August 17, 2016

During World War II, 137 Drexel students die in service to the country, starting with George Nannos ’39, an ensign in the Naval air force who dies in a plane crash in Hawaii on Feb. 17, 1942. The first Dragon to die in combat is Harvey Dalton Johnson, a member of the Army air force and a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, on Nov. 22, 1942.