These clippings are in chronological order
with some duplication and overlaps.
Taken all together, these provide a timeline from his days
at Price College through news of his death .
Price College Valedictorian Class of 1942
May 1943
Joined the United States Army Air Force
May 1944
Graduated from the Hondo Army Air Field Navigation School
Commissioned 2nd Lt 20 May 1944
November 1945
Listed as Missing in Action
December 1945
Believed Alive
This brought false hope to the family as at this time
nobody knew that he had died in the Tokyo Military Prison fire.
May 1946 Service at Price College
Officially listed as Killed in Action
Mrs Vernon Dye is Lt Van Dever's sister
Mary Lou ( Mary Louise )
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source of below clippings:
Newspapers.com
