Turner High School - Turnerite Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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With-Q., mug. 'Qui 1 ALVEY, Lloyd George Class of '40 Lt. fj.g.j Lloyd George Alvey entered Navy Air Cvrns April 4. 1942- Training at Corpus Christi. Served ten months war-time duty overseas, then 3 months states side duty as an instructor. At pres- ent on active duty based in Philippine Islands. BAIN, Harlan Class of '38 Tf3 Harlan Bain entered Army july 29, 1942. Basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Served 26 months in Asiatic and Pacific Theaters. Awarded Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Star, and Combat Medical Badge. Discharged Dec. 12, 1945. BAIN, Helen A. Class of '40 Sgt. Helen A.Bain entered Army August 23. 1944. Basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Awarded Good Conduct Medal. Now stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. BAIN, Homer R. Class of '34 Cpl. Homen R. Bain entered Army April 4, 1944. Basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif. Served 12 months Asiatic and Pacific Theaters, Awarded Good Conduct Medal. Discharged Jan. 22, 1945. BAIN Horace R. Class of '35 Pfc. Horace R. Bain entered Army January 9 1945. Basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif. Served R months Asiatic and Pacific Theaters. Awarded Good Conduct Medal. Discharged january 13, 1945. BAIN' Howard G. Class of '29 Lf- si-E-Q Howard G. Bain commissioned Lt. gj.g.g ay 25, 1943. Schooling and training at t.Sc uyler, N. Y. Served in European Theater. Promoted to Lt. Nov. 1944. Now stationed aboard U.S.S. Greyhound, Bremerton, Washington. BALDRIDGE' William A. Class of '44 Pvt. William A. Baldridge entered Army March 3, 1943. Basic training at Camp Roberts and further training at Camp San Luis, Obispo, Calif. Station- ed in Hawaiian Is. for 4 months and then went to New Guinea, where he died in Sept. of 1944, as a result of a tropical fever. Memorial services were held Nov. 5, 1944, Stony Point Christian Church. BATH, Charles W. Class of '42 S.M. 2fc U. S. N. entered Navy December 10, 1942. Basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Served on Collis P. Huntington and Cyrus H. McCormick, in the Atlantic Theater, Terre Haute and U.S.S. L.C,I. 999 in the Pacific Theater. A- warded Good Conduct Medal and Star for Normandy Invasion. BEASLEY William O. Class of '28 Lt. william O, Beasley. Merchant Mhrine to Eng- land. A.T,S, South Pacific, August, 1943. Training at Sheepslmad Bay, and Fort Mason fFriscoj BECK' Elvin B. Class of '39 Third Engineer Elvin B. Beck entered Merchant Marine April 13, 1943. Basic training at Sheeps- head Bay, New York. Commissioned 3rd. Engineer july' 1945. Served in the Pacific Area. 6

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ABBOTT' Charles R. Class of '34 Fireman Charles R. Abbott is serving in Mer- chant Marine in the South Pacific and Atlantic. ABBOTT' Herman R. Class of '23 M. M. 3fc Herman R. Abbott served inSouth Paci- fic. Reported missing February 14. 1943. Declared dead December 10. 1945. ABBOT, john 0. Class of '23 Sgt. Major john 0. Abbott is serving with the United States Marines Station in Honolulu. ABBOTT Ruby Civ' of '39 Sgf, Ruby Abbott is serving in the Army Air Force, stationed at Eglin Field, Florida. ABBOTT, Stephen A. Class of '39 E.M.3fc Stephen A. Abbott served withUnited States Navy in South Pacific 13 months. Discharged JBUUIYY 15. 1946 ACKERMAN. Ffld Class of '36 A. M. M. 1fc Fred Ackerman entered Air Corps on November 13, 1942: basic training at Chicago, fur- ther training at Ottumva, Iowa, Norman, Okla. and Alemeda, Calif. Was with Fleet Air Wing No. 3, Head Squadron. Discharged Nov. 15, 1945. ACKERMAN. Kenneth Class of '41 Sp. Tr. 2fc Kenneth Ackerman entered United States Coast Guard Nov. 2, 1942. Basic training at Manhattan Beach. Further training at Port Huron, Mich., and Alpena, Mich. Went overseas Dec. 1944. to New Guinea on U. S. S. Charlottesville. Served on Lqyte and Luzon. Now stationed in Philippines. ACTON William J. Class of '40 cpl. William J. Acton Entered Army Aug. 5, 1942. Basic training at Pueblo, Colo. Went overseas May, 1943. Served in the E.T.0. 