Eagles Nest Leadership & Service Creve Coeur Council

The patch and the mystery

What was the organization? • Was it a precursor to the Order of the Arrow • Was the lodge at Camp Wokanda called the Eagles Nest? • What do we know?

Feb. 1944 newspaper article

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What can we conclude? • The patch was most likely issued by this 1943 group. • They’re not associated with the Order of the Arrow, Kashapiwigamak Lodge was chartered in 1940. • The lodge at Camp Wokanda was built circa 1937-38 and appears to have existed before the 1943 Eagles Nest.

But… • Several of us recently interviewed Roger Bergia of Peoria Heights. He was a Scout and Explorer in the 1950s and also a member of Kashapiwigamak. • Roger inherited some paper from Aman Ohlman, his Explorer Adviser and years later Aman hired Roger to work for the Peoria Heights schools.

Aman Ohlman Aman’s Scouting background: Eagle Scout 8/27/1924, Asst. Scout Executive per 1931 Peoria City Directory, Director – Boy Scout Camp (near Bath, IL) prior to its closing in 1937 1937 Silver Beaver Award recipient Peoria Heights T-21 Scoutmaster 1939-1942, Explorer Post Adviser during the mid-1950s.

Aman’s paper: This page and the following appear to have been created in 1929 - 1931.

• Inspection of the column headings on page one show multiple social activities: Steak Fry, Halloween, Chilli Fee, and Overnighter. One column refers to Service Citation.

Who were these 1929-1931 Eagles Nest? First page (only)

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FNAME

MNAME LNAME

ADDRESS

CITY

Herman John Harry Frederick Robert Charles Lyall (Lyle) Richard (Dick) Robert William (Bill) Robert Stewart Robert Earl Joseph (Joe) Marion Ralph John (Jack) Roy Aman Charles Bernard Herbert Charles (Chas) Charles (Chas) Warren Ed James William (Irvine) Albert Richard (Dick)

J. F. A. D. L. Leslie J.

438 Stanley 2615 S. Adams 725 Warren 331 Missouri 1016 N. Sheridan 1230 Hayes 426 Arago 426 W. Virginia 212 Missouri 318 Thrush 120 N. University 813 W. Mell 202 Cooper 403 E. Nebraska 212 Barker 103 Monroe P.H. 1002 Seventh 124 Summit 538 Mt. Claire 431 Indiana 1512 Prospect P.H. 125 Sciota 1029 Dechman 360 Stanley 329 California 202 Pine Ave 900 Bigelow Springfield Rd. 815 Greenlawn Ave 405 Laura Ave

Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria Peoria East Peoria Peoria Peoria Elmwood

809 Russell

Pekin

E.

W. F. Charles Henry A. Martin Edward William Lester R. H. Whited Otto P. F. W. D. Irvine F H.

Joseph (Randall) Randall

Krei Fisher Thayer Naffziger Lenz Pattison Edwards Elliott Simpson Ebling Hart White Taylor Nordman Batchelder Hogate Armentrout Huisman Gauwitz Ohlman Cartwright Van Norman Staley Sanders Foberg Howeler Hurd Hill Blundell Siepert Bailey Holzapple

Jr.

Jr.

Jr.

BIRTHDATE

DOD

03/18/04 06/21/15

Jan 1986 06/24/75

06/19/12 01/15/12 10/13/12 05/21/13 03/16/04

03/04/96 12/25/01 06/20/90 11/14/95 11/06/89

UNIT

Eagle date

08/06/93

7 12 32 7 14 34 44

3/2/1922 9/12/1929 7/12/1929 9/30/1926 7/26/1929 7/12/1929 10/31/1921 8/16/1930 2/14/1930 9/14/1931 10/13/1931 9/14/1931 8/19/1930 9/6/1930 9/4/1930 8/18/1927 7/8/1927 10/4/1930 11/13/1922 8/27/1924 11/17/1931 9/14/1931 9/14/1931 9/14/1931 9/14/1931 9/14/1931

