“I have just received the February issue of the Journal [April, 1943]. I can say that I have read this issue with more than ordinary interest, partly because out here we are hungry for news of our friends and partly because I found out for the first time that at least two of the officers that I know here [somewhere in North Africa] are Sig Eps. Another thing that was of considerable interest was the list of the brothers from Texas Alpha that had gone into the Service. No doubt there are many more on active duty. It seems to me that the Journal could render a great service by obtaining the actual addresses of all the brothers and printing them. Of course, this would be difficult because the addresses will change rapidly, but one of the major things of interest to us here is the whereabouts of our friends.”
~ Capt. Wendell E. Little, U.S. Army, Texas, '32 (SigEp Journal, September 1943)
It’s too
bad the Journal no longer regularly carries the kind of information referenced
by Brother Little. One of the many goals of the SigEp Patriots Project (SPP) is
to provide this kind of information so brothers can get together in
brotherhood, but we can only share information we possess.
24 APR 1942
On this
date, WI Alpha Brother Everett Roudebush,
Class of 1929 at Lawrence College, entered the Army after finishing a concert
tour with Salvatore Baccaloni, noted star of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
27 APR
1964
World War I Veteran, Judge (5th Judicial Circuit), U.S.
Congressman (Virginia) and VA Eta Brother
Private Joel W. Flood, U.S. Army
died on this date in Richmond, Virginia. During WWI, Brother Flood served in
Company A, 305th Engineers, 80th Division which saw action in St. Mihiel and
the Argonne. He completed his military duty in 1919.
Before
his WWI service, Joel became a SigEp at University of Virginia, and later
attended Oxford University. After studying law he was admitted to the bar in
1917 and commenced practice in Appomattox, and was elected Virginia State
Commonwealth Attorney of Appomattox County in 1919.
Joel
served the people of Appomattox County until 08 NOV 1932 when he was elected to
the Seventy-second Congress to fill a vacancy. Following is congressional
service, Brother Flood resumed the practice of law, and after serving as a
delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention was appointed assistant
United States attorney for the western district of Virginia in 1939. In JAN
1940, Joel was elected as a judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Virginia,
and he served in this capacity until his death.
Respect can be paid to Brother Flood at the Flood Mausoleum, Appomattox Courthouse Square in Appomattox.
21 APR 1991
World
War II & Vietnam War Veteran, UT Alpha Brother Lieutenant Colonel Ray F. Randall, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
died on this date. Ray joined the Army Air Corps after graduating from the
University of Utah with the Class of 1935. Following his service in Korea, he
went to work for the U.S. Weather Bureau out in California as a meteorologist.
Respect
can be paid to Brother Randall at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA.
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| MI Beta Brother Matthew Alan Webber |
27 APR 2006
On this
date, a hero died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas as a
result of wounds received during combat operations in Habbaniyah, Iraq the
previous November. Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran and MI Beta Brother Sergeant
Matthew Alan Webber, U.S. Army
National Guard (Michigan) was 23 years old.
Matt
attended Western Michigan University and joined the Army National Guard in
1999. He was called to active duty in June 2005. Brother Webber was a member of
the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Michigan Army National
Guard when he sustained injuries 21 NOV 2005 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his humvee.
Respect
can be paid to Brother Webber at Pine Plains Cemetery in Big Rapids, MI.
