CLIFFORD T. JANZ, LT, USN

LT Clifford Janz '31 was "Patient, generous, and warmhearted, Cliff makes an ideal roommate and a good friend. One reason he takes so well to activities may be to hold as many friends as possible. It's certainly a fact that his contagious smile and humor keep him always with someone around to " talk it over with.""

On the morning of December 7, 1941, he was "sending everyone in the vicinity to shelter below the armored deck" of USS Arizona (BB 39) when she was destroyed in a series of explosions.

Cliff had spend his career at sea in various destroyers until graduate school at the Naval Academy in 1938 and 1939; he transferred to USS Arizona sometime before October 1939.

Cliff was one of twelve Naval Academy graduates killed on that ship that morning; another twelve were killed elsewhere in the attack.

He was survived by his wife, parents, and 2-month old son.

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ULMONT I. WHITEHEAD, JR., ENS, USN

Ulmont Whitehead ‘40 was a prior enlisted sailor, pride of Hartford, Connecticut, and a Naval Academy football star. 

“Years of exacting labor have failed to submerge Whitey into the drudgery of tedious detail. He dreams of the day to be when he will be able to carry out his ideas — ideas that will prove exceedingly beneficial to all those to whom they may be applied. He meets every situation with a determination and whole-heartedness that sees it successfully through to the end, realizing that to completely enjoy one's life, one must live it. Meeting each reverse with more than enough energy to turn it to victory, Whitey will soon be pushing himself to his rightful position of prominence at the top of the heap.”

Ulmont was killed on the morning of December 7th, 1941 when his ship, USS Arizona (BB 39), was destroyed at Pearl Harbor.

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