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

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P Pi T 1919 Ic MARTIN LUTHER KIMMEL, LL. B. ' 06 Corporal KImmel was at Portland, Oregon, when he volunteered for service in artillery. He went with the 147th Field Artillery to France, tal ing part in all its campaigns dur- ing 1918. On August 12th, he was severely wounded by a piece of shrapnel which tore the ligaments of his right leg. He is the son of IVIrs. Jennie M. Kimmel, of Portland, Oregon. WIVI. G. UTTERBACK, Ex- ' 15 Capt. Utterback, after receiving his commis- sion at Ft. Sheridan was sent directly to France. In September, he was gassed and wounded, but due to his brilliant worl , he was promoted to the ranl of captaincy. He is now in charge of Reisdorf, Luxemburg. Capt, Utterback ' s home is at Omaha, Ne- braska. I Co iiksskoi ' i JEROME F. LANGER, E. E. ' 01 Capt. Langer commanded a company in the 27th Division, which division went through terrible fighting at Le Catiet. While smash- ing their way through the Hindenburg line on September 27th, the division lost over 4,000 men. In Capt. Langer ' s company, but five men survived, and he himself was wounded in seventeen places. Capt. Langer won the Pershing Medal at Nebraska in 1901. His home is at New York City. ALFRED L. ADAMS, Ex- ' 18 Lieut. Adams received his commission at the first training camp at Ft. Snelling, and was ordered direct to France. He took part in the fighting at Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont and the Argonne region. On November 4, he was wounded by a piece of shrapnel in the Argonne fighting. His home Is at Omaha, Nebraska.

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11 919 Ic la j CM feiker I ALLYN MOSER, A. B. ' 12, M. D. ' 15 Capt. Allyn Moser has the distinction of be- ing the first Nebrasi a doctor to volunteer his services for overseas duty. In June, 1917, he was sent overseas and was put into action with the 6th Field Ambulance Com- pany. While giving aid to the wounded at St. Quentin, he became a victim of the mus- tard gas and was forced to go to the rear where he could receive the necessary medical care. At this time he is assigned to Base Hospital No. 34, Nantes France. Captain Moser lives at Omaha, Nebrasi a. PAUL HALBERSLEBEN, A. B. ' 17 Lieut. Paul Halbersleben was severely wounded July 20, 1918, at Belieau Woods. He received a machine gun bullet in the right leg while going over the top, in a midnight attaci . He is now with the 103rd Infantry, 26th Division, in France. FRED L. HERIVIAN, Ex- ' 19 Fred Herman enlisted May 12, 1917, at Ft. Bliss, Texas. In January, 1918, he was sent to France, and after a month ' s training in artillery, was sent to the front, tal ing part in the fighting at Chateau Thierry, Gland, IVIont St. Pieve, La Choenal, and Fereen Loiderious. Late in the summer, the War Department officially reported Corporal Fred Herman as being wounded in action, July 14 and 15. Fred Herman lives at Lincoln, Nebraska. ROBERT W. PROUDFIT, LL. B. ' 17 Lieut. Proudfit received his commission at the first Training Camp at Ft. Snelling and was then assigned to the Rainbow Division, sailing for France about October 17, 1917. While with his company of the 150th IVIa- chine Gun Battalion, he was severely wounded July 31, 1918. He is now with the army of occupation. His home is at Friend, Nebraska. -27—

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F P T« 9i9a CottiJiSStei-IE] I GEORGE W. IRWIN, LL. B. ' 17 Lieut. Irwin was in tlie fighting at the Ar- gonne region, where he was wounded, be- ing gassed and strucl by a piece of shrap- nel. He had been at the front nine months when wounded, having been on every sector on the western front. He is at present with the army of occupation. LYNN J, IV10NTR0SS, Ex- ' 18 Lynn J. IVIontross enlisted June 26, 1917, landing in France Decoration Day, 1918. He was in his first battle at Hamel, In the Somme sector, on July 4, and was in severe action in the Argonne forest region and on the Meuse river, going over the top seven times. On October 10, he was severely wounded, and was in Base Hospitals Nos. 43 and 36 for three months. Lynn Montross lives at Pierce, Nebraska. EDWARD SHOEMAKER, Ex- ' 19 Lieut. Shoemal er went over with the Rain- bow Division the latter part of October, 1917. After the rviarch 21st offensive, he spent 100 consecutive days in the trenches at Baccavat, then transferred to the Cham- pagne front, saw the Germans stopped be- fore they got started on their July 14th of- fensive, and was slightly wounded in the Chateau Thierry drive which followed. CARL G. MELIN, Ex- ' 19 Corporal Carl Melin enlisted October 3, 1917, and was in training at Camp Funston until April 17, 1918, at which time he sailed for France. He was in the fighting at the Marne, St. Mihiel and the Argonne woods, at which last place he was strucl in the hip by a piece of shrapnel. He was In a hos- pital at Bordeaux, France, for two months, and sailed for the United States in Decem- ber 1918. —29-