Evans B. Norcross, 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 that we will always be proud of as Omega Mu Fijis. ​
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​Whether it was at New Orleans, Red River, Fort Blakely, Marianna, San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba, 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
Evans B. Norcross,
1919

Omega Mu Years

Coe Buck Scholarship

Evans B. Norcross was one of the first brothers to receive the
​Coe Buck Scholarship

Hosea B. Buck, 1893

University of Maine Clubs and Activities

Staff Officers
Captain, Evan B. Norcross

"Cadet Capt. Evans B. Norcross, Chairman"

"Manager...Evans B. Norcross"

Percy, the interpreter, E. B. Norcross"

"Ezra Middleton....E. B. Norcross"

"Pantalone...Evans B. Norcross"

...."and the crafty, scheming father of Isabella played by Norcross kept the audience in continuous laughter."

"The Satan...Evans B. Norcross"

Drums
E. B. Norcross

World War I

Marching on Stodder Commons, 1916 - 1917

A letter from Evans B. Norcross while in
​France during World War I

"Truthfully I can say I don't believe one person in 100,00 has the imaginative ability to draw any kind of a mental picture that can equal the destruction the "Terrible Hun" has left behind."

"I've heard guns roaring for days at a time and seen aeroplanes by the score; foreign soldiers are as the sands of the of the desert; and shell holes, as stars on a winter night."

"We are, thank Providence, near a small town, that has not been totally destroyed by the Germans, as were the first towns we struck upon our arrival."

"Count"
​Fernando T. Norcross, Omega Mu, 1914

"There are a thousand things to tell you about, from the trip across dodging the submarines...and the anxious
​uncertainty of the future."

"If this business comes out safely for us, it will be the finest thing that could have happened to yours truly."

“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