Norwich University - War Whoop Yearbook (Northfield, VT)

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1, xxbxxxx yrffff,-, -it ,,jgfz.1- xxxg v .f MAJOR CHARLES D. FRINK Class of 1907 COLONEL HARRY A. FLINT Class of 1910 MAJOR HENRY A. LAFRANCE Class of 1918 MAJOR HAROLD D. MARTIN Class of 1920 ALEXANDER G. OLSEN Class of 1920 CAPTAIN OTIS W. CROCKER Class of 1930 THIRTY-TWO LIEUTENANT COLONEL I-IORACE MANCHESTER, JR. Class of 1931 CAPTAIN STEN E. BERGSTEDT Class of 1932 LIEUTENANT JAMES H. WILLIAMS Class of 1941 LIEUTENANT CHARLES R. CUMMINGS Class of 1942 CAPTAIN LEO A. MOORE Class of 1942 Q LIEUTENANT JOHN BROWER Class of 1943 XVILLIAM G. DICKINSON Class of 1944 EDMUND HARLOW Class of 1945 HARVEY P. HAWTHORNE Class of 1945

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ff gxxxgxxxxx fffzf, -,,,,.,,ff,- -Xxxxxfgff- 7 C THOMAS C. VOLLENWEIDER Second Lieutenant, 22nd Fighter Squadron, 9th Air Force Class of 1946 Thomas was born in Hankow, China. in 1924, attending grammar and high school in Malverne, New York, before entering Norwich. He entered the Air Corps as an aviation cadet, completed his training successfully, and was rated a pilot. For three months he acted as a flight instructor at the Marianna Airneld. He was assigned to the 22nd Fighter Squadron, where he was awarded the Air Medal. His squadron also received a citation from the President of the United States. On December 27, 1944, he took off in a P-47, Thunderbolt, on his twentieth mission, a strafing mission. He lost his life when his airplane crashed near Bastogne, Belgium. His parents make their home in Lynbroolc, New York. He returned to the States , ff 4. 1, if 'i ,'ff:Zv?4f i,- .- f , ,,. : fifgf 'S 1 . 's-1265 ww? . ,f47.f'f - fa, , .... ,. ' 5, f f. ms- -Ja ,zg ., -- c,., v, -qyflf . ,,.,3y,-,75f,,A,.A .,,, i'::'-fiii .,, ,f 1-4 In M5755-i'1'f ' 2 f 5 .,, 1? ,., my ,f fywf, .3.wg74, l, X,-4, , V, ' ,.,, I s.. 7, ffawfyy-V. I H , 1 ,,,, I .11 1 X f f?,ff?'? W4 yff 4f fx' ' 11,134-fg!g'ff3gg,c4 all. X eff f f ,M jf,,y4,,,, , 1 'f - f ,4y.Q ,g7,f2's5 2 ff X f 'X , fa W ff 'td f J 9 Z' f' K ff, ff f W ff f 1 rv 4 fi ' f I 15' ' iff , J ,204 ,bf 4 wmffo ff f , , .f,f,,.4..fZ.27,zpf,. , f' 'K,ff':.6af:2e.z::3f1-f::-fr'712 .1 . '. ,V f ff f ,ffl f. .f 1 . .-,-ga .. .-,, fig , f ff A! 1' af KC? ff , 7 , f , f f 4 4 f f 1 1 Jaw 4 , , 1 .. ,.,-.-.:,,.,..k,,,- ,, , f.. ,, - . , . . ..- , l ,.,,.Q.,sf,g.f,g.L,,,-,1fq:..,f., a id' ,. ' w , ,, ,fa-rg, -155254. ff-,1,,j ,peg', .,f1:':',f.,g,z- Vg f- ' 1 . 1 1 , 4 g,f,.p..:f ,- ,. , .. ,, . effiifzghwwfifffw . f fare an Q.. - f 'j.4?.3'?: I' ' , If 44 '2'4 Zv.I' 52E:?.f j,LfWl 7 'W' ?2,1 2l3i, 11155 1 ' f f . . F' 1,1 . . fd-2f4ii 5-.kaliff Q' f6Z P'f1fffQZW,f'i.-.W , wizfm'-'e, f ff 'f-cvff' W-.4171 f fa-ff,,..r', . V. 44 af ' if 11f'I1f5:-' . 47115 f firm' ' I .,.,, xx x lax X x xx X X X N N xxx sbs . X x T K as X N Qt. XQXQSN six X X S Q tk . . ' x..- of. V'-:35:-- ' : -- NX ' ' fwfr' HN 'r::::f:5:,:5::::f:,532'-1-Sree.,., X ,.,. , ..,.. . -:-fps:-:.f.g.g.,.-:-1:--Jfrfciekv-2-:rr-1.-..A .,-.fir N 'C'---iii Q54-:af-:':-:sais ' ' 1 -.-.-:-:.g.5.:.-:-z.g.5.:.4:-:4:-pg.4:-:4:4:-xg2:-:-3.33:-:-1-1.54 4:-55.5.1.4 '- - - XXX.-re-1 s X - N. -rw -I -Qs iss X gj,5Q4Wffw4Wf , . ....,, , ,,, .,., ,.,. . 2' . , mfff-f'A CARLETON WEBB GRISWOLD Pharmacist's Mate 3fc, U.S.N.R., attached 1st Marine Division Class of 1944 Carleton enlisted in the Navy on October 25, 1942. He trained as a hospital apprentice before requesting transfer to the Marines. Upon his arrival in the Southwest Pacific, he was assigned to the lst Marine Division, the unit with which he participated in the action in the vicinity of Cape Gloucester, New Britain. With further training, he was among the units which participated in the landing- and the establishment of the beachhead at Peleliu Island, Palau Islands. On September 17, 1944, two days after his arrival on this island he advanced through a field covered by sniper fire to aid a Wounded marine. Although wounded, he continued, aided the marine, and then lost his life. For gallantry and intrepidity in action beyond the call of duty, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal. Mr. Ernest H. Griswold, his father, who lives in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, survives him. 1 ff: xikk lfrfff-ffff ul S STL!!! ' gggii S S fi., .1 .1 THIRTY-ONE gf X

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if px gxxXXSx iff,-, --E ,,,,,,- ,xxXqff,,, xxx ., AVE ATQUE VALE A GREAT POET has spoken of the still, sad music of hu- manity and of its ample power to chasten and subdue. The mystic bond between the living and the dead is no where more completely realized than in our sorrow and our pride as we close this section devoted to the men of Norwich who died that this nation might live. Pictures and words are at best symbols of a more pro- found reality. These Norwich men who died in World War II are part of an immortal tradition, exemplified in all ages, that for free men there is no choice between liberty and death. For some of us it is eternal vigilance which is the price of libertyg for these men the cost was life itself. To these men of Norwich we say, c'Well done: good and faithful servants. We are grateful to you for what you were and for what you did. Rclquiescmzzf in pace THIRTY-THREE