Marquette University NROTC - Porthole Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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'.'- ..... ........ isx V i I ,-; '. flex? 5 e H; x95 1, t 1's. ' 'ii-v ., - t . 7' . ' . ' Z i f , I; 3 t 'r 1 9' 2 i I $' 3 :2 3 t . , T. ' '1' T, .' .gll' - 9;. -'-x Iv , l, . ., .--4w.---v wwv Vasmh-rvts'm . H l EIMMISSIINS The commissioning of 65 new Ensigns at the close of the present term will swell to 695 the number of Marquette graduates sent to navai duty direct from this command. This number L 1 In addition to this impressive total, many other $va V-12 students were sent from Marquette to Midshipman schools where they later received their halt-inch of gold. Although the unit came into existence in 1940, it was not until May 30, 1943 that a class was graduated. The first class consisted of 12 NROTC students and was commissioned under the peace-tirne NROTC program. July 1, 1943 saw the inauguration of the war-tirne V-12 and NROTC program, and 794 new students reported for training. The largest class graduated in March 1944, when 87 men received their certificate of com- pletion from Captain Robert A. Dawes. This class expansion was brought about through the commissioning of 6th term Tuniors tNROTCl. Among these young Ensigns was Robert Blanz of Milwaukee who later was ki1led in action at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. He thus became the first unit graduate to lose his life in World War 11. A June 1945 gradu- ate, Dona1d Iaehnke, became the second, be- ing killed on the Japanese mainland severa1 months after V-l Day. It was not until the latter part of 1945 that any V-12 engineering students were commis- sioned at Marquette, and since the adoption of this practice, 85 men have received their corn- missions in this manner. Now, with the graduating of 65 men lune 27, the war-time V-12 and NROTC program will be brought to a close, and along with 51 other colleges and universities throughout the country, Marquette and the Naval Unit return to the peace-tirne NROTC set-up which will be re-inaugurated within the next few months. Whether the program will return to its pre- war status or something new will be incul- cated, remains a matter of conjecture.

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PIIBTHLE Whenever C1 group of men are brought to- gether in the semblance of a unit, sooner or later is expressed the desire for some means of producing and expanding the common CIS- sociations and experiences within the group. It was in order to meet such c1 demand that the PORTHOLE was established US a unit gradua- tion publication, to be produced once each semester. For some time the PORTHOLE made its Cip- pearance GS CI mimeogrctphed pamphlet; but With the inception of the WGr-tirne program, the PORTHOLE blossomed out and under the capable leadership of Iohn Reuternan, Iohn Haferneister, Jack Matthews, Van Hooper, Jr., and others, beccxrne c1 beautiful issue which all unit members could proudly display. Since Iuly 1, 1943, the PORTHOLE has ap- peared six times. All editions have been pub- lished by NROTC students working in their spare time. Editors in past semesters were Reuternan, William Glyle, Arthur Pollasky, Joseph Perry, Francis Mucklin, and Charles Hanson. Each edition has contained many excellent features and has always highlighted pictures and stories of the individuals com- prising the graduating classes. In addition, it has been the policy of the PORTHOLE, by the use of candids, features, poems, etc., to present as clearly and as humorously as possible, life in the Marquette Unit, bringing close to each member the Navy and accompanying features of its unique lite. In order to publish the PORTHOLE it has always been necessary to solicit advertising from Milwaukee tirrns. PORTHOLE business managers in past semesters were Hatemeister, Leander Foley, Hooper, Charles Esau, Philip Mork and Willie Medearis. Departing this semester from the traditional NROTC publication, the PORTHOLE has changed its uniform and now as the spokes- rrr n at the entire unit, in its last. appearance C18 a wartime publication, bears proudly a lecther-bcund uniform. It is fitting that With the ending of the war-tirne program, the PORTHOLE should bow out at the peak of -,+ L 1 CW - Fr: n; 'JCCQDD'J a 13 :54 mm- dg: .'. t ' I553.- .

