“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.”
 
It is fraternally soul-stirring to consider the considerable number of our Omega Mu brothers who played on various varsity athletic teams at the University of Maine. Taken as a whole, well over three-hundred, these varsity athlete brothers of ours represent a long-standing Q.T.V. and Omega Mu tradition in proudly representing the University of Maine by wearing the Black Bear uniform ever since it was a fledgling university. Through their unselfish commitment and positive attitude, they brought countless hours of joy and happiness to thousands of University of Maine students, creating thousands of historic memories on the football field, baseball field, soccer field, wrestling mat, track, basketball court, and on the ice with the vitality and creative energy of their play for the Black Bears to win. Quite honestly, there is no struggle with trepidation to say that we are proud of each of them, and we are mighty proud and honored to call each of them our Omega Mu brothers.
 
 Many of these brothers brought unmatched depth of talent, skill, and expertise to our Black Bear teams. The attributes of fraternal life and the athletic life are clearly the same because both emphasize teamwork, camaraderie, commitment, and hard work to grow, improve, obtain success, and set new goals of achievement. Fraternal life inculcates, encourages, and supports academic achievement, social and philanthropic engagement, and athletic success. And as our fraternal story at the University of Maine is like no other, we have had notable success in all of these areas of human endeavor.
 
Yes, we have much to be proud of with Omega Mu’s honorable heritage in representing the University of Maine in athletics.  Here, then, are our Omega Mu brothers, who, through resolute will, hard work, talent and sportsmanship distinguished themselves in superlative ways that they were inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame for upholding the tradition of success and excellence of their respective University of Maine Black Bear teams.
 
“Keith Carney played in 121 career games for the Black Bears from 1988-1991. He scored 14 career goals and added 112 assists for 126 career points from the blue line. Carney led the Blacks Bears to the NCAA tournament in each of his three seasons in Orono and also played in two NCAA Frozen Fours. Carney was named the 1991 New England Defenseman of the Year. He was also named to the 1991 All-New England team, the 1990 Hockey East Second Team, the 1991 Hockey East First Team and the 1991 Hockey East All-Tournament Team. Carney was an All-American in 1990 and 1991. He played for the United States in the 1988 Olympics and followed that up with a 19-year NHL career, before retiring following the 2007-2008 season.  He played for the Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild.”
 
“Ted Curtis coached many successful ski teams for 31 years and guided two of his skiers to the Olympics. His teams captured 24 Maine State Championships and finished second in the 1953 NCAA Championships. While an undergraduate, he played basketball, tennis and winter sports. He served as the Faculty Manager of Athletics from 1930 to 1966. Curtis was president of the Maine and New England Intercollegiate Athletic Associations, was a Trustee of Lee Academy, organized the first Maine Chapter of the Future Farmers of America and was instrumental in the planning of Memorial Gymnasium. Curtis served as a State Senator in the Maine Legislature from 1967 to 1969.”
 
“Tom Golden, a co-captain of the 1954 University of Maine football team, earned numerous regional and national honors. He was a three time All-State and All-Yankee Conference selection and earned All-America honors following the 1953 and 1954 seasons. During his senior year, Golden was a member of Senior Skulls, the highest all-around honor for a University of Maine man. From 1953-54 he was also the captain of the golf team and was the State of Maine Intercollegiate Champion in 1953.”
 
“Al Hackett was a three-year starter on the baseball team from 1951 to 1953. He held three career records when he graduated including most RBI's, most total bases and most home runs. Hackett batted .386 in 1952 with three triples and three home runs. He had tryouts with the Boston Braves and the Boston Red Sox and was previously elected to the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Later, Hackett worked as Associate Director of Admissions for the University of Maine and handled nearly all of the applications for student-athletes.”
Maine Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
 
“Phillip Coulombe, the former Cony High School of Augusta and University of Maine running back, epitomized the term “warrior. “He not only played with chronic shoulder problems that required him to wear harnesses to prevent them from dislocating, he is regarded as one of the finest running backs ever produced by the state. He was a hard-driving back. He had a great reputation. He was regarded as one of the best backs in New England,” said Stu Haskell, a former University of Maine athletic director who wrote a book chronicling the UMaine athletic program. He started for four years at Maine and averaged 4.23 yards per carry in 1950. He was an All-Maine selection that year. He is also remembered for a game against the University of Connecticut in which he carried the ball 15 times for 108 yards in Maine’s 16-7 triumph over the Huskies.”
(Bangor Daily News)

Chip Chapman
Perge!

In follow-up to honor our Omega Mu veteran-brothers who served in the military, we have identified additional brothers listed below we would like to recognize and thank for their military service.

​If we have inadvertently omitted you, we would like to add you to our master list. Please provide your updated information, service branch and dates of service graduatebrothers@omegamu.org and we will add you to the master list.  For a full description of each brother’s service, please visit www.omegamu.org and go to the Blog tab.  The following names were recently added to our master list.

Our Omega Mu Veterans:

• Clarence A Barrett (1956)
• Merrill D. Bartlett (1952)  
• Ralph Bonna (1968) 
• Joseph T. Cuccaro (1959)
• James F. Donovan, MD (1948)
• Mark E. Gebauer (1983)
• John D. “Jack” Hawley (1951)
• John L. Hone (1961) 
• Jeffrey D. Hutchinson (1990)
• Joseph A. Lacasse (1966) 
• John (Jack) M. MacBrayne III (1969)
• Frank A. Moran (1961)
• K. Rogers Simmons (1952) 
• Michael G. Splane (1998)
• Winfred A. Stevens (1965)
• John H. Thomas (1986)

​Fraternally yours, 
 
Chip Chapman, 1982

Perge!

In the strong uniting
Power of this
Brotherhood

That unites all generations of
Omega Mu brothers,
One-to-another, we

Remember in
Profound humility,
Honor, reverence and

Respect all Omega
Mu Brothers who
Served in the hellish

Soul-waking and
World-Shifting
Chaos of war,

And, most importantly,
Our Omega Mu
Brothers who made

The costliest exchange
In war, and we
Know that

These brothers are
With you, O God,
In their eternal life

Just as you were
With them in their
Waking mortal life,

And for that we
Praise and
Thank you,

For in the rich
Historical history
Of Omega Mu,

O God, there have been
Many Omega Mu
Brothers who

Honorably, admirably,
And unforgettably
Kept faith with

The very deepest of
What it means to be
An Omega Mu Fiji,

Who by word and
Act believed that
There was only

One way to be:
That a life lived in
Service to others

Is a life worth
Living for and
Dying for since

The Spanish American
War, and every war
Thereafter:

The Boxer Rebellion,
Chateau-Thierry,
North Africa, Germany,

Northern Italy,
Korea, Vietnam,
And Beirut,

And in the
Skies over our
Country, from
New York to Colorado,
Testing and training in
New bombers,

Who, with determined
Grace, vigilantly
Defended with

Selfless purpose
Principles we
Each cherish:

Liberty, freedom
And the right to
Dissent.

