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• • " for destroying seventy-six planes
      and damaging thirty others in the
.· _ Palm Sunday battle at Caipe Bon, _
i Sldll°Y M' Kelly ‘l°° Hllddl°sl°ll called the greatest aerial victory of
i Major Sidney M. Kelly of Lex- Major _]oe Huddleston, former the war. He has ribbons for Ameri-
i ingon, an officer in the U. S. Ma- assistant professor of physical edu- can. European and African service, hum
rines, has been promoted to the cation at the University and one- with four battle Stats. He holds the su,,,§
rank of lieutenant colonel at his timer member of the University l).F.(]., the Silver Star, the Purple l’i·itlc.
post in the Southwest Pacibc. He football team has been protnoted Heart, a=nd the Air Medal. He left  
is in charge of a Marine anti-air- to the rank of lieutenant colonel at the University in l94l and has Rciiim
Z craft batallion and an amphibious his post as ground executive officer spent two years overseas. iu,i’io(.
* corps in the Southwest Pacific area. at an Eighth AAF Fighter Station —   -»-—-—·»—- ——~—~ "?l‘=¤¤¤S.
Colonel Kelly was graduated in England. His group was the `I944 Commencement  
from the University in l937 and at Erst P-38 Lightning unit to strike (ConIintu·tI [wai Page 4) NMC.
tha-t time was awardedia commts- at the Luftwaffe from England. Huichiiisi The Exercises were held siiutii_
sion in the Marines. After gradua- From his station also the first iii night im Sioii Field facing M0 i  Ilia
tion he reported to Philadelphia plaines from America made combat Lean` Siadiumi Pmsidem   Li I Hiiiii;
for further work at a Marine base, flights over Berlin. Colonel Hud- Doiwvaii Picsidiiigi '1`l1€ Siiiiiiwi   iimigi
· i and from there was assigned to San- dlestion takes care of the ground iiwaids were iiicsciiied io Dig A. J` itlesau.
4 Llag0 for special work including a duties, leaytng Col. Ceorge T. to i;Oi.iiiii€, Hdcii Louise Hm.i.i_ · i;·l‘:\f]l2E
course in law which equipped lnm Crowell, his commanding officer Smi and Hemi, Saiiiideig i com ii
him for his next promotion, which free to his flying and to looking AS is thc Ciisioiiiy the bacciiimb i gciisici
-_ included judiciary work. after the pilots. Colonel Huddles- ionic Sermon was dciivéicd on the · Hill. Fi
His latest certificate of gradua- ton. who is six feet tall and weighs Sunday i)i~oCC(iiog me gi-aduaiioii .  
tion was received last December 200 pounds, has full responsibility and was hold io Memorial Hag _: ii‘t,,,,g,,
while assigned to a Command and for the administration of the field D]; Homor tty (];n·i)oot€1— or Lon. i* i»,,i,i,ici_
Staff School at Quantico, Va. with the exception of flying duties. isyillc was the Sooakciy Di; (gm-. J (itoirc.
Colonel Kelly will not celebrate He entered the AAF as a first lieu- ijgntcy took tor his Suhjccc "(,jtin.  
his 29th birthday until December, `tenant in july, l9¤ll, and was cents of ;t Mighty Dre;tm_" . Wallace.
l944. · 2l*SSig¤€(l to thé S€l`Vi€€ gfollp he Preceding the graduation exer- i B:ii·e1ay_
——-»————~———— HOW commands. He WHS gfadtlatetl ciscs at noon on Friday, a luncheon     l
Frank M_ Baker from the University in l937. was servedi in the- Bluegrass irooiu   rim  
V From hCndqum_t€i_S First Mr ————————-—--— of they-Union building. This has   Willie,]
_ Scrvifc Area Commimd North Gilbert O. wymond been for many years at delightful   ggggin,
Africa comes the announcement Gilbert O \*Vymond of Detroit lfimmlc ·Ol [hc gmduamm Season,   -lal°°li;lA
‘ " _ · · . _ i and wlnle there were not so maui gi; ittm, A
that .Major Frank M. Baker ol formerly a student of the Univer- iiicscm mid iiic Class was much   _.nCii(im
  Province, Ky., has been advant·t·rl stty, is one of the youngest Lieu- Siimiicig iiie occzisioii was Ciiioyeii   Ciaikei (
to the rank of lieutenant colon l. tenant Colonels in the United Di._ LCG Ciiaiiiiicipiiiii Demi oiliiit.   Candit-iu,
i He entered the Army in Septem- States Army and is the second com- Uiiivcisiiyy iiicsidcdi mid ihc oiiiu. I  iil$5i’;1`j-
i ber, 1940, asa Hrst lieutenant, and bat pilot in point of service. Colonel (tion] Sowkcr was the Hon Frctl   Saiiealili
_ was assigned to the Second Armored \Vymond was on the first opera- \/insgni iqgitiiqiigl director of ece-   Nitilhosy
l Division at Fort Benning, Ga. Be- tional mission by the United States uonqic Sutb{]{mtu,n_  - iidatiis, \
, fore going overseas in l9·’i2 he was Air FOTCG ZIQHIDSK the G€1`m2l‘l‘lS. The strictly social features llli5    
_ transferred to the Army Air Corps. As part of the British Eighth yggtr were the "at ltotne" with   lilniituirl
I He participated in the invasion of Army, Colonel \*Vymond was in the which tht; S[tt(l(g]]t, Ut]i()ti Board   Keei,r,.,,i
  North Afrca, and later in the in- "Fighting Cock Squadron" that entertained the seniors and otlitl   Eil:Ԥ"`lt|,
the unit, for Eve months. He re- were won by the squadron. The ni, seniors and guests at Maxllfll ii}   jilic
turned to North Africa last Febru- first was for support of the British Place.   Rtie,l·1ilii·i
ary. He attended the University Eighth Army in the Egyptian- -—-»———-··"'   Witlci NL
° of Kentucky and was active in Libyan campaign; the second for N¤mb€|'$ c¤¤¤l' i   &igg€"·_l·
sports participating in football, breaking railroad contact between Add your name to the Alullll"   t;tiIi2,ii`_  
basketball, track and swimming. northern Italy and Rome; the third Association membership. ii;  Sl’i€kartl_ i
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