Wisconsin State Teachers College - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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Yi- , . . SH., .. l we - hw jx' 5 552155552223 AKC DUANE LEON DOOLITTLE Duane Leon DooliTTle, son oT EdiTor and Mrs. l-l. F. DooliTTle oT EllsworTh, meT his deafh TogeTher wiTh a friend, Donald L. l-larlander, in an airplane crash near EllsworTh, Memorial day aTTernoon, I944. Duane had iusT compleTed his basic Training aT Wold-Chamberlain Tield May 22, and was To have reporTed aT Corpus ChrisTi, Texas, Tor advanced Train- ing, June 2. l'le enlisTed in The Navy V-5 program in I943, aTTer compleTing his sophomore year aT River Falls. While in high school and aT college he played on The baskeTball Teams and, aTTer enlisTing, played wiTh The MankaTo Teachers College Tive while Training There. l-le played drums in his home school band Tor eighT years, was a member oT The college band. and was drummer wiTh The Navy band aT NorThTield, MinnesoTa. T-le was an Eagle ScouT. Duane's sisTer, Audrey lMrs. Graydon C. Woocll, also aTTended The River Falls College and his broTher, 'l'fSgT. STanley E. Doo- IiT+Ie, was wiTh The army in Korea. J . F, A Pfc. CARL G. DAHL, JR. Carl 6. Dahl, Jr., son oT Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Dahl oT Bald- win, graduaTed Trom The Baldwin High School wiTh The class of I942. l-le aTTencled The Teachers College aT River Falls in I942-43, enTering The army March 5, l943. l'le served in The inTanTry and was senT overseas, where he was killed in acTion in Normandy, July 3l, I944. LieuTenanT LESTER E. DYER LesTer Eugene Dyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dyer oT Fond du Lac, spenT Tour years, I939-I943, aT River Falls, and in looking over The college annuals oT Those years one Tinds Thar he parTicipaTed in almosT all college acTiviTies. l-le was class presidenT, member oT FFA, STudenT SenaTe, Flonor SocieTy, numerous commiTTees and acTive in aThleTics. l-le graduaTed wiTh The degree oT B.S. in agriculTure in l943. T-le enTered The service ThaT year in The Marine Corps and served in The CenTral PaciTic TheaTer. l-lis deaTh occurred February 24, I94-5. aT lwo Jima, when he was killed ins+an+ly by a sniper. All oTTicers in his company were killed excepT one, and he was wounded. LieuTenanT Dyer received The AsiaTic-PaciTic TheaTer-Ribbon, Sharp ShooTer's Medal, and Purple l'learT.

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LieuTenanT ERYLE BOETTCHER Eryle W. BoeTTcher was BurTon's cousin: bofh were born on The same day, SepTember 26, I9I7, only a year aparT, and boTh were laid To resT in The same monTh oT April, a year aparT. Eryle sTudied in The AgriculTure deparTmenT aT River Falls during The years I938-I94l, enTering The Army Air Forces, AuqusT 26, 194-I. He meT his deaTh aT EuphraTa, WashingTon, as The resulT oT a bomber crash. He is survived by his TaTher and moTher, Mr. and Mrs. WalTer BoeTTcher oT Bloomer, Wisconsin, a sisTer, Helene, and a broTher, Warren. LieuTenanT ROBERT BUSBY RoberT Busby graduaTed Trom The River Falls High School in i938 and aTTended The Teachers College unTil I9-40 when he leTT wiTh The NaTional Guard in OcTober. ,He Trans- Terred To The Army Air Forces, and was piloTing one oT The Arrny's TasTesT planes, The P-5l MusTang, on a special mis- sion, sTaging a recogniTion school Tor ground Torces when The accidenT occurred which caused his deaTh aT Muskogee, Oklahoma, SepTember I9, l943. He is survived by his moTher, TaTher, and sisTer, lone. His broTher Marvin, Quar- TermasTer Ifc OT The USNR, has been missing in The PaciTic TheaTer oT acTion since January, I944. gee? STaTf SergeanT DUANE C. CORNELL Duane C. Cornell graduaTecl Trom The high school aT Eau Claire and aTTended The Teachers College in ThaT ciTy Two years, I939-I94O. He came To River Falls in T941 and Trom here wenT inTo The armed Torces in November. He served in The Field ArTillery in The European TheaTre oT operaTion and received The Purple HearT decoraTion. He was killed in acTion aT ST. Lo, France, July 27, I944. A broTher, Jack, was also a Corporal in The army in France. His parenTs are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cornell who live near Eau Claire.

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TXS JAMES GORDON FLATHE James Gordon FlaThe was born in Winnipeg. Canada, The son oT Mr. and Mrs. John FlaThe, who came To The SouTh Fork disTricT near River Falls in l938. He had enTered The Teachers College in I937 Trom The Pepin High School and remained unTil I939. He enTered The army in January, I943, and served in The Reconnaissance division-armored Cavalry. He was senT overseas and ToughT on The Tields oT Normandy, where he was wounded July 4, I944, and succumbed To his wounds The nexT day. His broTher, STaTT SergeanT George FlaThe, was lcilled in acTion in Belgium, January 3I, l945, aTTer having been in service Tive years. AnoTher loroTher, Gerard, was in The Royal Canadian Air Force in England. LieuTenanT JOHN D. FRANK John D. Frank oT Phillips came To River Falls in I939 and spenT Two years aT The Teachers College in The AgriculTure deparTmenT, enlisring in The Naval Reserves in AugusT, l94l. He received his wings aT Pensacola, Florida, and was as- signed To aTrol duTy aT Panama and laTer aT Jamaica. He was Transferred To a TighTer plane, and his Training con- Tinued unTil The carrier USS Kaason Bay was senT inTo acTion in July, I944, in The invasion oT SouThern France, He Tlew a carrier-based navy TighTer plane in This invasion, and was reporTed missing AugusT I7, I94-4. He had been awarded The Air Medal and received The Purple HearT. A broTher, Bernard, served wiTh The armed Torces in The SouTh Paciiic. ln 1944, LieuTenanT Franlc married Miss Eleanor CurTis aT Pleasanhfille, N. Y. His parenTs are Mr. and Mrs. Disrnas E. Frank oT Phillips, Wisconsin. Privaie CHARLES L. GANSKE Charles L. Ganslce, son oT Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ganslce OT CheTelc, graduaTed Trom The CheTek High School and came To River Falls in I939. He remained here Through I939- l94O, majoring in science. SepTember 29, l94I, he joined The armed Torces and Thus was in service before Pearl Har- loor. He wenT overseas and served in The Philippine Islands. He was missing aT BaTaan and died in CabanaTuan prison, SepTernber 28, l942.