Bestowing upon
Us by their
Death during war,

The mandate that
We exercise these
Rights with

Careful consideration
Because they cost
A great deal to

Defend in battles
In the past, and in
The battles of today.

And each of them was
And will continue to be
A fine portrait of an

American citizen,
An American soldier, and
Omega Mu Brother

As character and
Courage were not
Sometimes things

For these brothers, and
All of our Omega Mu
Veterans, and

Our bond with these
Brothers will never
Be broken,

For the bond of
Brotherhood that
Started in 1874

With our QTV brothers
Exists today, and
It always will exist, for

“It is a fearful thing
To love what death
Can touch.”

And it is fitting to
Recall that fifty years,
On this very day

April 22nd, 1967, in
Bien Hoa Province,
South Vietnam, an

Omega Mu brother was
Killed in his helicopter, and
Seventy-five years ago an

Omega Mu brother was
Killed Near Kasserine Pass,
Tunisia, fighting against

Rommel’s Afrika Korps, and
A little over 100 years ago
Another

Omega Mu brother was
Killed while leading his men
Up Hill 212 during the

Battle of Chauteau-Thierry.
And such is the nature of our
Historically linked

Omega Mu Brotherhood,
That we loving name
Each Omega Brother this

Evening, with grateful
Veneration for their
Ultimate service to our

Nation and who
Now live
Grace-to-grace

With You in heaven.
And are whispering
Heartfelt Thanks

To each Omega Mu
Brother gathered here at
Pig Dinner

That the ultimate lineament
Of their courageous
Spirit is being honored

Tonight, and that it
Never be forgotten
In the full historical

Memory of this
Nation and our
Omega Mu Brotherhood.

Spanish American War:
Charles C. Scott

World War I:
Willett Clark Barrett
Ira Miller Bradbury
William Hewitt Knowlton
Anthony Percy Schneider, Jr.

World War II:
Joseph Sebastian Boulos
Frederick Melville Cogswell, Jr.
James Frederick Dow
Hamilton Higgins Dyer
Laurie Jones Greenleaf
Stewart William Grimmer
George F. Kehoe
Charles Leslie Pfeiffer
Frederick J. Shepard, III
Arthur Leu Teall
George Brewster Walker

Vietnam:
Paul Lewis Stimpson

Other:
Ricky Michael Bean

O God, may the
Silent, eternal
Spirit and character

Of these named
Omega Mu Brothers
Continue to illuminate

The spiritual, fraternal
Whole of our
Omega Mu Brotherhood,

For what is born between all
QTV and Omega Mu Fiji
Brothers’ is forever.

Fraternally, 
Chip Chapman, ‘82

Perge!

Our Omega Mu veteran-brothers who served in the military are cherished and constant fraternal friends, and we would like to say thank you for the steadfast, purposeful commitment you made to our nation to defend those four freedoms we all believe in: “Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.” For those brothers who were killed in defense of these freedoms, they will always occupy a consecrated place in our linked fraternal heart because they exemplify the idea of superlative commitment, strength, and fortitude for the good to the end itself. The greatness of their collective purpose and will, on our nation’s behalf, will never be forgotten. By their “clear-eyed faith and fearless heart,” these brothers have left us a fraternal legacy that echoes what we often say about Omega Mu Fijis: “Perseverance and determination are omnipotent.” Their code of integrity, courage, duty, responsibility, and self-sacrifice on behalf of our nation is a powerful legacy we can all be proud of as Omega Mu Fijis. We are especially grateful that you are our brothers, our friends, and who could ask for anything more. As we look back in our fraternal history, these Omega Mu brother in-arms will always loom large, and we thank you for your distinguished service to our nation. With the very deepest gratitude and respect.

Fraternally, 

Chip Chapman, ’82

Perge!

1884
Mark L. Hersey

• Career Army officer
• Fought in the Spanish-American War, World War I, in the Philippines against the Hucks, and was in China during the Boxer Rebellion
• Hershey was Phi Gamma Delta’s highest-ranking officer during World War I
• He commanded the 4th Infantry Division during World War I
• Fought in the Meuse Argonne Offensive and St. Mihiel
• Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the French Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre.
• Achieved the rank of Major-General in 1924
• The USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148) was commissioned on July 29th, 1944
• The ares served by the Hersey included the the Admiralty Islands. the Russell Islands, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, the Palaus, and the Marianna
• On its last wartime voyage home, it was reported that a cruiser that was near the Hersey, the U. S. S. Indianapolis, was sunk by a Japanese submarine with great loss of life
• The Hersey was the flagship bringing occupation troops to Japan in September 1945
• The Hersey received one battle star for her wartime service in World War II and two battle stars for its service during the Korean War

 
Edwin F. Ladd

• Served our country during World War I

 
1886
Heywood S. French

• Served our country during World War I

 
1888
Charles L. Phillips

• Professor of military science and tactics at the Maine State College and Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
• Commanding Coast Defenses of San Francisco
• Commanding Coast Artillery of Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bay
• Commanding Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay
• Command of North Atlantic Coast Artillery District
• Commanded the 52nd Artillery Brigade, 27th Division during World War I

• Brigadier-General during World War I

 
1890
Albert W. Drew

• Served our country during World War I

 
1891
Edmund Clark

• Served our country during the Spanish-American War

 
1893
George W. Hutchinson

• Served our country during the Spanish-American War

 
1896
Perley F. Walker

• Commanding major of the 314th Engineer Regiment during World War I
• Lieutenant Colonel of the 109th Engineers during World War I
• Commander of the 219 Regiment
• Discharged a colonel

 
1897
C.S. Bartlett

• Served our country during the Spanish-American War

 
Stephen S. Bunker was a captain in the United States Army, Company C, 503 U. S. Engineers during World War I
 
Arthur J. Dalot

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War I
• He is also served in National Guard

 
Allen Rogers

• Served our country during World War I

 
1899
Charles C. Scott

• Sergeant in the First Maine Regiment, U.S. Volunteers during the Spanish-American War
• Died on August 31st, 1898
• A plaque in Coburn Hall honors him

 
1901
Leroy H. Harvey

• Served our country during World War I

 
1904
Walter E. Scott

• Served our country during World War I

 
1905
Bartle T. Harvey

• Served our country during World War I

 
John N. Merrill

• Major in the United States Army
• Fought in the Moro Rebellion (1899-1913) during the Philippine-American War, in he Sulu Archipelago. He was injured in the knee by a bolo knife during a fight with a chief whom he shot. He met General Pershing during this war.
• Served in Persia (Iran) for six years as the military instructor to the Pasha’s calvary and troops.
• Served in France during World War I. He was in command of a company of African-American soldiers, and they served in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. During the offensive, John was gassed and he was awarded the Croix de Guerre in leading his men during constant machine gun fire.

