Flintridge Prep School - Log Yearbook (La Canada Flintridge, CA)

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in the hospital. Plans to return to the University of California. Present address: 651 Luton, Glendale, Calif. Donald Potter Daniels, Jr., '39. Commissioned an ensign, Civil Engineers Corps, Naval Reserve. At last report was with 10th Naval Construction Bn. in Philippines. Ribbons: Asiatic-Pacific, Philippine Lib- eration, medal for expert marksman, rifle. Plans to enter Midshipman School at Notre Dame for post- graduate degrees. Can be reached cfo Mrs. Donald Potter Daniels, 645 Prospect Crescent, Pasadena. Huston Denslow. Attended Flintridge, '59-'41, En- listed in the Army in summer of 1944. At last report was a private hrst class attending the George Wash- ington School of Medicine. Time of release and future plans unknown. Present address: 1672 No. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena 9, Calif. Edward Harold Depew, '59. Entered the Army In- fantry May 10, 1944. According to Harold's letter was given seventeen weeks' training and sent on a Cook's tour of Scotland, England, France, and joined the Sth QGolden Arrowj Infantry Division the first of December, 1944. Completed the Battle of Hertgen Forest near Aachen, Germany, and was slightly wounded December 25, Qwhat a Christmas present lj ubut was able to have a turkey dinner in the hospital. Returned just in time to spearhead in the crossing of the Ruhr River, capture of Duren and the mad dash to Cologne. With a four-day rest we crossed the- Rhine at Bonn, was in the leading element to form the Ruhr pocket, where the 8th Division ac- counted for over 300,000 prisoners. Had the mis- fortune of being captured, suffered nothing but a couple of weeks' starvation. Was discharged a private first class at Ft. Bliss, Texas, November 13, 1945. Married, has two children. Entering a new business known as Depew Boat Mart. Present ad- dress: 3145 james St., San Diego, Calif. Charles Detoy, '42, Basic Army training, Camp Roberts, ASTP, Kansas University, assigned to 42nd QRainbowj Division in March, 1944. Served in France and Germany with 42nd Cavalry Reconnais- sance Troop, later assigned to Army Force Radio Station KOFA in Salzburg, Austria, where he was in charge of broadcasting. Ribbons: Silver Star, Purple Heart, two combat stars on European Theatre ribbon. Now out of service. Present address: Route 1, Box 91B, Pasadena, Calif. joseph Benamin Earl, '41, Attended Cal Tech under V-12 Naval Cadet Training Schol, graduated with commission. Assigned to SeaBees, served in the South Pacihc. Further details unknown. Married. Present address: cfo Mrs. Dorothea R. Earl, 2154 Midlothian Drive, Altadena, Calif. Jerome A. Eddy. Attended Flintridge '33-'36. Com- missioned in Army Air Corps, date unknown. Was for a time with the Ferry Command, at present a captain, Service pilot. Ribbons: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with one cluster, American Theatre, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre with two battle stars. Plans to remain in Army for the time being. Married. Present address: 1st Mat. 591 AAFBU, Stockton Field, Calif. Emerson C. Egbert. Attended Flintridge, '40-'42, Was naval aviation machinist's mate third class, served as flight mechanic and gunner in Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers. Flew 41 missions from USS Shamrock Bay, including Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Ribbons: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with two stars, aircrewman's wings with three stars for enemy opposition on land, sea, and in the air. Future plans: business education and eventual business association with his father. Present address: 1458 Royal Blvd., Glendale 7, Calif. john L. Eliel, '41. Second lieutenant, Army Air Corps. At last information received, was located at Stuttgart, Germany, Army Air Base. Other informa- tion not available. Married. Probably now out of service. Robert W, Fleming. Attended Flintridge '42-'44. Entered the Navy in 1944 as pharmacist's mate, was assigned to the Marine Corps as hospital corpsman. Present plans and whereabouts unknown. George H. Frazier III. Attended Flintridge '40-'41. Army Air Corps navigator with rank of second lieu- tenant. To quote from the information blank: Avia- tion cadet, 15 months, combat crew training after graduation, 5 months, 4 months doing nothing, discharge. Future plans: electrical engineering at University of Pennsylvania. Present address: P. O. Box 4369 Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia 18, Penna. Francis Daniel Frost, '40. joined American Field Service and served as ambulance driver in the Burma theatre. No definite information as to present plans and address. james Ridgeway Gamble, '41. U. S. M. C. R. Lieu- tenant, now out of service. Married. Attending U.S.C. Further information not available. Douglas Goodan, '40. Joined Naval Reserve, spent some time at Treasure Island, San Francisco. Believed to be in South Pacific at present. Detailed information unavailable.

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George F. Grant, '37. Was technician fifth grade in Army Medical Corps. Served in European theatre. Ribbons: Bronze Star with cluster, Presidential Cita- tion with cluster, European Theatre with two battle stars. The following is quoted from the citation accompanying his Bronze Star: . . on 7 November, 1944 in the vicinity of Thiaville, France, Pvt. Grant braved enemy fire to go to the assistance of two wounded men in an open area 500 yards in advance of our lines. Although pinned down in an exposed position by hostile machine gun fire for a period of four hours, he and other members of the squad even- tually carried the wounded men to safety. Plans to enter business in San Francisco. Married, two chil- dren. Present address: 2121 Divisadero St., San Francisco 15, Calif. George M. Greene, '44, Enlisted in the Navy im- mediately after graduation. At last report expected to take a course in radio engineering. Present address and plans not available. Kenneth H. Hunter, Jr., '41. Entered Naval service 1943, trained at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., Western Union College, LeMars, Iowa, pre- flight at University of Iowa and primary at Glenview, Ill., wings and commission as ensign at Pensacola, Fla., October, 1944, dive-bomber pilot. Married, Plans to return to U.S.C. Present address: 515 So. Wilson Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Rolla R. Hays III. Attended Flintridge '41-'44, A seaman second class, he finished bootcamp just after VJ Day, will probably remain in the service until June 1, 1947. Plans to resume his education when discharged. Present address: 2133 Roanoke Road, San Marino 9, Calif. Frank Lucas Holland, '45. Entered the Navy im- mediately upon graduation and will probably be in service until September, 1946. Is now seaman second class Qseaman guardj. Plans to enter U.S. C. Present address: 330 Arlington Drive, Pasadena 2, Calif. Walter S. fBradyJ Johnson, '41. Was a radio operator sergeant on a B-29 bomber in the Army Air Corps. Received two combat stars, good conduct medal. Now out of service, at present in the lumber business. Married, present address: Golden Eagle Ranch, Route 1, Mokelumne Hill, Calif. John Warren Jorgensen, '43. Enlisted in the Navy immediately after graduation, present rating, radio technician third class. Ribbons: American Theatre, Asiatic-Pacific with Okinawa battle star, Philippine Liberation with battle star Qboth stars were for conti- dential radar installation under fire in invasion beach partiesj. His information blank says, was on the first ship into the China Seas carrying Chinese nation- alist troopsf' Will probably be discharged in June, 1946Q Plans to enter University of California at Berkeley. Present address: 10510 So. Alameda St., Los Angeles 54, Calif. Ogden Ellis Kellogg, '41. Attended Davis Agricul- tural College after graduation, enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserve in August, 1942. Following a year of V-12 at the University of California, had boot training at Parris Island and New River, N. C. Attended officer candidate school at Quantico, Va., was commissioned second lieutenant in April, 1945, completed tank platoon leader's school at Oceanside, Calif. Now out of service. Married, one child. Plans to be a stock rancher. Present address: cfo Wm. S. Kellogg, Box 456, La Jolla, Calif. William Crowe Kellogg, '39. Enlisted March, 1943 as Air Corps cadet, Boca Raton, Fla., Officers Class Meteorology, New York University, commissioned second lieutenant January, 1944. Three months at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, three months at Harvard School of Electronics, assigned to Signal Corps Experimental Laboratory, Ft. Monmouth, N. Date of release and future plans indefinite. Present address: cfo Wm. S. Kellogg, Box 456, La Jolla, Calif. Thornton Ladd, '43. At last report was at Naval Training Station, Chicago. This was in 1944 and is probably obsolete. Hewson Lawrence, '37. Graduated from Cal Tech under Army Air Corps training program. Served at Ft. Monmouth and in India and China as meteorol- ogist. At last report was a first lieutenant at Oklahoma City. Ribbons: American Theatre, Asiatic-Pacific with two battle stars, China Star, Victory ribbon with one star. Time of release uncertain. Present address: 3729 Chevy Chase Drive, Pasadena, Calif. Macllvain Lawrence, '40. Trained under Navy pro- gram at Occidental College, Notre Dame, commis- sioned ensign. At last report was gunnery officer on USS Macon. Time of release uncertain. Present address: 3729 Chevy Chase Drive, Pasadena, Calif. Allen R. LeRoy, Jr., '37. Attained rank of lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve. Was engaged in aircraft rescue work in Hawaiian Islands and acted as Captain of the Port at Naval Air Station, Oahu, T. H. Later served as assistant navigator on USS Vella Gulf fescort carrierj until end of war. Released to inactive duty in November, 1945. Plans to com- plete undergraduate work at Northwestern University in June and attend medical schol next year. Present address: 724 Simpson St., Evanston, Ill.