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| Vol. 18, No. 12 | Nov. 19, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 12 | Nov. 19, 1998 |
UD ROTC alumni inducted into the Hall of Heroes include (from left)
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Daniel Rogers, Col. Frank S. Pettyjohn,
Maj. Gen. George K. Hastings and Col. (Ret.) Robert V.A. Harra Sr.
This is the third year that ROTC graduates who have distinguished themselves in military or civilian pursuits have been inducted into the Hall of Heroes.
Inducted this year are
After several years in the U.S. Army Reserve, Rogers began active duty in World War II and served from the invasion of Utah Beach in Normandy through the German occupation. After his service in the Korean War, he had command assignments in the Pennsylvania National Guard until his retirement. He is still active in several military organizations. Rogers has chaired the Middle Pazton Township Planning Commission and is a member of a nonprofit organization sponsoring a river paddleboat, The Pride of the Susquehanna, frequently used for civic and charitable purposes. A philanthropist, Rogers and his wife, Barbara, established a private foundation for charitable donations, and they also presented 167 acres of forest near Harrisburg, Pa. to the YMCA for use as a park and day camp.
Harra received his commission from UD in 1940 as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps. During World War II, he was deployed to Iceland with the 25th Coast Artillery Battalion, then to England with the 47th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade, which participated in planning the invasion of France. In June 1944, the brigade arrived on Utah Beach, and Harra was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and battle stars for his service in campaigns in Normandy and northern France. Leaving active duty in 1945, Harra, a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, served in a variety of command assignments in the U.S. Army Reserve until he retired in 1970.
Pettyjohn served as company commander of the 76th Engineer Battalion in Korea in 1957-58. He received his medical degree from Hahnemann University in 1963 and later attended the U.S. Navy School of Aviation Medicine and U.S. Army Flight Surgeon School. Pettyjohn served as a flight surgeon and was cardiologist and flight surgeon for returning prisoners of war from North Vietnam in 1973, and he served in the same capacity for returning POWs from Iraq in 1991. Currently a Federal Aviation Administration aviation medical examiner and cardiology consultant, Pettyjohn also is chairperson of the Department of Emergency Medicine and professor of medicine and emergency medicine at the University of South Alabama. He continues his military career as a master flight surgeon with the Alabama Army National Guard. He has been awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit and several other military decorations.
As adjutant general for the Delaware Army and Air National Guard, Hastings is responsible for the mission readiness of all of these Delaware units. After active duty for training in 1960, he served in the Delaware Army National Guard with the 198th Artillery Battalion in a number of assignments. He also was in the transportation battalion and the signal battalion. In 1984, he returned to active duty as project officer for the National Guard Bureau and was assigned in 1986 as Army National Guard adviser to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Kansas. He received his master's degree in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1989, and was appointed assistant adjutant general for army, Delaware National Guard, in 1990. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal and others.
