{"id":14687,"date":"2015-12-29T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2015-12-29T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:00:35","slug":"the-clemson-red-arrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/the-clemson-red-arrows\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clemson Red Arrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='14570'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 69%;' ><li style='background-position:top left;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Fighting-Tigers-4-July-42.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_right caption_right_framed caption_framed\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >The Clemson Red Arrows<\/h2><div class='avia-caption-content  av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"description\"   style='font-size:10px; '><p>The 32nd Red Arrow Division marches in a 4th of July parade in Adelaide, South Australia, 1942.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14687'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>Nearly all the Clemson men who survived the Buna campaign were elevated from platoon to company commanders because of their actions there, and several continued to lead Red Arrow soldiers until the end of the war. Several Clemson alumni distinguished themselves:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_two_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><div id=\"attachment_14568\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Thomas-E.-Bell-1939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14568\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14568\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Thomas-E.-Bell-1939-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas E. Bell 1939\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Thomas-E.-Bell-1939-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Thomas-E.-Bell-1939-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Thomas-E.-Bell-1939-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas E. Bell \u201939<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14567\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Tally-Doyle-Fulmer-1939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14567\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14567\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Tally-Doyle-Fulmer-1939-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"Tally Doyle Fulmer 1939\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Tally-Doyle-Fulmer-1939-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Tally-Doyle-Fulmer-1939-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Tally-Doyle-Fulmer-1939-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tally Doyle Fulmer \u201939<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14569\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-William-Thackston-1939a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14569\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14569\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-William-Thackston-1939a-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"William Thackston 1939\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-William-Thackston-1939a-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-William-Thackston-1939a-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-William-Thackston-1939a-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Thackston \u201939<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14566\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Louis-Beaudrot-1941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14566\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14566\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Louis-Beaudrot-1941-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Beaudrot 1941\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Louis-Beaudrot-1941-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Louis-Beaudrot-1941-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Louis-Beaudrot-1941-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louis Beaudrot \u201941<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14565\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Hoyt-Hill-1941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14565\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14565\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Hoyt-Hill-1941-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"Hoyt Hill 1941\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Hoyt-Hill-1941-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Hoyt-Hill-1941-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Hoyt-Hill-1941-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoyt Hill \u201941<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14564\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Frank-Cheatham-1940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14564\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14564\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Frank-Cheatham-1940-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Cheatham 1940\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Frank-Cheatham-1940-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Frank-Cheatham-1940-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Frank-Cheatham-1940-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Cheatham \u201940<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14563\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Clinton-Blackmon-1941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14563\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14563\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lt-Clinton-Blackmon-1941-80x80.jpg\" alt=\"Clinton Blackmon 1941\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Clinton-Blackmon-1941-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Clinton-Blackmon-1941-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Lt-Clinton-Blackmon-1941-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clinton Blackmon \u201941<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Thomas E. Bell Jr. \u201939<\/strong> was one of the first in combat in Buna and went on to earn a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts in the Battle of Driniumor River. He commanded Company E of the 128th Infantry Regiment until the end of the war.<br \/>\n<strong>Tally Doyle Fulmer \u201939<\/strong> was given command of Company C, 127th Infantry Regiment, by default, after all the other officers became casualties. He excelled at the position and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army\u2019s second-highest medal for valor, \u201cfor extraordinary heroism in action against enemy forces from Dec. 31, 1942, to Jan. 11, 1943.\u201d The company also received a Distinguished Unit Citation under his command for knocking out a column of enemy tanks.<br \/>\n<strong>William Thackston\u00a0\u201939<\/strong> joined Company K, 128th Infantry Regiment, in January of 1943 after the battle of Buna, ultimately becoming the commanding officer of the unit and leading it through to the very end of the war \u2014 and even a bit beyond, making him one of the few officers who served through World War II from the very beginning to the very end.<br \/>\n<strong>Louis Beaudrot \u201941<\/strong> and <strong>Hoyt Hill \u201941<\/strong> were each on the \u201cWairopi Patrol,\u201d a scouting mission that took two companies on foot over a mountain range, ahead of the main body of the 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment. They walked 100 miles over 45 days. Hill and<br \/>\nBeaudrot each led ambush patrols that engaged the Japanese very early in the campaign.<br \/>\nOther notables include <strong>Lt. Frank Cheatham \u201940<\/strong>, who killed an enemy soldier at Buna with a hunting knife (a gift from his sister) before\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">he contracted malaria and was sent to the rear; and <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Lt. Clinton Blackmon \u201941<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, who volunteered to leave his support-unit company to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">go to the front lines at Buna in time to participate in its final stages. Later, he earned a Silver Star at the Battle of Leyte for clearing mines, by hand, off a road so American armored vehicles could push forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[650,2177,2365,2460,3117,3299,3301,3424],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-clemson","tag-pacific-theatre","tag-red-arrows","tag-rotc","tag-u-s-army","tag-winter-2016","tag-winter-2016-features","tag-wwii"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Fighting-Tigers-4-July-42.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14687"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}