Washburn High School - Wahian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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WSWF JOHN M. NEARHOOD, JR. JOHN M. NORTON CHARLES J. OBERLEY HUGH J. O'BRlEN 'X JOHN NEARHOOD, Class of 1940, was a FirsT LieuTenanT in The Marine Air Corps. He foughT in The SouTh Paciiic TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on Ocrober 8, 1944, on The Marianas Islands. 'X JOHN M. NORTON, Class of 1943, was a PrivaTe Firsl Class in The Army. He ioughT in Germany where he was awarded The Purple Hearl. He was killed in acTion on December 19, 1944. ak CHARLES OBERLEY, Class of 1941, was a LieuTenanT li.g.1 in The Navy Air Corps. He was sTaTioned aT Iowa CiTy Pre-T1ighT School, Iowag LockporT, Illinois, Dallas, Texasg New Orleans, Louisiana, Olarhe, Kansas, and Then Bunker Hill, Indiana, where he was killed on OcTober 11, 1944, while insTrucTing a BriTish cadeT. it HUGH J. O'BRlEN, Class oi 1940, was an Ensign in The Navy. He received his Training in The V-12 program aT The UniversiTy oi MinnesoTa, The Midship School aT NoTre Dameq HarTTord, ConnecTicuTg and NorTolk, Virginia. He passed away aT The Navy HospiTa1 in PorTsmouTh, Virginia, on June 24, 1945. X ROBERT E. OLIVER, Class oT June, 1936, was a SerqeanT in The Army Air Corps. He TouqhT in The SouThwesT PaciTic TheaTer where he received The Air Medal and The Good ConducT Medal, and where he has been missing in acTion since January 25, 1945. He has now been declared dead. 4K ELMER OLSON, Class oT January, 1943, was a Radar Man 3,f'C in The Navy. He was awarded six BaTTle Siars while in The AsiaTic and PaciTic TheaTers, and received Two addiTional sTars during The Philippine LiberaTion. He was killed on OcTo1oer 25, 1945, aT The BaTTle oT Samar when The U.S.S. JohnsTon was sunk in acTion. 'X JAMES J. OWENS, Class of 1934, was a CapTain in The Marine Corps. He received his Training aT The UniTed STaTes Naval Academy, Marine Corps Basic School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and The UniTed STaTes Naval Air STaTion, Pensacola, Florida. He was killed when he crashed in Tre SanTa AniTa MounTains, aT GoliTa, CaliTornia, on SepTemlaer 18, 1942, while he was on a mercy mission. 1 DAVID A. PALM, Class oT June, 1941, was a LieuTenanT ID The Army Air Corps. He had sixTy-one missions in Europe, where he was awarded The Air Medal wiTh Two bronze and one Silver Oak Leaf C1usTer, The PresidenTial CiTaTion wiTh an Oak Leaf C1usTer, and The DisTinguished Flying Cross. He was killed in acTion on May 25, 1945. K NORMAN C. PEARSON, Class of June, 1939, was a Technical SergeanT in The Marine Air Corps. He ToughT in The SouThwesT Pacific TheaTer where he was awarded The Navy and Marine Corps Medal Tor prompT and eT'1icienT acTion, exlrrerne courage and disregard Tor his own saTeTy. He also received a CommendaTion Ribbon Tor meriTorious service and heroism againsT enemy Torces in The Solomon Islands. He was killed in acTion on New Hebrides Island on March 19, 1943. 4K CARL R. PETERSON, Class of 1937, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in The Army. He Toi.1ghT in The SouTh Pacific TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion May 19, 1945. X WARREN A. ROTH, Class of January, 1940, was a CapTain in The Army Air Corps. He ToughT in The China, Burma, India TheaTer, where he received The Air Medal. He was killed in a crash over The China Hump on November 3, 1945. it ARVID L. SETRAN, Class of 1942, was a PrivaTe in The Army. He ToughT in Normandy and was killed in acTion on July 9, 1944. ROBERT OLIVER ELMER 8. OLSON ' JAMES J. OWENS DAVID A. PALM ' . .asa-fma-.......f NORMAN C. PEARSON CARL R. PETERSON WARREN A. ROTH ARVID L. SETRAN KIWW. Hhs.. We r

