Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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The Statue of BISHOP LORAS

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Gold Star Heroes Iffiarcli 11944 ★ CHAPLAIN AL SCHMITT St. Lucas, Iowa, Lieutenant U. S. Navy, lost in action at Pearl Harbor. GUNNER’S MATE FRANCIS McKONE Lawler, Iowa, U. S. Navy, lost in action. CPO WILLIAM BANNEN Boscobel, Wisconsin, U. S. Navy, lost in action in the Battle of the Coral Sea. RADIO SPECIALIST ALBERT J. MALEY Los Angeles, California, lost in Pacific on mis¬ sion to India. LIEUT. ROBERT CAVANAUGH Mason City, Iowa, U. S. Navy, lost in action, European theatre of operations. SGT. DON MORTON Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in maneuvers at U. S. Training Held in Idaho. SEAMAN JAMES CALLAHAN Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Navy, lost in action in Battle of the Atlantic. LIEUT. LAURENCE E. MURPHY Sumner, Iowa, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in action over Europe. SGT. JOSEPH CODY Dubuque, Iowa. U. S. Army, lost in action in Italy. ENSIGN JOHN PAYTON Chicago, Illinois, U. S. Navy, lost in action at Rend ova LIEUT. EDWARD F. CONNOLLY Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in action over Europe. LIEUT. PAUL SCHARDING Chicago, Illinois, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in action fiver Europe. LIEUT. ROBERT COSGROVE Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in action over Germany. SPECIALIST LORAS SCHILTZ Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Navy, lost in action at Salerno STAFF SGT. THOMAS J. KEEFE, JR. Charles City, Iowa, lost in action in the Eur- opcau area. PVT. ROBERT SHATTUCK Blue River, Wisconsin, U. S. Army, lost in action at Pearl Harhor. SGT. AMBROSE KUEPER Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Army, lost in action in North Africa. SGT. VENARD TREBON Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Army, lost in action in Southwest Pacific. CPL. FRED GIELISSEN Radio Technician, U. S. Army, lost in action in Italy. NAVAL AVIATION CADET JOHN VALA Rockford, Iowa, lost in maneuvers at Pella, Iowa. ENSIGN GUSTAVE KERNDT Lansing, Iowa. U. S. Navy, lost in action at Mid way. SGT. JOHN WILLIAMS Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in action over Europe. LIEUT. DALE LAUGHLIN Dubuque, Iowa, U. S. Army Air Corps, lost in action in the South Pacific. PVT. GERALD WINTER Dubuque, Iowa, U .S. Army, lost in action in Europe. SEAMAN MARCELLUS LYNCH Dubuque, Iowa. U. S. Navy, lost in action in the Pacific. FLIGHT INST. ROBERT ZIEPPRECHT Dubuque, Iowa, lost in maneuvers , Augustine Eield, Jackson, Mississippi. ★

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orewor We propose, in this book, to reveal how Loras College has adjusted itself to supply the needs of our country in time of war. Externally Loras has not changed. Its motto is still Pro Deo Et Patria. But within, changes have been made. We shall give a history of Loras College, its students and faculty, and their activities du ring the school year of 194 .5 and 1944. In so doing we present the inside story on life at Loras during World War II.