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It has been a real challenge and an unusual pleasure that we have enjoyed
in working with the officers and men of our armed forces. Fran Lieut.
A. He Buhl, the commanding officer of the Machinists' and Eleotricians’
Mates School, together with Chief Starkey, Lieut. MoGuigan and Lieut.
zeller, = to Lieut. Randolph Neil and Lieut. Ben F., Douglas, and later
Lieut. Claude M. Smith, of the V-5 Naval fliers, - to Lieut. C. A. |
Michelman, commanding officer of the Navy Vel2 program, and Ensign H,. Le
Ware, athletic officer of this group, - to Col. W. L. Moliorris, command}
dng the Aemy wait, alone with Gupt. Avohie Merrie dol Liees. Dan.:?.
Clark, - to ow Chief Specialists in the avy - Ralph Hayes, T. J. Odom,
Bob Garver end Don Davis - working with our civilian staff, the experience
has been one continuous administrative and physical education beehive.

With our buildings taxed to their capacity, there has been a fore
bearance and an appreciation of the other fellow's job that has been
surprisingly pleasant. Most of our sities in all branches of the
service have been men skilled in competitive athletics. Football,
Basketball, track and baseball have been the competitive laboratory in
thich these men have learned to work together and at the same time to
drive and inspire their men to a fine pitch of physical conditioning «-
that qulity so needed by our fighting forces.

Ensign H, Le Ware, the athletic officer for the Navy V-12 progran,
was an outstanding wingback on the Texas Christian University teams in
1938, 1939 and 1940. He was co-captain in 1940. The predecessor of
Lieut. Claude M, Smith, Lieut. Ben F. Douglas, athletic officer of the
Ve5, was an outstanding football and basketball player on the Grinnell
College teams as an undergraduate, and before coming here to assume his
_ position as athletic officer, was head football and basketball coach at

‘his alma mater, Grinnell College. Lieut. Smith, formerly great halfback