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Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1262. Paper, “The Fairy Belle,” written by Melissa Ebelhar for a WKU history class. She discusses the service of her grandfather, Lucian D. Keller, Owensboro, Kentucky, as a waist gunner in the 392nd Air Force Division in Europe during World War II.
Hunter, Hugh B., 1922-2000 (Sc 1281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter, Hugh B., 1922-2000 (Sc 1281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1281. Diary kept by Hugh B. Hunter, a native of Jefferson County, Kentucky, during his service as a B-17 bomber pilot, 8th Air Force, during World War II. Stationed in Great Britain, the 8th Air Force conducted air raids into Germany and humanitarian missions into the Netherlands.
Collins, Stanley E. (Sc 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Stanley E. (Sc 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1237. Letter written to Betty Jane Gorin, Campbellsville, Kentucky, by Stanley E. Collins, a former student. Gorin’s students wrote to Collins and his fellow soldiers, who were serving in Desert Storm. Collins is very descriptive in writing of his military activities.
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.
Houchin, Roy Franklin, Ii, B. 1954 (Sc 1602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchin, Roy Franklin, Ii, B. 1954 (Sc 1602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1602. Typescripts of interviews conducted by Roy Franklin Houchin, II with: Joe Richardson regarding early aviation and the aerospace industry, Douglas Campbell regarding his World War I aerial combat experience, and Bob Ford regarding World War I military uniforms. Includes Houchin family information.
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1400. Letters, 1965-1968, written by U.S. Air Force pilot Jerry Wayne Blankenship to his parents Vestal and Verda Blankenship of Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes military life stateside as well as his Vietnamese experiences. Includes photos of Blankenship.
Smithey, Talmadge A. (Sc 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smithey, Talmadge A. (Sc 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 1410. Paper entitled "Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Japan and the Philippines" written by Talmadge A. Smithey for a class at the University of South Carolina. Smithey was a prisoner of war from April 18, 1941 until August 15, 1945.