas before April 15th, the last day on which copy for the yearbook was prepared for printing. The staff regrets that in a few cases the information is fragmentary since sometimes questionnaires were unanswered or present addresses could not be secured. JANUARY, 1941 Charles Hilleshiemz Army Medical Depart- ment -- Corporal Medical Technician -- ln- ducted October, 1940 -- Trained in Medical Technical School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas -- Served for ZV2 years in South Pacific -- Discharged August, 1945 -- Hos- pitalized for 5 weeks at Finchafen, New Guinea. James F. Pitzner: Army, member 32nd ln- fantry Division -- Staff Sergeant -- Induct- ed October, 1940 -- Training included jungle training, Sydney, Australia -- Served on New Guinea for two years -- Discharged July 11, 1945 -- Received nine citations in- cluding two stars and one arrow head. Member of Conservation Club while at Central. JANUARY, 1943 Robert Bacon: Navy -- Boatswain Mate Sec- ond Class -- Inducted February 22, 1942 -- Commando training at University of Chi- cago and Fort Pierce, Florida -- Served on Atlantic Ocean -- Discharged February 20, 1946. Played football and baseball while at Central. Knute K. Knutson: Navy -- Radarman Third Class -- Inducted January 15, 1943 -- Radio and radar training at University of Idaho -- Served in Pacific -- Discharged February 21, 1946 -- Received five battle stars, Victory Medal, and Good Conduct Bar. Member of track and tumbling teams while at Central. Stanley W. Spafford: Navy -- Motorman Second Class -- Inducted December 13, 1942 -- Received Diesel training at Univer- sity of lllinois -- Served in Pacific for 32 Page 8 months -- Discharged July 4, 1941 -- Cover- ed all Pacific battlefronts up to and includ- ing the Philippines. Sang in choir at Cen- tral. Halley H. Young: Marines -- Corporal -- ln- ducted October, 1942 -- Training at San Diego and Camp Pendleton, California, at Naval Prison, Mare Island -- Served at Sai- pan, Tinian, and lwo Jima -- Discharged November 1, 1945 -- Received four battle stars and two Presidential Group Citations. JUNE, 1943 Barnard Mlsnaz Air Corps -- Technical Ser- geant -- Enlisted December 12, 1942 -- Trained in aerial gunnery in Florida -- Flew 46 missions from base in Corsica -- Dis- charged June 28, 1945 -- Received six cita- tions including a commendation from Gen- eral Craig, Purple Heart, Seven Oak Leaf Clusters, and Presidential Citation. Sang in choir at Central. JANUARY, 1944 Wallace L. Anderson: Army Air Corps -- First Lieutenant -- Inducted July 4, 1943 -- Trained in aerial gunnery at Tyndall Field, Florida, aerial navigation at San Marcos, Texas -- Served in Europe -- Discharged November 28, 1945 -- Received air medal with two oak leaf clusters, three battle stars, and E.T.O. Ribbon -- Flew 22 mis- sions over Germany. ' Wayne E. Beyer: Army Air Forces, Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Command -- Priv- ate First Class -- Inducted September 21, 1943 -- Trained as airplane and engine mechanic at Lincoln, Nebraska, and Long Beach, California -- Served in Europe -- Discharged March 19, 1946. Played foot-