Norwich University - War Whoop Yearbook (Northfield, VT)

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XX ffffr 1,1 'Xggg ff ff, xly iff' , SAMUEL WORTH CARDER, JR. Class of 1935 Major, 19th Tactical Air Command Major Carder was called to active duty with the lst Armored Division at Fort Knox, in July, 1940. In August of 1941, he transferred to the Air Corps for training as an aerial observer, at Brooks Field, Texas. XVhile serving as commanding officer of a squadron in the 100th Fighter Wing and as air support liaison officer between the 19th Tacti- cal Air Command and 81st Infantry Division, Major Carder was called to a forward position. While proceeding there in a jeep, he was overtaken and machine-gunned by the Germans. He jumped from the jeep to surrender, but was killed by hand grenades. Major Carder had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal prior to his death. His wife, Martha Avery Carder, and four daughters, Mary Belle, Joan, Martha, and Anne, of New York City, survive him, as do his mother and father, of Detroit, Michigan. EUGENE FORD SYMS Class of 1935 Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Aviation After having been awarded the Senior Gold Medal, and the Loyal Legion Saber for the highest academic and military standing in his class, Cadet Syms was selected for a commission in the Marine Corps upon his graduation from Norwich. Colonel Syms saw action on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, New Georgia Island, R-endova Landing, and Munda Airfield as 11 fighter pilot. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in action against, the enemy in the Solomon and New Georgia Islands. He was killed in a plane crash near the Boone Monument, Mid- dlesboro, Kentucky. I-Ie is survived by his mother and father, Jennie M. and Alfred A. Syms, of San Antonio, Texas. YVILLIAM HENRY BALL Clam of 1936 Private First Class, Company G, 357th Infantry William Ball, captain of the baseball team in his senior year, was employed by the Bryant Chucking Grinder Company in Spring- field prior to entering the service in September, 1943. After receiving this training at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, in June, 1944, he went overseas. He was seriously wounded while serving as an automatic rifleman with his company in France. Nineteen days after being wounded, Private Ball died in a hospital and was buried in the United States Military Cemetery at Andilly, France. His wife, Christine Lee Ball, and mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Allen D. Ball, reside in Ludlow, Vermont. TWELVE

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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

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C-I KX Xgxxxxx fffff 'JE ,rffffff .- HOWARD W1-IIPPLE GARDNER Class of 1936 Major, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division After graduating from Norwich, Major Gardner entered the employ of the General American Transportation Corporation of Chicago. When called to active duty in February of 1941 he was engaged in research work on heater and refrigerator cars. Major Gardner reported for duty with the Armored Force at Fort Benning, Georgia. I-Ie became the executive officer of the 3rd Battalion of the 32nd Armored Regiment prior to their ship- ment overseas in September, 1943. After landing in France he was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal and the Silver Star Medal for outstanding action against the enemy. It was while serving as executive officer that Major Gardner was killed 11 miles east of Avranches, France, on August 2, 1944, when he left his command tank to aid in the rescue of some trapped tank crewmen. Before returning to his tank he attempted to recon- noitcr the area and was hit in the forehead with a mortar shell f- xxg fragment. His wife, Evelyn N. Gardner, and son, John Howard Gardner, reside in Red Wing, Minnesota. adam, RIFORD STEELE WILLIAMS Class of 1936 Captain, 112th Cavalry Regiment Captain Williams was awarded the Silver Star Medal and the Bronze Star Medal for his outstanding action against the enemy on the islands in the Pacific. He participated in the action at Woodlark, Arawa, Aitape, and Luzon. On March 27, 1945, three months after being given command of his squadron, he, with one enlisted man, was reconnoitering on Luzon in advance of his troop when they were fired upon by the enemy. In the action which followed, Captain Williams exposed himself to the enemy force in order to drag his wounded companion to safety. Both men were killed in the intense fire. Captain Williams' mother, Judge Wilma Steele Williams, whom he saw in October, 1944, while on leave after twenty-nine months overseas, makes her home in Highgate, Vermont. GORTON J. FULLER Class of 1938 Captain, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division Captain Fuller of Huntington, Vermont, was called to active duty in February, 1941. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division, which was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. He de- parted for overseas with the 2nd Armored and participated in the invasion of North Africa, fought through the North African Cam- paign, and took part in the invasion of Sicily. Captain Fuller lost his life when the LST in which he was crossing the English Channel for the invasion of France on June 11, 1944, struck a mine. Mrs. Shirley H. Fuller, his wife, resides in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts. TQHIRTEEN