Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Lt. Iames W. Stevenson. B. S. B. A., '33. While attached to the St. Louis Ordnance Division at Iefferson Barracks, Steven- son contracted pneumonia in the line of duty, and died December 12, 1942. ,- , . . Cadet Iohn W. Murrell, ex-'42. Naval Aviation. Killed in Iune, 1942, when his training plane cracked up near Pensa- cola, Fla. Vtfhile still at Washington U. in the fall of 1941, Murrell was an active member of Quad Club and Thyr- sus. Tau Kappa Epsilon. Lt. fi. g.l Christopher Columbus Free- man. ex-'4Z. Naval Aviation. Killed in lanuary, 1943, when his plane crashed during a take-off from an island in the Solomons group Where he was based for air scouting duty. 'N 'u Capt. Elmer C. Wirtz. B. S., '37. Field Artillery. Reported missing in action on Bataan. He was stationed in the Philippines eight months before Pearl Harbor. Sigma Chi. Lt. ti. g.l George T. Cherikos. D. D. S., '4U. Killed when the bomber he was on crashed near Kodiak, Alaska, in Feb- ruary, 1942. Cherikos had been an instructor of dental surgery here at Washington. ,gb Lt. Robert Lisle Obourn, A. B., '41, First listed as missing in action on Corregi- dor, Obourn is now reported as a Iapanese prisoner of war, Phi Delta Theta. Pvt. Cornelius Schnecko. L. L. B., '25. Died in line oi duty at Fort Leonard Vtfood, Mo., of a sunstroke While his unit was on tactical exercises. - . 14 M . I it ii ' sa Ag, 7 . it - . i. 4 I I . '3 J A . ' I 1. , l Q tu l I Q gr.. . . 1 ' -In Y, . . f- X .. K ,,-,,- Lt. George W. Pearcy. B. S. B. A., '37. Army Air Corps. Captured by the Japa- nese aiter the fall of Corregidor. Cont'd on page I6

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S 1 . f . f . Q Q-I R t' ff Maior Gerald Henry Hoffman. B. S., '3O. Henry Duane McCallum. B. S., '40, Naval Assigned to the staff of the Corps ol Engineers on Bataan for important road construction upon commendation by General MacArthur. Missinq with fall of Bataang now believed a prisoner of the lapanese. Beta Theta Pi. lf 65 Casino A. Catanzaro, Ex., '42. U. S. Army. Killed in action with M:1cAr- thur's forces in the Philippines. Aviation Cadet. Killed in Iune, 1942, when his training plane crashed in a swamp near Opa Locka, Fla. Theta Xi it .A - ix.-Q, Sql. Don C. McCord. Ir.. Ex., '35. Army Air Corps, radio operator. Chased into Pearl Harbor by lap invaders. Drifted four days and five nights on the Pacific. Wounded in the Battle at Midway. Now reported missing in Far East. Phi Delta Theta. 1 Aw. NX .Q1 -du Edwin Kalbfleisch, Ir.. A. B., '4O. Lt., U. S. Army. Believed to have been taken prisoner by the Japanese when the American forces surrendered on Bataan. Oliver Mutrux, Ex., '43. Civilian flight instructor at the Army Air Corps pri- mary training base at Sikeston, Mo. Killed in plane crash at Sikeston, Oct. 1942. ,gp .1 , . Capt. M. H. Kornblum, D. D. S., '33. Stationed at Corregidor. Missing since the fall of the Philippines, May, 1942. v 1 4 bl :Qi I-HX 'Ti' 'Q Lt. Iames Herschel Payne, Ex., '40. Army Air Corps. Killed when his bomber crashed near Wendover, Utah, in May 1942. Formerly stationed near Seattle, Wash., in the Ferry Command. . x ,x '- , ft,-- X. ji KE ' L .yr , Lt. Richard L. Root. Ex., '4l. Army Air Corps. Killed in action in the Philip- pines Dec. 10, 1942. Phi Delta Theta. ll

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, 45 Lt. Douglas C. Davis. ex-'40, Awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepid ser- vice as commander of a patrol plane in action against enemy forces during the Battle of Mid- way. Lt. Davis was also one of a group of four fliers to make the tirst successful night torpedo attack in history, an action carried out against the Iapanese fleet. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, then was stationed in Australia, and later, the Dutch East Indies. g I I i i I , I l' K W. tial i ,VI Lt. Charles S. DuBois. ex-'41, Decorated by Gen. Clair Chennault for his command of a group of fighter planes who brought down enemy craft over Hong Kong, while American bombers were destroying the city's power plants. eroed Capt. Thomas K. Taylor. L. L. B., '40, Received the Distinguished Flying Cross for valorous ser- vice in North Africa as pilot of a Flying Fortress. He previously had been awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Capt. Arthur E. Huff, B. S., '32, Awarded the Silver Star decoration for gallantry in action with the Coast Artillery in the Philippines. With three enlisted men, Capt. Huff restored the colors to their position atop the 100 ft. flagpole on the highest point of Corregidor under heavy enemy fire. Capt. Huff is now a Iapanese prisoner. Lt. Paul D. Caldwell. A. B., '4O. Commended at Camp Phillips, Kan., at a full division review for hurling away a sputtering hand grenade, and ordering baclg a panic-stricken soldier who ran toward it, thus saving the soldier's life. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Capt Arthur E Hoffman, A. B., '36. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star, and the Order of the Purple Heart for a record of sixty combat missions against the Iapanese with a bombardment squadron of the Army Air Corp. Sigma Alpha Mu. Capt. Robert F. Campbell, ex-'34. Awarded the So1dier's Medal for Heroism after jumping into the swift, cold channel of a New York state port to save a soldier, fully equipped for embar- kation, from drowning. Beta Theta Pi. Capt. Donald A. Simpson. B. S. B. A., '39. Received the Silver Star for gallantry in action, when, as a pilot of a Flying Fortress raiding Rabaul harbor, New Guinea, he maneuvered his plane to a safe landing despite the fact that enemy fire had rendered his instruments useless, and enemy searchlights had temporarily blinded the rest of the crew. Sigma Nu. 13