Florida Military Academy - Dugout Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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..?,., . . ve. fm., A it i' i' if 'lf 'A' NTHEDUGOUT Company C Y HAROLD H. LURIE Cadet Captain, Commanding MURRAY M. MCLEIsI1 Cadet First Lieutenant 4, Second in Command VICTOR V. Sl-IARPE, JR. ABEL VILLEcAs Cadet Lieutenant Cadet Lieutenant WILLIAM W. DORNBUSCI-I STEWART MACI-'ARI.ANE,' JR. Cadet First Sergeant 1 Cadet Supply Sergeant CHARLES B. ROBERTS F. RICHARD SINCLAIR Cadet Platoon Sergeants KNox JULIAN GEORGE C. SIQUES , IRWIN D. MANDEL HENRY E. VINENT Cadet Sergeants ROBERT L. MANRY Cadet Corporal, Guidon'Bearer LAWRENCE F. BARRETT ALBERT J. KORABECK, III WALLACE ROY BARNES WILLIAM V. PARKS ROBERT H. DAVIS Cadet Corporals ERNESTO J. DE SAMPER WILLIAM V. SEYEOLD RocER S. BALL, JR. MARVIN R. BOYCE, JR. EDWARD D. BRAzIER J OsEPH E. BRAZIER CORITI-I CRAMER, JR. RICHARD C. COWELL OSCAR DOBROW GARY R. FARRAR LOUIS FERNANDEZ RICHARD W. FOWLER MICHAEL REA Cadet Corporals and Buglers WILLIAM T. HENRY, JR. JOHN A. HERRINC JOHN HERRON EDWARD M. JOHNSON ALBERT J. KUBAN R. SPENCER LEONARD, JR. JAMES E. MANRY WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, JR. JOHN C. PURCER Cadet Privates Page 85 HARRY G. DE SAMPI-:R ARTI-IDR S. SAMUEI5 FRANK SCI-IAI-'ER WILLIAM H. SCI-IUTTI-: O. GEORGE TILLMAN FREDERICK T. TOWNS, m PAT WRITAKER, JR. KEITH WILSON ALI-'REDO XIQUES ROBERT ZIMMERNIAN

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THE DUGUUT served as Executive Officer of the Headquarters Battery of the 116th Field Artillery. Lieutenant Robinson had seen active service in the Mexican Border Campaign and was a cavalry officer overseas during the World War. Captain Cooley had served many years with the regular army and had seen action during the Spanish-American War in Cuba, the Philippine lnsurrection, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and the Mexican Border Cam- paign. During the World War he was in charge of mine-laying operations on the New England Coast and the Bay of Fundy. The first public appearance of the corps as a military organization was on Sunday, September 26th, when the first Battalion parade of the year was held. On Tuesday, November 30th, the corps acted as host to the midshipmen of H.lVl.S. Orion, British cruiser, when they were the guests of the cadets for lunch. Later in the afternoon the midshipmen played an exhibition game of Rugby, which was followed by a Full Dress Parade with the Gmiddiesl on the reviewing line. ln honor of the visit, the Colors of England shared honors with our own national colors in the line of parade. The battalion marched in its first street parade when they participated in the annual Shrine Parade in the Gasparilla Carnival in Tampa. The companies passed in review before Governor Cone of Florida and his staff. On the reviewing line were Colonel lVlendels and Captain Peden. ln observance of National Defense Week, February 12-22, the R.O.T.C. unit of the CADET COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Front Row: Danison, Festary, E., Shouppe, Mora, R., Gonzalez, J., Hall. Second Row: Mitchell, J. J., Mills, McLeish, R., Noel, Bethany, Breymann, Bradham, Reyant, Dorman, Lurie. if Page 87