John Benjamin Roach December 26, 1926 – April 27, 2005 Class: 45-E-TE Graduation date: 8/4/1945 Rank at time of graduation: Flt. Officer Service # T70240

Ramon F. Noches March 4, 1918 – June 6, 1945 Class: 44-G-TE Graduation date: 8/4/1944 Rank at time of graduation: Flt. Officer Unit: 477th Bombardment

Ralph Phillip Orduna August 17, 1920 – May 27, 2003 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation date: 5/23/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt Unit: 301 Fighter

Pierce T. Ramsey August 7, 1925 – June 15, 2019 Class: 45-F-TE Graduation date: 9/8/1945 Rank at time of graduation: Flt. Officer Service # T70430

Joseph L. Merton, Jr. October 23, 1923 – April 28, 1995 Class: 44-C-SE Graduation date: 3/12/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 332nd

Herbert Hosea Heywood November 10, 1923 – May 8, 1982 Class: 44-C-SE Graduation date: 3/12/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Service # 0824833

Eugene “Gene” Derricotte June 14, 1926 – March 31, 2023 Class: 46-B-TE Graduation date: 5/14/1946 From: Detroit MI Dr. Derricotte was born June 14, 1926

Charles Roach Class: 45-F-TE Graduation Date: 9/8/1945  Unit: 477th Bombardment Group, Service # T70431  “You can’t fight your way up to the top with your