1943

On Wednesday night, February 28, at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, several hundred Dartmouth men gathered for their annual dinner and to hear again from President Hopkins. Also speaking that evening was Capt. D. E. Cummings USN, Commanding Officer of the Dartmouth Unit. I need not elaborate on the meeting as it will be covered by a special article in this issue. I do want to say, however, that the class of '43 was well represented in Mort Pretcher, Joe Crowley, Stan Priddy, Ray McMahon, Bill Glovsky, Warner Wilcox, Glen Behringer, Bud Clarke and Chet Solez.

Much news was exchanged during the course of the evening—some good and other news sad. Bill Glovsky writes a memorial letter to First Lieutenant Dick Shapiro who was killed on Luzon on December 20, 1944, the date of his twenty-third birthday. Bill also states, as we all will agree, that the sentiments expressed herein are equally applicable to all the boys that have made the supreme sacrifice that we might live in a world of peace, goodwill and tolerance. The letter reads as follows:

To Dick:—The news of your death came as a great shock and deeply saddens your many close friends. Those of us who knew you were indeed fortunate, for we had the opportunity to know a great and valiant man. Your amiable wit, effervescent personality, unselfish kindness and sincerity will long be remembered. Your high ideals will be ever present as a goal for us to follow.

There is only one thing we can do to repay you for the great sacrifice you have made for us; we have a clear duty to make certain that you and those like you shall not have died in vain; we must re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals for which you so bravely struggled. We cannot calm our conscience without doing everything we can, individually and collectively, to bring about a just and lasting peace, to make a world which will be devoid of intolerance and discrimination, to make a world where equality of opportunity will be more than a high-sounding ideal, a pretty phrase, but will be a genuine reality. Those are the things for which you fought and died. Those of us who live must continue to fight as you did, in peace as well as in war. If we are sincere, we cannot be happy or content, knowing that you are watching us, knowing what you did and were trying to do, unless we exert every effort to bring into actuality the high ideals for which you so bravely struggled.

I am grateful for having been given the opportunity to know you, Dick, and pray that those of us who are left behind will not fail you.

MISSING IN ACTION:

Corp. Benjamin L. Edmonds is reported missing in action in Italy since November 29, the War Department informed his mother. Ben entered the service in March 1943 and went overseas in September, going to Sicily, North Africa, and Italy.

Stanley B. Sandberg 1943 has been reported missing in action but no details have been received. He was serving on the Destroyer USS - in the Pacific, having been commissioned an ensign at Notre Dame. NEWSBITS:—

Powell C. Grover Jr. graduated recently from the U. S. Naval Air Training Bases,. Corpus Christi, Texas, and now has his commission in the USNR.

Lt. (jg) Bill Remsen and wife dropped in to see us recently on their way up to the Portsmouth, N. H., Navy Yard where Bill is to wait for a submarine sojourn. Both Bill and the Mrs. looked swell.

David Merril USNR, who signs the payroll as a cadet in the Navy Medical Training Program, is living at Jacksonville, L. 1., and gunning for an M.D. degree.

First Lieutenant Dick Rudolph made this promotion back in November when he was with the Third Army. Dick apparently is setting a record for in his ten months of overseas duty, he has been stationed in England, Wales, Scotland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Holland, and now Germany. As a result, he has three battle stars on his ETO ribbon. Dick reports that Second Lieutenant Frank Sherwood (Inf.) is somewhere in his locale.

Reports have it that Dixie Daniels is in the Chelsea Naval Hospital with battle wounds. Have hopes of seeing him soon.

Sgt. Boone Atkinson and wife Lucy are at 1200 S. Washington St., Apt. 81-B, Bldg. C, Alexandria, Va. Boone writes that he is toying with the idea of going to Harvard Law School after hostilities, but a tug-of-war is ensuing over Boone's lack of a final year of college life. Boone ran into Willie Gray recently who is operating for the armed services at a message center after losing one of his kidneys some two years ago. Boone missed a very honored gathering of gentlemen and wives recently when the Mike Diazs (how are you Mike?), Rum Ewings, Huntly Allisons and the Dix Richardses got together for the first time in two years. Must have been a. swell get-together to say the least.

