Bob Goldswori:hy Free From Japs Bronze Si:ar Goes
To Four Cougars
Students, alumni, and faculty of
'he State College werc ove rj oyed
~ hear this month that Maj o r Ro­
bert Flood Goldsworthy, B.A. in
speech '39, who was sho t down pre­
sumably over th e Japanese main­ land while piloting a B-29 during a
raid over Tokyo December 3, 1944,
and who had for eight months
se rv ed in solitary co nfinem en t in a
Japane se prison camp, was alive and
in fair health. Major Goldsworthy
has now been relea sed from the
hospital s hip, U.S.S. Benevo lenc e,
and ha s return ed t o hi s military
outfit. Four Cougarit es al-e reported as
being among those proud ho ld ers
of the Bronze Star award "for
meritorious achievement" in action
of various kind s. Freed along with Major Golds­
worthy was Colonel R. T. King,
yeorgetown, South Carolina, who
(as shot down ove r Tokyo during
the same raid. Their sh ip was of
th e SOOth bombardment gro up of
which Colonel Kin g was command­
ing officer.
E. B. Parker, director of industrial research at the college; Senator
Hugh Mitchell of Washington and Arthur E. Drucker, dean emeritus
of the school of mines at WSC, supervise the exhibition of a fabricated
m:lgne::;ium display from the state college, shown at the subcommittee of
t:1e senate Mead investigating committee hearings on the disposal of
The young major is well remelll- , Government owned light metals plants.
bcred o n the Cougar campus for
COE AT LOUISVILLE
Marie Is tne Fourth
hi s many activities, including four
years of dramatic s, spo rt scast in g,
Fo~mer Spokane newspaperman,
Anot her to join the ranks of the
and newscasting for KvVSC and his
Capt. Gordon H. Coe, ha s been
\Vom e n's Mar ine Corps is Ma ric
se rvice in s tudent politics. He was
appointed public I'clation s officer
Rose St rauch , dau gh t er of Mr. and
presi dent of his se ni or class, a
for the AAF Convalescent Hospital
M r s. J osep h Z. Strauch, of Chelan
member of the st ud ent boa rd of
Falls. Formerly attending \,\,' ashing­
at Bowman Field, Louisville, Ky.
control, and active in the Natio nal
Recently he retu rned from 33
ton State Collcge; Ma ri e has three
R.adio Guild. He is a m e mber of
bro th ers . s~ r v in g in the armed
months se r vice in th e ?vled iterran­
~igma Nu fraternit y, and is a g rad­ ean an d European theater s as an forces , with one, Henry, serv in g
uate of Rosalia hi gh school.
int elli gence office r and official war w ith th e Navy a nd th e other two
Chester and Howard choosing to
His pal'cnts are Mr. and M rs. photographer for the 12th Ail'
Force.
serve in th e Army .
I-larry E . Goldsworthy of Rosalia
Cap t. Coe, th e son of Mr. and
and Spokane. M r. Goldsworthy is
Mrs.
Harlan Coe of Spokane, was
former presidcr. t and present mem­
Fred on Minesweeper
h ?r of th e \'\".S.c. board of r ege nt s. g raduat ed from \,\,fSC in 1938, and
Ensign
Fred R. Peters en, USNR,
Ma jor Goldsworthy's wife (Jean wo rk ed as a reporter and photogis servin g aboard a Pac ific fleet
Dai
ly
ra
p
he
r
for
the
Spokane
Comeyges ' '40) and their so n, Ro­
motor minesweeper. Ship's first
bert, are now living in Seattle. He Chronicle until enlisting m the
li eutenant , he s up e rvi ses communi­
Army
in
1942.
also ha s an older brother, Edward, cations, minesweeping and othe r
At \Vashin gto n Stat e, Capt. Coe
who is a vVa s hin gto n State g radu­ activities.
was assistant managi ng ed itor and
ate and who is likewise a major in
Ensign Petersen was g raduat ed
spo
rt
s
editor
of
th
e
Evergreen
and
the Army air forces.
a member of the fencin g team. He from Chehalis High School and attended vVashington State college
is a member of Sigma Delta Chi,
before enterin g the Navy. He I';
national journali sm fraternity, and
t
Helps Navy Educations
the
so n of Mr. and M rs. Fred Phi
Delta
Theta,
social
fraternity.