 
1907
S.S. Bunker

• Captain in the United States Army, Company C, 503 U. S. Engineers during World War I

 
Ernest Lisherness

• Served our country during World War I

 
1908
Ballard. F. Keith

• Served our country during World War I

 
Raymond J. Smith

• US Army during WWI
• Captain in the 23rd machine gun detachment of the 8th California Division

 
1910
Lester M. Bragg

• Second Lieutenant, 307th United States Engineers during World War I

 
Charles F. Smith

• First Lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War I

 
Roy F. Stevens

• First Lieutenant in the Army during World War I
• Company D., 56th Pioneer Infantry Group

 
Charles E. Stickney

• Served our country during World War I

 
1911
Nathan C. Cummings

• Second Lieutenant, Ordinance Department, during World War I

 
Frank F. Farwell, Jr

• He served our country during World War I

 
Clyde H. Merrill

• He served our country during World War I

 
Niles C. Pinkham

• Served our country during World War I

 
Sumner Waite

• Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army
• He served in World War I as assistant chief of staff of the Thirty-seventh Division and as chief of staff of the Third Division
• In the Second World War, he commanded the Thirteenth Infantry Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and later became assistant chief of staff of the European Theatre of Operations. While in that post, he served in France as the United States Army representative with General Charles de Gaulle
• From December 1945 to April of 1946 he was assistant chief of staff of the China-Burma-India Theatre. In 1948 he returned to the United States and in September of that year retired from the Army as a Brigadier General
• He was the holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre with palm, Belgium Croix de Guerre, and the Belgium Military Cross

 
1912
William. R. Ballou

• Army Captain during World War I
• Company F, 56th Pioneer Infantry Group

 
Lewis J. Catheron

• Captain in the Army during World War I
• He was in the 7th Army Artillery Staff
• Saw action from October 1917 to March 1918
• He was in the Army of Occupation at the conclusion of World War I

 
Ralph J. Flint

• Served our country during World War I

 
Philip Garland

• Served our country during World War I

 
Arthur A. Hammond

• Lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard

 
Lee I. Harvey

• Major in the United States Army.
• Was in Europe working for the War Department from 1919-1920
• Was in China from 1923-1925

 
Warren McDonald

• Served our country during World War I

 
Leon W. Smiley

• Served during World War I
• Private, Company 1, 23rd United States Engineers

 
1913
Marathon Doak

• Served our country during World War I

 
George H. Hamlin, Jr.

• Served our country during World War I

 
Morrill S. Pope

• Second Lieutenant in the Army in the Philippines and Siberia during World War I

 
Ralph W. Wetherbee

• Served our nation during World War I

 
1914
Ira M. Bradbury

• Private, 23rd United States Engineers, during World War I

 
Ernest F. Hanson

• Sergeant Major Hanson served in World War I with the 312 Field Artillery

 
 
Theodore W. Haskell

• Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, during World War I

 
Edward M. Hodgkins

• Served as an army medical officer during World War I

 
Fernando T. Norcross

• Captain in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War I
• At the conclusion of World War II, Colonel Fernando T. Norcross served as the Chief of the Internal Affairs Division, Headquarters, USFA
• He was made an honorary member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Older of the British Empire because he had served as a liaison officer with British troops in Greece
• He also received a decoration in recognition of meritorious service in the Italian campaign

 
Philip W. Thomas

• Served our country during World War I

 
Horace H. Towle

• First Lieutenant in the Army during World War I
• Company B, 56th Pioneer Infantry Group, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, during World War I

 
1915
Leon P. Carle

• Served our nation during World War I

 
Paul F. Slocum

• First Lieutenant in the Air Force
• During his service in France where he was attached to the British R. A. F.
• He was severely wounded by a bomb and returned to the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C., for treatment.

 
Robert F. Thurrell

• Served our country during World War I

 
1916
Donald M. Ashton

• Served our country during World War II

 
Allen B. Cooper

• Served our country during World War I, and he remained in Nancy, France, with the United States Army of Occupation

 
Omar K. Edes

• Served our country during World War I

 
Ralph W. Fannon

• Private, Field Hospital Headquarters, during World War I

 
Lawrence M. Hunt

• Served our country during World War I

 
Anthony P. Schneider, Jr.

• Chief quartermaster
• Naval Aviation Squadron during World War I

 
1917
Clifford Brown

• Army artillery officer during World War I

 
Ernest V. Cram

• Served our country during World War I

 
Laurence E. Curran

• Served our country during World War I

 
Albert L. Gray

• Served our country during World War I

 
Samuel L. Hitchings

• Private, Evacuation Hospital, during World War I

 
Bryant L. Hopkins

• Served our country during World War I in the Engineering Corps

 
Charles W. Kalloch

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War I

 
William H. Knowlton

• Served our nation during World War I

 
George E. Mincher

• Served our nation during World War I

 
Stanley G. Phillips

• Private, Company D, 6th United Stated Engineers, during World War I

 
John. I. B. Sawyer

• First Sergeant in the Army during World War I
• Supply Company, 56th Pioneer Infantry Group

 
George F. Sweet

• Private, 55th United States Aero Squadron, during World War I

 
1918
Willett C. Barrett

• Company G, 167th Regiment, 42d "Rainbow" Division, as 2nd Lieutenant, later being promoted to1st Lieutenant
• He was engaged in action at Oise River and Chateau-Thierry
• “Killed, July 28, 1918, while leading a charge at Hill 212, in the battle of Chateau-Thierry near Sergy. He had gone only a few feet when he was struck in the head by a machine gun bullet. He was first buried in France. Later his body was brought back to America and reburied at Newport, R. I.” (Source: World War Service Record Rochester and Monroe County, N. Y. Volume 1, The Du Boise Press, Editor: Edward R. Foreman, Published by the City of Rochester, 1924)
• The following is from one of Mrs. Barrett’s letters that she wrote a few weeks after her son’s death: “He was an athlete, an artist, and was possessed of a splendid voice, which often filled the halls of Phi Gamma Delta with songs about Phi Gam. He went to war cheerfully, and his letters, written in the trenches, though showing plainly between the lines he did not expect to return, were cheerful.”

 
Everett. H. Brasier

• Sergeant, Company H., United States Army Medical Corps, during World War I

 
Ernest L. Coolbroth

• Served in the 103rd United States Infantry Band during World War I

 
George P. Creighton

• Served in the Coast Guard from 1918-1955, and at the time of his retirement he was a Commander

 
Manley W. Davis

• Served our country during World War I

 
Robert B. Dunning

• Corporal, Ambulance Corps, during World War I

 
Arthur F. Kaulfuss

• Served our country during World War I

James L. Morse

• Served our country during World War I

 
Alfred M. Russell

• Served our country during World War I

 
Albert L. Shaw

• Served our country during World War I

 
Loring M. Tapley

• Served our country during World War I

 
1919
Earle B. Adams

• Served in the Ambulance Corps during World War I

 
Melvin S. Blethen

• Served our country during World War I

 
Ralph L. Brown

• Served our country during World War I

 
Clarence P. Bryant

• First Lieutenant during World War I

 
George. H. Cheney

•  Ensign in the United State Navy Medical Corps during World War I

 
Hugo S. Cross

• Served our country during World War I

 
Clifford P. Gould

• Served in the Coast Guard during World War I
• Chief Signal Officer

 
Willis G. Martin

• Served in the Army Medical Department during World War I

 
Milliard G. Moore

• Served our country during World War I

 
Evans B. Norcross

• First Lieutenant, Company B, United States Engineers, during World War I

 
Earle. S. Peckham

• Served in the Canadian Army during World War I

 
Benjamin C. Perry, Jr.

