Poughkeepsie High School - Phois Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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EDWARD A. FRANK, JR. Private First Class U. S. A. 20 years old Class of 1944 Private Frank entered the service of his country on March 13, 1944, He received his training with the Infantry at Camp Croft, South Carolina. Serv- ing with the 100th Division, he was killed at Kas- sel, Germany, on August 22, 1945, on his return from a mission of delivering important documents. ISAAC GRAU BART Private U. S. A. 19 years old Class of 1943 Private Graubart entered the service on Septem- ber l8, 1943. He trained at Fort Jackson, North Carolina. Private Graubart was killed by the ex- plosion of a heavy artillery shell in a battle in Belgium on March 4, 1945, and his grave is in Hamn, Luxembourg, l l 2 i -i . 5 4 li lll Elm ie. i-ig' 5 :ii BERNARD GOODKIN Private U. S. A. 19 years old Class of 1943 Private Goodkin entered the service in June of 1943. He trained at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Private Goodkin was killed in Italy on October 19, 1944. i s r 1'

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I JOHN DOERR First Lieutenant U. S. A. A. F. Class of 1930 I Lieutenant Doerr enlisted in the Air Corps i March, 1938. First Lieutenant Doerr was Iocateld with the 38th Bombardrnent Group. He was killed on December 21, 19-41, when his B-26 tailed Io take off. I I I I i. I ' i s . t l I JAMES DETMER Private U. S. A. 22 years old Class of 1941 Private Detmer entered his country's service on February 4, 1944, and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia, He was a member of the 362nd ln- fantry, Company E, 91st Division. Private Detmer lost his life in the Mediterranean area on October 18, 1944. FORREST EDSON Second Lieutenant U. S. A. 24 years old Class of 1936 Lieutenant Edson entered the service on Aprii 2, 1941. He attended Camp Davis Officers' Train- ing School. Lieutenant Edson was stationed with Battery G, 62nd Coast Artillery of the Anti-Ain craft. His death occurred at Constantine, Algeria, North Africa, on May 2, 1943.

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ARTHUR HADSELL Colonel U. S. A. 40 years old Class of l9Z0 Colonel Hadsell was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in l924. After his graduation from West Point, he was sent to Honolulu and then to the Sorbonne University at Paris, France, to study French in order that he might teach that subject at West Point. He re- turned to West Point and was there for three years as a French instructor. At his request, he was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for training in mechan- ized warfare, and from there he went overseas via Pine Camp at Watertown, New York. Colonel Hadsell was sent to New Caledonia and then to Bougainville, He was severely wounded at Bou- gainville and returned to a hospital in New Cale- donia where he died on February 7, l944. MARTIN GREENBERG Lieutenant U. S. A. A. F. I9 years old Class of 1942 I X Lieutenant Greenberg enlisted in the service as an aviation cadet on June l, I943. ln i944 he was awarded his wings as a navigator on a B-24, Lieutenant 'Greenberg was killed in action over Italy on February l7, 1945. JAMES B. JOHNSON Private First Class U. S. M. C. I9 years old Class of 1945 Private Johnson enlisted in the armed forces on November 5, l942. He was in the 2nd Marine Di- vision of the Marine Corps. Private Johnson was killed in the Battle of Tarawa on November 20, l943. . l