Olney Area High School - Olnean Yearbook (Olney, IL)

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Colonel Iohn H. lack Gibson ,-4' 5- Colonel lack Grbson araduat of O T H S and student a tae U'1lV9IS1ly of llhnors 1 ft tt U lv rsly Ca ous 1932 for Randolph F ld where he earn a Us prlots Nlna A r lcnockfna about for three years he left the Arr Corps and beoarne a cross country pllot for Arnerlcan Arrllnes In 1942 he res1qned th1s pos1t1on to enter the Alr Tran port Comrnand but desmnq sorne real actlon Cas h put rtl '1 Jorned a Flylnq Fortress Group whrcn went lnto overseas actlon rn 1943 For Colonel Grbsons flrst mnportant mrssron the rald over Ke11 Germany he was awarded tae Sllver Star hrs C1lGl1O'1 readlnq For qallantry ln actlon as combat leader h1s msprrrnq 1eadersh1p d1rected a successful l3ornb1na of a heavlly defended ob1ect1ve Besrdes the Srlver Star Colonel GlbSOH srnce has been awarded the Au Medal wrth three Oak Leaf Clusters and more recently the Dlshnqurshed Flylnq Cross W'1th hrs knowledge of combat tactlcs and t ohrucal pleas s lack was transferred early thls year and asslqned as Assrstant Ch1ef of Staff of a L1berator DIVIQIOD sorrvewhere rn Enqlard 9 Q3 ' W, Q , o .,.. V l v vw ,- t . , 1 , e . e n e 1 .ru rn ze . e 1 s .1 X s. fte V , . ., . . ,, . S . . ll - ll . A 1 D .Q 1 , , . - , . o , I I A V L , ' I , , , o . C , .. -: , , - - , , . .

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Colonel William Frank Campbell Lieutenant Colonel Dale Ridgely Dental Corps Colonel Frank Ca C gram tea trorh I ey Hrah School IH l9l2 be arne rttereste ary tt rs W e Unrversrty ot llltnor as had tram na In a nurn lo I ot arnty Qcaools rn th J S a d s served as Instructor In several ln l92O he was assrqnecl t the err an torces n ue many wftere toyed tor tw years Alter ar Glu tron tr In the Amy War Colleae tn l933 he ol t I I y CIS er X or Depart e rt General S alt Officer e ln ta y l tel rqence Drvrsron The next tour years were S nt as an Instructor at Fort Leavenworth Kaneas He was al ed lea I4 to the Vlar College In Washm t to Qerve on lan V3 la UI v 'ter he rernatr' d trttr e Iyt ts year Cflhrrel Carpbell rs now In the South Pacitrc Area lonel ttrdgely las served wrth Arny unrte rn th State rcle tir owrr cou try He has been stat1 d In Call at Fort Xfrraht N w York at Fort Monrnoutrt New lersey I' I hawal He f raduated from Carlyle Mtlrtary S hool In I Qevtceot V e eaal a to yea Q fl e a t J years rn Ch I td ot t rtar ti a a teute Q ft J , A we . . .. 1 , Z ,W I Qt, ee.. a ra e .. . He C e l ., e Cl rn S riiult a ar nil at the l l ' S, ee I e . .e . , f. F ,N y, ,, . ., I no 5 f-ww ' 4 ' '. ,A,l . I o Ani- C 1. i . r' r e I , . . h e S a 'U o . FY IW V f'N V t. o an .. . 4 .. , f.,-X . A ln- A , ,, 7 ,W ' eerie o toe: ul e N ' .rt P t in ill Wh' r rt ' ' ' A v-Q ' ,e , - . 'hen C l C' . ' ' ' ao' I e fl ,-, 1 - A vw A ' A u ' l Sr-'- .he penn. to ,e d, .. e e .e .. re . l an .I . ,J Vi f . r . ,N at . , , oo, . I 1 I .. - I. .re . e and outs' o' . '. I 'one ' '- ' f-. 'f . A ' ' A . ' T . lC...l..1, ., rc , - . , , , ,J , ' 1' . ' A ' ,ma .r - .. , e. . 'C-W.---v v 1 .. ' ' ,K ' ' 14 I - re ...I e,l'.ar1.a and -Jae In - r I N alt I R e ..osp.ta. IIT 'F'fv-L1 fe. Y- C fe -- f C 'A 1 fy,-l 1- - ' ,KAW if ..ae..rI1,.C.1, D. ., -er .ear I-. oenel Rraoey hae r: e.. raziartia for the gg st o W er .rnaz RG :nt .a y 'nit 'lX,':.TI'3 f'f'ev-A new '-A ' ' f A A t 'Nh , ,,.-..el Carapger. n L nant Colonel R.a,ely are l.Y,.L,-Y -4 -be-, e.e...-,- .

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Mcnor Paul Arthur Domey vao Paul Dorney qraduated irc 0 T H S in 1935 He attended the Uri r ity of Illinois tor two years then er tered prir ary tlyinq school at Parks ,Air Colleqe East St Louis He took his basic tlyinq ccurse at Montqornery Field Aa loama and graduated frorn advanced ly inq school at Barksdale Field Shreveport Louisiana He re named at Barksdale as flying instructor until Ianuary 1942 then was h lp open a four enqine school 1n lan ary 1943 he went to Lockhourne Arnoy Air Base Columbus Ohio to op n a tour engine school Maior Dorney was awarded th Di tinquished Flyinq Cross for saving a F y ina Fortress and its crew when it ran in o trouble in Utah March 17 1943 At present Malor Dorney is the conf mandinq ottlcer ot ll74th Squadron CSpe cialized tour enqinel in the Central 1 tru tor School at Loclcbourne Arnoy Air Base Coletnobus Ohio 1 1 v r 'rw ve S' ' ' , 1- 1 11 ' 1 1 ' ' I I f I 1 I I transferred to Hendricks Field, Florida, to e - ' ' . u- ' .e 's- ' ' V ' 1 s c , A ' , 1' A , I .