• Served our country during World War I

 
Norman D. Plummer

• Second Lieutenant during World War I

 
Stanley A. Stevens

• Served our country during World War I

 
1920
Harry Butler

• Major in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Herbert B. Cousins

• Served our country during World War I

 
James H. Davidson

• Served during World War I

 
Glenn E. Edgerly

• Served in the Navy during World War I

 
Edward C. Hall

• Served our country during World War I

 
Edmund H. Rich

• Private, Headquarters Detachment, 101st United States Engineers, 26th Division, during World War I

 
Sherman Rossiter

• Quartermaster Second Class in the United States Navy during World War I

 
Carl J. Thompson

• Second Lieutenant in the Army Aviation Corps during World War I

 
1921
Alfred S. Burns

• Served our country during World War I

 
Harry L. Jackson

• Served our country during World War I

 
Thomas A. Murray

• Served with the Canadian Army during World War I in Vladivostok

 
William S. Murray

• Served our nation during World War II

 
Everett L. Smith

• Served our country during World War I

 
John P. Waite

• Served our country during World War I

 
Raymond C. Wass

• He served our country during World War I

 
1922
Clarence J. Abbott

• Served our country during World War I

 
Osgood A. Nickerson

• Served our country during World War II

 
Charles J. Vickery

• Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force

 
1923
Louis E. Curtis

• Retired from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander

 
Donald T. Flint

• Served in the 26th Division of American Expeditionary Force during World War I

 
Lloyd G. Hay

• Served in the 72nd Division of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I

 
1924
Arthur F. Eastman

• Served our country during World War II

 
Philip H. Taylor

• Served our country during World War II

 
1925
Irving S. Bailey

• Served our country during World War II

 
William T. Cavanaugh

• Commander in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Cecil J. Cutts

• First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force

 
Vaughn B. Everett

• First Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II

 
Robert N. Haskell

• He served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II
• He also served as a War Labor Board member

 
Joseph M. Murray

• Captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Ernest S. Ridlon

• Captain in the United States Army during World War II

 
Cuthbert B. Wilson

• He served in the United States Navy from 1940-1951

 
1926
Henry B. Eaton, II

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
1927
George F. Kehoe

• Flying Instructor, Randolph Field, Texas, to December 27, 1936 
• Transferred to the 50th Reconnaissance and 23rd Bombardment squadron at Luke Field, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Killed in a plane crash.

 
1928
Leon A. Cheney

• Dr. Cheney served as a commander in the United States Naval Reserves

 
Robert  L. Simons

• Served our country during World War II

 
1929
Alfred J. Lee

• Served our country during World War II in the  Army, and he retired as a major

 
1930
Edwin C. Hanscom

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
1931
Edward C. Bryant

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
Albert F. Gerry

• Captain in the Army during World War II

 
1932
Neil M. Calderwood

• Served our country during World War II

 
Robert S. Shean

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
1933
William V. Bratton

• Served our country during World War II

 
Frank W. Hagan, Jr.

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
Richard P. Morrison

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
1934
Kent F. Bradbury

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
James M. Jackson

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Lewis B. Varney

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
1935
Harry P. Files

• Served in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Horace P. Frost

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
John L. Porter

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
Clayton M. Robertson

• Ensign in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Oscar M. Taylor

• Ensign in the Navy during World War II

 
1936
Gordon R. Heath

• Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II
• He was one of the C.I.A.  agents who discovered the presence of the Soviet missiles in Cuba

 
1937
Norman D. Carlisle

• Served in Army during World War II

 
James F. Dow

• Served in Army Air Corps during World War II
• Dow Field in Bangor, Maine, is named after him
• Died when two bombers crashed into each other over Queens, N.Y. City, on June 17th, 1940
• “At around 9:00 A.M. on Monday, June 17, two twin-engine Douglas B-18 Bolo bombers, escorted by two fighter planes, left Mitchel Field on a routine training flight. The two bombers carried a crew of 11, including Second Lieutenant Bedient. Just 15 miles from Mitchel Field, above the densely populated area of Bellerose Manor on the eastern edge of Queens, New York, and the two bombers were executing a maneuver at 2,500 feet. One plane had to pass under the other and there was not enough clearance. The two planes collided and crashed in flames. One landed within a block of a school and the second smashed into a one-story residence that instantly went up in flames. All 11 crewmen — two of whom unsuccessfully attempted to escape by parachute — perished in the wreckage.” (Source: “Portraits of War, March 17th, 2012, WWII Bellerose, Long Island B-18 Bomber Crash in Neighborhood Backyard.)
• “A friend of mine fell out of the sky to flaming death yesterday. He was Lieut. James Dow of Houlton. . . And when those two huge bombers collided over New York City and fell flaming to the ground, they carried with them one of the University of Maine's greatest football players—a fellow admired and respected by his coaches and fellow- students for his fixity of purpose, his determination and loyalty. . . Many hours of practice made up for what Jim lacked in natural ability. . . His biggest moment came in the Bowdoin game his Senior year when he and Franie Smith, the Maine quarterback, pulled the old Statue of Liberty play and Jim raced to within five yards of the Bowdoin end zone. . . But all of it was possible because of Dow's determination—his willingness to practice and practice some more until the execution of the play was a delicate bit of timing that was beautiful to behold. That was Jim Dow…And now he is dead. . . Fate plays cruel tricks. . . But if that good-looking Houlton youngster could have his say today his message would be to the thousands of young men who stand on the threshold of their careers. . . PERGE!”

 
George P. Hitchings

• Served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II

 
George R. Grange

• Ensign in the Navy during World War II

 
1937
George H. Mader

• Captain in the United States Navy during World War II

 
David D. Page

• Seaman Second Class in the Navy during World War II

 
Howard J. Stagg, III

• Major in the Army during World War II

 
1938
Ernest F. Andrews

• Served our nation during World War II

 
John T. Clark

• He was a Navy pilot during World War II
• He saw extensive duty throughout the Pacific, and he was the personal pilot for Navy Admiral R. K. Turner

  
Stanley T. Fuger

• Captain in the Army during World War II

 
Robert S. Hussey

• Captain in the Army during World War II

 
Walter E. Smart

• Captain in the Army during World War II

 
1939
Merrill R. Bradford

• Sergeant in the Army during World War II

• Served a tour with the Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific
• He earned a commendation for his part in a major military trial

 
Hamilton H. Dyer, Jr.

