University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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(The following list is a list of men who were called or enlisted from September, 1942, to March 10, 1943. This list is based on records in the Dean of Men's office.) kc Milton Adams Melvin Adams Dale Anderson Vernon Anderson Robert Atwater Richard Badura Eldrege Bailey Melvin O. Bedient Allen Blakeslee lames Bowers rarren Brannon R. Brockett rg Elite B Ale fcnd. Hana Rex Cline James Davis Roy Dethloff Fred Dickson Verne Dowers Dale Draper Donald Hall rson nning Chester Hansen Gordon Hansen Donald Harris James Hassler Morris Hatch Dean Hee Robert Henigan Wesley Hennis Harold Hermann William Hill Ralph Hopp Ferris Hubberi Robert Hunt LaVern Hutchins Dale Ingram Melvin James Dale Jilson Keith Johnson Herman Johnson Neil Junkin Dick Kanthack Donald Kline Virgil Korte Clarence Lierly Glen Luce Lawrence Ludden Robert McClymont Lloyd McCullough Mack McCullough Dean Marshall Ralph Nelson Errol Newberry Pete Patterson Richard Peterson Wallace Peterson Robert Polski Wendell Slater Vincent Smith DeWayne Stemper Parker Tracy Don Wieland Russell Wilcox Warren Wilkins Clement Willuweit Charles Wilson N eil Wood

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 (This dedication for the 1943 BLUE AND GOLD was written by the feature editor, Verne Dowers, ten days before he donned khaki to join his buddies of this college on the battlefields of the world. Since writing this dedication, Verne has become Corporal Verne W. Dowers of the medical corps of the United States Army. The dedication is Verne's own and has not been revised by the editor, who felt that this wartime, khaki-clad book should be dedicated to all those in the air, on the land, and on the sea from this college by a boy at home just entering the armed forces.) . . . The Editor When the faps stabbed us in the back thahplacid morning of December 7, 1941, you were only boys; boys going to a little college in the middle of agricultural Nebraska, learning to take your places as teachers in a changing world. But the Tokyo demons took advantage of our desire to kee]d| away from world conflicts, and you answered the call to set the rising sun. You marched away from the campus with the winding walks, Ihe old maples land elms, and the gray administration building. You began to wear thejurnforms of Uncle Sam’s forces. - Your army wal the best dressed1 army in the world. You learned to execute commands. You were trained to win a war. A year and a half oi war has taken over 500 of you who still claim this school as yout alma mater. And this college is proud that it can claim you as her representatives in this all-important struggle. In this book, we have tried to truthfully portray the particular spirit of your campus, and of the things you used to do when you were a student here. These pictures and descriptions and incidents will help you remember your college. We are thankful that you fight to give us the right to publish such a book. Your school will always remember you and your contribution to our future. !VY. W 5v

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September . . . Month of orientation hand- shaking, September found us organizing clubs, electing officers, attending greencap 'board sesions and getting back to colle- giate swing while bomb-torn Stalingrad was the scene of 'house-to-house' fighting. October . , . During 31 days of fierce fight- ing between American Marines and the Japs at Guadalcanal, we were ’shot' in the an- nual college battle against colds and we helped harvest Nebraska crops during a reshuffled vacation setup.