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  • WWII Hero & Aggie Veteran Who Inspired The Aggie Muster Dies

    04/01/2006 5:08:22 AM PST · by texianyankee · 14 replies · 1,273+ views
    The Bryan-College Station Eagle ^ | April 1, 2006 | Eagle Staff Report
    Man Who Inspired Aggie Muster Dies A retired Army colonel who told the story of an Aggie Muster ceremony on a small island in the Philippines during World War II has died. Thomas Dooley, 92, died Sunday in Hopkinsville, Ky., following a long illness. Born in McKinney, Dooley served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, according to the Kentucky New Era newspaper. He was a member of Texas A&M University's Class of 1935. His story about Muster in 1942 on the small, rocky island of Corregidor - sent just days before the island fell to Japanese forces - spread through...