Show Graduates Win Honor For Service to Country Two university graduates have recently won decorations for outstanding service to their the Chronicle was informed They are Lieutenant Gordon Sherwood and Captain Arthur T. Lieutenant ace navy flier and of the navy has been awarded the distinguished flying cross for outstanding in combat duty at Midway and Solomon The army announcement was released He is the second graduate of the university to receive this high within three To the credit of Lieutenant Sherwood and two other Sidney Bottomley of New York and Roy Isaman of are the of three Japanese carriers and a besides extensive damage to other first the navy was presented in Hawaii by Admiral Chester W. and the distinguished flying cross by the officer in command at a naval station in the While at the Lieutenant a major in the School of became a cadet in the military science and tactics After graduation he attained the rank of first transferring to the A proud father of a year-old daughter he is the son of and Alvin 1081 First His the former Miss Anna De also a graduate of the is the daughter of and Orin A. Military Captain of the other university was awarded the distinguished flying cross in December for his excellent performance and daring in the One of his notable feats cited when the cross was presented by Major General Simon B. Backner occurred during a strafing mission against the Japanese in Kiska With heated guns jammed and only five rounds of ammunition less for the he downed the first Zero with four rounds and another Zero with the Captain a son of and L. S. Rice of studied at the sity three years and then transferred to After graduating from the university the attended flying schools in California and A painting of the distinguished flying cross received by Captain Rice and Lieutenant Sherwood is on display in the main hall of the Park fM 1 H CAPTAIN A. T. Courtesy Sail lake Tribune GORDON SHERWOOD University graduates decorated for war |