Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. 22, No. 06 -- August - Archives ...

LOS ANGaES
BCmrtin B. Daly, Jr., ex. '26, Formax Oil
Companr. 518 Chapman, Prea.; 'Herbert C
Gocke, ex. '32, Sec.
Al Howard, who is in the Merchant Marine,
was in port. Larry Moore was in town with his
son. Larry is in the Navy, Photographic Corps.
I received a call from Judge Carberry but this is
a regular occurrence. He is now trading Hcrshey
bars for what-have you. He is still in the
Navy at San Diego, in charge of athletic activity
at the repair base. Emmett McCabe v.-a5 in
town. He rates lieutenant colonelcy. Bcntley Ryan
is in the Air Corps, having something to do with
the glider end of the l:usinc5S.
Leo B. Ward
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD.
Pfc. Vince Franstoli* '34, wrote on June 22
from the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland
to tell the Alumni OHicc about the Notre Dame
gang which he and S^Sgt. Joe Hanratty, *34. had
got together for Universal Notre Dame Night,
two months bsfore. There were 12 Aberdeenians
alt told, and Vince included some personal comment
on each one. in alphabetical order:
Capt. Robert Converse, *39, commanding oflicer
of Co. K at the OCS. Pfc Vincent G. Fransioli,
'34, engineer in the ballistic research laboratory.
T/3 Arnold Hackenbrook. '35, engineer in the ballistic
research laboratory. SySgt. Jcscph Hanratty,
personnel work in the Ordnance School. Lt.
John J. Kane, ex. '43, instructor in artillery in
the Ordnance School.
Cpl. Patrick McShane, '43. in personnel office
until he went overseas on special mission. T/4
Frank Norton, '32. in personnel office- Charles
Norton, '39, Frank's brother, is in OCS.
S/Sfft. James Teagardcn, '41 in the personnel
office and due to receive his warrant officer appointment.
Lt. Roderick Troasdale, '39. adjutant
and right-hand-man of the commanding officer of
the regiment. Lt. Virgil C. Van Meter, ex. '41.
in training division's headquarters at Ordnance
Replacement Training Center. Pvt. Edward
Vyzral, '34, recently arrived to enter OCS.
Vince had word also of Szt. Max Rodin, '34.
who was an instructor in fire control devices
until he left for the ASTP at Iowa City. No
word from him since then. Vince's brother.
Frank, '39, is still with the engineering department
of Carnegie-Illinois Steel in Gary and managing
a CYO Softball league there this summer.
Vince since May 1 had had his wife and baby
daughter, Mary, with him in the Aberdeen crea.
They were living in a Baltimore suburb, 25 miles
from the Proving Ground, and that meant that
Vince had to start out at 5 a.m. to make reveille.
CURACAO, N.W.I. — June 14, 1944. On the
birthday of Lt Joseph W. Schmidt. '36, and to
celebrate Fla'c Day n JneetinB was called of the
N.D. Club of Curncao.
Left to right: Capt. Fred Simon, '39, Don
Ihrtin. '33, U.S.O.. Lt. Joe Schmidt. '36, and
CharUe Qaiik. '34, I.B.M.
The Notre Dame Alumnus 15
FOR GOD. COUNTRY. NOTRE DAME
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
The deaths of 100 Notre Dame
men serrins >n the armed forces
of the Allies in World War II
have already been listed in the
ALUMNUS. (A toUl of 56 Notre
Dame men lost their lives in
World War I).
The University has only recently
learned that Lt. Col. Joseph McCaffery,
ex. '32, Chester, Pa., brother of the late
Lt. Col. Hugh McCafTery, '27, was one
of those killed in the heroic Marine
action on Guadalcanal. For his part in
the campaign Joe was awarded the
Navy Cross posthumously.
Hugh McCaffery was the first Notre
Dame man to be killed in service after
the United States entered the war. He
was in an Army transport plane which
crashed in California in December,
1941.
S/Sgt. William C. Murphy, '33,
Middletown, Conn., was one of two
Notre Dame men who lost their lives in
the crash of a single Flying Fortress
over France on Aug. 5, 1943.
S/SGT. WILLLAM C. MUBPHY, '33
Since Aug. 25, 1943, Bill had been
reported as missing in action but it was
only recently that his death was confirmed
to his x>arents. The death of Sgt.
Romaine Flife, ex. '43, of Salina, Kans.,
IN GLORY EVERLASTING
a member of the same crew, was announced
last fall.
Bill entered the Army in July, 1942,
and was trained at Keesler field. Miss.,
and Scott Field, HI., as well as in Utah,
Washington and Montana. He went
overseas in July, 1943, just a month
before he was killed.
Bill had been graduated from New
York State Agricultural College as well
as from Notre Dame, and had done
additional work at Wesleyan University,
Connecticut. Surviving him besides his
parents are his brother Jim, and two
sisters.
Since last the ALUMNUS went
to press five members of the class
of 1939 have been reported as
dead in the service of our country.
Joe Stulb, John Walsh, George
Dempsey, Ed Clarke, and Dan
Kelly ^— each had a world of
friends on the campus, and every
Notre Dame man will deeply feel .
this loss. To the parents and families
of these men the sympathy of
every member of the Class of
1939 is extended.
But as classmates we too share
a little of their sorrow; each was
a prominent member of the Notre
Dame family, "known'to all, and'
loved and respected by alL We
have a spiritual kinship that all
the more brings the tragedy close
to OS. God grant this war be
brought to a close before more go
to join them in eternal rest.
VINCENT DECOURSEY
Secretary, Class of 1939
Capt. Edward T. Clarke, USMC, '39,
Des Moines, la., was killed in action in
the Pacific, presumably in the battle of
Saipan Idand. Word of his death
reached his parents on June 29.
Ed enlisted in the Marine Corps in
March, 1941, and 'was commissioned at
Quantico, Va. After spending several
months on Midway Island and participating
in the fierce battle there, he returned
to the Unitied States for farther
training. As a company commander,
having been promoted to a captaincy,
he took part in thie attack on the Kwajaleins
in the Maisbail Islands eariy this
year. He 'was later in Hawaii, before