Lt. J. W. Hooker is now at Camp Gordon, Johnston, Fla., training amongst the sand dunes and on the Gulf of Mexico with LST's and beach- landing problems. Jim received his commission after graduating from Transportation Corps School in New Orleans. He ran into Hud King in New Orleans along with Bob Harris and Ray Fontana, class of '44, and Paul Eleaves '33. He also saw Ed Tuffly while passing through Chicago. Fred Geller's father writes that Fred was in a

replacement outfit somewhere in Belgium after being in a Belgian hospital for about a month. He is back with his outfit in Holland now and apparently O.K.

Bill Glovsky is at Harvard Law School and has made the Law Review.

Lt. (jg) Stan Levin was in Hawaii after a leave and a long stretch in the Aleutians. Chuck Arnstein is somewhere in Minnesota, we hear.

HAIL AND HONOR:—

Cpl. Derek V. Quackenbush as a member of an 80-man Signal Company Service Group has been awarded the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque for the efficient manner in which it installed telephone communications and rendered radio repair service to the B-24 Liberators of four widely dispersed aerial bombardment groups in Italy.

The Air Medal has been awarded Second Lieutenant Alden M. Taylor for "meritorious achievement" during Eighth Air Force bombing attacks on Nazi military and industrial targets. The B-17 Flying Fortress pilot is a member of the Bomber Group commanded by Colonel Elbert Helton. This group is a unit of the division which was cited by the President for its historic England-Africa shuttle bombing of Messerschmitt plants at Regensburg, Germany.

TROTH NEWS—CONGRATULATIONS:—

Miss Barbara Ann Stugard of New Rochelle to Jerrold Von Wedel, USNR; Marilyin A. Duxbury of New York to Hudson J. Wilson, Jr. USNR; Natalie Smith of East Greenwich, R. 1., to Walter K. Chisholm, USNR; Marjorie (Nance) Haywood of Oswego to Pfc. Frederick S. Geller; Ens. Donna Marie Ikeler of Peekskill, N. Y., to Robert C. McQueen, OSS.

HAIL BRIDE! HAIL GROOM!—FELICITATIONS

Mary M. Spelman of Pinehurst, N. C., and Lt. Gail C. Smith, USMCR; Margaret Ann Canby of Coral Gables, Fla. and Ens. John Behringer; Mary Ruth Hazen of Summit, N. J. and Robert J. Alesbury, USNR; Dorothy June Hills of Atlanta, Ga. and Lt. Howard "Bud" Hall and Lois Woodburn of Pittsburg, Pa. and Lt. J. W. Hooker on December 16, 1944, in Pittsburg.

SERVICE PROMOTIONS:

Capt. Robert G. Bowman, Ens. Walter S. DeLany, Lt. (jg) Albert P. Moore, Ens. Powell C. Groner, Jr., Lt. (jg) E. Smedley Ward, Jr., 2nd Lt. Frank P. Sherwood, Lt. (jg) Anthony G. Rud, Lt. (jg) Lewis W. Seidman, Lt. (jg) James C. Knoepfler, and Lt. (jg) Richard L. Noble.

This, I believe, is the last column I will write to you as acting class secretary in Ed Bock's absence. Johnny Tyde, a loyal cor- respondent for the past two years, is now discharged from the service and has been willing to take over the very pleasant duty of keeping the class of '43 intact. I regret having to give up this pleasure but now I shall be able to devote more time to the newsletter and campaign. It also will give a better account of the class as a whole with two men reporting the news. We will carry on the writing so long as you are willing to send news that the rest of the gang is eager to hear. Johnny's address is 49 Countryside Drive, Summit, N. J. Many thanks for seeing me through.

NAVY HERO RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. Ensign Lorenzo P. Baker Jr. '44, wounded in the invasion of Guam, is visited by Governor John W. Bricker, Republican vice presidential candidate in the recent national election, at the Puget Sound Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Wash.

Secretary, Governor Dummer Academy, S. Byfield, Mass.

Treasurer, Shelburne, Vt.