Ponca City High School - Cat Tale Yearbook (Ponca City, OK)

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F5 I 1 i Ensign Joe H. Roquemore, 1942 Navy Air Corps Pilot, July 1, 1942 Died of pneumonia, October 12, 1944, on board the Yorktown, Oak- land, Calif. Pvt. William H. Rutledge, 1942 ,--Q Infantry, April 29, 1943 Killed in accident-April 30, 1944 -Camp Maxey, Texas TlSgt. George L. Sifferd, 1940 Army Air Corps, December 22, 1941 Missing-November 2, 1943, over Wiener Nuestadt, Austria, listed as officially dead December 3, 1944 TX3 Stacy E. Stevens, 1937 Medical Detachment, December 21, 1942 Killed in action-January 17, 1944 -France Purple Heart Lieut. Farron E. Turner, Instructor Ponca City Senior High School, English and Journalism, 1929-1930 and 1932-1936 U, S. Naval Reserve, July 1, 1942 Killed in action-January 3, 1944 U S S Turner on convoy duty, At- lantic Pvt. Eugene L. Waugh, 1944 11th Armored Division, February 15, 1944 Killed in actionAJanuary 1, 1945 -Bastogne District-Battle of the Belgium Heort yin' p-are 1 3+ 2 X 1 S!Sgt. Harold Ramsey, 1940 Infantry, January 5, 1940 Killed in action-July 20, 1943 -Normandy Purple Heart, Three Bronze Stars Capt. Benny F. Riggs, 1936 Army Air Corps, July, 1941 Killed in action -January 19, 1943, over Mediterranean Sea Sgt. Jack Z. Roby, 1941 ' Army Air Corps, January 11, 1943 Killed in accident, February 28, 1944-Fortaleza, Brazil Citation of Honor from General Arnold. Lieut. Ijgl Donald R. Sills, 1938 Naval Air Corps, August, 1942 Killed in action-April 1, 1944 -Palau Islands Sgt. Louis Simmons, 1935 77th Field Artillery, May, 1935 Killed in action--January 19, 1945 wLellig, Luxembourg Pvt. Bernard W. Simpson, 1940 Infantry, March 2, 1943 Killed in torpedoing of troop ship, December 25, 1944, between Eng land and France Purple Heart i 5' I SoMH 3fc Harold E. Wiley, 1942 Navy, July, 1943 Injured in England, died February, 1943 at Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, New York Sgt. Ralph A. Wittmer, 1936 Army, October 7, 1942 Persian Gulf Service Command Died March 11, 1945vTehran, Iran Lieut. Tracy W. Young, 1940 Infantry, April, 1943 Killed in actionf-December, 1944 -Levte, Philippine Islands 'iw out-risk imiitovm im- in-.i ,tw .is U luiient in Puma Cir, s im Hgh Sl

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'Tv Cpl. Rex A. Harris, 1940 Combat Engineers, November, 1942 Wounded and died from results at wounds-July 7, 1944-Normandy, France Purple Heart Lieut. Paul F. Hawkins, 1935 Army Air Corps, September 1, 1940 Plane Crash-May 20, 1942- near Greenfield, lndiana First Ponca Citian killed in World War ll armed forces First Lieut. V. Lee Hurd, 1940 Army Air Corps, November 1, 1940 Killed in action-September 24, 1944-Indio Pre-Pearl Harbor, European theater, Caribbean ribbons Pfc. Robert W. Lessert, Jr., 1930 Infantry, December ll, 1942 Killed in action- November 4, 1944-France Purple Heart Capt. Ralph E. Lowther, 1935 Army Air Corps, June , Died-July 4, 1944-Plane Crash Isle of Mon between London, Eng- land, and France Capt. Charles F. Martin III, 1934 Marines, May 20, 1941 Aleutian and Pacific campaigns Killed in accident-November 14, 1943-Dallas, Texas is F10 Johnnie W. Mundell, 1941 Army Air Corps, February, 1943 Plane crash-August 19, 1944, near Tonapah, Nevada Lieut. Robert J. Nespor, Jr., 1938 Army Air Corps, July 19, 1941 Killed in action-August 1, 1943 -Middle East Air Medal, Bronze Oak Leaf Clus- ter, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross Pfc. Frank C. Nonnamaker, 1942 Infantry, May, 1943 Killed in action-January 29, 1945 -France .433 'hurl' Tfsgt. Riley D. Hurst, 1940 lnfantry, April, 1942 Killed in action-July 7, 1944 -France Purple Heart Ensign George M. Jacques, Jr., 1939 Navy Air Corps Pilot, August, 1941 Plane crash-October 19, 1942, over Pacific Ocean First Lieut. James B. Kuhns, 1936 Army Air Corps, February, 1941 Killed in action-April 13, 1944 -near Budapest, Hungary Purple Heart ..4d 1 - Second Lieut PorterW Masters 1940 Army Air Corps 1942 Plane crash December 13 1943 -over Atlantic on last training flight Westover Field, Mass- achusetts Lieut. Arthur D. Mills, 1935 Army Air Corps, August, 1942 Plane crash-December 14, 1944 -Moore Field near Mission, Texas Alvia Minor, 1940 Enlisted in Navy the day of the Pearl Harbor attack Received training at San Diego Reported missing about June 17, 1942, presumed dead fk l

