Ace was rescued and trained to become a War Dog by Major Lorren Perdue; they flew missions to the Philippines in 1945 before settling in Stillwater, where Major Perdue took charge of OAMC ROTC.

Also known as Sister Scholastica, Mary Shafers was a nun in the Catholic Order of Mary Knoll. She was imprisoned in Los Banos and Santo Tomas internment camps during the war.

Ted Kern earned his undergraduate degree from OAMC before joining the Army. He served as a medical officer in the Philippines and was imprisoned by the Japanese during the war.

Dean Schedler was an Associated Press Correspondent and was captured during the Japanese invasion of Manila. His reports detailed the war for readers around the world.

William Berry, who earned a degree from OSU, had already begun private practice as a lawyer when the United States entered World War II. He enlisted, served in Naval Intelligence, was captured during the Battle for Corregidor, and earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. Berry went on to become a judge, serving three terms on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.