Whitman College - Waiilatpu Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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Francis Marion Cottrell, '42-'43 Second Lieutenant, Marine Air Corps Killed in operational traininq, Santa Barbara, California Harold Leroy Gradwohl, '38-'39 Ensign, Naval Reserve Killed in airplane crash in New Jersey Douglas Smith Cramer' '45 Halbert Earl Gorman, Jr., '36-'38 Radioman Third Class, Navy Sarqeam Army Killed in flight training, Jacksonville, purple Heart Fkmda Killed at a machine gun in Attu, Alaska l.e Roy John Hoover, '42-'43 E I N 1 A, C Private, Marine Corps Flslqnf aw ,lf OWS Killed white aiding a buaay on Killed on a routine fliqht Iwo Jirna Howard Arthur Hanford, '32-'35

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In war the price of victory is tragic because it is paid by the lives of those valiant men and women for whom the future usually holds the greatest promise. Every college in our land contributed to the glorious victory which our armies won on the field of battle. More than eleven hundred Whitman men and women served their nation in the great struggle just ended. The College is naturally proud of this record, but it mourns the loss of those who made the supreme sacrifice. Their names will always find a place of honor. On these pages are the pictures of the Whitman men who by their faith and deeds have joined the valiant of our nation. lt is, however, not enough to record their military service only. Their dreams of the future have become our responsibility. The new Whitman Student Center is to be erected as a living memorial to them and as a constant reminder of the service of Whitman men and women in both world wars. But even this is not enough. We at Whitman must join hands with those valiant men, carrying on those ideals for which they gave their lives. We must ever strive for a better Whitman, a better America, a better world. Winslow S. Anderson, President.

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Harold Leon Lutz, '42-'43 Corporal, Army Purple Heart Killed aboard a troopship sunk in the Mediterranean fLower leftl Harold Nelson, '35-'36 Lieutenant, Army Air Corps Killed While a flying instructor at Pecos, Texas ILowe1 rrenterl Floyd Elwood Parks, '36-'37 First Lieutenant, Marine Corps Purple Heart, Presidential Citation Killed on the Solomon Islands CLoWer rightl -. , Al Lloyd Mills, '38 Distinguished Flying Cross Killed during a bombing mission over Kiska Harbor Ensign, Naval Reserve John Gordon Patterson, '38 Second Lieutenant, Army Air Corps Patterson Airfield at Reikjavik, lceland, named in his honor Lost on a patrol flight lTop lettl Loyal l. Perry, '30 Lieutenant, Navy Killed by Japanese suicide plane aboard the U.S.S, Grange fTop centerj Lyle Shrader, '39-'42 First Lieutenant, Army Air Corps Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster Killed in a locomotive-busting raid over Italy tTop rightj