1939

This month a copy of the October issue of the Marine Corps Gazette made its way to the office. It contains two stories of the fighting on Saipan, one by Robert Sherrod, a Time correspondent, the first to go overseas in this war, and the other written and illustrated by Major James A. Donovan Jr., entitled "Saipan Tank Battle."

Mrs. Frank Davis continues to keep up the news supply on 'gger husbands with the following comments:

Frank is a lieutenant (sg) in the Navy and is now stationed at an advanced air base in the South Pacific. At the present time, he is the executive officer for Lt. Col. "Horn" South USMC '3O, who is the air-base commander. They have both requested that I pass this information along to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE as they are very proud of the fact that two "Dartmouthites" are working together as a team at this very important base. Frank has been in the service over two years now and until he left a year ago we managed to see quite a bit of the country. Meanwhile I carry on at home with our two children Joanne (age four) and Robert Bennett (age two). Bob was named for Gordon Bennett '37. "Harpo" and Sis Walsh called on me one evening just before Harpo left for overseas duty. I have talked with Sis since and Harpo is in Egypt.

Let's hope it's not going to be very much longer before we can all meet in Hanover for a grand and glorious reunion.

Dick Hadley writes from Burlington of the "big" news of an eight and a half (now twelve) pound boy born on December 3, 1944, called "Rick," and headed for the class of 1965! He also wrote:—

Since finishing an internship at Port Chester, N. Y., last February, I've been a Lt. (jg) in the Navy Medical Corps. Spent about four months in England on an LST and was in on the Normandy invasion (along with Bob Jessup, Howie Johnson, Bud Stein), carrying casualties back to England.

After arriving here in late July, I went to Pensacola and took the Navy's course in aviation medicine and got my wings as a flight surgeon on December 2. Following that I spent a dreary month at the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, N. C. I'm now completing ten days of leave before reporting to San Diego "for further assignment." I'm hoping to be attached to a squadron or a carrier.

I guess this about completes my news. Saw Gus Zitrides and Harry MacCready at Pensacola. We had a fine get-together of about sixty Dartmouth men.

Bob Jessup verified part of the above when he was in New York early in January on leave. He also told of some interesting and varied experiences, not only in the Normandy vicinity, but also in the Mediterranean.

Baxter Prescott sends news of his wedding on January 6 at the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church in Washington:

Don Wheaton '39 was best man and my attempts to get Charlie Grant and Les Graves down here were futile in view of their distant locations.

We honeymooned at Windsor, Vt., and spent one day at Hanover, where I saw no '39ers but lots of others including Tom Dent, Bill McCarter, Pat Kaney, Mrs. E. K. Hall, and Miss Gilmore.

The only other letter in the month's meagercorrespondence from class-mates get thehint? was from Bob Winton:

I believe the biggest news I can offer is the fact that I was medically discharged from the USNR on December 11, 1944, after a fivemonths stay at the Seattle Naval Hospital. Up to that time I had been on a ship doing convoy work in the Aleutians area. On one of the many long nights there I happened to be reading a class letter in which George Boswell went at great length to describe the beauty of Kiska. At that time, and even now, I fail to see his point of argument and look forward to the day when I can argue personally with him on the matter.

Of course being a civilian again has its points. I can truthfully say I am more than glad to be back with my family and thank God that it was possible. I did, however, have regrets on taking off my uniform, but there are some matters about which you have nothing to say.

On my return to Maine I did find a new addition, a daughter that I had never seen, Michael is the name, and again I say she's a female, in spite of the name.

I've very little news of any of our classmates and look forward to each ALUMNI MAGAZINE hoping to hear more about the boys. I believe Jim Kelso is now a captain and located in China. Suppose we've all heard the sad news about Bob Yeuell, who heroically gave his life in action sometime last November on the European battlefront. He was a great little guy and from the letters I've seen, published a short time ago in Bill Cunningham's sport column, every man in his unit loved him, and miss him as much as all of us who knew him in Hanover.

As for my immediate future, I am entering Boston University School of Law on January 29, and by going summers I can complete the course in two years.

Secretary, _ Apt. 4D, 1307 Sixth Ave., New York, N. Y. Treasurer, 7215 Maryland Drive, St. Louis 5, Mo.