Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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DAVID FELMLEY HALL OF SCIENCE OLD MAIN — NORTH 13

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ATHLETIC FIELD - SOUTH CAMPUS McCORMICK GYM 12

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ROLL OF HOnOR At the time of going to press, there were eight former Illinois State Normal University students in military service that had either been killed or were reported missing. They are listed in the order of the date received. LT. ALFRED VOSS— graduated from Normal in 1940. He was stationed at Selfridge Field, Michigan, at the time of his death in a plane crash. This was the first casualty among all Normal students. His home was in Elgin. ENSIGN CARL WENE— attended Normal from 1935-37 and from 1938-39. He enlisted in the U.S.N.R. in August 1940 and was sent to Pearl Harbor in October, 1941. On January 30, 1942, he was reported missing when returning from an engagement. His home was in Weldon. JOHN ANDREW LAFFERTY — attended Normal from 1931-32. He entered the Navy shortly after leaving Normal in 1932 and was with the Houston when it was sunk. LT. MARIO BIAVA — attended Normal from 1937-40. He was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed and burned near San Carlos, California. His home was in Westville. LT. DONALD WORKMEN— attended Normal from 1937 39. He enlisted in the air corps November 1940 and was reported missing following the torpedoing of the Langley in South Pacific waters. His home was in Waverly. LT. EDWARD E. SCHMILLEN — attended Normal from 1937-39 and from 1940-41. He entered the air corps in March 1941 and was also listed as missing following the Langley sinking. His home was in Rutland. EDMUND FRANCIS McCAMBRIDGE Normal from 1934-36 and played on the baseball team while here. He was serving in the Navy when he was reported missing in action. His home was in Bloomington. LT. ROBERT W. BOOKER— attended Normal during 1940-41 as a sophomore. He enlisted in the air corps at that time and worked in the intelligence department. He was killed in the crash of two bombing planes at Fort Devans, Massachusetts. His home was at llliopolis. 14