• Air Corp Ferry Command during World War II
• Received air medal and Oak Leaf Cluster for leading flights of P-38's over the South Pacific
• He broke time records in ferrying Flying Fortresses to England
• Awarded second Oak Leaf Cluster for flying "The Hump" into China
• He was killed on a mission over China on August 20th, 1944

 
Sheldon K. Howard

• Captain in the Army during World War II

 
Alfred P. Mallet

• Major in the Army Air Corps during World War II
• He served in North Africa, Sicily, Corsica, and Italy
• He was a squadron leader with a fighter group in the 9th and 12th Air Forces.
• He received the Legion of Merit for meritorious conduct in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy.

  
1940
John D. Carlisle

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Sumner S. Clark

• He served our country during World War II

 
Fred M. Cogswell, Jr.

• Top turret gunner of a B-17 Bomber during World War II
• Member of the 751st Bombardment Squadron, 457 Bombardment Group
• Received Air Medal “For meritorious achievements while participating in sustained bomber combat operations over Germany and German-occupied countries.”
• He was killed in action over Magdeburg, Germany, in 1944

 
Stewart W. Grimmer

• First Lieutenant in the Army during World War II
• Company D, 18th Infantry, First Division
• Participated in the North Africa invasion
• Killed in action near El Guettar, Tunisia.

 
George H. Jewett, Jr.

• Served in the military during World War II

 
Frederick J. Johnston

• Served in the United States Naval Air Corps during World War II

 
Franklyn L. Jones

• Retired Navy Commander

 
William P. Keenan

• Retired as a Captain
• Served in Yankee Division during World War II

• Lieutenant in the Army during the Korean War
• He was serving in 5th Infantry Regiment Combat Team
• He was rallying his men in an attempt to escape entrapment by the Chinese Army on April 23, 1951, but he was captured
• It was the largest single battle of the Korean War
• The Chinese attacked with 250,000 men in 27 divisions
• William was subsequently used by the Chinese in radio broadcasts
• For his actions he earned the Silver Star
• He was the third liberated Fiji POW during the Korean War.
• What Lieutenant Keenan wrote about his experience as a POW at Pyok-Dong
• “I was in Company I of the 5th RCT and was captured at Tosong-Kogae about ten miles north of the 38th parallel in the west-central section. It was a holding action. We were cut off and surrounded on April 23rd, 1951. I sent my men out that night and most of them made it. I hid in the hill with one of my sergeants for a couple of days until the enemy finally flushed us out. I could not walk, but I tried to crawl back to our lines under the cover of darkness. The Chinese were thick as flies, and I did not get very far. They turned me over to the North Koreans, who roughed me up quite a bit. I went from 195 pounds to 100 pounds. Malnutrition and dysentery were the primary factors that causes so many deaths. Food was scarce and medical treatment practically nil. Those of us who lived through those first dark months were very fortunate indeed. It’s even hard now to realize that it’s all over and we are finally free. Throughout my imprisonment, I was always on the lookout for another Fiji. Not that I’s wish any such bad luck to a brother - but you know. I feel fine now and am regaining my health fast.”

  
Bernard A. LaBarge

• Served our country during World War II

 
John R. Sheedy

• Corporal in the Army during World War II

 
Linwood G. Willins

• Served our country during World War II

 
1941
Nathaniel A. Billings

• Corporal in the Army during World War II

 
Arnold B. Brownell

• Ensign in the Navy during World War II

 
Joseph S. Boulos

• Navigator of a Flying Fortress with the 704th Squadron of the 446th Bombardment Group during World War II
• Targets included U-boat installations at Kiel, the port at Bremen, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, ball bearing works at Berlin, aero-engine plants at Rostock, aircraft factories at Munich, the marshalling yards at Coblenz, the motor works at Ulm, and the oil refineries at Hamburg and Magdeburg
• Awarded Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for bravery

 
Robert Carlisle

• Major in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Arnold H. Clark

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
John C. Clement, Jr.

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
George B. Cotton

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Philip E. Cummings

• Corporal in the Army during World War II

 
William H. Demant

• Private in the United States Army
• Fought in North Africa

 
Franklin D. Dexter

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Howard R. Frost

• Served in the military during World War II

 
Harold I. Hamm

• Corporal in the Army Air Corps

 
Robert M. Irvine

• Served in the military during World War II

 
Robert A. Larson

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
Robert M. Moore

• Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Force during World War II
• Combat pilot with the 305th Fighter Squadron and the 52nd Fighter Group in England, Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, and Corsica
• Killed near Elba Island.
• Awarded the Air Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters, the American Defense Service Medal, and the Eastern-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars

 
Malcom G. Nichols

• Served our country in the United States Air Force

 
Burt S. Osgood, Jr.

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
John D. Utterback. Jr.

• Served in the military during World War II

 
David W. Warren, Jr.

• Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II

 
Frank R. Williams

• Lieutenant in the Marines during World War II

 
1942
Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr.

• Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps

 
Laurie J. Greenleaf

• First Lieutenant in Army Air Force during World War II
• Killed in action, Saarbrucken, November 8, 1944, having completed 47 missions, with 117 combat hours and 88 sorties to his credit
• Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf
• Clusters. Excerpt from the Distinguished Flying Cross citation for his precision bombing: “The flying skill and deep devotion to duty exhibited by Lieutenant Greenleaf on this occasion are in keeping with the highest traditions of the Army Air Forces.”

 
William L. Irvine

• Sergeant in the Army during World War II

 
John J. Suslavich

• Ensign in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Arthur L. Teall

• Naval Aviator and pilot
• Bombing Squadron Twelve
• Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (That is big) "For heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a pilot of a dive bomber during operations against the strongly fortified Japanese held harbor of Rabaul, New Britain.”
• Killed in action on November 5th, 1943, near Rabual
• Charles Lindbergh described one of his bombing runs over Rabual:
• "When I pressed the red button on my stick, it was hard to believe I had released a high-explosive bomb. But there it was, deadly and irretrievable, apparently floating in the air. I saw it clearly for a moment as I climbed, and within seconds a pinhead puff of smoke appeared behind me in the city of Rabaul...I had carried out my mission, and felt little responsibility for what I had done.”
• Maybe Teall and Lindbergh knew each other

 
1943
Charles D. Allen

• Lieutenant Colonel in the Army
• Secretary to General Staff of the United States Army Intelligence Command

 
Thomas M. Baisley, Jr.

• Served in the military during World War II

 
H. Louis Boyle, Jr.

• Served in the military during World War II

 
John R. Finch

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
William K. Hadlock

• Served our country during World War II

 
Donald C. Harper

• Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Fletcher A. Hatch, Jr.

• Captain in the Army during World War II

 
John L. Holter

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Leroy A. Ladner

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Clifton S. Nickerson

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Charles L. Pfeiffer

• Second Lieutenant in the Army
• Company K, 87th Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division
• He was killed near Monte Vedetta, Italy, 1945

 
Frederick J. Shepard, III

• Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps
• Killed in action on December 26th, 1942

 
Clifford H. West, Jr.

