Memorial Day thoughts. . . When everyone is enjoying this long holiday weekend with family and friends, raise a glass to our fallen AH alums who left RU to join the fight in WWII and never made it home.

George Anthony Renoux, '41

• (b. February 10, 1920, Milltown, NJ-d. January 2,1945, Belgium)
• Attended New Brunswick High School, New Brunswick, NJ
• Entered Rutgers September 1937, BS, Education, June 1941
• Entered Service July 2,1941, U.S. Army, commissioned 2nd Lt., June 8, 1941, 1st Lt., February 1, 1942, Captain, November 21, 1942, Major, December 16, 1944

George was a brother of Tau Kappa Epsilon (AH 100), active in crew, 150 lb. football and the Newman Club. He was also a member of the Scarlet Key and the Scabbard and Blade honorary military society. He underwent basic training at Pine Camp, GA, Fort Benning, GA and Camp Gordon, GA. Overseas he was stationed with the 10th Armored Division of the 3rd Army. On November 28, 1944, he received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement. He was among those surrounded at Bastogne during the German counteroffensive. George died as a result of wounds received during the Battle of the Bulge.

 Emil Potzer, Jr., '43

• (b. January 1, 1919, Plymouth, PA-d. June 15, 1944, Normandy, France)
• Attended Plymouth High School, Plymouth, PA
• Entered Rutgers September 1939, BS, Education, May 1943
• Entered Service May 1943, U.S. Army, commissioned 2nd Lt., September 1943

While at Rutgers, Emil was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (AH 123), the Scabbard and Blade and was an ROTC Cadet 1st Lt. He also participated in baseball and football for four years. Emil served with Company C, 398th Infantry. He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy. Lt. Potzer is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in France.

Kenneth Andrew Chewey, '44

• (b. July 30, 1922, Newark, NJ-d. July 23, 1945, Manila, Philippines)
• Attended Belleville High School, Belleville, NJ
• Entered Rutgers September 1940, attended three years
• Entered Service October 2, 1942, U.S. Army, commissioned 2nd Lt., May 20,1944

While at Rutgers, Kenneth majored in Electrical Engineering. He was a master concert violinist and served as president of Tau Kappa Epsilon (AH 116). A member of the Black Fifty, Kenneth attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Monmouth in 1944. He trained at Camp Crowder, MD and was deployed overseas in January 1945. He served with the Signal Corps in New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies. He also participated in the invasions of Leyte and Luzon. He was stationed at a Signal Service Battalion at Santa Mesa, Philippines when he became ill. He died shortly after in a Manila hospital.