[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 48 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3661-S3662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE TO UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ROTC CLASS OF 1944
Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the
University of Utah ROTC Class of 1944 which responded to the call for
active military
[[Page S3662]]
duty during World War II. On May 2, 1998, at the University of Utah
members of the ROTC Class of 1944 will hold a reunion commemorating the
55th anniversary of their activation into our national armed services.
I believe it is fitting that we honor them today in the United States
Senate.
The University of Utah Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) was an
unique organization. It was one of the few military units which were
called into service during World War II from a specific community and
which can return to that home area for a reunion. Most military units
include individuals whose residences are scattered throughout the
country. Through an Act of Congress in 1916, ROTC programs were
established in higher education institutions across the country. Since
that time, they have been an important part of this nation's civil
defense--in times of war and peace--training generations of students
for service to their country.
In the early 1940s, this class trained at the University of Utah with
horse-drawn artillery working with an old French 77 millimeter cannon
and with a 105 millimeter howitzer, new at the time. As a unit, this
ROTC class was first assigned to Camp Roberts in California, for basic
training in truck drawn artillery. Later they were assigned to Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, for further training and ultimately received further
schooling at the Infantry Officers School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
After graduation from Fort Benning, these young men, whose average age
at the time was slightly over 20, served as officers in various combat
units in Italy, France and the South Pacific.
These were brave and honorable men, each one of them. Of the 99 who
were called to active duty in 1943, two were killed in action while
serving in the 10th Mountain Division in Italy. One was later killed in
the Korean Conflict. Of the group's original 99 members, 71 are still
alive. Today, I speak for all Utahns and all Americans when I say, we
honor these brave men and pay tribute to them for their service and
sacrifice for this great country. The Class of 1944's great tradition
of discipline and leadership continues today as many of its members are
respected professionals in the public and private sector as well as
their own communities.
I ask that the text of the unit's Activation Orders for March 16,
1943 be printed in the Record as part of this tribute.
And finally, Mr. President, before I close, I want to thank Chris S.
Metos of Salt Lake City, Utah, for the outstanding job he has done to
help organize this upcoming reunion and for the many years of service
he has provided to this country and to the people of the state of Utah.
The material follows:
Activation Orders: Headquarters Ninth Service Command, Fort Douglas,
Utah, March 16, 1943
1. Following-named Enl Res, 1st yr Advanced ROTC, are
ordered to AD. WP fr Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah so as
to rpt to Recp Cen. Fort Douglas, Utah on April 5, 1943 for
processing and asgmt to Camp Roberts, Calif to receive Mil
Tung in lieu of that normally given during 2d yr advanced
course ROTC (FA) instructions. Ea Enl Res named herein
reporting to Recp Cen will present to Classification Officer
transcript of colg academic and ROTC records.
Pvt Ray N. Welling, in charge of detachment; Pvt Rodney E.
Alsop; Pvt Arthur S. Anderson; Pvt David F. Anderson; Pvt
Warren S. Anderson; Pvt Dale F. Barlow; Pvt Eliot D. Barton;
Pvt Ronald A. Bell; Pvt Wallace G. Bennett; Pvt Wilford N.
Bergener; Pvt Burton F. Brasher; Pvt Over J. Call; Pvt Louis
B. Cardon; Pvt Gordon L. Carlson; Pvt John S. Carlson; Pvt
Charles G. Chase; Pvt Lorin W. Clayton; Pvt Jack A. Clegg;
Pvt Walter K. Conrad; Pvt Max T. Cornwell; Pvt Everett E.
Dahl; Pvt Peter W. Eberle; Pvt Bernard J. Eggertsen; Pvt
Keith M. Engar; Pvt Boyd C. Erickson; Pvt Roland T. Evans;
Pvt Silvio J. Fassio; Pvt Moffet E. Felkner; Pvt Joseph B.
Fetzer; Pvt Donald L. Fox; Pvt Norman J. Fuellenbach; Pvt
Orin A. Furse; Pvt James H. Gardner; Pvt Phil R. Garn;
Pvt Edwin G. Gibbs; Pvt LeRoy B. Hansen; Pvt Dale A.
Harrison; Pvt Leon G. Harvey; Pvt Clarence R. Hawkins; Pvt
Charles S. Hewlett; Pvt Parnell K. Hinckley; Pvt Jesse H.
Jameson; Pvt James R. Jarvis, Jr.; Pvt Victor D. Jensen; Pvt
Frank L. Johnson; Pvt Melvin A. Johnson; Pvt William L.
Korns; Pvt Robert J. Kurtz; Pvt Gerald P. Langton; Pvt Earl
V. Larson; Pvt Jack D. Lawson; Pvt Franklin M. Leaver; Pvt
Elwin C. Leavitt; Pvt George A. Lockhart; Pvt John S.
MacDuff; Pvt Robert H. Marshall; Pvt Herbert W. Maw; Pvt Hal
N. Mays; Pvt Christopher S. Metos; Pvt Franklin L. McKean;
Pvt Clinton R. Miller; Pvt Edward L. Montgomery; Pvt Robert
L. Montgomery; Pvt Jerome R. Mooney; Pvt Robert F. Moore; Pvt
Henry G. Nebeker; Pvt Frank A. Nelson, Jr.;
Pvt Delbert E. Olson; Pvt August L. Orlob; Pvt Evan J.
Pearson; Pvt Richard V. Peay; Pvt Artmas T. Peterson; Pvt
Donald H. Pickett; Pvt Bill J. Pope; Pvt Robert F. Poulson;
Pvt John R. Rampton, Jr.; Pvt Carry L. Rich; Pvt Charles E.
Richards; Pvt William S. Ryberg; Pvt Ernest J. Sabec; Pvt
Robert S. Shriver; Pvt Rocco C. Siciliano; Pvt Frank R.
Slight; Pvt Allan R. Sloan; Pvt David W. Smith, Jr.; Pvt
Craig Temple; Pvt Donald C. Thomas; Pvt Parry E. Thomas; Pvt
LaMar Tibbs; Pvt Joseph Tibolla; Pvt Lawrence S. Tohill; Pvt
John Van Den Berghe; Pvt Milton E. Wadsworth; Pvt James C.
Waller, Jr.; Pvt Saint C. Weaver; Pvt Shirley R. Wood; Pvt
Eugene T. Woolf; Pvt Verner H. Zinik; and Pvt William E.
Zwick, Jr.
By command of Major General JOYCE:
P. R. Davison,
Colonel, General Staff Corps, Chief of Staff.
____________________