Elmer "Spike" Conzett

Elmer Andrew Conzett, 32, Dubuque, Iowa. Room 1230. Pictured here at age 18. Later became Navy lieutenant commander and war hero. Sank Japanese destroyer at Guadalcanal as dive-bomber pilot. His 1942 Scouting Squadron is pictured here (Conzett kneeling, 2nd from left). In Atlanta on one night stopover while ferrying Navy planes from Norfolk, Virginia to Long Beach, California.