| Summary: | Jibe Concordian PAGE 4 Friday, April 13, 1945 Cobbers With The Colors Hvidsten By VEE THORKELSON 'The world doesn't seem very big anymore," is the idea relayed by Ens. Harold Erickson, '44, who was surprised one day to see Ensigns Desmond Jerde and Bud Gullickson, who both were graduated in '44. This reunion was 'someplace in the South Pacific.' Lt. (j.g.) Buel Brodin, '43, is on the same ship as Erickson. 'Lieutenant (j.g.) Bob Carriere was a campus visitor over the past weekend. Active in both college football and basket-ball, he was graduated in 1943. He has re-turned from South Pacific action and has re-cently been promoted from ensign. A radar technician back to Concordia to remember the "good old days" was Cpl. Ralph Hvidsten. On a 15-day leave, he will return to El Centro, Calif. Training for him was at Notre Dame, Chicago, Grove City, Corpus Christi and Camp Matthews. With the Third marine division on Iwo Jima, Marine PFC Donald Brekke, ex '44, has been overseas since January, 1944. Entering service in 1943, he received boot training at San Diego and attended radio school at Camp Pendleton, San Diego. . . ' (Radio operator on an amphibious tractor, during the inva-sion of Emirau, Eniwetok and Kwaj alien in the Marshalls and Guam in the Marianas islands, he was transferred to head-quarters company as a radio operator before the invasion of Iwo. Lieutenant Commander D. A. Liane, '39, is a pilot who has been in the North Atlantic, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Southern France. He has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and two special commendations. The address is Lt. Commdr. D. A. Liane, c/o Commander Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Vir-ginia. "My orders are to bring messages under cover of darkness when the marines have to shoot at anything moving," writes 1st Lt. Ivan Hanson, '43, who often fell under a curtain of fire by his own troop, even if they did know his route. Such is an experience of Hanson, who was a communica-tions watch officer on Kwajalien, Saipan and Tinian. Training for him was at Parris Island, S. C.; Camps Eliot and Lina Visto in San Diego, Calif. His present address is 1st Lt. A. I. Hanson, FPO, San Francisco, Calif. A pilot in the AAF, Major Ralph A. Jensen, ex '41, has been in Burma, Thailand and Indo-China actions and has been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Training for him was at Cal-Aero Academy, Oxnard, Calif., and Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. Italy, Germany and the Balkans are theaters of opera-tion for 1st Lt. Donald Jesperson, ex '44, who is a bombardier in the air corps. Recipient of the Unit Citation and the Air Medal is Jesperson. The address is 1st Lt. Donald Jesperson, O-73393, APO 520, Postmaster, Ne\v York, N. Y. Ensign W. Maurice Kaushagen, '41, is a naval ordnance re-search physicist, stationed at the naval ordnance laboratory, Washington, D. C. An assistant platoon or swimming officer in underwater demolition is Ens. Arne Kvaalen, ex '44. . Recent duty for him has been in the Western Pacific, specifically Luzon, the Philip-pine Islands and Iwo Jima. France is the latest dateline for S/Sgt. Wetzel Lee, ex '46, who is a supply sergeant in the infantry. The address is S/Sgt. Wetzel Lee, 37567823, APO 461, Postmaster, New York, N. Y. "I met Alton Swedberg, '42, Lt. John Thvedt, '39, and Ajidy Myrum, ex *43, in the Central Pacific," relays Lt- (j.g.) Sigfred Lysne, '41. A fighter pilot in the navy air corps, he has received the DFC with Gold Star. The China coast, the Philippines, Formosa and the Ryukus are all on Lysne's list. During the second battle of the Philip-pines, he is accredited with shooting down two Jap planes. At present he is temporarily stationed at Klamath Falls, Ore. Lieutenant, junior grade, Kenneth Ristuben, '42, is a deck officer in the Coast Guard and has been in Central and Southwest Pacific. The address is Lt. (j.g.) K. W. Ristuben, FPO, San Francisco, Calif. A radio technician in radar and communications on car-rier duty is RT 2/C Clinton Lindseth, ex '46. His address is also FPO, San Francisco, Calif. Leyte, Lingayen, Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines and the Aleutians theaters have given action to Lt. (j.g.) Wallace Norell, '42, who is a deck officer on a destroyer. His FPO is Lt. (j.g.) Wallace Norell, San Francisco, Calif. Lieutenant, junior grade, Sterling Rygg, '36, is the com-manding officer on a rescue tug in the European theater. His FPO is New York, N. Y. Concordia Student Killed On Iwo Jima While serving with the Fifth Marine group in one of the tough-est campaigns of occupied land invasions on Iwo Jima, Lt. George Norlin, ex '44, died from wounds on March 15. While at Concordia, Lt. Norlin was on the basketball squad and was a member of Delta Rho lit- LT. GEORGE NORLIN erary society and Zeta Sigma Pi, national honorary social science fraternity. The complete article on Lt. Nor-lin was in the last edition of The Concordian. However, the pic-ture could not be obtained at that time. Looking Back TEN YEARS AGO Holvik announces list of 40 men in Norway band personnel Cast chosen for "As You Like It." LDR and Men's Prayer Group present "Everyman," Ostby di-rects. Rollerskating intro-duced at Concordia at sophomore class party in gymnasium. TWENTY YEARS AGO Enrollment increases from 80 to 479 in 12 years College let-termen hold first annual banquet at Powers Seven new mem- Representing The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York Bdwy. Fargo, N. Dak. With the shocking news of the death of President Frank-lin Delano Roosevelt yesterday in the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, we students at Concordia, with the rest of the nation, grieve the death of a great leader. The problem in front of us now seems to be—in what way will this affect our war effort? However, with capable leaders in Washington and a con-centrated effort to think and talk of the future and make ourselves true leaders and followers, we need not fear the post-war world. What is needed for training true leaders and followers? We must be true Christians who live Christianity. We must be wide awake students who know what is going on in this world of ours. One of the best methods for stu-dents to keep up on the discussion of current problems is attending IRC meetings. Only a handful of interested stu-dents have a difficult time accomplishing their purpose—but with an alert alive group, much can be accomplished. Conversation between students this week has been hot and heavy." With the final arousing of the student body on the question of abolishing societies and substituting interest groups, a wide diversion of opinion was evident. The most interesting conclusion drawn from this corner is that we, as a student body, are still alive and glowing enough to really care whether or not such a measure should go through. If neither end is gained, at least we will have made each individual society conscious of the need for im-provement and that in itself will work for greater harmony among us in the future. Today is annual clean-up day and students will take rakes in hand and scour the campus. This tradition has long been a part of the spring program. Every year students look forward to this opportunity to be dismissed from classes in order to rejuvenate the campus. Appreciation is extended to every Cobber who helps in some way to make this day a suc-cessful one. Editor. 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