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Second Lieut. Harry M. Taillie received his
commission in November. He was assigned to
806th Chemical Co., A.a., Army Air Base,
Hunter Field, Savannah, Ga.
Second Liez/t. Charles F. Wicks received his
commission in October and was married on
October 28th to Miss Imogene Wyllie at the
Deke House on the River Campus. He is with
the Field Artillery Replacement Training
Center at Fort Sill, Okla.
1937
A thoughtful and much appreciated letter
from the parents of Benjamin J. Beach has given
us the following information about his activities.
Serving with the Marine Corps Reserve,
he went as a captain to Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, last February and in August received a
temporary promotion to major. He is apparentlyon
duty somewhere in the Pacific. Mail is
forwarded from his home, 906 Main Street,
East Rochester, N. Y.
Second Lieut. Whztfield]. Benjamin, Ordnance,
128th M. S. & L. Reg't., Pine Camp, N. Y.
Ensign Leonard C. Buyse, U.S.N.R., was commissioned
on November 27 and is at the Princeton
Naval Training School, Princeton, N. J,
for a 60-day training period which began December
11. Address: 451 Elizabeth St., Oneida,
. Y.
Lieut. (j.g.) John H. Craft, Jr., Naval Training
Station, Radar, Harvard, Cambridge,
Mass. He will be stationed there until June 1st.
Second Lieut. Philip F. Fisher is in the synthetic
training group, A.A.F. Navigation
School, Monroe, La.
Lieut. Edwin Hammond, U.S.N.R., U.S.S.
Columbia, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Edward H. Leighton, 3401 A Street, S. E.,
Washington, D. C., is at the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory.
Cpl. Tech. Garson Merimsky, Reg. Headquarters
Battery, 602nd C.A. (A.A.), Flushing,
N. Y.
Lieut. Frederic C. Moll, M. c., CantoQment
Hospital, Mitchell Field, N. Y.
Lieut. Edward Parkin, M. c., A.P.O. 1284,
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Ensign Peter Prozeller, A-V(S), U.S.N.R., is
attending the Naval School of Photography,
U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.,
where he expects to be until Mach 1.
Pvt. Edward H. Walworth, B-6, T-1019, Fort
Eustis, Va.
Second Lieut. Gerald Zornow, U. S. Marines,
on duty in Washington, D. C.
1938
Ensign Norman]. Ashenburg, H-V(S), U.S.N.
R., who has been on active duty for almost a
year as laboratory officer at the Training Station
Dispensary in Norfolk, Va,. has recently
changed his address in Norfolk to 630 New
York Avenue.
Lieut. Franklin O. Baer, promoted from second
lieutenant, is now with the Ordnance Officers'
Replacement Pool, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Md.
Pfc. Robert Cantrick, 26th Army Air Forces
Band, Sheppard Field, Tex.
Ensign Pbiletus M. Chamberlain, Hollis No.1,
Naval Training School, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.
Second Lieut. Edwin Douglas Danfelt (Eastman),
U.S.A. Air Corps, is now Special
Services Officer for the 20th Fighter Group,
Paine Field, Everett, Wash.
Pfc. Fred I. Price, 32028148, 201st Q.M.
Platoon, Service Ctr. (Avn.), A.P.O. No. 502,
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Ensign Harmon S. Potter, U.S.N.R., was transferred
from Washington to Cleveland in November
under a new assignment as billeting
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officer. His address is: University Club, 3813
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Lieut. Elbert L. Scrantom, recently promoted,
A.A.T.C., Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Ensign James O. Shetterly, Patrol Wing Ten,
c/o Fleet P.O., San Francisco, Calif.
Lieut. Ross G. Weller, 87th Signal Corps,
Camp McCain, Grenada, Miss.
Cpl. Munro Will, Anti-Tank Co., 151 Inf.
Reg't., A.P.O. 38, Camp Carrabelle, Fla.
Air Cadet Robert H. Kaley, 8397, A.A.F.T.D.
104 Holman Hall, M. 1. T., Cambridge, Mass.
Bob was married on Christmas Day to Miss
Marian Woodside, '39, at Canandaigua.
1939
Pfc. Raymond Bailey (Eastman) has been
transferred from Madison Barracks to Windsor
Locks, Conn., where he is a member of the Air
Corps band there.
Ensign Lorron G. Caryl, U.S. ., is on duty in
the Field Services Section of the Administrative
Division, Bureau of Ordnance. Address:
AD1-Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department,
Washington, D. C.
Lieut. (j.g.) Frank L. Gliottone, U.S.N.R.,
was in Rochester on furlough for Christmas
and reported afterward to the Submarine Base,
New London, Conn.
Sec. Lieut. John Harttk, Batt. B, 362nd F.A.
Battalion, A.P.O. No. 96, Camp Adair, Ore.
First Sgt. Arthur E. Jones, Jr., 32134322,
Btry. C, 301st C.A. Bar. Bln. Bn., A.P.O., 827,
c/o Postmaster, New Orleans, La.
Pvt. Joseph Kline, U.S.A., 2nd Provisional
Trg. Brn., D.1.R.R.T.C.C., A.P.O. o. 846,
c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Lieut. George Prescott Lane and Joanna Adams
Lane, '40, have a son, Robert Prescott, born at
San Antonio, Tex., October 20. "Prep" has
been advanced to first lieutenant and is at
headquarters as Transportation Officer, San
Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio.
Capt. Leo A. MacSweeney, U. S. Marines,
Headquarters, Amphibian Corps, Pacific Fleet,
Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.
Pvt. William L. Madden (A.S.N. 32211993),
45th Signal Co., A.P.O. 45, c/o Postmaster,
New York City.
