Mike Barrow, Linfield College Class of 1968, among those honored in McMinnville

Mike Barrow (Michael Edward Barrow), 23, Linfield College Class of 1968 grad, lost his life in 1969 during combat in the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Army.

From Prineville, Crook County, Oregon, he was among Oregonians honored March 29-31, 2024, in McMinnville

Barrow’s name and the names of other service members from Oregon who made the ultimate sacrifice have their names on the Oregon Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall which was on display outside the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville. Their names are also on ‘The Wall’ at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Roseburg Chapter 805 of the Oregon Veterans of Vietnam brought the wall to McMinnville from Roseburg in southern Oregon.

Photos/video clip by ‘Mac News ,’ 3/30/2024

About 1965 Linfield football season ....

 

1965 Linfield College football season started with loss to alumni, wins over PLU, Cal Poly SLO

:::Linfield College's 1965 season opened at home with a varsity 21-14 loss to the alumni. (Lose or win, varsity-alumni games didn't count in records.) The real season opener saw the Wildcats beat Pacific Lutheran, 17-0, Sept. 18, at night on Maxwell Field. It was Paul Durham's 100th win as Linfield football coach and the first Northwest Conference football game for PLU, which had previously been in the Evergreen Conference. Linfield QB Mike Barrow had a "brilliant performance" in the game, according to the Salem Capital Journal. On the night of Sept. 25 at Cal Poly SLO (a member of the CCAA/California Collegiate Athletic Assn.), the 'Cats won, 10-7, at Poly Stadium before 5,500 fans.  Wildcat running backs Leroy Fails and Odis Avritt had strong performances in the non-conference game.:::

'DODGING with DURHAM' sports column

By Paul Durham, McMinnville N-R/News-Register, September 1965

LINFIELD MIDGET QUARTERBACK MIKE BARROW had a great night against the Pacific Lutheran Knights Saturday completing 14 of 23 passing attempts. He threw every kind of aerial in the book, drop backs, roll outs, screens, bootlegs, shovels and pitch outs. An most of them were successful. BARROW has to be the big surprise of the Wildcat team so far this season. He stepped into the signal calling spot when TERRY DURHAM injured his right shoulder and has already shown plenty of ability to move the football.

BARROW, a junior from Prineville, letter last fall as a third stringer.

Although he claims a height of 5-10 (at least that's what he convinced publicity man GEORGE MURDOCK to put in the pressbook) BARROW quickly turned down a bet which proposed that he wasn't 5-9 in his bare feet.

BARROW does seem to be a shade taller than Linfield wingback ROGERS ISHIZU, however. ISHIZU is listed in the pressbook at 5-6.

Most of BARROW's Saturday night passes were to ISHIZU. Some wag suggested after the game that the QB could only see ISHIZU down field. To everyone else he had to throw up hill.

ISHIZU, by the way, received a rather severely battered right leg in the Lutheran tilt and is a doubtful performer against Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo Saturday night ... ISH was in the college infirmary Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for treatment of the damaged pin.

Linfielder MIKE BARROW is buried at Willamette National Cemetery

MIKE BARROW is buried at Willamette National Cemetery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/330957/michael-edward-barrow

Born 3 Jul 1945 Brownwood, Texas

Died 23 Jun 1969 (aged 23) Vietnam

Buried Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA

Plot Section S Site 3849

 

OREGON
PFC CO D 2 BN 3 INFANTRY
VIETNAM
BRONZE STAR MEDAL - PURPLE HEART

 

Photos show Mike Barrow study room in Linfield Nicholson Library and historical items

Photos show Mike Barrow study room in Linfield Nicholson Library and historical items related to Mike’s military service, death in action in Vietnam, and time as a Linfield football player

Photos by Wildcatville on 3/4/2024

Traveling Wall visits McMinnville; Mike Barrow deserves attention, too

 March 29, 2024 to the McMinnville News-Register

Appreciate the Oregon Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall is in McMinnville and to read News-Register story in the March 29, 2024, about it.

The story focuses appropriately on ‘Servicemen from Yamhill County who died in the Vietnam War.”

