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Dutch Stamberger Is Passing the Ammunition....The Dis-
tinguished Flying Cross to K. U.’s Charlie Black.
(By The Star’s Sports Editor.)

HANCES are that Dutch Stamberger, former golf pro at Old
Mission, has done his share of praising the Lord. We don’t
know about that, but we do know that Dutch has been
passing the ammunition.

In a letter to our Roy Johnson, Dutch says as much.

“Since we are permitted to tell something of our experiences up
to March 1 maybe you'll be interested in some of them,” Dutch writes.
“We have made two raids on Tokyo, which were the first ever made
there by carriers. In one of them we got so close we began to think
maybe we would get ‘liberty’ there and made preparations to visit
Tokyo Rose. Also during the month we covered Iwo Jima and made
a raid on Okinawa ...I have a gun mount during battle where I
help pass the ammunition, so I get to see a lot of action... One
thing we all know out here is that these navy pilots sure are ‘good.
For every one we lose the Japs pay many times with their own:
planes,”

Mr. Johnson Curmises: that when Dutch returns there'll be many
a buzz party in the locker rooms at Old Mission.

 

 

His Scoring Is Still High.

HARLIE BLACK is still doing a mighty good job.

It wasn’t so long ago that Charlie was one of Phog Allen’s
Greats in K. U. basketball. Since then he has been in a far tougher
game, but he still delivers in the clutches as he used to do for the
Jayhawkers. ;

Testimony in support of that may be found in a letter to Charlie’s
mother in Lawrence. Under date of April 12 and signed by Brig.
Gen. B. W. Chidlaw from the headquarters of
the 12th air force the letter read:

‘Tt is with pride that I take this op-
portunity to write and tell you that your
son, First Lieut. Charles B. Black, jr.,
has ‘earned the Distinguished Flying
Cross for superior performance of duty .
in action against the enemy.

‘Despite a heavy overcast which
forced him to fly at minimum altitude
and through accurate enemy ground”
fire, Licutenant Black made repeated
photo runs over vital enemy targets,
thereby contributing greatly to subse-

 

Capt, CHARLES BLACK, | quent tactical operations.
He is still doing a first “His courageous act richly merits
ne OO this high honor and I share with you

the pride I know you feel. Airmen like your son, by their
great courage and perseverance, maintain peak standards of
combat efficiency and encouarge the devotion to duty which
marked our progress toward ultimate victory.”

Lieutenant—make it captain, for promotion has come to the
lieutenant since the letter of his commanding general—Black is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Black, 1709 Louisiana street, Law-
rence. Mr. Black works for the Stewart-Warner Alemite company of
this city. As we recall, Captain Black has another year of collegiate
athletic competition and your guess is as good as ours as to whether
Phog would like to have him back.

Captain Black’s wife and daughter, the latter 4 months old, live
in Kansas City. The airman has not seen his daughter.

C. E, McBrmve,