University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Awarded Navy Cross for extraordinary hero- A Ll- Mefebell 1- Andefeeflf '371 Oklahoma CllYf ism and high toll of destruction against the enemy in Army Air Force. Awarded Distinguished Service ilfie Guadalcanal and Salomon lslaiids area. ' Cross on lanuary 17, 1942, and killed in action in the Pacific theater of war two days later. Maj. Mitchell E' Sims, '39, Neiman' Army Air I Force. Awarded Silver Star for gallantry in action in l ij. Lt. Francis R. Thompson, '40, El Reno, Army Air Pacific Wm theater tl Force. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for ' , extraordinary achievement in ferrying a flight of Maj- Iohn D. Bildaesl '34,'37l Qklaliama Ciiyl ii bombers from Hebelulu to the Pbllibplnee U few Army Air Force. Awarded Silver Star for gallantry l 11 months before WUT Started- in action in the Solomons' battle. 1 1. c Lt. laroucl B. Smith, '38 med., Alva, Navy Medical Lt- lial Iules l.l. Bloch, li., '37 bus., Qklaliama Ciiy, ii 1 In Corps. Cited for distinguished service in line of duty Ui S. Navy' Received cemmei-idailan from ilrie Navy Olufiflq the attack OU Pedrl HCIfbOf- Department for outstanding conduct during action. l 7 cpl' Clfmd Ernest Simpsfm' '37 38g AhuS 'MClrine Sgt. lohn H. Crowder, '23-'24, Bartlesville, Army Corps' Clted for bravery In defendmq Phlhppmes' Air Force. Awarded the Air Medal, newest military 111 Capt. Michael Emile Peshek, '39 bus., Oklahoma llonog' by lflgskan Defense Command for hero- l 1 c City, Marine Corps. Cited for bravery in defending lsm urmq lg ts' ,l l, .. . . Q tl I f Phlhppmes cmd last reported G Icpunese pusonx' Seaman Thurston 1. Lewis, '37-'41, 1-leavener, U. S. Capt. lames Bruce Morehead, '38, Washington, Navy' Rgceived Specicggcommeniation fi mein?- il Oklahoma, Army Air Force. Awarded Distinguished nous Cori uct TS Ollie O imep W O Smye at t eu li S . f d. h . . . guns while their ship was sinking. il ervice Cross or extraor inary eroism in action on battlefronts from the Philippines to Australia. Lioyd Childers, 140' Okiahoma City, aviation radio- ll -sg. . . . Capt. Nathan H. Blanton, '36-'38, Earlsboro, Army thlldh ini? in Navy in iorpf' pfwcgded lie ll will Air Force. Awarded Silver Star and Oak Leaf Clus- lslmguls 9 Ymq Cross or emlsm m t e butt 9 i . . . . . of Midway. V ter for gallantry in action in Pacific area. li Capt. Andy I. Reynolds, '40, Seminole, Army Air A'Lt'FCO1' Shirt Florin E8 bf'lS'E-Ilvluskoilee' AUDI lj Force. Awarded several decorations for extraordi- lr Owe' War e t e urpe earl Gong Wu 1 fig . . . . . other crew members of a Flying Fortress which took 4 we nary heroism and achievement in the Pacific area, t i id Liu F O t b 9 ly including the Distinguished Flying Cross and the par In Q ml on 1 S' rcmce' on CO er ' lf f 'i A Silver Star. I I ' Lt. Dugan Woodring, 36-38, Noble, Army Air 3 Mai. Clailq C. Keaelmaii' '34,'35l El Rena' Army Force. Awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in Air Force. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross lor action in South Pacific aerial battles as a pilot with tl ', part in first American raid on Nazi-held Europe 9 Pursuit Squadron- l staged Jury 4, 1942. , , l, iff Lt. Paul Irving Williams, 34-39, Norman, Army Li. GUS Kitchens, '38-'42, Sasakwal Army Air Air Force. Awarded the Silver Star for bravery in lraice. Awarded Silver Sidi lar pail in nialii raid an an aerial attack on Rabaul, New Britain, in October, Q22 the Iapanese base at Rabaul, New Britain. Reported 1942- ll missing in action. li Capt. Alvan M. Muldrow, '33 law, Norman, U. S. Lt. Garrett 1-1. McCallister, '39, Shawnee, Army Air Army. Awarded a Soldiers' medal for saving the if Force. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross for life of an officer in danger of electrocution near I bravery in action near Midway Island on lune 4, Leesville, Louisiana. tl :Fill 11 Il -tl- 1 -iii 'l -llllfl'lff7f'i7l'l575fflflfH5lr Lllf'13?5'f'liC'lllfi.-'l1 l1l'lfflllillll '1-l l'ff'-'i1l1'71ii'fi 1.i55:-1flf'f-'1'ff-l':r1T5ff2-fi f1 '1l9Q53lf-113:15Eiif'-f lfl-f1l'.ll f. :l-fllf 1 . ' '- , 1 u, 1-1735 'FD Q 1 i N fi , 11'-li '. tl, ...1 V i .i . 1 lt 6' - - 3- . f- if ff lx: A '-ii ri. ci v- A. A. ' . fl Iv RN i, - , .1 ,F ' 1 ,- in .1 sa, 4 1. 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