Kyle Heise '25 September 4, 2024 9:29 AM updated: September 6, 2024 10:56 AM
Gerry Grogin '47, the last known living Aggie from the 1946 Corregidor Muster, is set to celebrate his 98th birthday this Sunday, Sept. 8. Grogin graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and is a member of the Houston A&M Club.
The Corregidor Musters have become a well known story among Aggies. After many of the men who observed Muster in 1942 were later killed or taken prisoner once the Philippines fell to the Japanese, Aggies stationed on the island in 1946 gathered to Muster again, this time to honor the men lost from the 1942 Muster. Complete with an improvised Aggie flag made from a bedsheet, over 128 Aggies gathered, as pictured below by James T. Danklefs '43.
Photo by James T. Danklefs '43, reprinted courtesy of The Association of Former Students
Grogin is included in the far left.
To learn more about the Corregidor Musters, please visit tx.ag/Corregidor. The interactive graphic pictured above allows users to explore the identities, class years and hometowns of the men pictured in that famous photo.