Mike Barrow (Linfield College Class of 1968) was not from Yamhill County. But, he lived in McMinnville while a student (and Wildcat student-athlete) at Linfield College. He grew up in Prineville, Crook County, Oregon. When he died his parents had moved to Portland. Nonetheless, Mike had Yamhill County connections. He deserves attention in the N-R.

Mike’s Army tour of duty began April 3, 1969, in Vietnam. A private first class in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, he died during combat less than three months later. His death on June 23, 1969, in Long Khanh was a "hostile ground casualty" as a result of "multiple fragmentation wounds." He was 23 years-old.

Thank you.

Vietnam memorial visits Evergreen this weekend

The News-Register staff 3/29/2024

Servicemen from Yamhill County who died in the Vietnam War will be honored on a memorial wall set up today through Sunday morning at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

Viewing of the Oregon Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall is free.

The wall, patterned after the Vietnam memorial in Washington, D.C., includes names such as Cpl. Brian Lyle Wilson of Amity, who was just 19 when he was killed by an explosive device on March 4, 1970. He was a light weapons infantry specialist in the Army’s 11th Light Infantry Brigade, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry A Company.

Another name on the wall is Sgt. Roger W. Shipley of McMinnville, who died in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, on June 6, 1968. The 24-year-old left a wife and 2-year-old son. He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park. Shipley, a sergeant in the Army, was a halftrack commander and an armor reconnaissance specialist with the  11th Armored Cavalry.

Petty Officer Third Class Robert Dale Buswell, a Navy Corpsman, also is memorialized on the wall. He was serving in Vietnam with H&S Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. He was 20 when he was killed while on a minesweeping mission on July 26, 1969. He is buried at Greencrest Memorial Park, Sheridan.

Other Yamhill County names are:

Lafayette – Pfc. William Arthur Oberg McMinnville – 1st Lt. Jon W. Layton III, Pfc. Richard E. Traster, Lance Cpl. Michael G. Turner

Newberg – Col. Edward H. Johnson, Cpl. Michael C. Kamph, Cpl. William W. Newton Jr., Spc.4 Dick E. Whitney

Sheridan – Capt. Robert W. Altus, Pfc. David M. Barrett, Spc.4 Ronnie O Bigelow

Roseburg Chapter 805 of the Oregon Veterans of Vietnam are bringing the wall to McMinnville. They will set it up Friday morning and take it down Sunday morning before returning to Southern Oregon.

An opening ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. today, Friday, at the museum. Speakers will talk about the sacrifices made by men and women during the war and how the veterans were often vilified when they returned to the U.S. Viewing the wall is a way to thank them, organizers said.

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MIKE BARROW is buried at Willamette National Cemetery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/330957/michael-edward-barrow

Born 3 Jul 1945 Brownwood, Texas

Died 23 Jun 1969 (aged 23) Vietnam

Buried Willamette National Cemetery,  Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA

Plot Section S Site 3849

OREGON

PFC CO D 2 BN 3 INFANTRY
VIETNAM
BRONZE STAR MEDAL - PURPLE HEART

WHY NAME OF 'EVERSON STREET' ON LINFIELD CAMPUS SHOULD BE CHANGED

Linfield campus’ BRUMBACK STREET — named for A. M. (Arthur Marion) Brumback, McMinnville College 1903-1905 president — was changed in 2021.

Reason for Linfield making the change is detailed in this story …
https://www.smokesignals.org/articles/2021/07/08/linfield-university-renames-street-in-honor-of-native-american-first-food

With that as precedent, EVERSON STREET, named for William Graham Everson, Linfield College 1939-1943 president, should be changed, too.

Why?

Go to his Wikipedia listing ...

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Everson

… find the “Later career” section. Read the paragraph starting with “During World War II.”

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=Source:
Story in July 8, 2021, Smoke Signals newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

https://www.smokesignals.org/articles/2021/07/08/linfield-university-renames-street-in-honor-of-native-american-first-food

After learning that a private two-block street on its campus was named after a former science professor who had stolen Native American burial artifacts, Linfield University chose to right a wrong.