I • Rob ert }.
\Nhi sman, USNR, is
Petersen of Chehalis.
the education and ratin g yeoman at
Russell Cited Again
the administration office of a new
ALUMNA EARNS MEDAL
Naval base being built on a Pacific
A third Oak Leaf clu st e r to hi s
For exe mplary behavior, effici­
outpost. All advancements in ratin g
air medal has been awarded to Staff
ency and fidelity Tcc hnician Fo urth
made by Naval personnel com'e Sgt. Ru ssell F. Overly of Olympia
over \,\,fhisman's desk, and he is for meritorious achievement while . Grade Ma rtha \Nur gler of Pullman
also responsible for helpin g Navy
he was partlclpati~ g on heavy was recently awarded the goo d
conduct medal, and was also pro­
men compl ete their interrupted ed­
bombing attacks against military
ucations by helpin g them to enroll
m oted in rank.
and industrial targets in Germany.
in correspondence courses as well Sgt. \Vurgler attended \Vas hin g­
Waist gunner on a B-29 Flying
a s in courses offered by the Armed
ton Stat e College, and w as an ele­
fortre ss, Overly is a former st udent
forces.
mentary sc hool teacher in Win­
of \,\,fSC , and worked as an elec­ thr op before entering the vVomen's
Whie at the State college, he was
trician for the Olin corporation in
A rm y Corps in M a y, 1944. She
a member of th e se nior council and
Tacoma prior to hi s entering the
came to Maso n ge nel-al hospital at
forestry represe ntative. He entered
service. His wife, the former Ida
Brentwood, New York, la st No ­
the Navy Sept. 7, 1943, prior to
A. Russell, and his parents, Mr.
vember, and is assigned as chief
which time he wa s aa clerk for the
and M r s. C. L. Overly, all reside
filin g clerk of the personnel r eco rds.
Railway Express Agency.
in Tacoma.
'~
rOWWOW, September, 1945 ~,Il-Sgt. Ma rion T. Nansen was
presen t ed the medal in June for
action in suppo rt of aerial ope ra­
ti o n s by Lt. Col. W. R. Bo ut z of
San Antonio, Texas. Stationed in
Italy with the veteran 459th Bom ­
bardment g roup, Sgt. N ansen is
crew chief of a B-24 bombe r, which
completed lOS bombing missions
durin g the war in E urope. A major in electl'ical engineering
at the State college until his en­
li stment in Octobel-, 1941, Nansen
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. G.
Nansen of Almira, and hi s wife
res ides in Lincoln, Neb.
Wins Star in Italy
From headq uart ers of the Fif­
tcenth A ir Fo,'ce Service Command
In I tal y came rccent word that
Captain Dale H. ]~uckley was
award ed the Bronze Star by Briga­
di er General James A. Molli son for ,
meritorious achivement in the per­
formance of o ut standin g servic es
from January 1944 to May 1945.
E nterin g th e Army Air Force in
February, 1940, Capt. Buckley for­
m erly attended th e State College
of \V a sh ington, where he majored
in forestry. He has been on foreign
so il sinc e August, 1942.
McAlister with Airborne
Lt. Col. Lyle n. HcAl'st2r has
been awarded th e J\row'.c Star for
meritorious s : ;'vice during the air ­
borne drivc ::cross the Rhinc. Brig­
adier General John L. \Vhite1aw,
as sistant division commander, made
the presentation in a ceremony in
Mulheim, Germany.
Lt. Col. McA li s t er attended th e
State college dltt-ing 1934-38, re­
ceiving hi s bachelor of scien ce de­ gn'e from the gene ral department.
His parcn't s, i\1 r. and M rs. D. E.
McA li s t e r, resid e at Tw isp.
Three Battle Stars
For out stan din g service ttl con­
nection with milital-y ope rati o ns
from April 10-18, 1945, Lt. James
Ada m s of Yakima has been award­
ed th e B ronze StaL A platoon
commander, Adar:ls ha s jus t com­
pleted 33 months of overs ~ as serv­
ic e, and ha s also been awarded thre e
battle participation sta rs and a
battlefield commission.
Graduating from \,\,fSC, Adams
was a member of Alpha Zeta, agri­
culture hono rar y, ar:d was employed
by the college creamery prior to
hi s joini ng th e servic e in February,
1942,
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