Those who served their country in World War II included Leonard M. Anstine, Robert J. Bone, Paul E. Boyer, Robert Bray, Edgar C. Briles, Billy Casey, Harold E. Cooper, Ray N. Daugherty, Bufford Deeds, George Elrod, E. Leon Fenner, Jr., Wavel H. Gibson, Harold A. Jay, Fred E. Lour, James R. Newberry, John F. Nye, Bryant S. Palmer, Harold L. Parsons, Gifford E. Phillips, Jack Pitney, Ernest L. Reddington, George D. Rohr, Wallace H. Shipley, Max Showalter, W. Kent Tralle, Earl R. Upson, Kenneth J. Vail, Julius Windholz, and William F. Zillner.