Earle S. Peckham, 1919

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.

​Whether it was at New Orleans, Red River, Fort Blakely, Marianna, San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba, Seicheprey, Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, El Guettar, Elba, Monte Della Vedetta, the Battle of the Bulge, Rabaul, Inchon, Pusan, Chosin Reservoir, Pork Chop Hill, Hue, Easter Offensive, Phu Cat, The Iron Triangle, Hamburger Hill, la Drang Valley, Bien Hoa, Khe Sanh, Rumaila,  Al-Batin, Medina Ridge, Kabul, Kandahar, our Omega Mu brothers have demonstrated devotion to duty in defense of freedom and liberty. They are the stability of our nation, and we, the Omega Mu brotherhood, revere, honor, and salute their persevering and determined spirit within our great nation and our historic brotherhood. We will always honor the heroism of all of our brothers who have served in the armed forces from the Civil War to the present. Thank you.

Omega Mu Veteran
Earle S. Peckham,
1919

Omega Mu Years

"The Phi Gams held a faculty smoker to which the professors of the university were invited. The evening was spent with smokes, cards, and refreshments."

"A new and better piano has been added to the music room and two large lamps, gifts of Charles W. Mullen and Penfield Mower, added to the appearance of the living and dining room."

Charles W. Mullen, '83

"Burke Bradbury, '16, shot a fine buck recently and the fellows enjoyed an excellent venison dinner on the following Sunday."

"The Phi Gams will have a sleigh ride to Eddington. Supper will be served at Ward's farm. After supper the party will go to the Town Hall where there will be dancing and a
​general good time."

CANADIAN OVER-SEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Peckham, Earle S. 
on Enlistment

OATH TO BE TAKEN BY MAN ON ATTESTATION
Peckham, Earle Stuart

The United States declared war on Germany on April 2nd, 1917, and Earle S. Peckham enlisted in the Canadian Forestry Corps on June 15th, 1917, and he served in the Nova Scotia Forestry contingent of 525 men, and he served in Scotland, England, and France clearing and leveling land for airfields, as well as harvesting and processing timber for trenches, railroad ties, bridges, ​barracks, hospitals, and trench mats. These Canadian units produced 70% of all the lumber used by the Allied forces on the Western Front, and to commemorate their efforts that led to victory for the Allied Forces, they built a small wooden cabin near Windsor Castle when the war ended on
​November 11th, 1918.

Commemorating the end of World War I at the University of Maine.

“What if the space be long and wide,
That parts us from our brother’s side
A soul-joined chain unites our band,
And memory links us hand in hand.”
(Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)

Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82
Perge