Lt. (j.g.) Newcomb Prozeller, U. S. Com.
Forces, S.W.P., c/o Fleet P.O., San Francisco,
Calif.
Ensign]. Alden Snell, Jr., U.S.N.R., B.O.Q.,
Rm. 217, U.S.N.R.A.B., Grosse Ile, Mich.
Lieut. Harold Wakefield, -0-1043531, Armed
Service Btry. C, 82nd C.A., A.P.O. No. 836,
New Orleans, La.
Pvt. Gordon K. Wright, Hq. & Hq. Co., 2nd
Eng. Amphib. Brig., Fort Ord, Calif.
1940
Lewis V. Chapman, 340th Q.M. CO. (Depot),
Camp Campbell, Ky.
Aviation Cadet JohnQ. Curtin, U.S.A., recently
completed his pre-flight navigation course at
Selman Field, Monroe, La.
Pfc. James P. Eksten, 32039812, Med. Det.
133rd Inf., A.P.O. No. 34, U. S. Army, New
York, N. Y.
Lieut. Vernon G. Gebbie was promoted in December
from rank of second lieutenant, Camp
Stewart, Ga.
O/C Paul Goverts, Squadron 31, Group F, Air
Forces O.C.S., Miami Beach, Fla.
O/C Frank M. Jenkins, Squadron o. 10,
Group "B," A.C.A.O.C.S., Miami Beach, Fla.
Frank expected to receive his commission as
second lieutenant on December 9. Mailing
address: 13 Vienna St., Rochester, N. Y.
Second Lieut. Milton Karchefsky recently received
his commission from the 4th O.C.S.
Battery, Camp Davis, . C.
Second Lieut. George D. Leighten, Group 4,
A.A.F. Navigation School, Monroe, La., has
been assigned to that post as a classroom
instructor.
Lieut. (j.g.) Albert Mattera, c 0 U.S.S. Cockatoo,
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Louis Carl Nosco reported for Naval Aviation
Flight Training at the University of orth
Carolina, Chapel Hill, on October 14.
John O'Brien is also with Naval Aviation
Flight Training, University of North Carolina.
Lieut. Samuel P. Nixon, M. c., Corps of
Engineers, North Atlantic Div., 270 Broadway,
New York City.
Pfc. Theodore Petersen (Eastman), with the
Air Force Band, Bradley Field, Conn., and
Miss Agnes R. Hasbrouck, of Elmira, were
married on October 25th. Mrs. Petersen is a
graduate of Elmira College.
Pvt. Douglas H. Parks, A.S. . 13143204, c/o
Personal Adjutant, Headquarters, Camp Butner,
N. C.
Pfc. Walter C. Paul, U. S. Marines, was one
of 35 Marines who landed at Safi, one of the
points of Allied attack in Africa on November
7th. At the end of the month he was in Rochester
on a 72-hour leave.
Lieut. Robert F. Paviour, 0-724938, 321 Bombardier
Sq., 90th Bombers G.P., A.P.O. 705,
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Pvt. Charles C. Perry, A.S. . 11056408, 24th
Base Hq. & A.B. Squad., A.A.F. Advanced
Flying School, Stuttgart, Ark.
Ensign Thomas C. Pryor, U.S.N.R., is in air
ordnance. According to recent information he
was stationed at 801 JB.O.Q. o. 202, Naval
Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., until December
1. Lieut. Lloyd Z. Purvin, Ordnance Dept.,
U.S.A., requests that mail be sent to him c/o
119 Laburnum Crescent, Rochester, N. Y.
A recent letter from Lieut. Jack Corris, '36,
indicated that Bill Souers is now in the Navy
as a Chif Specialist (A) (physical and drill
instructor). We have had no confirmation of
this from Bill.
Second Lieut. Charles J. Stauber, Armored
Force, U.S.A., wrote in October that he was
then stationed at Co. G, 35th Arm'd. Regt.,
A.P.O., 254, Nashville, Tenn.
O/C Norman Wall, recently back from Ireland,
is at Btry. 17, A.A. School, Camp Davis,
N.C.
Second Lieut. John A. Wyckoff, F.A., U.S.A.,
received his commission from O.C.S., Fort Sill.
Now attached to 16th Bn., 5th Trng. Regt.,
F.A.R.C., Fort Bragg, N. C.
Second Lieut. Robert Collett, Baumont General
Hospital, El Paso, Tex,
Second Lieut. Lester A. Peterson, 368th F. A.
Batt., A.P.O. 98, Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
1941
Ensign Alfred Bush, U.S.N.R., 4909 Hampden
Lane, Apt. 201, Bethesda, Md. He was married
on October 21 to Miss Antoinette Weiner, '42.
Pvt. Emerson Chapin, Co. E, 391st Infantry,
A.P.O. 98, Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
Lieut. Charles H. Dawson, Signal Corps,
U.S.A., is officer in charge, Signal Corps Repair
Shop, 1 East Forest Ave., East Point, Ga.
Pvt. Charles H. Miller, Jr., U.S.A., Co. E,
1213th R. c., Fort Niagara, . Y.
Ensign Arthur]. Mirkin, B.O.Q. 662, Rm.
151, U. S. aval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.
William M. Reid, Sp.(P) 2/c, has returned to
Rochester with the U. S. Navy Film Processing
Unit, studying at Eastman Kodak and living
on the River Campus.
Pvt. Josiah Sand, Platoon 7, 733 T.S.S.Sp.,
Fort Logan, Colo., is studying at the Air
Forces clerical training school.
Lieztt. Theodore B. Steinhausen, connected with
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