• Lieutenant in the Marines during World War II
• He was responsible for the communications between the infantry and air force during the invasion of Pelehu Island during World War II. It was his first combat assignment, and his six-man crew kept the air force and Marines constantly informed as to what was happening on the ground and in the air.

 
1944
Eugene L. Bailey

• Lieutenant in the Marines during World War II

 
David A. Brown

• Lieutenant in the Marine Air Corps during World War II

 
Philip Cabot

• Served our nation during World War II

 
Richard Y. Chadwick

• Private First Class in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Harold R. Dow

• Captain in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II
• He was a radar navigator with the 340th Bombardment Squadron
• He was the brother of Lieutenant James Frederick Dow (Maine ’37)

 
John M. Forrester, Jr.

• Private in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
James E. Hastings

• Ensign in the Navy during World War II

 
Malcolm P. Holden

• Seaman First Class in the Navy during World War II

 
Alfred Hutchinson

• Served our nation in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Albert M. Larsen, Jr.

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
Robert W. Nutter

• Private in the Army during World War II

 
Joseph R. O’Neil, Jr.

• Lieutenant in the Army during World War II

 
Charles E. Stickney

• Joined the Navy in 1943
• Naval Aviator flying a torpedo bomber during World War II
• He joined the Naval Reserves and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander

 
George B. Walker

• Sergeant in the Army in anti-aircraft artillery
• Died on August 2, 1944

 
James F. Ward

• Served our nation during World War II

 
Robert P. Webber

• Corporal in the Army during World War II

 
Danforth E. West

• Served our nation during World War II

 
1945
Guy R. Bailey

• He served in the Marines in World War II on Okinawa and in China

 
Bruce S. Billings

• Private in the United States Army during World War II

 
Dana E. Bunker

• He served in United States Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Charles W. Camack

• Corporal in the Army during World War II

 
Joseph B. Chaplin, Jr.

• Private First Class in the Army during World War II

 
James F. Donovan

• Private First Class in the Army during World War II

 
Charles K. Foster, Jr.

• Served in the Navy during World War II

Calvin Friar

• Private in the Army during World War II

 
Herbert F. Gent, Jr.

• Private in the Army during World War II

 
Sidney G. Gilman

• Private in the Army during World War II

 
Sherwood F. Gordon

• Served in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Robert H. Hanson

• Private in the Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Francis E. Howe

• He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II

 
Lawrence W. Lyford

• Private in the Army during World War II

 
Arthur L. Rourke

• Private in the Marines during World War II

 
George C. Shepard

• Ensign in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Garrett D. Speirs, Jr.

• Served in the United States Army during World War II

 
Edmund B. Titcomb

• United States Naval Reserves

 
Winslow A. Work

• Private in the United States Army during World War II

 
Joseph J. Cervone

• Served in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Lawrence C. Day

• Served in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Charles L. Glover

• Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II

 
Alfred J. Keith

• Served in the United States Navy during World War II

 
Donald F. McCusker

• Served in United States Navy Air Corps during World War II

 
John G. Whalen

• Private in the United States Army

 
Frank W. Danforth, Jr.

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
James F. Donovan

• Army AUS 805 AMSR (Army Marine ship repair outfit in the Transportation Corp)
• After three years in the South Pacific Theater, we were heading to Japan when the nuclear bombs were dropped. 
• Occupation Duty until 1946 in Japan (Yokohama Tokyo area)
• Discharged in February 1946 and returned to UMO, graduating in 1948
• Attended Harvard Medical School.
• Head of the Committee that built the class of 1945 WWII memorial on campus

 
Charles E. Furbish

• Served in the United States Army during World War II

 
Roger F. Thurell

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
1949
John W. Brookings

• Lieutenant in the United States Army

 
Donald S. Clark, Jr.

• Private in the United States Army Signal Corps

 
Robert H. Eddy

• Lieutenant in the United States Army

 
Martin Hagopian

• Private in the United States Army
  
  

Leon F. Higgins, II

• Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps

 
John A. Hussey

• Lieutenant in the United States Army

 
Richard M. Smith

• Private First Class in the United States Army

 
Harry T. Treworgy

• Served our nation during World War II, in the European Theater, with the Ninth Air Force
• Served in the Civil Air Patrol as an officer and pilot

 
Douglas J. Williamson

• Served two years in the Navy Air Corps during World War II, and then he served in the Seabees

 
1950
Andrew R. Bunker

• Served in the United States Army Field Artillery in Europe and Japan

 
Charles P. Gilman, Jr.

• He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II

 
Hugh W. Hunter

• Served in the United States Navy Air Corps

 
Bruce W. King

• Served in the United States Navy

 
Richard G. Lawson

• Ensign in the United States Navy

 
1951
John D. “Jack” Hawley                          

• Army, SFC, Tank Commander
• Service in Korean War
• Bronze Star Medal

 
1952
Merrill D. Bartlett                                    

• Army, 1LT, Artillery
• Service in Korea War

 
K. Rogers Simmons                                      

• Served in the Navy during World War II

 
1953
William B. Hill

• Served in the United States Navy

 
Carlton M. Lowery

• First Lieutenant in the 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Group in the United States Army

 
1954
Darrell H. Brooks

• Lieutenant Commander
• Naval Aviator  

 
1955
Donald L. Addition

• Served our country in the military

 
William A. Oliver

• He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, and he was proud to serve with the United States Marine Corps Band

 
Charles C. Otterstedt, Jr.

• Colonel in the Medical Service Corps branch of the United States Army

• He was awarded the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars for valor, the Soldiers medal for heroism, the Army Commendation Ribbon for Valor, Purple Heart, and three Air Medals during his tour with the 25th Infantry Division.
• Battalion Commander in the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam
• He also served in the Office of the Surgeon General in Washington, D.C.

 
1956
Clarence A Barrett

• U.S. Army Air Corps; Nov 1944 - Oct 1945

 
John Q. Carr

• Private First Class in 17th Infantry Regiment in the United States Army

 
Peter H. Werner

• Served in the United States Army for three years

 
1957
Lawrence T. Ronco

• Lieutenant in the United States Army

 
1959
Joseph T. Cuccaro

• Retired Colonel (US Army) 1959 to 1986, Infantry & Quartermaster Branches
• Served two tours in Vietnam

 
1960
Donald L. Mooers

• Served in the United States Army during the Korean War

 
1961
John L. Hone

• Second Lieutenant in the Army
• Served in the First Cavalry Division in Korea.
• He was an intelligence officer.

