Laureled Sons of Dartmouth

FIRST LT. ROBERT H. CASTLE '40, of North Muskegon, Michigan, has been awarded the Air Medal for outstanding aerial actions in the European and North African war theatres.

Last summer Lt. Castle was in England and as navigator of a Flying Fortress bombed Nazi war industries at Lille, France. He was with an air squadron which lost only four bombers, as against a loss of 41 Focke-Wulf 190s of the Germans. He was on five sorties against the enemy until he was sent to the North African theatre.

The Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. to the Chief of Staff, 301 st Bombing Group, said:

"Give my personal congratulations to the five leading Bomber crews, all listed in your radio January 27th, from Marshall to Eisenhower for Doolittle, and convey this message to them: 'The Army is proud of your inspiring demonstrations of skill and bravery. The steady toll you have taken of the enemy shows the way to his complete annihilation.' "

There can be no doubt that Lt. Castle is carrying on in Africa as he did in the European zone as his name was on one of the lists of bomber crews mentioned above. He is the son of Harold A. Castle '14.

LIEUT. ROBERTA. SOUTHWORTH '38, U SNR, of Little Boar's Head, New Hampshire, has been awarded the Legion of Merit decoration for outstanding service as naval gunfire liaison officer at Mehdia, Africa. He is on convoy duty.

STAFF SERGEANT DONALD P. CLARKE '38, of Newtonville, Massachusetts, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for 300 hours of combat flying as a waist gunner in a Liberator Bomber in the Middle East.

Sergeant Clarke, after working in a defense plant, enlisted in the Army Air Force in February, 1943. In July, after training, he was sent to the Middle East area from where he has been gradually moving west in pursuit of Rommel's retreating Afrika Corps. From various letters one can gather that he has had several close shaves in long distance bombing of Axis airfields in North Africa and in Naples and Sicily. His bomber is called "Li'1 Joe."

His mother, Mrs. Grace I. Clarke lives in Newtonville, Massachusetts, and has expectations that Sergeant Clarke will be home on leave soon.

[Through newspaper clippings and letters the editors of the ALUMNI MAGAZINEare learning of Dartmouth's heroes of thewar. To make this jnonthly section Laureled Sons as complete and accurate as possible, including full citations of alumnidecorated, we will greatly appreciate thehelp of parents, friends, and the men themselves in sending news of citations in allbranches of the service.—H. F. W.]

LT. ROBERT H. CASTLE '4O For distinguished service as navigator ofFlying Fortress over Europe and Africa,won air medal and special "co?mnendation."

STAFF SGT. DONALD P. CLARK '3B Winner of Distinguished Flying Cross with 300 combat hours to his credit as waistgunner in Liberator bomber.