University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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;ej) r( ii9i9 ?BCofife5WE] S OUR NOBLE SOLDIER DEAD in the World War gave more for Freedom than we can ever offer. We feel that it is ours to keep faith and we Dedicate ourselves to the great task. m m

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ARTHUR E. ALLYN, A. B., ' 14 Capt. Arthur E. Allyn enlisted early in the war and received his commission as cap- tain at Madison Barracl s. New York. In June, 1918, he went overseas in command of his company of the 312th Infantry. While fighting to hold a position that meant much to his division and for which he received high praise from his colonel, he received fatal wounds, which resulted in his death on October 23, 1918. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Allyn, of Hastings. ARTHUR H. MARSH, A. B., ' 05 Lt. Arthur H. Marsh, a graduate of Nebras- Wa In 1905, and later one of her Rhodes schol- ars, entered the service as chaplain and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry, on October 7, 1918. While aiding the wounded on a battlefield, he was hit by a piece of shrapnel. At the time of his enlistment, he was living in Omaha, being the minister in the St. Paul Episcopal Church. i m HOWARD PAUL BITTINGER, Ex- ' 16 Lieut. Howard Paul Bittlnger enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps one month after war was declared. The latter part of 1917 he was transferred to Aviation, in which branch he received his commission in February, 1918. While at Aviation school he was severely wounded by a fail from an aeroplane. As soon as he was able, he was sent to France. On August 26th, he wrote to his mother, stating that he was going up again in the afternoon and nothing has been heard from him since that time. At the time of his en- listment, Howard Bittlnger was living In New York City. JOHN BLAINE KUHN, A. B., ' 18. Among the first of the Nebraska men to give their lives for the service was Blaine Kuhn, who died at Camp Green, North Carolina, March 2b, 1918. Blaine Kuhn entered service February 16, 1918, and was sent immediately to Camp Greene. —8—