31 months. Was a- warded Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Star, and Unit Citation Badge. Discharged Nov. 17. 1945. ADER, Oran B. Class of '45 Pvt. Oran B. Ader entered Army in June, 19, 45. Basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. Went to Camp Pickett for re-assignment. Went to Camp Shsrik on Dec. 4, 1945, where he boarded a ship to Naples, Italy. Arrived there on Dec. 14, 1945. Sent on to Florence, Italy, where he is now an M.P. taking prisoners of war to Germany for triaL ALVEY, Harold Dean Class of '23 S.F.1fc Harold Dean Alvey entered Navy Nay 5, 1942. Basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Served there until sent overseasin March, 1944. Served overseas until Nov., 1945. Discharged NUV- 9. 1945- 5 gp- AQUW .tid 9 , Q: .QU in 7 HK , 16 gt. ' NY idk egiii V7

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BELT' Everett W. . Class of '35 C.M.3jc Everett W. Belt entered Navy April 15, 1942. Basic training at Naval Training Center. San Diego, Calif. Served 33 months in ship repair at Treasure Island, Calif., and six months in ship repair atSan Diego, Calif, Discharged at San Pedro Separation Center on Oct. 16, 1945. BEIHKRD, Robert J, Class of '42 Tf5 Robert J. Bethard entered Army April 26, 1943. Basic training at New Orleans, La. A.S.T.P. Engineering course at La. State Univ. Served in European Theater 15 months. Landed in Normandy in- vasion on D-Day. Received Campaign Stars for Nor- mandy, Northern France, and Rhineland, one Belgian Citationand Meritorious Service Wreath. DisChlf8Gd Dec. 24. 1945. BERRY, Leo Erwin Class of '41 SfSgt. Leo Ervin Berry entered Army August 13, 1944- Basic training at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Went overseas and spent 18 months in New Delhi, India. Awarded Sharp Shooter and Carbine Medals. Will be discharged on june 30. 1946 BERRY, Robert Glynn Class of '45 F. 1fC entered Navy on june 28' 1944, Blgic training at Great Lakes, Ill. Further training at O. C. S. School inNorfolk, Va.Awarded Bronze Star for part in the Major Battle on Okinawa. Now in Tsingtos, China. Will be discharged on June 30, 1946- BOYD, Dale W. Dale W.Boyd entered Signal Training Corps Aug., 1941- Basic training at Miami Beach, Fla. Further training at Camp Murphy, Fla., Boca Raton, Fla., Chanute Field, Ill., Tangely Fld., Va., Chico, Calif., Seattle, Wash. and Clovis Army Air Base in New Mexico. On way home with discharge. BREEDLOVE, James R- F.1fc james R. fjack, Breedlove entered Navy May 8. 1944. Basic training at Farragut, Idaho. Further training at Treasure Is., Calif. Served in South Pacific Theater on U.S.S. Hugh W. Hadley. Killed inaction May 11, 1945. Purple Heart Awarded posthumously to mother on Sept. 1, 1941 BROOKS, Wilson C. Class of '33 Torpedoman 2fc Wilson C. Brooks entered Navy in 1941. Served on U.S.S. Fletcher and The Gilmore. Discharged September, 1945. BROWN, Louis Class of '41 A.N.M. 3fc Louis Brown entered Navy january 11, 1943. Basic training at Great Lakes, Ill. Further training at Navy Pier from April to October, 1943. BRQWN, Robert L. Class of '41 Chief Petty Officer Robert L. Brown entered the Maritime Service june 3, 1942. Served 32 months in both Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. Discharged in October, 1945. BROWN, Wallace Class of '43 R.M. 3fc Wallace Brown entered Navy on guly S, 1943, Basic training at Farragut, Idaho. urther training at Radio School at Moscow, Idaho and Fort Blakely, Washington. 7