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

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LieuTenanT DONALD E. JOHNSON Donald E. Johnson also leTT River Falls wiTh The NaTional Guard in OcTober, l94O, aTTer spending Two years in col- lege. l'le was commissioned a lieuTenanT in The Field ArTil- lery. He leTT The UniTed STaTes Tor Toreign service in June, l943, and ToughT in France, where he was morTally wounded aT Vire, AugusT IO, I94-4, dying AugusT l I. He was The son oT Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Johnson oT River Falls. ln AugusT, I943. he married DoroThy J. Parrish oi EllsworTh, a Torrner sTudenT aT River Falls. Privafe ROY JOHNSON Roy Johnson aTTended The college Trom I93I-l933, Taking The Principals course. AT The Time oT his inducTion he was assisTanT field supervisor oT Warner BroThers MoTion PicTures, working ouT oT The Minneapolis oTTice. He enlisTed in The Army February l5, I945. and was senT overseas Trom The WesT CoasT iusT before peace was declared. l-le was on his way To The SouTh PaciTic when he died aboard ship oT illness-cerebro-spinal Tever meningococcic. l-le is survived by his moTher, Mrs. Flora Johnson, his liH'le daughTers, and one broTher. PrivaTe Louis Johnson, wiTh The army in Texas. His wife. LaVonne Ringdahl Johnson, died in I94O. ig 'L ilyiii ..J.i.- STaTF SergeanT VOYLE JOHNSON Voyle Johnson aTTended River Falls Teachers College Two years, i938-I94O, before enTering The service, January, l94O. He wenT inTo The Army Air Forces and was senT To The Philippines, where he ToughT in The BaTTle OT BaTaan. He was reporTed missing in acTion in May, I942. and no TurTher word was received unTil July, I944, when he was declared oTFicially dead and awarded The Purple l'learT posThumously. AT The end oT The war iT was learned ThaT he had died June 2, l942, in a Japanese prisoner of war camp-Camp O'Donnell in The Philippines. He is survived by his TaTher, Axel Johnson, oT GranTsburg and one broTher and Three sisTers. .X ,A .., ' will ir egg: l ' ,,i,

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' Pfc. RICHARD M. R. HYLKEMA Richard M. R. Hylkema, The son .of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hylke- ma oT TurTle Lake, graduaTed from River Falls in I934 in The Three-year group. He enTered The Army in December, I943, serving in The lnTanTry. He was senT overseas and ToughT in France, Belgium, and Holland wiTh The TimberwolT Divi- sion. He was killed in November, I944, in Holland close To The birTh place of his parenTs. PTC. Hylkema wore The European TheaTer ribbon wiTh Two baTTle sTars and received The Purple HearT. Two sisTers, Mary ideceasedl and Ger- Trude, and a broTher, Bernard, were also sTudenTs aT River SergeanT RUPERT ISAACSON RuperT Isaacson was in The AgriculTure deparTmenT Trom I938 To l94l. He was acTive in aThleTics, playing on The TooTbalI Team during The Three years. He was inducTed in June, l?4I, and served in The Field ArTillery. He wenT overseas in SepTember, I944, and ToughT in souThern France where he was killed in acTion againsT The enemy November 22, I'-744. SergeanT lsaacson was The son oT Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Isaacson of Nye. Fa l ls . ' LieuTenan+ GORDON JACKMAN Gordon Wayne Jackman of River Falls leTT wiTh The NaTional Guard in OcToloer, l94O, aTTer aTTending college one year. He was chosen Tor oTTicers Training and was graduaTed as a lieuTenanT in The Field ArTillery. He wenT overseas in SepTember, I944, and served in The European TheaTer as Torward observer in a Field ArTillery uniT. He losT his liTe aT KrinkelT, Belgium, in The BaTTle of The Belgian Bulge in acTion againsT The enemy, while wiTh exTraordinary heroism he proTecTed The wiThdrawal of a friendly inTanTry baTTalion unTil his posiTion was overrun. He was ciTed Tor bravery and awarded The DisTinguishecl Service Cross. LieuTenanT Jackman was The son oT Mr. and Mrs. Will Jackman. Two broThers were also in The service, Lynn in lTaly and Duane in The UniTed STaTes. In December, l942, he married Lois Webb, a graduaTe of River Falls in The class oi I942.

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S'laFF Sergean'l' ROBERT R. MCCABE Roberl R. McCabe, son of Mr. and Mrs. William McCabe oi Hammond, received his B.E. degree in science and maihe- malics from River Falls in I937. He had been aclrive in baske-'rball and debafe and served on many commiiiees while in college. He enfered lhe service July l5, I942, in 'Phe Army Air Forces and was seni overseas lo rhe New Guinea area. Here he was a radio gunner on a B-25 bomber. He was shoi' down Seplember 3, I943, over Wewak Bay afier a ferrific enemy alrrack. All five members of The crew were missing. He was awarded The Silver Srar, Presidenlrial Unif Cirarion and 'rhe Purple Hearr. Lieulenani' STANLEY L. MORLEY Slanley L. Morley majored in science and malhernafics during his four years af River Falls, receiving his degree, Bachelor of Science, in l94O. One of his exfra-curricular aclivilies was phoiography, and he was pholographer for Jrhe 1940 Mele+ean. He enlrered 'rhe service in February. I942, in Jrhe Army Air Forces and was sen+ io The European 'iheaier of opera'l'ion. He was on a bombing mission over Germany when he was shoi down over Duren, November 29. I944. He had received fhe Air Medal and was awarded Jrhe Purple Hearr. Lieurenanl Morley's parenls are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morley of New Auburn. Lieufenanf ROBERT L. MRAZ Roberl' L. Mraz enlisled in Jfhe Army Air Forces in January, I94-2, while in his sophomore year ai River Falls. He was commissioned a second lieulenanl' in Seplember and was senl To rhe Alaskan area af l'he end of 'rhe year. lf was while on parrol dury in fhe Aleulian Islands +ha+ his plane was caughi in a propeller wash, and he was killed January 21, I943. Lieurenanr Mraz was an oulsianding alhleie, receiv- ing rhe American Legion award as 'rhe oulsianding a'rhle're of his class upon his graduarion from 'rhe Algoma High School, where he played foo+ball, baskerball, and baseball. He confinued his foofball career ai River Falls, becoming a varsiiy leH'erman. During his vacalions he played baseball on 'rhe Algoma cil'y leam. His parenls are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mraz of Algoma. A sis'l'er, Lieuienanl Elaine Mraz, was an army nurse a+ O'Reilly General Hospiral, Springfield. Missouri.