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ALUMNI
1923
).lajor F. E. Houghton IS now
overseas.
1925
Lieutenant (jg) Duval Rad-
ford. e. S. X. R.. of Forest. who has been on overseas duty for seve ral months. is expected to arrive at his home this week- end to spend a brief leave.
Lieutenant S. Linton is on Car- rier Lunga Point in the Pacific.
1927 l\Trs. Duncan
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines
Private L. S. Nottingham, Jr., '-1-2, spent two days behind the German lines without food or supplies but escaped unscathed.
Private Nottingham's parents learned of their son's experience when they heard his broadcast from near the front lines in Southern France. He is attached to the Sev- enth Army which is under General Patch's command.
In describing his trip behind the German lines, Private Nottingham told of German prisoners being brought back when his group was rescued by American troops. Pri- vate Nottingham is in the intelli- gence and reconnaissance service of the Army.
Private Nottingham participated in the landings of Salerno and An- zio as well as going into France with General Patch's troops. He was awarded the Purple Heart be- cause of wounds at Anzio.
He attended E. C. Glass High School an d Virginia Episcopal School and was on the football squads of both schools. He attended Virginia Military Institute, of which his father is a graduate, before en- tering the Army.
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Marine Corps Air Depot,
:l\liramar, California D
l\farine 1st Lt. Allen L. \Valke
Jr., a clive bomber pilot and sq
of ~fr. and ~Irs. Allen L. \\'alk
of 3548 Eightieth Street, Jacksq R. W. G Heights, ~ew York. has returne' . here after completing six hu . Home· dred hours of combat flying in t~ hna. central Pacific. Lt. \\'alker fle· Borr~: with a dive bomber squadrd otherwise bearing the unique name of "A Cust<~~1 Baba and the Forty Thieves a drag. operating from Samoa and Wall! U~uallJ Islands and from Eniwetok Atol Ho~hfiel~l The marine pilot flew on patr l•avon and convoy missions in the Gil records.~ herts and ~Iarshall areas. . Ambit!
Lt. \\Talker was graduate m~ercst. from Virginia Episcopal Schoc cc1ved 11~
hnk m forward
scholar.
).[ r. and
and their two children are visit-
ing their parents in for the holidays.
L ynchburg
1933
Sergeant ,\. T. Channing is
with the Third ~farine Aircraft \\'ing in the Pacific.
1935
T/ 5 \\"illiam Dudley is in India. Private First Class Keith Euts- ler is in a prisoner of war camp
Lynchburg. Virginia, in 1939 an
at-tended Rutger's 'University. E~
tering ~farine .\viation in 1Ia~
19-+2 he won his wings and wa commissioned at Corpus Christ E. S..L Texas. in .l\lay, 19-1-3. He was pro' for bem1 moted to his present rank in Oc s~hool:
in the Navy, ington.
stationed
in W ash-
ll eadquarters 1936
with the
Lieutenant Devereux Joslin is
1937
Lieutenant (jg) William Joslin
is on LJ. S. Destrover. Massey, in the Pacific. ·
Sergeant Edwin A. Penick. Jr.. \\as here on the 12th of Decem- ber on his "aY to Camp Rucker, .-\Ia.. after a n~onth of training at \\'ashington and Lee.
1939
Lieutenant Bill Eley and ~Iajor
Costolo had quite a chat at ~Iiami Beach, Florida. recently.
Corporal E. A. Griffin is sta- tioned at Dotham. 1\labama.
George Penick is in the service studying medicine at Harvard.
1942
Beverh· Berkle\' was on the
Princetoi1 when it was sunk in the Pacific. but was rescued and is in Hoanokc on leave.
Private First Class Hinsdale Joslin is with the 5th ~farine DI- vision in the Pacific.
1943
Charles Penick is in the Navy,
at Ashbury Park. Xew Jersey. . 1944
Ens. Mason II. Blandford, '39,
has been awarded the Bronze
Star on a citation by Vice-Ad-
miral T. C. Kinkaid, for "heroic
and meritorious service in action
against the enemy." "\Vhile com-
manding officer of a P T boat,"
the citation explained, " his boat
and another engaged and sank
several enemy surface craft. The
attack was made in the face of
intense gunfire from the vessels
and from enemy shore batteries. with the 398th Infantry of the lOOt! On retiring from his last attack Division and was stationed i1 on them, he saw the accompany- France.
ing boat sustain many shell hits Tie married the former
and lose speed. Knowing that the Winslow last September.
reduced speed increased her vul-
nerability, he turned his boat
back without delay into the shore
fire and laid smoke. He then exe- THE
cuted high speed diversionary
maneuvers in range of the enemy
shore guns to draw their fire. His
actio·ns were highly effective.
Though his boat was holed many
times in the screening operation,
the other was able to draw out of
range without further damage. His skill and courage were out- standing. His actions have distin- guished him.
\\'illiam S. Johnson Gal- Francis Gill is at Bainbridge,
V A. Member F. D. I. C.
AS/ 2
lap is somewhere in the Pacific.
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tober, 19-1-3.
K .
~leade, Jr
E v e r a r d
1936-1938, son of Mr. and Mrs. L not a f K. Meade of Boyce, has been sen ''Tar H ously wounded in action. he l~a Virginia written his wife, the former Mt&
Alice Winslow of near Millwood. James
C a p t .
d e r i n g ~
The letter was received by 1Ir~
Meade, who is staying in New Yor'
City, on \Vednesday of l~st week
It stated that he had lost h1s left lCI
below the knee and that an eye ha
been burned, but that his sigt to keep would not be impaired. He also ~ui
fcred other minor injuries.
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