Ken Bruce

Attended U.K. until enlisting in Army June 1942. Was infantry platoon leader in Pacific Theater with 32d Infantry Division. Was infantry company commander in occupation of Japan with 24th Infantry Division. Attended war crimes trial of Hideki Tojo and 27 others in Tokyo, 1946. Active in 100th Reserve Division until 1954. Resigned as Captain. Returned to U.K. in 1946 and graduated in 1947 from Commerce College.

Helped organize and was second elected president of Kentucky Forest Industry Association, serving two terms.

Was on 1940 basketball team that won the district and regional tournaments but lost the first game of the state tournament.

Helped compose fight song lyrics with Jay W. Spencer and others. Army Field Artillery song was basis. We changed "caissons go rolling along" to "Generals marching along" and "field artillery" to "field of victory". Basketball was the only sport played in Fayette County schools so we "threw the ball down the floor". Jay W. put it all together and submitted it to the decision makers and it became our fight song. The words have been changed since then to include the game of football.