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iririing in ,fdcfion First Lieut. Glenn L. Banks, 1938 Army Air Corps, April, 1942 Missing since June 17, 1944, near Cherbourg, France Air Medal T!Sgt. Robert E. Boring, 1938 Army Air Corps, July 19, 1942 Missing since March 6, 1944, over New Guinea Distinguished Flying Cross Oak Leaf Cluster Lieut. Ralph E. Byers, 1940 Army Air Corps, November, 1942 Missing since March 30, 1945, over Germany Lieut. Ralph 0. Constant, 1941 Marines, June 23, 1942 Dive Bomber Pilot Missing since March 2, 1945, Philippine Islands Lieut. Warren D. Dailey, 1940 Army Air Corps, May 3, 1942 Lead plane on mission over Muk- den, Manchuria Missing since December 21, 1944 Lieut. J. Lionel Grapes, 1937 Army Air Forces, May, 1943 Pilot, missing over Geffein, Ger- many since December 23, 1944 Pvt. Bethuel T. Hasz, 1929 Infantry, April 14, 1944, Rainbow Division Missing in Germany since January 7, 1945 Lieut. Byron Johnson, 1941 Army Air Corps, July 9, 1942 Missing since February 6, 1945, over Germany Glen G. Lockwood, Mo.M.M.2lc, 1941 . Navy Submarine, December 8, 1942 U.S.S. Golet, South Pacific Missing since July 29, 1944 President's Citation, Two Silver Stars Lieut. Charles R. Mertz, 1940 Army Air Corps, August 9, 1942 Missing since December 19, 1943, Marshall Islands Willis W. Porter, 1935 Navy, Submarine Division-Feb- ruary, 1936 Chief Motor Machinist's Mate on U.S.S. Shark in Pacific, did not return after combat patrol, Novem- ber 25, 1944 1 ir4'.',t R11-11 4-,ii , 1 X . A I ig.. Lieut. Herbert 0. Powell, Jr., 1937 Army Intelligence Branch, 1942 Missing in Italy since February 12, 1945 Sam Rollins, 1943 Navy, December, 1942 Missing since December 2, 1943, on board U.S.Sf Liscome Bay, Gil- bert Islands Capt. Roland lWaddyl Young, 1935 Army Air Corps, January 1, 1941 Pilot B-29 Missing since January 9, 1945, in raid over Tokyo and Formosa ridonerzi of war TfSgt. Robert Ault, 1941 Army Air Corps, January, 1942 Missing since September 22, 1944 from a base in England Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster Second Lieut. Joe H. Bishop Army Air Corps, July, 1942 Bombardier, on fifth mission over Germany. Stalag Luft 1, near Rostock, Germany Lieut. Elmer Dunlap, 1939 Army Air Corps, 1940 First reported missing in action over Germany, March 22, 1944 TlSgt. William A. Lowen, 1940 Army Air Corps, January, 1943 Engineer and gunner on B-24 Shot down, Aug. 15, 1944, over Zuider Zee Stalag Luft 4, Germany Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster Lt. Shornden D. McCloud, 1936 Army Air Corps, May 28, 1942 Pilot of P-38, shot down over Ger- many, April 29, 1944 Stalag Luft 3, Sogan, Germany T!Sgt. Carmen McKnight, 1939 Cavalry, August 9, 1940, then into Air Corps, radio operator on bomber Shot down over Germany, Feb- ruary 25, 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Cpl. N. L. Rushing, 1939 Infantry, February 28, 1940 Reported missing after fall of Cor- regidor, reported prisoner, May 18, 1942, Hoten Japanese prison, Muk- den, Manchukuo sa-Luz 2 ?.'! E . Q, 3.0.5 4 0.5.16 4, -e g e7 V ig, 1111 1 Unrrzo Svncs An Pvt. Edwin A. Schlapbach, 1944 Infantry, May 24, 1944 Captured in combat operations in France, January 9, 1945 U. S. Prisoner of War 27507 Stalag 913, Germany Ralph L. smith, M.M. 2!c Navy, February, 1937 Reported missing on mine sweeper - Pigeon -May 24, 1942, Cor- regidor Japanese prison, Camp 4, Philip- pines S!Sgt. Frank E. Williams, 1939 Army Air Corps, September, 1940 Crewman on Flying Fortress, Porachuted over Belgium Luft 3, Sogan, Germany Uvurzo Svrrzs Nixvv UNITED STAYES MARINE Cours