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Volume XXVIV ALUMNI
As the months pass the names on the honor roll in the chapel in- crease in number. At first one roll was enough; then it took two large boards; finally three could scarcely contain the names of all the V. E. S. alumni serving their country; and the prayer for those in the service took on new significance to the boys who are still worshipping within the walls of the school chapel. As the columns of names increased in num- ber, so the constellation of gold stars on each board increased until there
are now twenty-three names so des- ignated.
Arthur Barlow, '25, after at- tending V . E. S., matriculated at the University of Virginia, where he graduated. He spent several years practicing architecture in Charlottes- ville. When war broke out, Barlow worked with the architects and en- gineers at the Ship Yard and the Richmond Ar Base.
In February, 1943, he entered the navy as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade. He trained as a gunnery officer at Jacksonville, Pensaccla, and Y ork- town-where he graduated with the highest honors in a large class. He then went to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he took up his work as as- sistant gunnery officer.
There, on February 21, 1944, at the age of 37, he died of a heart attack.
He was one of the most respected and well-liked officers at the station, and like all the others, is one of whom V. E. S. can be proud.
Preston Bellamy, '40.*
Elmer I. Carruthers- O n No- vember 20, 1943, died in the Sol- omon Islands. (See Column 3.)
Churchill Chalkley, '35 (THE METEOR, November, 1943).
Don F. Cox, '37 (THE METEOR, November, 1943).
James G. Coxetter, '32 (THE METEOR, November, 1943).
*As THE METEOR goes to press no in• formation is available about this alumnus beyond the bare fact that he died in the service of his country.
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Richard Parada Dillon, '41, was killed in action on January 25, 1945. Richard attended V. M. I. for two years, and was inducted into the army in 1943. He took his training at Camp Lee and at Fort McClellan, and was sent to engin- eer's school at Fargo, North Da- kota. He was then assigned to the Rainbow Division and went over- seas in October, 1944.
Sgt. Walter 0 . Gibson, '43, U. S. A. (see cover), who was in Co. E, 318th Division, died in the hos- pital at Lorraine, France, on Oct. 8, 1944. Sgt. Gibson received his training at Camp McClellan, Fort Meade, Camp A . P . Hill, Camp Mc- Coy, and Camp Dix before he was transferred from this country to England. From England he was sent to France where he died.
Sgt. Gibson's awards for service were a good conduct ribbon, an ex- pert marksmanship medal, the bronze star, and three engagement stars.
Walter T. Green, '38 (TnE ME- TEOR, November, 1943).
George Penn Hutton, '37, was killed in action in the crash of a B-29 bomber to which he was assigned as a bombardier-navigator. The plane crashed from undetermined ;:auses just after it had taken off on a mission from an airport in India.
George took his training at the A. A. F. Navigation School in Hondo, T exas, where he won his wings as a navigator. He was then sent to Bombardier School at Mid- land, Texas. On April 1944 he was sent to India, and was killed on June 15, 1944.
James Jarrett, '30.*
Private Isham Keith, '25, was
killed in an accident at Camp Liv- ingston on June 26, 1943. Isham was inducted into the service in De- cember, 1942. and served his basic training at Camp Croft. He was then transferred to Camp Living- ston, Louisiana, where he was put on special detail to help direct and rewrite the intelligence training plays for his regiment. He was sta- (Continued on Page 12.)
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THE BRIDGE*
Carruther's Bridge
On November 20, 1943, the ad- vance of the United States Marines along the River Piva on Bougain- ville, British Solomon Islands, was held up due to the resistance of the Nips and also due to the fact that there was not sufficient clearing be- yond the front lines to permit the Marines to advance in numbers. At that time the front line was some three hundred yards west of Piva River though a path had been "bull-
dozed" nearly half a mile east be- yond the river and the Marines were in scattered numbers on either side of the path. Company "I" of the 25th Naval Construction Battalion had been assigned the task of driv·· ing a path on beyond this point and to such point as the Nips could be contacted and driven back. It had been a very dangerous and tedi0us
*By the sign, Tom Carruthers, '19,· brother of Eddie.
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