K S A Roll of Honor Military Casualties 1940 1943
A roll of honor listing K S A members with names and fates from 1940 to 1943. Entries include deaths in bomber and plane crashes, missing in action, and reported killed in action across locations such as Selfridge Field Michigan Columbus Mississippi Midway Capolis Beach Washington Quantico Corpus Christi and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynold (Nash) Nitchwitz
Paradise Island
John R. Ferry
Phillipines
Henry “Rusty” Kenyon
Torpedo Squadron 8
Midway
Charles Richard Norris
Quantico
Richard W. Bodrom
Houston
Java
Alaska
Ensign Preston Springer
Capolis Beach
Wash
New Mexico
Robert K. Harrington
North Africa
Kent State servicemen send letters from Camp Lee and beyond
Kent State students serving Uncle Sam report from Camp Lee Virginia and other posts. Corporal Carl Melina and Private Frank Teti describe army life, adjusting routines, and ask friends to send material. Enlistees Alan Kerckhoff Alvin Geigey James Betterson and others send sketched greetings and campus memories from Drew Field and Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Kent
Melina
Alan C. Kerckhoff
A/I
USMTS
Great Lakes
Ill
Dale Deniston Awarded Army Flying Cross
Lieut Dale Deniston former University student from Akron received the Distinguished Flying Cross for outstanding service in the Army Air Corps. Stationed in North Africa with Squadron X allied to the British Eighth Army, the squadron destroyed 49 enemy planes in one raid. General Dwight Eisenhower reportedly visited the squadron. Deniston enlisted in 1942 after two years at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Dale Deniston
Akron
Army Air Corps
Raymond E. Manchester
North Africa
Eighth Army
Deniston
Dwight Eisenhauer
Air Corps
May Fest Cheers Amid Rain and Royal Pageantry
Creston freshman Le Roy Haley notes May Day events at campus with a windy parade led by aviation students. Lila Sprague crowned junior miss as Beta Gamma and Sigma Tau Gamma earn cups for best entries. Pi Kappa Sigma tops Pan-Hellenic scholarship with 2.93 average despite rain and crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac
Virginia Dodd
Marge Dornbusch
Jean Hungerford
Priscilla Jefts
Monetta Crookman
Rose Christ
Beta Gammas
Sigma Tau Gammas
Beta Gamma
Kmks
Regetta
William J. Ackermann
E. Turner Stump
Howard Hansen
University Auditorium
North Front Street
Opal Wigner
WAKR
Akron
Don Richards
Cuyahoga Falls
Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority
Alpha Omega
Gamma Sigma Phi
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Theta Sigma Upsilon
Leroy Haley
Odd Ball College Roundup With Local Characters
A quirky campus column highlights diverse happenings from broccoli leaves to an Army Air Corps call up. It notes Eggplant true stories about John Williamson, a Midshipman Dana Leggett reception, a bicycle ride by Rosy Starn, and many flirtatious rumors involving Dottie Humphrey Marge Dornbush Ruth Recht and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hudec
Cleve
Columbus
Water St
Bob Baker
Uncle Sam
Army Air Corps
Kohlrabi
Edward M
Downs
KSA Grappler
Eggplant
John Williamson
Doc Baer
Sam
Marge Dornbush
Ruth Recht
Ferry
Artichoke
Dottie Humphrey
Fanabag Jack
Hacensac
Marge Hook
Scarlett O'Lowash
Jack Collins
Bruno
Santone
Sneezy Dunbrook
Jean
TGIF
M&m
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilmer Munzenmayer
Selfridge Field
Mich
Paul Brimberry
U. S
Bill Anderson
Mississippi
Henry Herbert
Corpus Cristi
Texas
Ronald L. Cox
Ralph Shrigley
Pvt
Ray Phillips
Brownwood
Eiid Hermanson
Camp Campbell
Robert J. Neal
Herbert Young
California
Marine Base
Dover, N. J
Robert S. Connor
Kent Stater
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
Ohio
The
Commercial Press Inc
E. Main St
Merrill Hall
Frances B. Murphey
Jane Selzer
Lichty
Editor's Mail
Kent States
Co. I, 10Th Qmta
Camp Lee, Va
Frank
Alvin J. Geigey
Pl. 3
Colston
Camp Robinson
Ark
James 8. Betterson
Hitler
Creston
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