Dorchester High School for Boys - Red and Black Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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Captain John T. Bowes, '30, who is on the Bougainville front. Donald A. Kogos, Leon M. Axlebaum, Ed- ward Connelly and Donald Cathcart, who are graduating this year, are all at A. A. F. Wing- 302 at Greensboro, N. C., with them is Robert Gelles, '43. Loads of luck, fellows. For his gallantry in jumping into shark- infested waters off the North African coast, James John Hanlon. has been advanced to the rating of Boatswain Mate First Class. His courageous action in aiding survivors to board rescue craft contributed greatly to the saving of many lives. Hanlon was graduated in '38. Lt. Saul Furman, '41, a navigator in the Army Air Corps, is now stationed at Westover Field, Springfield, Mass. Clifford Rudstein who left school in 1942 to join the army has received the Purple Heart for action in Italy. Pvt. Edward Laudansky, '39, was in the third wave of American troops which assaulted the Makin Beachhead. During the three day attack, which began last November 20, he said he lost ten pounds. Pvt. Laudansky enlisted when he was eighteen and was serving at Pearl Harbor when the Japs made their first attack. Technical Sergeant Francis A. Jeff Sullivan '38, chief radio operator on a Liberator bomber, was killed in action over Europe last December 22. He had two more missions to go before he was to be given a furlough home. Awarded the Distinquished Flying Cross for his part on the raid on the Ploesti oil fields of Rumania, Sullivan also held the Air Medal with several Oak Clusters. He was a member of the fabulous i'Ted's Flying Circus . With the Army Air Corps somewhere in England is Staff Sgt. Joe Hession, '29, who would like to be back at Pete Ecemans Drug Store. page forty-six Henchy Goren, '42, was sworn into the Navy last March. Before he enlisted, he at- tended the Massachusetts School of Optometry for two and one half years. At D. H. S. B. he was a First Lieutenant in military drill. Second Lieutenant Albert E. Brown, '38, a navigator with the Army Air Corps has parti- cipated in many of the bombings over Germany. After graduating from Dorchester, he received a scholarship to Wentworth Institute where he attended nights. George J. Roper, class of '37, has recently been promoted from the rank of First Lieutenant to Captain in the paratroopers. P. F. C. Joseph Furber. class unknown, has been selected to attend the enlisted motor course of the field artillery at Fort Sill Polk, La. Leonard Fox, '39, is serving the army at Kelly Field, Texas. He is a corporal. Ex Drum Major Harmon S. Shufro, '35, is a Staff Sgt. with the Army Medicos at Foster General Hospital, Jackson, Miss. Flight Ofiicers, Edward C. Meade, '34, Ed- ward W. Murphy, '35, and Andrew J. Mc- Laughlin, '35, Dorchester's Three Musketeers , inseparable in life and in war, were again united in death. Flight Ofiicer Murphy was the first to break the circle that bound the three. He participated in large scale raids on Germany last summer and fall, and on October, 2, 1942, word was re- ceived that he was missing in action. Shortly after Murphy had lost his life, Pilot Oiiicer McLaughlin was assigned to raid Axis- held Europe. After numerous bombing missions he was killed in action over France on December IO, 1942. On July 20 of this year, Flight Oflicer Meade died in a plane crash over Quebec, Canada. He was stationed at the Quebec Bombing and Gun- nery School, as a test pilot, when he, too, met death.

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Military Drill iq .feaffmfzf Quite! Something new has been added to the col- lection of fiags awarded to us for our achieve- ment in the Annual School Boy Street Parade. The officers and cadets marched triumphantly through the streets of Boston last June 3, 1943, to win the Red flag. With the coming of a new head master, we have high hopes of receiving the white flag this year. Mr. Reed has given Major Moulton his fullest cooperation: occasionally Mr. Reed at- tends the drill periods. The officers meetings have taken on a new aspect. Old officers are taught new facts about drill while the oflicer candidates are drilled in the presentation of the prize drill. The ofiicer candidate period is open to cadets interested in becoming officers - who are willing to report to Major Moulton at 8 o'clock every morning until their ability to command a company has been completed. The uniforms of the officers and the cadets have been streamlined to meet with present day regulations. The uniform consists of long pants, leggings, overseas hat, regulation shirt, and necktie. All cadets having this uniform will be allowed to march in this year's street parade and prize drill. This year has been a very tiresome and dis- appointing one as far as keeping the well- trained officers, who were leaving for the Armed Forces or leaving to go to work. Many of the senior cadets as well as our ofiicers have left school early. We will compete this year as a one regiment school, and we have high hopes of getting the Whz'te flag, which we have always received in the two-regiment group. This year's Prize Drill will occur Tuesday, May 2, 1944, on the parade grounds. There are ten companies in competition for the five awards given. The company receiving the highest number of points will have the honor of marching at the beginning of the regiment. The captain of the prize winning company will lead Dorchester in the street parade and will receive the rank of Colonel. The judges of the Prize Drill are expected to be oflicers of page forty-eight the Massachusetts State Guard, who will mark the companies in competition. Col. Thomas L. Sullivan, the police commissioner for the city of Boston, has been asked to present the prize winning companies with their stripes, and the captains with their buttons. This years street parade is expected to take place on Sunday, June 6, 1944, at 2:30 p. m. the parade route is expected to be the same as in previous years. In previous years the parade started in front of English High School, and after marching through downtown Boston, ended in front of the Boston Public Library. The annual Manual of Arms Competition between companies will take place on March 3 1. Each company will have its five best riflemen competing. The officers and cadets wish to express their gratitude for the cooperation they have received from Major Forrest B, Moulton, Mr. Reed, and members of the faculty for their efforts. Your editor wishes to say good luck to all the fellows of Dorchester High for Boys who are in the Armed Forces. These are the fellows who are sacrificing their lives so that we may attend our schools. MANUAL OF ARMS XVINNERS John Ahearn lll-31 Arthur S. Carlson II-32 Joseph P. Galvin ll- 2 Kenneth Jacobson ll- 32 John J. Linehan Ill-3 Vincent Mazzucchelli IV- 2 Herbert Mekler Ill- 3 John Ratto Ill-33 Malcolm Reed IV-32 Gerald M. Shea III-33