Raymond R . Schumacher Raymond Richard Schumacher ( 15 Apr 1924 Chicago - 04 Nov 1973 Oak Lawn , IL ) served in the Army Air Force during World War II , played as a fullback for the Chicago Bears after the war , and later worked as civil engineer for the City of Chicago . History . Early Life Born in Chicago , Raymond R . Schumacher attended Tilden Technical High School , studying engineering , and was awarded the Purdue Club ' s 1942 Kizer MVP Award in football . He then attended Purdue University . World War II He was first inducted February 17 , 1943 into the US Army and went to basic training in North Carolina , where his bunkmate was Charles Clark . Others in his group included Wally Kokockis ( Cicero Kid ) , Sgt . Nelphi , Sgt . ( Porky ) Thorton , Charles Clark , Jack Sather from Berkeley CA , Jimmie Spallus from Wisconsin , and Ray Shaw . All then went on to Janesville Wisconsin for flight training . Ray Schumacher later was based at : Early in his training he accepted an Argus camera as payment for a debt , and used it to take hundreds of photos of US Army training camps and around the Pacific theater , including the atomic bomb waiting on the runway on Tinian . Near the end of the war B - 29 crews did not always have exclusive use of a plane but rotated with another crew ; his plane assigned while stationed on Tinian was known to have nose art of a lady and a name , but the number is unknown . He flew in the formation over the treaty signing on the Missouri , was finally stationed in Tokyo until January 1946 , and officially released March 17 , 1946 . Final rank : First Lieutenant , Navigator , 20th AF , 313th Bomb Wing , 504th Bomb Group ( Circle - E ) . Service : 17 February 1943 - 17 March 1946 , # 02068876 Football He was All - City in Chicago and won the Kizer award in 1942 , then played one year at Purdue before enlisting in the Army Air Force and subsequently played for the Hondo Air Field team in Hondo , TX . Upon returning home , Ray played for the Akron Bears before George Halas signed both Raymond and his brother Harold to the Chicago Bears at the same time . He played in the 2 Aug 1947 College Football All - America Team vs Chicago Bears which set the record attendance ( 105 , 840 ) for American football . He went on to play two seasons as fullback before retiring with knee and other injuries . There had been some friction between Halas and Ray as well ; Ray owned a garage with his brothers , and Halas did not like his players to have " outside " jobs . Professional Life Ray spent most of the rest of his life as a civil engineer for the City of Chicago , responsible for planning on the Deep Tunnel Project and others in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago . He also owned and operated Parkview Lanes Bowling Alley with two of his brothers and a small farm in Pepin County Wisconsin . External links . Good friend to fellow 504th bomb group AAF U . S . Air Corp Service Person : Name : Rayford Harold Trammell Sr . Alternate Name : Harold Date of Birth : Oct 28 , 1921 Enlisted to Service : July 7 , 1941 Place of Birth : Hollis , OK Place of Death : Oklahoma City , OK Date of Death : May 21 , 1961 While working at Tinker Air Force Base In Midwest City Oklahoma , he also had a small Dairy Farm until his death run by himself , his sons , daughters and wife . Raymond Schumacher was mentioned at times with great kindness and dearness by Harold ' s wife and himself . Truly united for the cause of our country ' s freedom . Wife : Beatrice died November 16 , 1999 Picture donation agreeable of group in Tinian if upload link can be found .