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Alumni in the Military

Thinking of our serviceman.

World War I (1914-1918)
Rivalries over power, territory, and wealth led to the “Great War.” In 1917, the U.S. joined the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan), who were at war with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), after German submarines began sinking unarmed ships.
SANTA MONICA MEMORIAL, OPEN AIR THEATER Dedicated to the Soldiers, Sailors & Marines Enlisted in the World War 1914-1919 By the citizens of the Santa Monica High School District. May 30, 1921
OUR FALLEN HEROES MAURICE G. BURMESTER ° 3rd Batt'n ° Essex Reg ° British Army RALPH E. CHAPMAN ° CO ° C ° 137th Balloon Tank Corps JAMES P. CLAY ° CO ° 316th Ammunition Train DELBERT E. INGLEHARDT ° 158th Aero Squadron PATRICK GILGANI ° RAY D.S. JACKSON ° CO ° B ° 364th Infantry RALPH H. MARTIN ° CO ° B ° 364th Infantry LANING R. McMILLAN ° CO ° B ° 29th Engineers ALBERT RICHTER ° CO ° D ° 109th Infantry LESTER E. SCHWENK ° CO ° B ° 376th Infantry EDWARD L. SHAW ° Kings Royal Rifles British Army REGINALD SMITH ° CO ° I ° 4th Infantry PALMER W. TAYLOR ° Royal Flying Corps of the Royal Flying Forces of Canada SAMUEL E. WHEELER ° Aviation Section Signal Corps WALTER WHITWORTH ° GURNEY I. REED ° CO ° B ° 364th Infantry (not on list - DON JOHNSON, shot down in France 1918, adopted bro of Roland Speers `14)

World War II (1941-1945)
The Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—attempted to dominate the world. The Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, and others) fought to stop them. The United States entered the war in 1941, after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Germany surrendered in 1945, and Japan surrendered later that same year, after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
THE SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF THE VALIANT STUDENTS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEVOTION TO THEIR COUNTRY
SOL ALLEN CLAUS ANDERSON CHARLES D. AUSTIN GEORGE BAILEY JESUS S. BARRONA ARTHUR R. BECKLEY FRED A. BRACKETT CHARLES R. BRIERE LEWIS A. CARPENTER JOHN R. CASKY GORDON G. CLAGUE CHARLES E. COLEMAN WILLIAM L. COLLINS ROBERT S. CRAMER ROBERT F. DAMON ARTHER C. DAVIS RICHARD C. DAVIS SAMUEL D. DEALEY '25 WILLIAM C. DELAMETER JOHN I. DOUGLAS WILLIAM W. DRULINER ERROL L. DUNHAM WILLFRED J. EICHERT DWIGHT W. ELDER DAVID R. FLORANCE JACK FORD JAMES A. FORD KARL H. FRENCH DONALD R. GAGNON BETTY J. GOLDMAN BERNARD GOLDRING THOMAS GRAY DONALD HALRA EUGENE C. HALL WILLIAM K. HAMILTON FRED W. HERMAN PARTICK J. HIGGINS JOHN E. HODGINS WILLIAM E. HOODENPYLE GEORGE T. HOWE '39 (died in Pacific 1943) HARRY M. HERD STANLEY E. HUTCHINSON THOMAS L. JEEVES WILLIAM B. JONES VERNE JUDD JOHN F. KELLOGG '37 (*** Alive - lives in Vista) WAYNE KINGDON FRANK G. KOCH WILLIAM E. KILER OBERT C. LARIVERE VERNE LINCOLN '38 (Army, shot down over English Channel - 1942)		DAVID LOWENBERG, JR. K.L. McCOY JOHN A. McLEAN GERALD T. MARRS RAYOND S. MARTINEZ GONZALO R. MIRELES FRANK G. MOORE GERALD E. MOORE HAROLD G. MORAN GEORGE E. MOSS DARWIN L. MURRY WILLIAM L. NIETO THEODORE E. OLEWINE GERALD T. OSTI MICHAEL D. PAVICH KENNETH L. PIFER GLEN L. RAASCH GEORGE M. RICHARDSON EARL L. ROBERTSON THEORDORE G. ROLKE HAROLD ROSENBERG WILLIAM B. ROSS JOHN RUIZ JOHN R. SIMONS '38 J. FRED SMITH REXFORD SMITH '36 (Wm. Rexford "Codfish") EDMUND SOEST JOHN A.D. SPEERS JESSE E. STURGEON (Lt.-highly decorated AF fighter pilot, died 1943 - from Warren Sturgeon) RICHARD G. SWANSON SALVADOR J. TALAMANTES RICHARD C. TARLETON CHARLES E. TEMPLE ROBERT A. THOMPSON EDGAR C. TOMMASINO JACK H.VAN MATRE PHILLIP A. VESSA KENNETH H. WARD ROBERT E. WEIDEMANN PAUL B. WHYLER FRANKS WILSON JOHN W. WISMER JERRY J. YETTRA [DON HADRAS - lost in WWII - from John Percy]

Korean War (1950-1953)
Communist North Korea, supported by China, invaded non-communist South Korea. UN forces, principally made up of U.S. troops, fought successfully to protect South Korea. The Korean War was the first armed conflict in the global struggle between democracy and communism, called the cold war.


Vietnam War (1961-1973)
In 1955, communist North Vietnam invaded non-communist South Vietnam in an attempt to unify the country and impose communist rule. The United States joined the war on the side of South Vietnam in 1961, but withdrew combat troops in 1973. In 1975 North Vietnam succeeded in taking control of South Vietnam.


Bay of Pigs (1961)
The U.S. orchestrated the invasion, an unsuccessful attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba.


Lebanon (1982-1984)
U.S. troops formed part of a multinational peacekeeping force to help the fragile Lebanese government maintain power.


Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
Iraq invaded Kuwait, and a U.S.-led multinational force came to Kuwait's aid and expelled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's forces.


Somalia (1993)
A U.S.-led multinational force attempted to restore order to war-torn Somalia so that food could be delivered and distributed within the famine-stricken country.


Bosnia (1994-1995)
During the Bosnian civil war, which began shortly after the country declared independence in 1992, the U.S. launched air strikes on Bosnia to prevent “ethnic cleansing,” primarily by Serbs against Bosnians. The U.S. became a part of NATO's peacekeeping force in the region.


Kosovo (1999)
Yugoslavia's province of Kosovo erupted into violence in the spring of 1999. A U.S.-led NATO force intervened with air strikes after Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian forces uprooted the population and embarked on the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian population.


Invasion of Afghanistan (2001- )
The Taliban government harbored Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda terrorist group, responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. After Afghanistan refused to turn over Bin Laden, the U.S. and UN coalition forces invaded. The Taliban government was ousted and many terrorist camps in Afghanistan were destroyed. U.S. and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan to support its fragile new government.


Invasion of Iraq (2002- )
The U.S. and Great Britain invaded and toppled the government of dictator Saddam Hussein. Troops remain in Iraq to combat the insurgency that formed after Hussein's defeat.