In November 2020, the Board of Trustees recommended removing the name of A.M. Brumback from the campus street and creating a commission to discuss replacement names.

(Note: The story does not mention that in his career at Linfield U (then McMinnville College) Brumback was president, 1903-1903.)

=Source:
Biographical posting at Wikipedia under subhead “Later career”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Everson

During World War II, he was chairman of the Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board, which conducted hearings for non-citizen Japanese residents of Oregon who were detained as possible security risks and made determinations as to whether their detainments should continue. [19]

19 Footnote:
Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board Arrives,
The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana, Feb. 2, 1942
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-oregon-alien-enemy-hearin/25647009

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Photo taken 3/23/2024

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Some sources say the Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board led during World War II by Linfield College President William G. Everson played a:

• “role in the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, despite a lack of evidence against them.”

• “significant and often adversarial role in the incarceration of Japanese Americans and other ‘enemy aliens’ during WWII, rather than being a mere formality.”

An Associated Press story in the Jan. 6, 1942, Medford, Oregon, Mail Tribune says the board’s job was to “make recommendations when there is a question whether an alien is dangerous to public safety.”

'I have not resigned,' Linfield President told the McMinnville News-Register in 1974

Memory Lane: A look back at Yamhill County news in the Fri., March 14, 2024, issue of the McMinnville News-Register/N-R includes for "50 Years Ago," that would be 1974, the following (see clipping posted) ...

Also see ....

Gordon Carl Bjork was Linfield College president, 1968-1974. His presidency ended May 31, 1974.

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2015/07/gordon-bjorks-linfield-presidency-ended.html

Masuko Hachiya Oyama attended Linfield College and graduated from the University of Oregon

Masuko Hachiya Oyama
1927 - 2023

MASUKO OYAMA OBITUARY
(See photo)

Published by The Oregonian from Mar. 21 to Mar. 26, 2023.

Masuko Hachiya Oyama
Feb. 21, 1927 - Feb. 24, 2023

Masuko Hachiya Oyama was born Feb. 21, 1927, in Portland, Ore. She passed peacefully Feb. 24, 2023 at age 96, in Tualatin, Ore.

Masuko spent her childhood in the Portland area, attending Shattuck Elementary and briefly Lincoln High School.

In 1942, Masuko was sent to the Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho and later relocated to Salt Lake City where she graduated from East High School in 1945.

Masuko attended Linfield College and transferred to University of Oregon where she graduated with a General Social Science degree in 1949.

In June of 1951, she married Albert Akira Oyama and settled in Portland, Ore., and in 1963, moved to Lake Oswego, Ore.

Masuko and Albert had three sons, Pat (1953), Stan (1955) and Kevin (1963).

Masuko had a passion for Ikebana flower arranging, calligraphy, and most of all tennis which she played well into her 80's.

She is survived by sons, Stan (Cathy) and Kevin (Karen); five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by husband, Albert; son, Patrick; her brothers, Ted (Sumi) Hachiya, Hiram (Helen) Hachiya; and her sister, Yoshiko (Tom) Inomoto.

No funeral or memorial service will be held; remembrances to celebrate Masuko's life may be directed to the Ikoi No Kai Bento program -1333 S.E. 28th Ave., Portland, OR 97214

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Masuko Oyama Interview Segment 1 

(Note: There are a total of 12 segments)

/ Densho Digital Repository

https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-one-7-51-1/

Densho Digital Archive

Densho Visual History Collection

Title: Masuko Oyama Interview

Narrator: Masuko Oyama

Interviewer: Janet Kakishita

Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon

Date: November 10, 2013

Densho ID: denshovh-omasuko-01-0011

<Begin Segment 11>

JK: After the war, were you still in Salt Lake or did you go back and join your mom?

MO: No, I came home directly from Salt Lake.

JK: So you were like a, you had just finished your senior year?

MO: Uh-huh.

JK: And how did you get back to Portland from Salt Lake?

MO: Bus. I think a bus ride. It was all bus.

