Laureled Son

A record of heroism and steadfast devotion to his duty as a doctor under constant ordeal places the name of Major Jay E.Tremaine '34, U. S. Army Medical Corps, high up among the Laureled Sons of Dartmouth. The nation has recognized Major Tremaine's service to his fellow prisoners at the Japanese Davao camp and his sacrifice of his own life in the effort to save those of others, with the posthumous award of the Bronze Star Medal. The citation for the Medal, quoted in the Laureled Sons of this issue, states in full Major Tremaine's heroic actions. They are extraordinary in that they did not take place only at one dangerous moment but continued over the long and weary period of his imprisonment at Davao and on the prison ship through the torpedoing of which he eventually lost his life in attempting to rescue a dying man.

Major Tremaine was serving in the Philippines at the time of the final surrender of the islands and was a prisoner of war in Japanese hands from the fall of Corregidor until his death on September 7, 1944.

MAJOR JAY E. TREMAINE '24