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Thursday, October 22,1987 After the war, Evans' ■ service of his country in Viet
At Walter Evans
Con’t from p.5
He finished up his hitch
overseas, which lasted one
year and one month, as a
guard at a POW camp. “It
got me out of the rain and I
had a warm bed to sleep in,”
he said. “The camp was
located at Langres on the
Marne River. It was one of
the oldest towns in France.
It had a rock wall about 20
feet high all the way around
it and the walls had port-
holes in them.”
After the war, Evans and
his outfit stayed in France to
dedication • to the armed
services didn’t stop. He was
one of the original founders
of the American Legion and
VFW Posts in McLean. He
said, “We had to put a lot of
Nam; and Joe Don, who
passed away earlier this
year.
The remaining children of
this remarkable man are:
work into organizing the
American Legion post. We
even put on a big rodeo just
to help raise money for it.”
He was also a member of
the honor guard that fired a
21-gun salute for Andy
Floyd, the only McLean
resident killed in World War
I. According to Evans, “The
body originally had been
buried where Andy had died
in Europe but after the war it
was returned to McLean.
look after the military equip- That burial brought out what
was probably the biggest
Jerry Corbin, of McLean;
Bill Evans of Alamosa, Col.;
Jim Evans of Amarillo; Bob
Evans of Midland; Sue Mod-
derman of San Antonio; and
Linda Ellison of Corpus
Christi.
They, and all of us, are
grateful to men like Walter
Evans who, because of their
willingness to endure hard-
ship and sacrifice, have giv-
en us the freedoms we
enjoy. You have our ever-
lasting gratitude and res-
pect..
ment until it could be sold or
disposed of. None of it was
brought back to the United
States.
Finally on July 12, 1919,
eight months after the end of
the war, Evans started the
voyage home aboard the
battleship USS Frederick.
But his adventures still
weren’t over. “We left
Brest, France, and hit a
terrible storm in the Bay of
Biscay,” he said. “I1
crowd this town has ever
seen. People from all over
came for it. The body was
carried to the cemetery on a
wagon drawn by two hor-
ses.”
Between the wars, Evans
worked as a farmer and
when war came to the U.S.
again in 1941 he did his part.
He served on the Fire De-
partment at the POW camp
hit outside of McLean. He con-
about midnight and lasted
for three days. That was the
seasickest bunch of fellows
you ever saw. One sailor told
me he had crossed the
Atlantic 20 times and this
was the sickest he had ever
been.”
After an eleven day jour-
ney, he landed in Brooklyn,
New York. From there, he
went to Long Island, where
he was discharged, and re-
turned home by way of
Washington, D.C., and
Memphis, Tenn, in August,
tinned to serve out there
until the camp was torn
down after the war. “In
fact,” he said, “I was one of
the last persons to leave
when they finally closed the
gates.”
During his full and active
life, Evans found time to get
married and raise a family.
He and Mary Langford were
married in 1925. Through
his long life, he has had the
difficult task of burying his
wife, who died in 1959, and
two sons, John, who was
Tigers Make Strong
Offensive Effort
Against Booker
As we have said before,
the final score of a game
doesn’t always indicate the
quality of play. Although the
scoreboard said the Tigers
lost to Booker by a score of
41-6, they didn’t lose at all
as far as their fans are
concerned.
There were so many hero-
es and fine plays but cer-
tainly one of the players who
* deserves honorable mention
is quarterback Jim Ander-
son. Ending the evening
with 130 rushing and 124
yards passing, he helped the
Tigers to a total of 324 total
yards and 17 first downs, by
far their best offensive effort
of the year.
Key receptions through-
out the game by Sid Brass
and Grant Mann, as well as
strong running by not only
Anderson, but also Huey
Green Tony Polito and Tres
Hess, kept the Tiger fans
cheering right up to the final
gun.
Several miscues prevent-
ed the Tigers from getting
into the endzone until the
final quarter when, after %
getting a first down on a
fourth and one yard play,
Anderson plunged into the
endzone for six points.
Several minutes, later "
Huey Green scored on a
reception and long run but
the play was called back
because of a penalty against
the Tigers.
Head Coach George Wat-
son said, “Our first quarter
performance hurt us, but
after that we were pleased
with the way we played. We
had good offensive efforts by
Anderson and Brass while
on defense Hambright, Pol-
ito, Cross and Anderson
played very well.” He add-
ed,”Up until now we have
been discouraged by our
offensive performance but
now it may be that we are
coming around.”
During the game three
Tigers were injured: Huey
Green suffered a bruised
shoulder and neck; Davey
Ridgway had a bruised neck;
and Rob Sanderson possibly
has a broken arm. Their
status for Friday night’s
game against Follett is still
now know. That game will
be played in McLean and
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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