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

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- A ... ' HARRY AAMODT, B.S., Agr., 1945 .... SPRING VALLEY' Sgt., U.S. Army, Medical Corps. Feb. 9, 1942 RUSSELL B. AAMODT, B.S., H.S., 1941 ..................... -...- SPRING VALLEY Aer. M. 3fc., USNR. June 29, 1944 PALMER AASTERUD, 1933 ..........,......, SPRING VALLEY Pacific Theater, New Guinea KENNETH AFDAHL, B.S., Agr., 1943 ........ HAMMOND Lt. Cjgj, USNR. Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Theater Ribbon, six stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, three stars. May 1, 1942 GEORGE E. ALDRICH, 1937-39 ........ NEW RICHMOND 1st Lt., AAF. Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Theater Ribbons, 'four battle stars, Pre-Pearl Harbor. Sept. 26, 1939 - Jan. 6, 1946 JOHN J. ALDRICH, 1939-42 ..,........... NEW RICHMOND 1st Lt., AAF. Pacific Theater and Puerto Rico. June, 1942 CLARENCE ALFONSE, B.E., H.S., 1931 .... CUMBERLAND Lt. USNR. Pacific Theater. Feb. 24, 1942 - Dec. 18,1945 FRED ALFONSE, 1936-38 ....................A..... CUMBERLAND Sgt. U.S. Army, Coast Artillery LAUREL E. ALLISON. 1941-42 ....,..................... ROBERTS Cpl. U.S. Army, Infantry. European Theater, PaciRc Theater, Philippines. Theater Ribbon, two battle Stars, Med. Infantry Combat Badge HARVEY ALNESS, 1927-30 .............................. BAYPORT Col., AAF. Asiatic Theater, China-Burma-India. Silver Star, one oalc leaf cluster, Distinguished Fly- ing Cross, two clusters, Air Medal, two clusters, Distinguished Service Medal CBritishD. July 1, 1930 TOM ALTON, 1936-37 .................................. RIVER FALLS 1st Lt., AAF. Mediterranean Theater, Africa ALVIN R. AMUNDSON, 2-Year Gram., 1926 ...f......s..... ELK MOUND 1st Lt., Army Ordnance CARL L. AMUNDSON, 3-Year H.S., 1929 ,...............-... ELK MOUND Lt., USNR. Pacific Theater. Jan. 19, 1943-Jan. 91, 1946 ELDON L. ANDERSON, Rural, 1931 .......... ELLSWORTH SfSgt., CAO. Asiatic-Pacific Theater, China- Burma-India. Theater Ribbon, one battle star. .June 6, 1941 - Dec. 13, 1945 GLEN H. ANDERSON, 1941-43 ................ RIVER FALLS Band, 40th Div. Asiatic Theater, Korea. Dec. 1944 GOODWIN ANDERSON, 1940-41 .......s. .... W HITEHALL S 2fc., USNR LESTER J. ANDERSON, 1939-40 ..s......... PRAIRIE FARM 1st Lt., AAF. Mediterranean Theater. Distin- guished Flying Cross, Air Medal, three oalc leaf clusters, Theater Ribbon, six battle stars. Oct. 28, 1942 - Oct. 24, 1945 ORLIN ANDERSON, B.S., H.S., 1938 ,............... RIB LAKE 1st Lt., U.S. Army, Sanitary Corps. European and Pacific Theaters. Feb. 9, 1942 - Dec. 25, 1945 JOHN J. ANDREA, JR. B.S., H.S., 1943 .... RIVER FALLS 1st Lt., AAF. Pacific Theater, Marianas, Navy Unit Citation, Theater Ribbons, three Stars. Dec. 14,1942 LAWRENCE ARTS, 1938-41 ..... ................................. T ONY C.M. 1fc., USNR. Pacific Theater. Theater Rib- bons, nine battle stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, one star. Feb. 23, 1942 - Sept. 18, 1945 STANLEY D. ATKINSON, B.S., H.S., 1942.. ...DANBURY Capt., AAF, Meteorology. European Theater. June, 1941 MARCEL AUNE, 1940-41 .,..,................,.... ..BALDWIN Pfc., Infantry and Anti-Aircraft Artillery. European Theater. Theater Ribbon, four battle stars, Combat Infantry Badge. May 15, 1943 EDGAR F. AUSTAD, 1935-36 ........... .... ..l-IAWKINS SfSgt., AAF. June 12, 1942 DONALD BABBITT, 1939-42 ..... .........,... .. .... CORNELL ASTP Unit, Medical School, Marquette University GORDEN HUEY BABCOCK, 1932-33 ................ FREDERIC SfSgt., AAF. July 18, 1942 CHARLES FREDERICK BACON, 1939-43 .... ELLSWORTH AIC, Naval Air Corps. July 2, 1941 - August 19,1942 OMAR BACON, B.E., H.S., 1936 .........,, ..ELLSWORTH Cpl., AAF, Aug. 20, 1942 - Jan. 23, 1946 4 BERNARD H. BAGAN, 1940-43 .............. MENOMONIE Cpl., U.S. Army, Infantry. European Theater. Bronze Star, four battle stars. Aug. 15, 1942 - Dec. 15,1945 FRANCIS KEVIN BAGAN, 1939-42 ........ MENOMONIE Flight Officer, AAF. Dec. 21, 1942 - Nov. 1945 DON W. BAILEY, 1939-40 .................... SPRING VALLEY Aviation Ordnanceman, 1fc, USNR. North Afri- can - Southwest Pacific - Western Pacific COIcina- wa, China, Japanj Theaters. All Theater Ribbons, Philippine Liberation Ribbon DONALD F. BAIRD, 1941-43 ...................... RIVER FALLS SfSgt., USMC. Central Pacific Theater, Asiatic- Pacific Ribbon, one star. Jan. 19, 1943 - Nov. 21,1945 EDGAR BAIRD, 1900-O6 ................................ RIVER FALLS Major AUS, AAF. July 1942 - July 1944 JOHN BAIRD, 1939-41 ........,......................... RIVER FALLS U.S. Army WAYNE E. BAIRD, 1940-43 ........................ RIVER FALLS CM. 2fc, USNR. Pacific Theater. Mar. 21, 1946 HAROLD BAKER, 1918-19 .......................... RIVER FALLS Capt., Armored Forces Clnfantryl, Ordnance. Eu- ropean Theater. Bronze Star Medal, European Theater Ribbon, three battle stars. Oct. 15, 1940 - Jan. 15, 1946 HOWARD BAKER, 1942-43 ................................ KENNAN Tf5, U.S. Army, European Theater CFrance and Germanyj. Aug. 21, 1944 ROBERT BAKER, 1942-43 .................... NEW RICHMOND Pvt., U.S. Army, Infantry. Combat Infantry Badge. MmKBfW6-SwL119M WILLIAM J. BAKER, 1939-40 ............ NEW RICHMOND Mo. MM 1 fc, European Theater. Theater Ribbon, three battle stars WILLIAM M. BAKER, 1935 ................................ DURAND Major, U.S. Army, Medical Department. European CCentraD Theater. Bronze Star Medal, oak leaf cluster. Feb. 19, 1941 - Mar. 3, 1946 CLIFTON R. BARBER, 1937-39 ............................ WEBSTER TfSgt., AAF. Cgunnerb European Theater. Shot down over Bremen, Germany, and a prisoner of war for 19 months. Air Medal, Purple Heart. Jan. 5, 1942 - Oct. 16, 1945 LESTER BARIBO, B.S., Agr., 1943 .................... EXELAND Ens., USNR. GLEN EDWARD BARNES, 1941-43 ...... SPRING VALLEY Radarman 3fc, USNR. European CFranceD and Pacific Theaters. Theater Ribbons. Nov., 1942 - April 2, 1946 GLENN BAROUEST, 1938-41 .............................. CADOTT Capt., Engineer Corps. European Theater. Pre- Pearl Harbor, European Theater Ribbon, Bronze Star Medal, four battle stars. June 17, 1941 - Feb. 12,1946 KEITH R. BARRY, 1936-38 .....,......,...,........... RIVER FALLS Cpl., AAF. Pacific Theater. Aug. 3, 1942 - Nov. 16,1945 . GORDON I. BARTO, 1939-41 .................................... GILE Major, USMC CPiloO. Southwest Pacific Theater. Distinguished Flying Cross, Philippine Liberation, Pre-Pearl Harbor. April 1941 CLAIR D. BARTOSH, B.E., H.S., 1931 ........ RIVER FALLS Lt., USNR. Pacific Theater. Pacific Theater Ribbon, two battle stars. Mar. 7, 1944 - Feb. 3, 1946 WILLIAM T. BARTZ, BS., H.S., 1940 ........ MOUNTAIN Lt., USCG, CEngineering Officer of USS Gro- tonD. North Atlantic Clceland, Greenlandj Theater. July 1942 FLOYD J. BECK, 1936-37 ................ WELLS, MINNESOTA Cpl., Tanlc Destroyer. Southwest Pacific - Central Pacific Theater. Oct. 11, 1940 - July 13, 1945 STANLEY BEDNARZYK, B.S., Agr., 1939 ....,....... WITHEE Ens., USNR CAROL BEHLING, 2-Year Rural, 1941 ................ AMERY Cpl., WAC. Meritorious Service Unit Award. June, 1944

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The ediiors realize rhal' rhis rosrer of 'lhe service men and women of +he River Falls Sl'a'I'e Teachers College is no doubr incomplele and perhaps inaccurale in some derails. Such omissions and inaccuracies are due +o +he inabiliry or failure of some 'ro respond 'ro fhe quesrionnaires which were senr by Dean S+raH'on +o all men who had aHended +he college since I93I. This lisf is compiled from +he replies received and from Dean S+raH'on's records. Only abbrevia'l'ions which are commonly known have been used, and al +he suggesrion of servicemen fhemselves The more general awards lVic1'ory Medal, Good Conducl Ribbon, e+c.l have been omiH'ed. However, a sincere efforf has been made ro make +his a lrue and valuable record of 'lhe par+ 'ralcen by our men and women in World War ll. Addi- lions and correclions will be apprecialed by rhe edifors.

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.. fe - 311 .. .1.-- - ,. - ai- . - JSM --' 1-.,..a-. Maw-f . fa-. Maas a if Em 2 -I st .....--....aa..a2..-42? Q -.2 eg-'ia JAMES B. BEHLING, 1942-43 .A....,......,A..,,.,,.,..,..,.. AMERY Ens., USNR. Assistant Communications Officer. Dec. 1942 DAVID ELMER BENSON, 1944 ..,...,,, . .RIVER FALLS ETM 2fc. Sept. 1944 - July, 1946 HAROLD BENSON, B.E., H.S., 1930 .,,..,.. CLEAR LAKE Sgt., AAF. Meteorology. June 12, 1945 - Oct. 11, 1945 HOWARD F. BENSON, B.S., Agr., 1942 .,... CLEAR LAKE 1st Lt., Engineering Corps. Mar. 4, 1942 SHERMAN BENSON, 1933-34 ....,..,.....,..,,,, CLEAR LAKE CM. 1fc., USNR. Pacific Theater. Asiatic Paci- fic Ribbon, four stars. Mar. 28, 1942 - Dec. 17, 1945 MARTIN BENTS, Rural, 1937. ..L............,.,.... COMSTOCK Cpl., Infantry Replacement Training. Jan. 22, 1945 - Dec. 19, 1945 ULRICH BENTS, B.S., H.S., 1940 .......... STEWART, MINN. Sgt., AAF., Pacific Theater. May 2O, 1943 - Mar. 6, 1946 IRENE BERG, 3-Year H.S., 1927 .................... MONDOVI Pfc., WAC. June 18, 1943 - Sept. 13, 1945 LEONARD BERG, B.S., Agr., 1942 ................ BLOOMER Lt. Cjgj, Naval Air Corps. European Theater VERNON L. BERG, B.S., Agr., 1942 ................ BLOOMER Ens., Naval Air Corps CPilotD. Jan. 24, 1942 - Dec. 17, 1945 ANDREW GRANT BERGEMANN, B.S., Agr., 1941 ........ GRANTON SfSgt., AAF. Pacific Theater. June 17, 1942 - Dec. 26, 1945 JOHN R. BERGGREN, 1943 .............................. BALDWIN Hospital Apprentice 1fc, USNR. Sept. 2, 1943 - .July 20, 1945 ROBERT K. BERGHOLZ, 1941-43 ...... .................. C HETEK Pfc., Armored Division. European Theater. Theater Ribbon, three battle stars. June 14, 1943 EDWIN A. BERGSTROM, B.S., Agr., 1941 ...................... CUMBERLAND MM. 1fc., USNR. Pacific Theater. Unit Cita- tion, ten battle stars. July 23, 1942 - Nov. 12, 1945. BRUNO L. BERKLUND, B.S., Agr., 1940 .... CUMBERLAND AIC., AAF MILTON D. BERLIN, B.S., H.S., 1940 ............ SOMERSET Major, U.S. Army, Field Artillery - Tanlc Destroyer, American Defense Medal, Pre-Pearl Harbor. Oct. 15, 1940 - Aug. 27, 1945 ROBERT L. BERND, 1942-43 ............ NEW RICHMOND Ens., USNR DALLAS P. BESSAN, 1934-40 .......... NEW RICHMOND 2nd Lt., U.S. Army, Infantry. European Theater. Purple Heart, Silver Star. Feb. 16, 1942 DOYLE E. BEYL, 1941-44 . . ..... ST. CROIX FALLS Pfc., U.S. Army. European Theater CCentralD. Combat Infantry Badge, three battle stars. Mar. 23, 1944 KENNETH H. BILDERBACK, 1942-43 .................. CHETEK Cpl., U.S. Army, Infantry. European Theater. Theater Ribbon, two stars, Purple Heart. June 14, 1943 - Mar. 13, 1946 CHESTER T. BIRKMOSE, 1935-37 ...................... HUDSON 1st Lt., U.S. Army, Field Artillery, Armored. Nov. 24, 1941 GENE V. BJERSTEDT, 1943 ........................ ...RIVER FALLS Electricians Mate 2fc, USNR. South Pacific Theater. Aug. 2, 1943 GORDON BLACK, 1933-36 ...................,...... RIVER FALLS SKD, 1fc., USNR. Panama Canal Zone, Afri- can Theater. .July 1943 - Jan. 1946 ELMER E. BLAISDELL, 1936-38 .............. NEW AUBURN S 1fc., USNR. Pacific Theater. Jan. 7,1944 HAROLD J. BLANK, B.S., H.S., 1939 ........ LA CROSSE Pfc., USMC. Pacific Theater MINNERD A. BLEGEN 1939-41 .......... SPRING VALLEY TX4, U.S. Army, FieldArtillery. European Theater, five campaigns CNormandy, Northern France, Ar- dennes, Rhineland, Central Europej. Sept. 12, 1942 - Sept. 15, 1945 DOUGLAS S. BOARDMAN, 1931-32 ............. ................. GLENWOOD CITY SfSgt., U.S. Army, Field Artillery. Southwest Pacific Theater CNew Guinea, Philippines, Japanl Bronze Arrowhead Medal, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, two bronze stars, Phillippine Liberation. Sept. 3, 1943 - DCC. 20, 1945 ROGER M. BODIN, 1939-41 ........................ WASHBURN Ens., Naval Air Corps. Dec. 15, 1942 - Dec. 14, 1945 HERBERT W. BOETTCHER, 1939-42 ...................... CADOT TX4, U.S. Army, Medical Corps. European Theater. Theater Ribbon, two stars. Mar. 10, 1942 - Dec. 6, 1945 ORRIS C. BOETTCHER, 1940-42 ........ CHIPPEWA FALLS Lt. Cjgb, USNR. Pacific Theater. Navy Air Medal. June, 1942 DONALD L. BOLES, 1942-43 ...................... RIVER FALLS Signalman 2fc., USNR. South Pacific Theater. Dec. 1943 - Mar. 1946 Lt. William Stratton Lt. Eunice Manslre Hehnlce Ph. M. 2fc Sherman Kfil-'IIT Q iqgnwgag aa::ag.s4mW,-ge.,-, I ,i.,agr,,,g - --'fa can am -Kaur X - fn-B K.-, 5. X ,.w.. ..