[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 57 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4562-S4563]
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 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 a copy 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 activation orders 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 Garry 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;

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     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.

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