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LIST IF GBAIAUTES Class of JUNE 1943 Peace- time Program Peter P. Wisniewski, Jr. James Edward Burckardt Prank K. Becker Burton I. Brill Garth E. Courtois Paul I. Dillon, Ir. Robert H. Greene Herbert F. Herrick Robert Huwiler Joseph T. Iohnson Atherton C. Kern Sidney Brook Charles C. DeYoung John H. Hafemeister Richard I. Heil Robert S. Howard Roger I. Koch Robert G. Kuhnmuench Patrick G. Miller Charles R. Pihringer Joseph F. Sanek Roy C. Smith Raymond 1. Warren Francis D. Manning David M. Iewett Albert J. Hauer Francis B. Cline Donald C. Andrews Grover A. Prater Edwin I. Newberg Robert L. Blanz Roland K. Henschke Ioe McNeW Robert E. Bierbaum Frank S. Kechey Charles F. Kline Morris M. Anderle Iack G. Stateler Robert A. Bossier Victor Kostuck Allan E. Gardner Robert E Wendt John F Cook Joseph P Perry Arthur I. Mullen John S. Arkowski Russell C. Frank Gilbert C. Nowak Leo C. Massopust, Ir. Donald A. Gutzmann Class of HETllBI-IB 1943 Robert F. Lex Thomas B. Miller Leroy A. Peppey Gregory Prodromus Robert R. Scheid Robert W. Schroeder Vitus T. Thomas George L. Commo Raymond I. Diehl William C. Goetz Dennis C. Hamerski James O. Husting Felix Iablonowski Robert E. Joseph Class of MARCH 1944 Adalbert I. Mayr John W. Cotey Joseph H. Dorszynski George E. Rice Iohn Karczewski Harold E. DeBona Robert I. Danforth Leander I. Foley Robert G. Heath Robert A. Hildebrandt Ioseph A. Iautz Anthony M. Kubcm John I. McFalda Robert D. A. Perlick Iohn Reutemcm William R. Schmidt George F. Tidmarsh Arthur F. Zimmer Howard M. McConnell Edward A. Wex, Ir. Iohn E. Kirby Ralph A. Zettel Donald M. Durr Donald F. Liebmann Ralph E. Miller Theodore J. Ethier Leslie E. Randall, Ir. John C. Carlisle Kenneth H. Burner, Ir. Paul I. Kemp Earl C. Iaeger William G. Robertson James I. Bonifas John F. McKean John E. Moser Paul R. Slagle Howard I. McGinnis Eugene I. Scholler Kenneth Schroeder Stefano Dovi Alfred Froehlich Ralph A. Keidel Leonard Liss George Sajdak 91355 of MARCH 1945 Albert 0. Riordan John T. Ians Charles H. Chamberlain John G. Miller George H. Hahn Charles A. Endter Millen E. Luhrs Donald 0. Stiles Richard G. Boekeloo Robert L. Porth Mortimer C. Johnson 1 Robert F. Nauert Donald L. Walker Julius M. Friesser Marvin Mandel Raymond R. Riley Thomas I. Curran leynn R. Baker Jack L. Matthews Donald Pommer Lloyd Freese Harold A. Cavanagh Ervin I. Klovers Charles P. Murphy Wendell L. Hercules Robert E. Ketten Bernard McDonnell William B. Papador Clarence P. Potrykus John M. Reinhart Robert F. Scholl Matthew 1. Schwartz Milton Bordow Allen E. Gramza William I. Leahigh John D. Zimmer William G. Reedle Warren T. Gross William P. Pautke Harold W. Lyneis John A. Schwenke Arthur I. Wolf William C. Bowe Rosario Fragale Anthony Giaimo Gordon 1. Lindemann Stuart R. Manegold Ralph W. Bohrer Jack C. Ellsworth Richard E. Jonas W illiam H. Glye Albert R. Franz Arthur G. Pollasky John W. Stumpf Robert C. Rupp William A. Denny Donald G. Raymer William Witt, Ir. Jack E. Weatherford Robert V. Grekowicz Kenneth F. Pedersen Henry H. Lee Charles I. Schuster Louis I. Fitzpatrick