JK: And when you came back, what was your first impression of --

MO: The hotel was available for me. My brother had made it so that I would, to expect me, so the family portion of that hotel that was left for us is available. Then my sister joined me shortly after that, but my mother was left behind for some reason, I don't know.

JK: Okay, so it took your mom longer to get back.

MO: Uh-huh, yes.

JK: And when you came back to Portland, how did you reestablish yourself? What decisions did you make about the next step in your life?

MO: Well, I wanted to continue going to school, so I chose... I chose one school and I think my brother chose not to go to that school. So I don't know how I ended up at Linfield College. That was not my first choice, but it was his choice. So I went there anyway for two years. I liked it, but I decided it was too expensive, and he did, too.

JK: Okay. What were you planning on majoring in in college?

MO: That's a good question. I don't know. I didn't want to be a teacher, I know. It was just a general, just to say I graduated, I guess.

JK: Okay, so after two years of Linfield, then what did you do?

MO: I went to University of Oregon. Went to a cheaper school. [Laughs]

JK: And did you have any major there that you focused on?

MO: No, it was general.

JK: And when you finished college, what did you decide to do next?

MO: I got married.

JK: Okay, to Uncle Albert, of course. And then you started a family.

MO: Uh-huh.

JK: And he was going to medical school, right?

MO: Uh-huh.

JK: Okay, and did children come shortly after?

MO: Not too sure. I don't think we could have afforded it.

JK: Okay, and you had three boys. And how was it different, how do you think their life was different than your life? What things did you want them to have that you didn't have?

MO: You know, I can't say I didn't have anything that I didn't want. I thought that was, I think being evacuated and being shipped to the other places was a good investment for us.

JK: In what way? How did that make you...

MO: There are other people besides Portland people that's living, and the people are different in different areas. I thought the people in Salt Lake were so friendly, so hospitable, and I just love it. It just turned me into a soft person.

JK: Okay, so it helped change you and made you into a better person, and so you wanted to pass this on to your boys, the opportunity to see and meet other people, other points of view. And is there anything else that you would have as your legacy for your boys or grandchildren on your life experiences?

MO: Uh-uh, I don't think so.

JK: Okay.

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Masuko Hachiya as a Linfield College student in 1947 Linfield Oak Leaves yearbook

Linfield students Mitsue (Endow) Salador, Mary Kazuyo Wakai forced to leave Linfield during World War II

Mitsue Endow (left) and Mary Wakai as Linfield College students
in 1942 Linfield Oak Leaves yearbook.

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Linfield student Mitsue (Endow) Salador was studying to be a teacher in 1942 when she had to report to the Portland Assembly Center

Capturing Linfield’s disappearing history

Linfield Magazine Spring 2019

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2020/01/linfield-student-mitsue-endow-salador.html

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During World War II, Mary Kazuyo Wakai was one of two Linfield students forced to leave the college

Linfield Magazine Fall 2019

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2019/12/during-world-war-ii-linfield-students.html

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See "Oath administered to newly-appointed Oregon Alien Enemy Hearing Board members including Linfield President William G. Everson (as board chairman) on Jan. 5, 1942, in Portland." 

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2024/01/oath-administered-to-to-newly-appointed.html

During World War II, Everson was chairman of the Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board, which conducted hearings for non-citizen Japanese residents of Oregon who were detained as possible security risks and made determinations as to whether their detainments should continue.

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Some sources say the Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board led during World War II by Linfield College President William G. Everson played a:

• “role in the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, despite a lack of evidence against them.”
  
  
• “significant and often adversarial role in the incarceration of Japanese Americans and other ‘enemy aliens’ during WWII, rather than being a mere formality.”

An Associated Press story in the Jan. 6, 1942, Medford, Oregon, Mail Tribune says the board’s job was to “make recommendations when there is a question whether an alien is dangerous to public safety.”

Everson Street on the campus of Linfield U

Everson Street on the campus of Linfield U in McMinnville, Oregon, is named for William G. Everson, a former Linfield College president.

https://www.linfield.edu/assets/files/admission/mcminnville-campus-map.pdf