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Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1346. Chiefly letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough, Jr., to his Bowling Green, Kentucky parents, while serving in the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army in California and Japan. Also associated family data.
Thurman, Lindsey B. (Sc 1507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thurman, Lindsey B. (Sc 1507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1507. WKU honors thesis written by Thurman and entitled "A Boy from Decatur: A Posthumous Memoir." Using letters sent by Ernest C. Robertson to his family in Russell County, Kentucky, the author discusses how one young man's military service and his eventual death during the Korean War affected his family. Includes typescripts of several of the letters.
Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding Aid only for Manuscript Collection 173. Correspondence between Donald Porter and Janice Insko, his future wife, during and just after the Korean War, while Don was serving in a medical support division in Germany and she was a student at Western. Letters concern military life abroad and the everyday life of a student at Western Kentucky State College.
Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 163. Correspondence, clippings, oral interview, personnel records, etc. related to the military career of New Jersey native, Martin B. Schenck, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Helena and on submarines and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He later served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.