Beaverton High School Class of 1935

WWII: US ARMY, Staff Sergeant Arthur "Art" G. Killian, 383032013, Born: 27 May 1917, BHS 1935, Enlistment: 11 Feb 1942, Release: 16 Jan 1946, Died: 29 Apr 1992, Buried: Dale Cemetery, Gladwin County, Michigan.

Latest word from Camp Wheeler, Georgia, is that Pvt. Arthur Killian, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Killian, of Beaverton, is quarantined in the camp hospital with measles. Tough luck. Gladwin County Record 3/25/1942

Corp. Arthur Killian, former Beaverton boy who left here with the February 1st contingent of draftees, is now stationed with Battery 5, Platoon 1, Company C, Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Gladwin County Record 5/6/1942

Sergeant Art Killian, former Beaverton boy, sends us this poem for publication:

MOTHERS GOOD BOY
You say he can't stand the Army
The life is too hard, how sad
But do -you think he's any better
Than any other mother's lad!
You brought him up like a baby.
He doesn't smoke or drink is your brag
If all the others were like him
What would become of our flag.
You say, 'Let the roughnecks do the fighting
They are used to beans and stew."
I'm glad to be classed with the roughnecks
Who fight for the red, white and blue.
We go to drill in bad weather
Come in with a grin on our face
While your darling son sits in the parlor
And lets a man fight in My place.
You say his girl friend couldn't
Bear to send her sweetheart with the rest
Do you thing she will be proud of him
When she feels the Japs breath on her breast?
You're right, we do smoke and we gamble.
But we fight as our forefathers did
So, go warm the milk for his bottle
Thank God we don't need your kid.
And thank God the stars in Old Glory
Are not blurred with any such stain.
For there are ten million roughnecks
That carry red blood in their veins.
And when the war is all over
And again back home will return
V0U can think of all the roughnecks
And the job that was well done.

Mrs. Henry Killian has received word from the War Department that her son, Arthur Killian, has recently been promoted to Staff Sergeant. His Address is Staff Sergeant Arthur Killian, Company D., 136th T. D. Training Battalion, 4th Regiment T. D. RTC, North Camp Hood, Texas. Gladwin County Record 6/30/1943

Sgt. Arthur G Killian of Beaverton, has been recently promoted, and is assigned to the Taffy Destroyer Replacement Training Center at North Camp Hood Texas. Gladwin County Record 8/11/1943

Mr and Mrs Henry Killian have received word that their son T/Sgt Arthur G Killian has been
awarded the Army's Good Conduct Medal. Art is stationed with the 136th Tank Destroyer Training
Battalion, Tank Destroyer Replacement Training Center, North Camp Hood, Texas. Gladwin County Record 10/20/1943

Sgt. Arthur C. Killian, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Killian, of Beaverton, who is stationed with an Anti-Tank Division at Camp Hood, Texas, has had a splendid record in the Army. His rating sheet shows that he completed his course in the upper third of his class, possesses excellent qualities of leadership, attained an academic grade of 93.3% in all written examinations, and is an excellent instructor. Gladwin County Record 5/10/1944