Cadets of the Ole War Skule extends condolences to the family of Oscar G. Richard III.  The following is a link to Legacy.com

Cadets of the Ole War Skule extends condolences to the family of Lt Col Gilbert Slaughter, Sr. The following is a link to Legacy.com

President of Cadets of the Ole War Skule Norman Deumite, Dr. David Baker of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Chair of the LSU Military Museum Harvey Schwartzberg, and Past President John W. Milazzo, Jr., – Photo by Johnny Gordon

A reproduction of the nose art panel of the World War II B-24 Liberator Bomber “Spirit of LSU” was donated to the future LSU Military Museum by Dr. David Baker of the School of Veterinary Medicine on March 6 in honor of LSU alumnus Lt. Alfred M.L. “Smokey” Sanders. The bomber’s official name was “Mike – the Spirit of LSU,” and its crew – the 8th Air Force, 832nd Squadron, 486 Bombardment Group – was under Sanders’s command. Nose gunner A.B. Smith was also an LSU graduate. According to Baker, the panel design is different than that depicted in a painting by artist Glenn Gore (www.lsuart.net) but is true to the original intent of the crew, which provided a model for the painting.

The inductees are, front left to right, John Dan McNeil; Inez Shaw, wife of the late Lt Col Stanley Shaw; Robert “Mac” Wallace; Col Kirby Allen; COL John Pugh; and Edward Capron, Jr.; back left to right, CAPT Franklin Foil; LTC Stephen Harmon, Jr.; Col Don Bulloch; Interim System President and Interim Chancellor William L. Jenkins; Clifton Lee, grandson of the late MG Joseph Redding; Laurence LeSueur, representing his late father, Judge Leon LeSueur; Andrew Meyers, representing his father, William Meyers, who was unable to attend.

As the nation celebrated Veterans Day 2012, LSU paid tribute to its military history at LSU Salutes Nov. 9-10 sponsored by LSU and Cadets of the Ole War Skule. As part of the weekend-long celebration, a dozen distinguished alumni were inducted into the military Hall of Honor during ceremonies at the LSU War Memorial on the Parade Ground.

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Please join us for this special time of recognition as we also honor 12 outstanding veterans with their induction into the Hall of Honor for Distinguished Military Alumni. Registration information is available via e-mail at cadets@lsu.edu, at www.olewarskule.lsu.edu or by calling 225-578-0420 or toll free at 1-866-SALUTES.

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Hall of Honor Inductees for 2012

By Katie McCrocklin

Within a year of mandatory retirement, Air Force Col. Bobby V. Page received some unexpected news – a promotion.Page, who graduated from LSU in 1973 with a degree in history, was promoted to Brigadier General on Aug. 2 and assigned as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains at the Pentagon. He was previously Command Chaplain for Air Education and Training Command (AETC) with headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas,  Page describes his success with gratitude, “What an amazing honor to be able to continue serving America’s Airmen and working for our Chief of Chaplains providing leadership for our Air Force Chaplain Corps.”

While he undeniably has had a prosperous career, he stays humble, saying, “My wife, Ruth, and I believe we are blessed beyond words.”
Commissioned through the LSU Air Force ROTC, Page earned his wings at Mather Air Force Base in 1975, serving as a navigator, instructor navigator, and senior navigator for the Standards and Evaluations section. In January, 1980, he separated from the Air Force to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas where he earned his Master of Divinity degree in 1983. For the next six years, he served pastorates in Arkansas and North Carolina while serving as a chaplain in the Air National Guard in Arkansas and Georgia and the Air Force Reserve in South Carolina.

Since returning to active duty on July 4, 1989, Page has served in chaplain assignments at the wing, two major commands, and Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He completed a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1999 and deployed later that same year serving as the wing chaplain at Prince Sultan Air Force Base (PSAB), Saudi Arabia. Several years later he returned to PSAB to lead the largest chapel team in the CENTCOM area of responsibility during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. During that deployment Page established the first Air Force chaplain ministry at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.

Katie McCrocklin, a graduating senior in English, writes for LSU Alumni Magazine.

Jim Reeves, second from left, father of SOC (SEAL) Robert Reeves, and Victoria Cormier, CPT Aaron istre’s mother, accept etched renderings of their sons’ names from LSU Alumni Association Executive Vice President Cliff Vannoy, Cadets of the Ole War Skule President Norman Deumite, and Secretary of the Louisiana Office of Veterans Affairs Lane Carson. Interim LSU System President William Jenkins is pictured in the background.

The names of SOCS (SEAL) Robert James Reeves and U.S. Army CPT Aaron Dale Istre were unveiled on the LSU War Memorial Wall of Honor on May 30 during the annual LSU Memorial Day Ceremony sponsored by the University and Cadets of the Ole War Skule.

Both men were killed while serving their country in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Istre graduated from LSU and was commissioned through LSU’s Army ROTC in 2003. He died on March 24, 2012, during a training mission outside Kandahar, Afghanistan. Reeves, who attended LSU in 1997-98, was a member of the Navy’s Special Warfare Tactical Development and Evaluation Group, known SEAL Team Six. He died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011.

Following the unveiling and a presentation of etched renderings of the names to their families, Istre’s uncle, Joe Delvecchio, and Reeves’s father, Jim Reeves, shared their memories of the soldiers. Delvecchio said Istre was dedicated to serving, and the family joked that he would one day be a general. But they weren’t kidding that much,” he said. “He would have attained this position had his mission here on Earth with us been extended.”

Reeves recalled the arduous training his son endured to become a SEAL as well as some of his trials during service such as being shot in the neck and escaping from a roof collapse after a grenade blast. “Rob’s enthusiasm for and love of being a Navy SEAL never faded through his 13 deployments and five Bronze Stars,” Reeves said.

Also speaking at the ceremony were BG Glenn H. Curtis, Adjutant General, State of Louisiana; and Lane A. Carson, Secretary, Office of Veterans Affairs, State of Louisiana; and Interim LSU System President William L. Jenkins.

Secretary Carson was the keynote speaker at a luncheon held at the LSU Faculty Club following the unveiling. The Bayou Brass Quintet and LSU Music Professor Terry Patrick Harris provided music for both the ceremony and the luncheon.

John P. Laborde, of New Orleans, has received the 2012 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes Louisiana growth companies and business professionals for their accomplishments. Laborde served as Tidewater Inc.’s chief executive officer for nearly forty years and is currently chairman emeritus. He was the founder and first chairman of what is now the Offshore Marine Service Association and has played a major role in the worldwide development of the offshore service industry.

Laborde earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1947 and a J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1949. In 1995 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, and he also holds an honorary doctorate from Loyola University.

A past president of the LSU Alumni Association, Laborde has been named Alumnus of the Year by the LSU Alumni Association, inducted into the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame, and named a Peoples Health Illustrious Alumnus of LSU. He was inducted into the LSU Military Hall of Fame in 1998. (1947 BACH H&SS, 1949 JD, 1995 HON).