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Then, consistent with his modesty, he states, “foday I received a thrill when
Admira} Wimits presented me with a Silver Star Medal for so-called gallant action.
There were many others of ow division receiving similar awards as a result of
our Tarawa action, It was a real thrill to receive the award from one of the big
boys» Major Bill Jones, a former K.U. boy, also received the Silver Star Medal."

Bill Jones will be remembered as a Sig Alph back in 1937, and Fen was a Phi
Psi, graduating in 1939, Fen further states, "I guess it has been all of three
years or more since I last saw you and Mrs. Shenk. Your boys will be crown,
probably, when I see you again at this rate, Give my regards to all of my friends
on the Hill, |
Now, in closing, well do we remember General Douglas MacArthur's words which
ere carved in stone above the gymasiun of the United States Military Academy
at West Point;

"On the fields of friendly strife are sown
The seeds which, in other years on other fields
Will bear the fruits of vietory."