7# *7^e Senwice • LCDR Robert E. Carpenter '40 of Atlanta re-entered active duty in Naval Reserve and has been assigned to Greenville, S. C, as Inspector - Instructor, Naval Reserve. He served from 1940 to 1945 in the last war, aboard minelayers in the Pacific and gained nine battle stars on his various campaign ribbons. Aboard the USS Gamble and latter as Commanding officer of the USS Tracy and finally as Commandore of Mine Division One, he participated in the Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and .Phillipines campaigns as well as several lesser ones. • The sons of Dean George Griffin are both serving in the Navy. Ens. Randolph Page Griffin '50 is aboard the USS Toledo in the Pacific. Lt. (j. g.) Clayton Griffin '45 has been ordered to active duty aboard the USS Worchester. • Lt. (j. g.) Robert D. Bartlett USNR, ChE, has been ordered to report to active duty in the Naval Air Force. • Six members of the class of 1951 have been commissioned ensigns, USN, and ordered to active duty. They are John Louis Brooks, Atlanta, Briggs Baldwin Edney, Jr., Hapeville, Everett Eugene Frizzell, Chattanooga, Tenn., Price Preston Harding, Jr., Atlanta, Robert Emmett Monahan, Atlanta, and Robert Mitchell Powell, Waycross. • Lt. (j. g.) Robert F. Doss '45, has returned to active duty and is stationed in Jacksonville, Fla. • Martin Cope Livingston, Jr., '51 of Atlanta has been commissioned Ensign USNR. • Ralph L. Slaten '48 of Atlanta has been called to active duty as a second liuteenant with Headquarters of the Fourteenth Air Force at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Lt. Slaten was a football coach before re-entering the service. He is married to the former Charlotte Williams of Raleigh, N. C, and has a year-old daughter, Palmela Blaine. A navigator during World War II, Lt. Slaten entered the service in March, 1943, and graduated from Ellington Air Force Base as a navigator in November, 1944. • Robert Leslie Blyth, Arch '50, has been called back into active duty. 18
• Ensin Edward "Snake" Swanson" a 1950 Tech graduate, is with an underwater demolition team aboard the USS Carpellotti at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. • Leland W. Simmons, E. E. '50, has been called back into active duty with the Marine Reserves. He is now attached to ths Marine Corps Institute, Washington, D. C, as an air conditioning and refrigeration instructor. • Harry B. Overton, Class of 1936, is now with the Industry Division, Economic and Scientific Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces, as a Branch Chief. He has been in Japan since 1947. • Thomas A. Shanks, IE '47, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been called to active duty at Maxwell Field, Ala. He will leave early in April. • Robert E. Batey, IE '50, has been called to active duty with the Air National Guard. Since graduation he has been employed by E. I. DuPont DeNemous of Old Hickory, Tenn. • Lt. Col. Plato S. Rhyne, E. E. '29, of College Park, Georgia, has reported here for duty as Chief of the Communication Division, Third Army Signal Section. A Signal Officer during World War II, Col. Rhyne served in that capacity with Headquarters, 15th Army Group in the Mediterranean Theater. Prior to his return to active duty with the Army, Col. Rhyne was with the Staff of the General Plant Supervisor, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company in Atlanta. • Brig. Gen. William S. Fellers, '20, US MC, commands the Troop Training Unit, Amphibious Training Command, Pacific. A veteran of campaigns in Haiti, Nicaragua, China, and the Pacific, Fellers assumed command of the TTU following his appointment to his present work on July 1, 1949.
Infantry officer, Coleman was Captain of the 1949 Tech football team and a member of ANAK. • Joe Fleming, IM '50, who was called to active duty on November 3 has been commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps at Cherry Point, N. C. <> Captain John T. Bethune, ME '47, has been recalled to active duty with the Air Force and is stationed at Maxwell Field, Alabama. • Commander William E. Wallace, '37, USN, of Atlanta, is commanding officer of the USS Dyess (DDR 880) which visited Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day celebration on March 17th. • Peter J. Negri, '34, has been promoted to Colonel. He is on duty at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington, D. C. • Robert H. Goodhart Jr., IM '50, has been called into active duty with the U. S. Navy. • Pvt William C. McPherson, '49, Hq. and Hq. Battery Division Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N. C. has been transfered to Fort Bliss, Texas, for technical training. Three Tech graduates, all Captains, have been assigned to the Japan Logistical Command, Yokohama: • Captain Marion C. West, IM '49, of Atlanta, reported for duty with the Engineer Section on November 1 after duty at Fort Lawton, Washington. In World War II, he served with the 103rd Infantry Division in Europe. • Captain John A. Blitchington, TE '37, of Augusta, also reported to the Engineer Section on November 1, having come from Fort Bliss, Texas. • Captain Roland P. Lee, EE '28, assigned to the Procurement Section, arrived in the F a r East Command on November 16, 1949, after serving with the 304 Signal Operation Battalion.
• Ens. Paul C. Gaertner, Jr., CerE '51, USN, has been ordered to report to the USS New Jersey.
• Lt. J. Warner Morgan, USNR, ARCH '41, of Atlanta, has been recalled to active duty. He is aboard the USS New Jersey, F. P. O., Norfolk, Va.
• Lt. James H. Dukes, '40, is now Executive Officer of the U. S. S. Heylinger, D. E. 510, New York, N. Y.
• LCDR Doyle Butler, '41 USNR, formerly with the Southern Bell Telephone Company, Columbus, Georgia, has been recalled to active duty and is assigned to Cruiser Division Pacific, San Diego.
• 2nd. Lt. Tom Coleman, IM' 50, former football coach at Rossville High School, Rossville, Georgia, has reported for active duty in the army on March 19. An
• Lt. Col Richard A. Beard, USMO '37, is Executive Officer of the First Marine Air Wing, Korea. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS