USD 383
History students at Manhattan High School need your help to tell the stories of local connections to World War II. USD 383 announced that they have identified 57 soldiers who were students at Manhattan High School who lost their lives fighting for their country.
Using archival materials such as old MHS yearbooks, original military records, and archived newspapers, MHS students will be writing biographies of these individuals to honor these veterans for their service and sacrifice.The completed biographies from Spring 2025 are currently available online at https://mhs.usd383.org/191839_2
How can you help? If you have any information, connections, or know anything about the following veterans and would be interested in participating, please contact Jackson Allen, MHS Social Studies Teacher, at jacksona@usd383.org or 785-587-2100. They would like to have information by March 2, if possible.
The soldiers that they are concentrating on for the spring of 2026 are:
--Robert Brunson, MHS Class of 1937, US Army Air Corps
--Leslie Callahan, MHS Class of 1936, US Army Air Corps
--Harry Gehrt, MHS Class of 1942, US Army Air Corps
--Richard "Dick" Jaccard, MHS Class of 1936,
--US Navy Lyle Murphy, MHS Class of 1933,
--US Army Ernest "Ralph" Newell, MHS Class of 1939,
--US Army Air Corps Glenn Powell, Unknown MHS Graduation Year,
--US Marine Corps Marion Shadwell, MHS Class of 1933,
--US Army Air Corps Dixon Wands, MHS Class of 1935, US Army Air Corps