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

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at Great Lakes -- Served in Philippines -- Discharged August, 1946. I Roger Allison Perkins: Navy -- Machinist First Class -- Inducted March 5, 1941 -- Trained at Great Lakes -- Discharged Feb- ruary 10, 1947. Jesse Root: Navy -- Electrician's Mate Third Class -- Inducted November 17, 1944 -- Trained at Great Lakes -- Served in South Pacific -- Discharged November 15, 1946. Donald C. Seielstad: Army -- Private First Class -- Inducted April 1, 1944 -- Training at Fort Bliss and Camp Howze, Texas -- Served in European theater -- Discharged April 13, 1946 -- Received combat infan- tryman badge. Roland Alexander Silha: Navy -- Hospital Seaman Second Class -- Stationed in U. S. Naval Hospital, Corona, California -- Still in the service. John Robert Stapert: Seabees and Navy -- Fireman First Class -- Inducted July, 1945 4- Trained at Great Lakes and Camp Barks, California -- Served at Okinawa, Tokyo, and Pearl Harbor -- Discharged August 5, 1946. Erwin M. Sweet: Army -- Private First Class -- Inducted November 14, 1942 -- Training for ammunition handler and demolition ex- pert at Camp White, Oregon -- Served in Italy -- Discharged May 5, 1945 -- Receiv- ed Purple Heart -- Hospitalized in Naples, because of shrapnel wound -- Served in Clark's Fifth Army. Alvin Thomack: Naval Reserve -- Carpen- ter's Mate Second Class -- Enlisted July 23, 1942 -- Trained at Norfolk, Virginia -- Served in Guam -- Discharged February 1, 1946 -- For 27 months was instructor at a Sea Bee base in Virginia. Robert Carey Towner: Navy -- Seaman Sec- ond Class -- Inducted March 18, 1945 -- Trained at Great Lakes, Rhode Island, and California -- Served in Hawaii for 6 months -- Discharged July 23, 1946 -- Hospitalized for 6 months. Donald Earl Umberger: Navy -- Seaman Second Class -- Inducted July 30, 1945 -- Trained at Great Lakes -- Served in Pacific theater -- Discharged July 12, 1946. JUNE, 1947 Jerry Adams: Marines -- Corporal-- Enlist- ed October 13, 1944 -- Training, Boot Camp at Parris Island, S. C., Infantry train- ing at Camp Le Jeune, N. C., Sea school at San Diego, Calif. -- Served in Japan, Philip- pines, Panama -- Discharged March 18, 1947 -- Hospitalized in North Carolina for 9 weeks. Jim Byers: Army -- Technician Fifth Grade -- Inducted June 15, 1945 -- Trained at Camp Robinson, Arkansas -- Served a year in Italy in Signal Corps. On track team at Central. Ralph Drake: Entered from Sextonville, Wisconsin -- Last address, Wood Hospital, Wood, Wisconsin -- Diploma granted on basis of G.E.D. tests -- No further informa- tion procurable. Wayne John Hanson: Navy -- Motor Ma- chinist mate -- Enlisted March 3, 1942 -- Trained at Navy Pier, Chicago, and General Motors, Cleveland -- Served two years in New Guinea and Solomon Islands -- Dis- charged December 23, 1946. Ted Harms: Last address, Route 1, Petti- bone Island -- Diploma granted on basis of G.E.D. tests -- Questionnaire unanswered. John H. Krause: Army -- Staff Sergeant -- Inducted March 20, 1945 -- Trained at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, and Camp Maxy, Texas -- Served in Japan -- Re-enlisted January 16, 1946 --- At present stationed at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. John Larson :I Last address, 603 South Third Street -- Diploma granted on basis of G.E.D. teits -- No further information procurable. Robert James Magee: Navy -- Hospital Ap- prentice First Class -- Inducted May 25, 1944 -- Training, Medical Corps, San Diego, California -- Discharged July 2, 1946. While at Central, member of Harlequins, S. T. C., Stage Crew, and Cheerleaders. Robert W. Maurer: Marines -- Corporal -- Trained at San Diego -- Served 18 months in Hawaii -- Discharged February 22, 1946 -- Wounded at Iwo Jima -- Hospitalized for six weeks -- Received Purple Heart -- On occupational duty in Japan for four months. Page I 5

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