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

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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 .

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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 Harvey Domey Colonel Dorney s story 1S one ot tra 1ng graduatrons commands and pro c tlons He graduated trorn O T H S rn l9'3O from the Unrted States Mrlrtary Acad rny at West Pornt ln 1937 then trorn pnrnary and advanced tlyrng schools at Randolp and a Kelly Fleld San Antonra Texas He commanded rn turn the tollowrng Freld lamalca Dakota Freld Aruba and Zandary Freld Surrnarn lt was whrle at Surmam that Colonel Dorney recerved v orlcl notxce tor the rescue ot Tom Har mon famous Mrchrgan haltback From the rank ot Second Lreutenant rn l937 rap1d prornotlons brought hrrn to the rank of Colonel rn l943 ln l944 he was graduated from th Command and General Staff School Fort Leavenworth Kansas and from th Ar y Arr Forces Statt School . . . .I Q I L , , . tields: Losey Field, Puerto Rico: Vernarn , 7 ' , 7 5 ' . I L e 1 . ii I , 9