US Naval Reserve Midshipmens School - Capstan Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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DUI.: ls ' fl' -l c'You will always have to iight to pre- serve what you will have won. You who are now offering your lives for your country must live for your country. 'You must have a voice in determining the future, in shap- ing a peace that will be permanent be- cause it will be based upon charity and justice. REV. J. HUGH O'DoNNELL, C.S.C. President Qf the Universzy of Nolre Dame ll ij la. 2 , 5 L . i QC? QM'

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o o' o o Thirty-nine years have gone into the naval career of Captain Barry-years of duty on practically every type of ship under the American flag. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy in 1909, Captain Barry went to duty on board the battleship Missouri, and was later transferred to destroyer service on the Drayton, then tothe battleship Michigan, upon her commission- ing as the Navy's first dreadnaught. During lVorld 'War I, the Pampanga, a Spanish gunboat raised from the floor of Manila Bay after the war of 1898, was commanded by Captain Barry serving in China. He also served during this tour of duty on the Asiatic station as Captain of the Yard and Aide to the Commandant at the Naval Station, Cavite. The battleship North Dakota stands next on his list of assignments. Thereafter, he served with the Navy Department in Washington from which duty he went to command the destroyer Reno. Then, after a tour of duty at Annapolis as instructor in Seamanship and Flight Tactics, he served on the staff of the Commander of the Train Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet. Captain Barry served for two more years in the Navy Department in Wash- ington, and then took the course at the Naval War College before becoming Executive Ofiiccr of the light cruiser Trenton. In 1938, after duty ashore as Executive Ofiieer of the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island. he returned to the Trenton as Commanding Ofhcer, during which time the vessel served as Flagship of the European Squadron. He came to Notre Dame from Colombia, South America, where he served for two years as Chief of the U. S. Naval Mission to that country. The devotion and loyalty ofthe midshipmen to their Commanding Oflicer is expressed in the dedication of their classbook to him. . RICHARD BARRY Captain United States Nazy

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gndigh folzn foaaplz farle f Juedaf of ,Honor ' ' lo Announcement washma e on De- cember 21 of the posthumous award- ing of the Congressional Metal of Honor to Ensign John joseph Parle, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vincent Parle, of Omaha, Nebraska, for valor and courage above and be- yond the call of duty during the assault on Sicily, July 9-10, 1943. Ensign Parle graduated from Notre Dame Midshipmen School and was commissioned on Janu fy'28, 1943. . - gf if ---,, ,I Nil ,. 1-I gi.-- ...-, A , 1 , fad' N. 'Q'-Q. iex-3 C' t t -. 1 s-1 , il 121 fx ' Sz., if . .-KVM. ' If 1 if 'T .E . - , V. , 1. Z, ,A i AQ 'TA 63n'. -,rl . 4 .V 2 N' 'Jef , ' . . ,GH 4 ye ', 4 xx , ' ff.,-' ' ' . 4+ U:- -'fiqvfw l -. ,. ' 'P W 1: 'b .. -' - -- f 1 s We ij. ff 1 S' ' , 3 t . . For valor and-courage above and beyond the call of duty as Officer-in-Charge of small boats in the USS LST 375 during the amphibious assault on the Island of Sicily, july 9-10, 1943. Realizing that a detonation of explosives would prematurely disclose to the enemy the assault about to be car- ried out and with full knowledge of the peril involved, Ensign Parle unhesitatingly risked his life to extinguish a smoke pot accidentally ignited in a boat carrying charges of high explosives, detonating fuses and ammunition. Undaunted by fire and blinding smoke, he entered the craft, quickly snuffed out a burning fuse and after failing in his desperate efforts to extinguish the fire pot, finally seized it with both hands and threw it over the side. Although he succumbed a week later from smoke and fumes inhaled, Ensign Parle,s heroic self-sacrifice prevented grave damage to the ship and personnel and insured the security of a vital mission. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his countryf' E131