 
Frank A. Moran

• Retired as a colonel after 20 years of Army service
• Army engineering  

 
1962
John J. (Jack) Atwood

• Lt. USMC 1962 - 1966
• Vietnam 1965 - 1966

 
Robert E. Hess

• Dates of service: Feb '65 - Dec '92.
• Retired as Lieutenant Colonel
• Master Army Aviator
• Two tours in Vietnam (11th ACR, 12th Aviation Group)
• Three years in Germany (32nd ADCOM, I Corps Aviation)

 
Paul L. Stimpson

• Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander;118TH Assault Helicopter Unit;145TH Aviation Brigade;12TH Aviation Group
• Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross; Bronze Star; Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters
• Killed on April 22, 1967, Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam

 
1965
Terry L. Chadbourne

• Captain in the United States Army during the Vietnam War

 
Stuart W. Gerald

• He served our country during the Vietnam War as a helicopter pilot

 
Philip B. Norton

• First Lieutenant in the Army
• Served in Vietnam

 
Wayne A. Robbins

• First Lieutenant in the Army during Vietnam
• Received the Air Medal for combat aerial support of ground operations in Vietnam

 
Winfred A. Stevens

• United States Army (Captain, JAGC, 1968 - 1972)

 
1966
Robert E. Harrison

• Second Lieutenant in the United States Army

 
James D. Jenkins

• Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam
• He broke his back when his helicopter was shot down

 
Joseph A. LaCasse

• Navy veteran having served from 1966 to 1969, including two Vietnam tours

 
Charles E. Huff

• Served in the United States Air Force
• Received that United States Air Force Commendation Medal

 
Kenneth P. Stetson, Jr.

• Served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War

 
Ralph Bonna

• Career Navy Supply Corps officer 
• Joined the Navy Reserves as an enlisted man sophomore year in a Reserve Officer Corps program.  Went to 8 weeks of officer candidate school the summer of 1967 and then again the summer after graduation

 
Robert L. Maxwell

• Commander of the U.S. Army Flight Operations Detachment in Germany

 
Michael J. McInnis

• First Lieutenant in Army during Vietnam
• Military Police
• Active in 69 & 70 finishing up at Fort Devens, Massachusetts

 
 George T. Ranks

• Lieutenant in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971

 
John M. Rohman

• He was drafted into the Army after college.
• He was a Staff Sergeant in 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam.
• He had two tours in Vietnam.
• During his second tour, he spent almost an entire year deployed in combat in the jungle with the Hmong.
•  "It was one of those experiences that I certainly would never choose," he says. "But on other hand, it's an experience that's shaped my life, and I think it's shaped my life positively. You have a whole different perspective on life. You realize how fleeting it can be and realize how arbitrary it can be, too.”

 
1969
Stephen R. Carlisle

• US Navy; served active duty

 
Emerson L. Gorham, Jr.

• He served two tours in Vietnam
• He was an MP, and he had infantry officer duties
• Received the Purple Heart
• His family has an unbroken record of military service back to the Revolutionary War

 
John (Jack) M. MacBrayne III

• Served as an officer in the Navy on an ocean-going minesweeper (USS Detector MSO-429) 1969-1971
• Joined the Navy Reserves as an enlisted man sophomore year in a Reserve Officer Corps program.  Went to eight weeks of officer candidate school the summer of 1967 and then again the summer after graduation

 
Raymond W. O’Keefe

• Colonel in the Army
• Fought in seven battles while in Vietnam
• Was the CO of the 7th Calvary of Little Big Horn and La Drang Valley fame

 
David T. Smith

• US Army; commissioned through UM ROTC; served active duty

 
Grant P. Watkins

• US Army; commissioned through UM ROTC; served active duty

 
 Maynard R. Young, III

• He served in the Army during Vietnam
• Earned the Purple Heart
• He was driving in a jeep when it hit a land mine and he was severely wounded  

 
1970
John H. Kimball

• Army helicopter pilot during Vietnam

 
Aloysius Sypniewski

• Major in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War
• Went through extensive training in amphibious warfare at Camp LeJeune before being deployed to Vietnam

 
James A. “Red” Wolfe

• Red was an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War

 
1971
Robert A. Duetsch

• Was the navigator in F-4 Phantoms during Vietnam
• He commanded a Navy F-14 Fighter squadron.
• He commanded a Naval Air Station in the USA
• He was the last commanding officer of Naval Air Station, South Weymouth, Ma.

 
Christopher C. Eaton

• Naval Diving and Salvage Officer during Vietnam War
• Diving and Salvage Officer on board USS Hitchiti ATF103 Pacific Fleet
• Medal of Merit for Salvage Operations in South China Sea on MSC Ship Camp Pendleton after running aground 1973

 
John J. Rhodes, Jr.

• Gunnery Sergeant
• Prior to service in Viet Nam, John was a USMC Drill sergeant
• In Vietnam he served in a Marine Recon function
• He was scouting in Cambodia one night and a NVA sentry stood on his hand for several hours guarding the NVA camp John was observing, and fortunately, John remained undiscovered.
• He was also sent to the Southern Philippines as part of an elite team to quell insurgents prior to a state visit by LBJ

 
 1972
Paul Roy

• Marine officer during Vietnam and in Beirut, Lebanon
• He was stationed in Lebanon when the Marine compound was bombed by Hezbollah that killed 220 Marines
• It was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in February 1945
• Paul was on the cover of Newsweek after the blast, and he was interviewed by CNN on the 25th Anniversary of the bombing

 
1973
Stephen J. Hayward

• 101st Airborne “Screaming Eagles.”
• Served in Vietnam
• He was shot in the throat and spent several hours crawling away on his belly in the jungle, and he was shot twice by a sniper
• On his last mission, he was leading a helicopter assault and was shot out of the door before the copter landed, but continued to lead his company. He was shot again on the ground and his jugular vein severed. He was fortunate enough to fall next to a medic who sutured him under fire. While his jugular was being sutured, he was shot again in the buttocks. He continued to command his troops, and he was the last man off the ground and was shot for the fourth time entering the helicopter before lift-off
• He received numerous citations: 2 Silver Stars, several Purple Hearts and was nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor

 
1974
Francis S. Keenan

• Air Force sergeant during Vietnam
• Saw combat during the Tet Offensive in 1968
• During that battle, VC tunneled under Frank's base. One popped out of the ground just in front of Frank's feet, and, fortunately, Frank was quicker with his M-16 than the VC was with his AK-47

 
Allen Rogers

• Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1966 to 1970
• Electronics Computer Instructor at Kessler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi

 
1978
Daniel E. Peters

• Battalion Recon-Survey Officer, 2nd Battalion, 75th Field Artillery

 
 1979
Dean A. Collins

• United Stated Navy, retired

 
Steven M. Dunwoody

• Naval Aviator for thirteen years
• He had over 400 air craft carrier landings

 
1980
Matthew W. Caldwell

• Captain in the U. S. Army Reserves

 
1981
James M. Joyce, III

• Reserve Officer in the Army

 
William R. McLean

• Captain in the United States Marine Corps
• Finance Officer

 
1982
Kenneth C. Bartlett

• 27 years active duty in the Army; retired as a Colonel
• Army Aviator qualified in UH-60 Blackhawk
• Served in Korea, Japan, Germany, Panama, and a multitude of CONUS and overseas duty stations with short deployments to Macedonia and Kosovo
• Certified Search and Rescue Controller from the USCG and USAF National Search and Rescue School
• Later transitioned into senior leadership positions in modeling and simulation to train both Air and Ground forces for the war in Iraq