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THOMAS R. LASLEY g T RTCHARD W. LENVIK JEROME R. LAUE J. LUGER, JR. X THOMAS R. LASLEY, Class of January, l942, was a CadeT in The Army Air Corps. He was sTaTioned aT Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Lansing, Michigan, and San AnTonio and EllingTon Field, Texas. He was killed in a nighT Training TlighT on April l, I944, while in advanced navigaTion school. K RICHARD W. LENVlK, Class oT I943, was a PrivaTe in The Marine Corps. He ToughT in The Pacific TheaTer where he was awarded The Purple HearT and The PresidenTial CiTaTion. He was killed in acTion on Guadalcanal in OcTober 22, l942, and was Washburn's firsT Gold STar. K JEROME R. LAUE, Class OT 1938, was a LieuTenanT in The Marine Corps. He ToughT in The SouTh Pacific TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on June I7, l945, on Guam, and he is buried There. 'K IRVING J. LUGER, Jr., Class of June, l943, was a Sergeanf in The Army. He ToughT in The European TheaTer, and he received The ExperT RiTleman's award and The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion on January I, l94S, aT BannsTein, Alcaise, France. i ROBERT B. MADSEN, Class oT l939, was an Ensign in The Navy. He was in The Annapolis Class oT l943. He ToughT in The Pacific TheaTer where his submarine and crew disappeared during Training near Pearl Harbor on July 4, T944. i IRVING E. MARR, Class OT June, l934, was a LieuTenanT Ti,g.J in The Navy. He foughT in The Caribbean Area and The Pacific TheaTer where he was awarded The Purple HearT. He has been missing in action since May IS, l945, and is now declared dead. ir HENRY J. MARTINSON, Class of January, l93b, was a LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps. He ToughT in The European TheaTer where he received The Air Medal wiTh an Oak Leaf ClusTer and The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion while compleTing his TourTeenTh mission over Germany on April 5, l945. 1 ROBERT K. MCDONALD, Class of I936, was a LieuTenanT fs.g.j in The Navy. He ToughT in The NorTh ATlanTic and SouThwesT Pacific TheaTers, and Then reTurned To The UniTed STaTes where he was assigned aT The U. S. Naval Air STaTion aT OlaThe, Kansas. On February 9, I944, he Tlew To Minneapolis on a Navy mission and on his reTurn TliqhT The plane crashed aT AlberT Lea, MinnesoTa, and he died on February l2, l'?44. i WALLACE V. MEYER, Class of June, l94l, was a PrivaTe FirsT Class in The Marine Corps. He ToughT in The AsiaTic and SouThwesT Pacific TheaTers where he was awarded The Purple HearT, The Good ConducT Medal, and The PresidenTial CiTaTion. He was killed in acTion on The Island oT Guam on July 28, I944. i ALAN M. MILLER, Class OT l936, was a CapTain in The Arrny Air Corps. He was sTaTioned aT Randolph Field, Texasq Barkedale, Louisiana, Columbus, Ohio, and New Mexico, Kansas. He was killed on November 28, l944, in a plane crash aT Smoky Hill Air Field, Salinas, Kansas, when Tre moTors exploded in mio-air. K THOMAS A. MOLLOY, Class of June, W43, was a Prifafe FirsT Class in The Army. He ToughT in The European TheaTer where he received The Purple HearT. He was killed in acTion aT The Belgian Bulge on November 28, I944. i ROBERT J. MORS, Class of January, l94l, was a LieuTenanT in The Marine Air Corps. He foughT in The Pacific TheaTer where he was reporTed missing on a T?ighT mission on March 4, l945. He has since been declared dead. ROBERT B. MADSEN lRVlNG E. MARR HENRY J. MARTINSON ROBERT K. McDONALD 'T ' ' ' T ' .4 any iw. ,QW Tir'-six 3 i gf -.,' iw 5 gm T YT 'Q N325-M 'Q .. Q . . ,....ss.. J.. 6-.RWM T - . T ..fE...2...- Wfwv' f - Qi 'Wifi' rf This .Q ' , ,,,, ,,.y .. .,.,.,, .H . ,,...,,1,,,1..., 53:53 . 'Zen rigs 25? ss- W - as 5 1 ,, . 2 1 f 5252- fi-:fs .... - - i -'bf A . '- .T .....-...s..,f5,...a,-5-r. - si -r 5 -1 Sz sr .. hslrisse .gag :A .so . Rig, we A - FT sf- Zj'R WALLACE V. MEYER ALLAN M. lvTlLl.ER THQMASAA. MQLLQY ROBERT J' MORS

