Lt. "Butch" Wertman, Now Army Pilot, Wants Nothing More Than "Crack At Japs" Lt. Burdette Wertman, former, University of Nebraska football player, was in Lincoln Wednesday. And take it from "Butch"that's the monicker Husker teammates knew him by-there's nothing quite like being in the service for Uncle Sam. "Butch" is a second lieutenant in the army air corps and is stationed at Bridge port, Conn. He flies a P-40 type of plane which is part of a pursuit flying patrol. The patrol's c hi duty is to intercept any unidentified aircraft in the New York City area, which is self. Patrol Little has since he has east, "except dent goes to his we do flying LT. WERTMAN no mean job in it- 11 Hyde Park. happened of note been stationed in the that when the presiHyde Park home, patrol duty over his home," Wertman explained. Of his graduating class of 48 from Ellington field, nine others with Wertman went ConnectiThe other were sent to Palm Beach, Fla., and a month later transferred to Australia. "Butch" and his flying buddies at Bridgeport have an unquenchable urge to be transferred to the land "down under" and see action. "There's nothing I'd like better than to get just one crack at those Japs," Wertman avers. Former Husker. The ex-Husker will be in Nebraska for another week before returning to the Atlantic coast. While here he is spending much time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wertman at David City. He played his last season of football for the Huskers in the '40 season and entered the service with the Nebraska national guard immediately after the Rose Bowl game January 1, 1941. Wertman says he hasn't run into many Nebraskans while on duty, but as soon as "Biff" Jones, former N. U. coach, was moved to West Point, last winter, he traveled to the academy and had a fine chat with the Major.