McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Gymnasium

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★ ★★★★★★★★★★ lln ilemnriam Capt. Julian Long v as born December 26, 1909, and died in the sinking of the Japanese Prisoner of War ship, October 24, 1945. 1st Lt. Guy Kemper was bom June 12, 1921, and was listed as missing in action as a Marine fighter pilot over Rabaul, October, 1943. The War Department has said that he is presumed and declared to be dead. Milton (Red) Reese was bom September 17, 1923, and was listed as missing in action as a bombardier on a B-29 raid over Japan, January 14, 1945.. The War Department has said that he is presumed and declared to be dead. J. P. Young was bom October 22, 1921, and v as missing as a paratrooper in action in Belgium, December 26, 1944. The War Department has said that he is presumed and declared to be dead. Dick Jones was bom October 24, 1921, and was killed in a plane accident in Newport, England, October 27, 1944. ,. T Capt. Earl A. Russell, Jr., was bom February 1, 1918, and failed to return from a B-29 raid on Kamasaki, Japan, April 16, 1945. The War Department has said that he is presumed and declared to be dead. Lt. Raleigh S. (Shed) Ragsdale v as bom July 20, 1924, and has been missing in action since April 6, 1945, while on a combat mission as pilot of a P 51 over Germany. The War Department has said that he is presumed and declared to be dead. 2nd Lt. Albert Leonard Sparm, Jr., was born March 13, 1917, and has been listed as missing in air action over San Leonardo, Italy, since February 25, 1945. The War Department has said that he is presumed and declared to be dead. Major Bob Anthony was born March 22, 1916, and v as killed in action near Tokyo, Japan, in a B-29 raid, on August 8, 1945. Johnny Burleson v as born December 8, 1917, and is listed as missing in action. , TOTAL GOLD STARS, 1943-1946—23 - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★