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. Wi-. ,js ROBERT D. SCHILLER JACK H. SHIRK ROBERT W. SMITH JOHN J. SOMMERS K ROBERT D. SCHILLER, Class of June, l942, was a Privafe Firsf Class in The 46Th Armored Division, affached To The Firsf Army. He was sfafioned in England orior To embarkafion in Normandy, France. He Toughf in The European Theafer where he was awarded The Purple Hearf, posThumously. He was killed in acTion in Germany on November 30, l944. sk JACK H. SHIRK, Class of January, I939, was a Sfaff Sergeanf in The Marine Corps. He Toughf in The SouTh Pacific where he received Two Bronze STars. He was a Radar operafor in The firsT Marine niqhf fighTer squadron To land in The Soufh Pacific. He was killed in acTion on February 9, I944, off The coasT of Vella La Vella. 1 ROBERT W. SMITH, Class of January, I939, was a Flighf Officer in The Army Air Corps. He foughf in The European Theafer where he was awarded The Purple Hearf and The Air Medal wifh special ciTaTion accompanying The Air Medal. He was killed on The morning of June 7, I944, on The second day of The invasion while pilofing a glider over Normandy, France. 'K JOHN SOMMERS, Class of January, I936, was a Corporal in The Marine Corps. He foughf in The Soufh Pacific Theafer, parficipafing in The Philippine Campaign before he was capfured by The Japanese on Bafaan Peninsula on April fi, l942. He died as a prisoner of war in Osaka, Japan, on April 9, l943. K RICHARD STILLSON, Class of l942, was an Ensign in The Navy. He was killed when his plane crashed off The coasT of Florida on February I, I945, K RODNEY J. STONE, Class of I94O, was an Ensign in The Navy. He was sfafioned aT Alberf Lea, Minnesofa, and Iowa CYTy, Iowa, before receiving his commission aT Pensacola, Florida. Following This, he was Transferred To Bosfon, Massachuseffs, where he was killed on SepTember IZ, I944. X GEORGE F. SUTTON, Class of I939, was a l.ieuTananT in The Army Air Corps. He foughT in The Pacific Theafer where he received The Purple Hearf, He was killed in acfion on July 25, I943, while he was somewhere in The Pacific Area. JK RICHARDSON L. THOMAS, Class of l943, was a Privafe FirsT Class in The ThirTy-fiffh Tank Baffalion of The Army Medical Corps. He ToughT in The European Theafer where he was awarded The Bronze Sfar and The Purple Hearf wiTh a clusfer, He was killed in acTion on November 27, I944. X THOMAS E. THOMPSON, Class of June, I943, was a Sfaff SergeanT in The Sevenfy-sixTh Division of The Third Army. He foughf in The European Theafer where he was awarded The Purple HearT posT- humously. He was killed in acfiori. -K ALVIN D. TINKER, Class of June, l'?36, was a Second LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps. He was sTaTioned aT Randolph Field, San Anfonio, Texasg Moore Field, Mission, Texas, and Then af Hondo, Texas, where he was killed when his plane crashed on April I9, l944. sk FRANK B. TOFTNESS, Class of I934, was a Lieufenanf, in The Army Air Corps. He received his pre-flighT Training aT The Uriiversify of Minnesofa. He was killed in a plane crash aT The Army Air Base aT Sanfa Maria, California, on Augusf 22, I944. K WILBUR G. VINSON, Class of January, I942, was a LieuTenanT in The Army Air Corps. He received his pre-flighT Training af The UniversiTy of Minnesofa. He was killed in a plane crash af The Army Air Base aT Sanfa Maria, California, where he was a Lighfning iighfer piloT, on Augusf 22, I944. L. THOMAS E. THOMPSON ALVIN D. TTNKER FRANK B. WILBUR G, VINSON