 
Ricky M. Bean

• “An Air Force B-1 bomber plunged into a training range in Colorado today in the first crash of a production model of the nation's newest long-range strategic bomber. Three crew members survived and three were killed, the Air Force said.”
•  The plane, based at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Tex., went down in southern Colorado after hitting a flock of birds, Air Force officials said
• The three who were killed were Maj. James T. Acklin, 37, of Champaign, Ill., an instructor pilot, First Lieut. Ricky M. Bean, 27, of Rangeley, Me., a student pilot, and Maj, Wayne D. Whitlock, 39, of Johnson City, Tenn., an instructor in defensive systems.” (New York Time Obituary)

 
Jeffrey R. Brinch

• UMO ROTC
• 3-16 IN, 187 Infantry Brigade (SEP) USAR.
• Infantry Officer Basic Course, Fort Benning, GA
• 3-6 IN(M) & 2d Brigade HQ, 5th ID(M), Fort Polk, LA
• Quartermaster Advanced Officer Course, Fort Lee, VA
• 10th Supply & Transport Battalion.
• Division Support Command: 10th MTN DIV(LI), Fort Drum, NY
• Medically retired as CPT/03, S3 Operations Officer - 10th S&T

 
Jay L. Clement

• Commissioned a US Army Engineer 2nd Lieutenant through University of Maine ROTC
• Served 2.5 years active duty and a total of 7 years in the Maine Army National Guard
• Assignments included Combat Engineer Platoon Leader, Infantry Company Executive Officer, and Infantry Company Commander.  Last unit:  B Co. 3rd 172 Infantry Battalion (Mtn)

 
Dana H. Wells

• SSG
• Dana was in the Medical Research field
• Did research work at Fort Derrick in Frederick, Maryland

 
1983
Stephen R. Coupe

• Petty Officer First Class in the Navy

 
Mark E. Gebauer
•U.S. Army Reserve;1992-1998
 
Michael E. Soule

• Active Guard and Reserve Colonel
• Last assigned to Pentagon.
• Service in Iraq

 
1984
Dana A. Beers

• Served on active duty eight years flying B-52’s as an aircraft commander during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as well as several other contingency operations
• Joined the Air National Guard flying KC-135’s as an Instructor Pilot in a variety of worldwide operations
• Retired from the Air National Guard as a LTC with 20 years active duty
• 29 years of military service

 
Jeffrey L. Smith

• Captain the United States Army

 
1986
John H. Thomas

• Served in the United States Army from 1962-1965 as a court stenographer.

 
1987
Rick Blaisdell

• Authored an outstanding thesis investigating the relationship of total petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations in soil to cleanup standards for hazardous waste site remediation
• One of four theses selected for presentation to the Air Force Civil Engineer and his staff due to superb quality and potential for immediate Air Force-wide implementation
• Findings immediately distributed to the Air Force Center for Environmental-Excellence (sponsors of the work) for immediate application in negotiations with the US Environmental Protection Agency
• Results could save the Air Force up to $2 billion in cleanup costs
• Director of Civil Engineer Operations; RAF Lakenheath, England
• Commander and Base Civil Engineer; Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
• Reconstruction Program Manager; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baghdad, Iraq
• Deputy, Mission Support Inspection Division
• Deputy Division Chief and Program Director
• United States. Department of Energy (DOE) Senior Professional Engineer, Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) Project Manager

 
John J. Jansen, Jr.

• Retired Active Guard and Reserve Colonel
• Army Aviator
• Service in Iraq

 
1990
John H. Akoury

• Served in the Navy
• A-6 Prowler pilot in Iraq
• Flew multiple combat missions 

 
Michael A. Caruso

• Served in US Navy
• He did several overseas tours onboard ship

 
 T. Christian Cole

• Served in the Air Force, and he retired as a Colonel
• Went to Turkey on rotation with the Maine Air Guard

 
Michael E. Concannon

• Served in the Navy, and he retired as a Chief Petty Officer
• Did several tours in the Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar 

 
Jeffrey D. Hutchinson

• He is a Captain in the Navy
• He was designated a Naval Aviator in Apr 1992
• Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) and completed deployments on U.S.S. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) and USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) as the CVW Staff Combat Search and Rescue / Sea Combat Officer
• Captain Hutchinson was then assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 15 (HS-15) in Jacksonville, FL as a department head flying Seahawk helicopters and completed deployments as part of Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) and USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. He served as the Training and Tactics as well as the Operations Officer Department Heads
• In 2006 Captain Hutchinson was selected for Aviation Command and served as the Executive Officer and then as the Commanding Officer of Helicopter Sea Combat Weapons School Atlantic in Norfolk, VA flying the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter
• After completing his aviation command tour, Captain Hutchinson was then assigned to USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) to serve as the ship’s Navigator from Oct 2010 until Jun of 2012
• He was selected to serve as the Officer in Charge (OIC) at Isa Air Base, Bahrain from Feb 2013 to Feb 2014. During this tour as the Installation OIC he commanded a multi-service force that provided critical base operating support services for the deployed tenant commands in support of USCENTCOM theater operations
• Now serving as the Chief Staff Officer for Navy Region Singapore Area Coordinator (SAC) in support of USPACOM Theater operations
• His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Navy Commendation Medal (3 awards), Navy Achievement Medal (2 awards), as well as numerous unit commendations and awards

 
Joseph Leporati

• Navy pilot
• CH-53 pilot in the Navy 
• Two tours of duty in Iraq

 
1992
James (Jim) Simmons

• US Air Force;1990 - 2012

 
1996
James E. Hill

• U.S. Army
• Served one tour in Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division

 
1998
Michael G. Splane

• USAF - 1991-1992 (served 1 year)
• Special Forces Candidate (Parachute Jump school); injured in training

 
Stephen D. Sumner

• Served in the Marine Corps
• Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
• Tours in Somalia and Afghanistan  
• He earned the Bronze Star  

 
2017
Thomas Beutler

• Ranking ROTC cadet at the University of Maine
• Served in both Afghanistan and Iraq military campaigns while still a cadet
• Faculty of UMO Naval ROTC program
• Ensign in the United States Navy
• Training to become a Naval Aviator

Spanish American War:
Charles C. Scott
 
World War I:
Willett Clark Barrett
Ira Miller Bradbury
William Hewitt Knowlton
Anthony Percy Schneider, Jr.
 
World War II:
Joseph Sebastian Boulos
Frederick Melville Cogswell, Jr.
James Frederick Dow
Hamilton Higgins Dyer
Laurie Jones Greenleaf
Stewart William Grimmer
George F. Kehoe
Robert M. Moore
Charles Leslie Pfeiffer
Frederick J. Shepard, III
Arthur Leu Teall
George Brewster Walker
 
Vietnam:
Paul Lewis Stimpson
 
Other:
Ricky Michael Bean
Harold R. Dow


Fraternally,

Chip Chapman, ’82
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