Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

Page 16 text:

Randolph, Vermont Boh Randolph High School; Freshman Baseball Squad; Non- Alhletic Managership Compelilion (2). Robei t Augustus Hatch died in P lance from wounds received in action Octo- ber 5, 1918. Except that he was wounded in the Argonne Sector and that he had been in several severe engagements, no details have been received concerning the battle in which he was wounded. Word has been received through the Red Cross that he was buried in the Military Cemetery at Chalons-sur-Marne. Hatch was born in San Diego, Cal., August 21, 1897. He received his college preparation at the Randolph, Vt., High School, and was a member of the sophomore class at the time of his enlistment in the Marine Corps, April, 1918. He was first sent to Paris Island, S. C, for training, where he qualified as an expert rifleman, and showed such marked ability with the rifle that he was offered a position m the rifle training department. In June he was transferred to Quantico, Va., from which he sailed for France July 1. Soon after hjs arrival overseas he was assigned to the 5th Regiment, and served with Company 47, 3rd Battalion. On account of his skill in baseball he was made a grenadier. Hatch took part in several important engagements on the western front during the summer months before he fell in the Argonne Sector. Hatch is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Hatch of Randolph, Vt, and a brother, Harry C. Hatch, serving as a sergeant-chauffeur in France. 12

Page 15 text:

3io5fpf) ioftn Jfrnton, 3ir., 4 m4 Bellows Falls, Vermont Joe St. John ' s Preparatory School; Freshman Baseball Squad. Joseph John Fenton, Jr., was drowned August 13, 1918, at Pensacola, Fla., in a seaplane accident. He was making a landing on the bay while engaged in night flying practice, and misjudged the distance of the water from the plane which turned turtle, this action allowing fenton no chance to escape. A rescue party was unable lo right the plane for over an hour, and by that time it was too late to resuscitate the young aviator. Fenton was born at Bellows Falls, Vt., May 7, 1897, and attended the high school in that village. After further preparation for college at St. John ' s School, Dan- vers, Mass., he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1916. During the latter part of his freshman year he left college to enlist in the Naval Reserve Force, and was sent to Newport, R. I., the following summer, for duty as a third-class quartermaster. In the fall, when there was considerable agitation on the part of the government for the reserves to return to college, Fenton went to the Catholic University at Wash- ington. In March, he received his transfer to the Naval .Air Service, and was sent to the Naval Aviation T raining School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for preliminary instruction. After graduating on May 25 he went to Key West, Miami, and later to Pensacola for training in flying. At the time of his death he had nearly completed his course. Fenton is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Fenton. of Bellows Falls, Vt., and a sister, Elaine Fenton. II

Page 17 text:

25fnjamin liir0ftinD, I ' Fa Marietta, Pennsylvania Ben, H ' lest Franklin and Marshall Academy; Soccer Team (1). Benjamin Hiestand was killed on the morning of June 10, 1918, at Dorr field, Arcadia, Ha., where he was serving as an instructor. Twelve cadets had been grad- uated from the flymg school under his tutelage, and he met his death while instructing his thirteenth pupil in difficult landings, Hiestand Field at Arcadia was named for him in recognition of his services. Lieutenant Hiestand, whose home was in Marietta, Pa., was born August 1 1 , 1897. In the fall of 1916 he entered Dartmouth from Franklin and Marshall Acad- emy, and remained here until the following March, when he enlisted as a radio operator in the Naval Reserve Force. He was stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., and later sent to the Harvard Radio School for more advanced work. While at Harvard he was taken sick, and was finally discharged although he had by that time recovered his health. He re-enlisted soon after in the Army Air Service and received his ground school training at Austin, Texas. He later attended the flying school at Kelly Field No. 2, San Antonio, Texas, where he received his commission, graduating second in a class of 1 50. After completing his course. Lieutenant Hiestand was stalnoned at Dorr Field in charge of special work in forced landings and pursuit. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Hiestand, of NL rietta, and his brother, Fitzgerald Hiestand, U. S. N. R. F. 13