Norwich University - War Whoop Yearbook (Northfield, VT)

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ff xx .fffr-ff, , ,, xxxxxgff- gg ,- CHARLES HENRY COOKE, JR. V Class of 1933 Captain, 32nd Field Artillery Battalion, First Infantry Division The Captain took part in the invasion of North Africa and fought through the entire campaign, from Oran to the invasion of Sicily. For action above and beyond the call of duty, Captain Cooke was awarded the Silver Star and the Soldier's Medal. In the invasion of Sicily, he was reconnoitering for a route of retreat in the midst of a large scale German counter attack, when his small party was attacked by a superior enemy force in a vineyard near Gela, Sicily, in a pocket between the 1st and 45th Divisions. Only one man survived this encounter of July 11, 1943, a para- chutist who had joined the Captain's party. His wife, Lina R. Cooke, and son, Charles H., III, reside in Athol, Massachusetts. JEROME P. EASTMAN Class of 1933 First Lieutenant, Cavalry, 747th Tank Battalion Captain Eastman was employed by the Fleischmann Yeast Com- pany in Chicago before entering the service in October, 1941. He arrived in England in February, 1944, whence he entered France at D plus 5. The Captain was awarded the Silver Star Medal for action above and beyond the call of duty in Normandy. He was wounded during this action, but returned to duty to participate in the battle of the Roer. On March 1, 1945, in the vicinity of Golpen, Germany, he was killed while leading his tank platoon. His two children, Caroline, S, and Allen Hill, 3, and wife, Catherine, make their home in LaGrange, Illinois. WESLEY GOVE GODDARD Class of 1933 Major, 18th Field Artillery Group Major Goddard took part in the Normandy Invasion, the North- ern France Campaign, and the advance through Belgium until he was wounded in Aachen, Germany. He was being returned to the United States, for treatment of the wounds which he received, on board the hospital ship Sf. Mibiel, when hersuddenly passed away on December 13, 1944. Merle Kidder Goddard, his wife, resides in Worcester, Massa- chusetts, as does his father, Roscoe H. Goddard. His brother, Kenneth H. Goddard, was taken prisoner by the Germans during the North African Campaign, and returned to the United States when our troops liberated the members of the prisoner of war camp in which he was interned. TEN

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Cf gxxxxxxxxx fgff ,,, 41111, gy ,- BERTON A. BARRETT Clggg of 1927 Major, Corps of Engineers, Second Engineer Philippine Corps Major Barrett was employed as a civilian engineer in Manila on December 7, 1941. On December 27, 1941, he was commis- sioned in the United States Army as a Major. He fought in the defense of the Islands until April 8, 1942, when Bataan was surrendered to the japanese. President Roosevelt twice cited the Major's unit for outstanding action against the enemy. Major Barrett maintained his health and morale for over two years in the Umeda Bunsho Prison Camp in Osaka, Japan, but was suddenly stricken with an intestinal obstruction and died within twenty-four hours on November 11, 1944. His mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barrett, now reside in Idyllwild, California, after having lived in Millis, Massachusetts, while the Major attended Norwich. RICHMOND N. ALLEN ' Class of 1932 First Lieutenant, lst Armored Regiment Lieutenant, Allen, a native of Northfield, Vermont, participated in the North African 'Campaign in command of a tank platoon of Company I where he met his death against German troops on February 14, 1943. His wife, Mrs. Ruth NV. Allen, whom he married in 1935, and two children, Frank W., age 10, and Jane, age 6, of Northfield, Vermont, survive him, as does his father, Dr. Bert F. Allen. GEORGE PRESTON BRIGGS Class of 1932 First Lieutenant, 116th Infantry Division Lieutenant Briggs was employed in the Sales Promotion Depart- ment of the Sears, Roebuck and Company when he entered the service in 1942 as a Lieutenant. After Completing his training with the 116th Division in the United States, his unit was ordered to England. On D-Day he led his rifle platoon in che invasion of France. On August 8, 1944, in the vicinity of St. Lo, after going forward on a reconnaissance mission, the Lieutenant lost his life. His platoon, in their advance, found him with a piece of shrapnel through his helmet. His wife, Mrs. Janet Briggs, now resides in Chicago. NINE

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ff xxxgxx ,ff -.-X X E3-1 1111- 'NX J, ..- SIDNEY T. TELFORD Class of 1933 Lieutenant Colonel, Armored Force Sidney Telford, born in Derby Line, Vermont, attended Norwich for one year, after which he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1934. One day prior to his death, he was given command of a tank regiment, which he led in the break through of the Siegfried defenses on that day and the following day. For outstanding and heroic action on these two days, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal. The Colonel lost his life in the break through near Langfeld, Ger- many, on September 14, 1944. I-Iis wife, Virginia Allen Telford, and a son and daughter survive him. His father, Sidney B. Telford, resides in Derby Line, Vermont. PELI-IAM BIDGOOD WITHERS Class of 1934 Major, United States Marine Corps After completing one year of service of a four-year enlistment, Pelham was one of fifteen of his class of one hundred and thirty-five at Pensacola,'Florida, to be offered a commission in the Marine Corps. Shortly after receiving his commission he was transferred to the Virgin Islands, where he was later promoted to the rank of Captain. Upon his return to the States, he was assigned to the Pentagon Building and then to Cherry Point, North Carolina, to train his squadron for duty in the Pacific. Major Withers was killed when he crashed in the airplane he was flying on June 4, 1943. A wife and a son survive him. RIPLEY BUCKINGHAM Class of 1935 Captain, Army Medical Corps A Vermonter by birth, Captain Buckingham lived in Washing- ton, D. C., from childhood until he attended Norwich. After graduating from Norwich, he received his Medical Degree from George Washington University in 1941. The day following gradua- tion, he married Miss Virginia Ann Wright. In July, 1942, he entered the Army as a medical officer. On August 18, 1943, he departed for overseas duty with the Y Force in the China-Burma-India theater of operations. I-Ie was killed in action by a sniper in the Salween River Campaign near Sungshan, China, while serving as a medical liaison officer with the Chinese Army, exactly one year after leaving the States and one day before his thirty-second birthday. ELEVEN