NORMAN ST. AMAND, CAPT, USMC
Norman St. Amand '59
Lucky Bag
From the 1959 Lucky Bag:
NORMAN ST. AMAND
Derry, New Hampshire
Seventh Company
Norm comes to us with a fine background having been an all state center and president of his high school class. Here at the Academy, wrestling on the Plebe and varsity teams gained for him marked attention. He also played football Plebe year. Norm was noted for his willingness to meet someone new. He was seen dragging one or two girls each weekend. After graduation he plans to go to Pensacola to begin a career in aviation. His friends will remember him for his even temper, always-present sense of humor, and ability to get along with all.
NORMAN ST. AMAND
Derry, New Hampshire
Seventh Company
Norm comes to us with a fine background having been an all state center and president of his high school class. Here at the Academy, wrestling on the Plebe and varsity teams gained for him marked attention. He also played football Plebe year. Norm was noted for his willingness to meet someone new. He was seen dragging one or two girls each weekend. After graduation he plans to go to Pensacola to begin a career in aviation. His friends will remember him for his even temper, always-present sense of humor, and ability to get along with all.
Loss
From Nashua Telegraph on May 3, 1965:
DERRY, N. H. (AP) - Two Marine Corps officers were killed Sunday when a T-28 single engine jet trainer crashed into a wooded hillside and burned just north of the Massachusetts-New Hampshire line. They were Capt. Norman St. Amand, 27, of Quantico, Va., and Capt. Redmomd R. Jensen, 32; of Chicago, both stationed at the Quantico Marine base in Virginia. Witnesses said the jet circled above Derry, then lost altitude, skimmed across Big Island Pond and flipped over. Careening upside down, it cut a 50-yard swath through tall pine trees and then struck the hillside. The bodies were identified by St. Amand's brother, Clarence of Derry, who said the two Marine captains had flown over his house moments before the crash. Col. Gardner Mills of nearby Grenier Air Force Base in Manchester said the men had flown there Saturday from Quantico, logging flying time, and were headed for Stewart Air Force Base in upstate New York. From there, they were to have returned to Quantico.
Norm is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He survived a mid-air collision and ejection on December 13, 1962.
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Redmond Jensen '57 was the other pilot lost in this crash.
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