4 Jun 1896 11/18/16 02/28/15 09/27/17

11/14/62 09/19/91 01/24/08 04/17/97

6 29 4 63

5/28/1929 11/17/1931 9/14/1931 1/29/1931

09/07/14

11/14/73

8

1/9/1929

~1915 09/19/13 03/29/14 12/06/13 ~1914 ~1915 05/06/15 08/03/17 05/01/10 01/17/09

06/25/06 08/05/01 Mar 1984 06/01/69

06/14/16 08/31/03 07/11/06

03/24/95 09/28/88 10/10/89

08/02/16 04/14/13 09/24/14 03/24/13 ~1916 12/15/15

09/23/05 06/14/06 09/22/98 02/03/01

10/05/92 07/27/89 02/12/02

36 29 34 4 14 14 7 34 44 1 19 4 34 45 34 34 5

Silver Beaver 1956 Silver Beaver

1941 Silver Beaver

1942 Silver Beaver 1937 Silver Beaver

1941 Silver Beaver

Robert Dean Hart He attended Bradley University in Peoria from 1931 to 1934, received a bachelor's degree in pre-medicine from the University of Illinois in 1937 and received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in 1938. He was a World War II Army Air Forces veteran, serving as a flight surgeon from 1941 to 1945. He also served as a consulting pediatrician at Biggs Air Force Base. He also was an adjunct professor at Bradley University from 1968 to 1985, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria since 1976, director of pediatric medical education at Methodist Medical Center from 1979 to 1999 and executive vice president and head of clinical research at Wesco Inc. in East Peoria since 1996. He also served on the teaching staff at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He also was affiliated with Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Eureka Hospital in Eureka, Pekin Hospital in Pekin and St. Jude Midwest Affiliate, where he served as medical director for many years. He served as a medical adviser for Parc, Easter Seal Center and the University of Illinois Division of Services for Crippled Children. He was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Association, Downstate Illinois Pediatric Society and the Peoria Medical Society. He was affiliated with several medical and professional organizations, including being co-founder and consultant of the Premature Center at St. Francis, co-founder of the Orofacial Anomalies Clinic at Bradley University, vice president of the board of directors of the Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and medical director of Allied Agencies in Peoria. He received several honors, awards and recognitions, including a 1978 award from St. Jude Midwest Affiliate in recognition of outstanding service to the children, their families and the community for exceptional and dedicated service in the pioneering and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children; the 1983 Albert Pisani Pediatrician of the Year Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; the 1983 Outstanding Team Physician Award from the Illinois State Medical Society, Sports Medicine; and the 1985 dedication of the Robert D . Hart, M. D ., Cytogenetics Laboratory at Allied Agencies. He helped in the formation of an intensive care nursery at St. Francis in 1946 and the intensive care nurseries for districts within Illinois in 1946. He was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club since 1946 and the Illinois Valley Yacht Club since 1971. He also had been a board member of the YMCA for 15 years.

Gen Joseph Randall Holzapple US Air Force General. He served as the Commander-in-Chief of US Air Forces in Europe from 1969 to 1971. After completing high school, he attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in 1938. In December 1940 he entered the US Army Aviation Cadet Training Program and graduated in August 1941 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant and his pilot wings. He subsequently performed various flying duties at Jackson Field (now Hawkins Field), Mississippi, Wright-Patterson Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), Ohio, and Barksdale Field (now Barksdale Air Force Base), Louisiana. In September 1942, after the outbreak of the US involvement in World War II, he was sent to the European Theater of Operations where he served as operations officer and then commander of the 319th Bombardment Group, Twelfth Air Force. He flew 91 combat missions in North Africa and Europe with a total of 390 combat hours primarily in B-26 Marauder aircraft. In November 1944 the 319th Group converted to B-25 Mitchell aircraft and used them for approximately two months before the 319th returned to the US where it was reequipped with A-26 Invader aircraft. In May 1945 the 319th relocated to Okinawa where it operated until August 1945. During this period he flew eight combat missions over Japan and mainland China, totaling 33 combat hours.

Albert Siepert Jr. Albert Siepert Jr. ’36, January 24, Tucson, Arizona. An Army veteran, he was executive officer of the National Institutes of Health from 1947 to 1958. When NASA was established, he became its director of business administration from 1958 to 1963. He was then deputy director of Kennedy Space Center until 1969 when he began working at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Albert was a BU Centurion and was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1960. Siepert Hall was named in memory of his father, who had been Bradley’s dean of education and industrial arts. Albert is survived by his daughter, sister, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Albert Siepert earned a B.A. from Bradley University in 1936. Siepert began his NASA career as director of administration at NASA Headquarters in 1958. He later served as deputy director of the NASA launch operations center at Kennedy Space Center. See “Siepert, Albert F.” speech file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.