Loyola Academy - Yearbook (Wilmette, IL)

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MAJOR HENRY W. DALTON, U.S. Army Age 31 1944, while fighting with the 9th Armored Division Graduated from the Academy in 1930 S 1fC CLAUDE J. BENBENNICK Received the Purple Heart. t Age 21 Awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious Lost on the submarine Swordfish, Servme . January 1945, and presumed Awarded the Silver Star for outstanding gal- dead. lantry and bravery under tire Graduated from the Academy in 1943 Received a submarine Group Citation LT. li.g.l JOHN DENNEY, JR., U.S.N.R. Age 28 Lost at sea on September 13, 1944, when A his destroyer sank in an Atlantic hurricane Graduated from the Academy in 1935 Ng' LT. GEORGE R. GRACE, U.S. Army Air CorpS LT. EDWARD J. DETMER, u.s.N.R. Age 20 Age 25 RfT JAMES E. czARNEcKi, u.s.N.R. Killed in eetien en levfe, December 301 1944 Killed in a plane crash on Leyte Age 33 Graduated from the Academy in 1941 Graduated from the Academy in 1938 Died September 14, 1944 at Miami, Florida Received The PUYPLB Hear' Presidential Unit Citation Graduated from the Academy in 1929 Awarded the Air Medfll Page 8 Killed in action in Belgium, December 19,

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9 tl? NA! A Tf5 MARTIN T. CALLAGHAN, U.S. Army Age 20 Killed in action near Faha, Germany, February 19, 1945, while fighting with the 94th Division Attended the Academy three years Received the Purple Heart The above picture of Tf5 Martin Callaghan taken while he was attending a Naval prep school. WGS LT. li.g.y JOHN H. COYNE, u.s.N.R. Age 24 Killed in action near Nimes, France, 4:11 Au ust 21, 1944, pilot of a Hellcat fighter off the U.S.S. Tulagi Attended the Academy 2 years Received the Purple Heart sfscr. HENRY J. CONNERY, u.s. Army Age 38 f Had ten years active service in the Marines Killed by a sniper's bullet in North Burma, July 27, 1944, while fighting with Merrill's Marauders Attended the Academy one year Received the Purple Heart LT. li.g.l CHARLES CARROLL, U.S.N.R. Age 22 Killed in the North Atlantic while on convoy duty, July 6, 1942 Attended the Academy three years Received the Purple Heart P.F.C. DONALD A. CUNY, U.S.M.C. Age 18 1 Killed in action on Peleliu Island, Sep- tember 15, 1944, while landing with the tirst wave of Marines Graduated from the Academy in 1943 Received the Purple Heart Presidential Unit Citation 1st Marine Division Recommended for a citation for bravery under tire Page 7

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u.s. im, Usfembef li 9th Amore 'y in 1930 tecrt mefitcrious :tstonding g: tgr ire QF t5BQ,. . G5 s. if-1 of :afmwi ' sdgtllt ft ,le f wt' in lil CAPTAIN HERMAN E. GRESIK, U.S. Army Age 27 Died in England Graduated from the Academy in 1936 P.F.C. ROBERT J. HENRY, U.S. Army Age 21 Killed in action in Germany, March 25, 1945, while fighting with the 9th in- P.F.C. ROBERT O. JANSEN, U.S. Army Age 27 Died in a Japanese prison camp near Tokyo, July 15, 1945, after being a prisoner for four years Graduated from the Academy in 1936 SGT. THOMAS R. JAGOR, U.S. Army Age 21 Died near Biffontaine, France on Novem- ber ll, 1944 of wounds received on November l while fighting with the 36th Division Graduated from the Academy in 1942 Received the Purple Heart with Cluster fantry Division Graduated from the Academy in 1942 Received the Purple Heart Awarded the Silver Star for bravery in action lst LT. JEROME A. JUHNKE, U.S. Army Air Corps Age 27 Killed in action as a tighter pilot over Tunisia, April 1, 1942 Attended the Academy one year - Received the Purple Heart Awarded the Air Medal with two clusters Page 9