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164th Infantry News: December 1982, 164th Infantry Association Dec 1982

164th Infantry News: December 1982, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

December 1982 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of eight pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.


The Octofoil, November/December 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association Nov 1982

The Octofoil, November/December 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.


Forgotten Campaign: The Siege Of Suffolk, April 11 - May 4, 1863, Steven A. Cormier Oct 1982

Forgotten Campaign: The Siege Of Suffolk, April 11 - May 4, 1863, Steven A. Cormier

History Theses & Dissertations

In April 1863, the Federal garrison at Suffolk, Virginia, commanded by Major General John J. Peck, was attacked by 20,000 Confederates under Lieutenant General James Longstreet. For 22 days, Longstreet's rebels kept Peck's Federals bottled up inside Suffolk while Confederate commissary troops emptied the surrounding countryside of precious food. and forage. Peck's 25,000 Federals, most of whom had seen little previous action, and the U. S. Navy gunboats sent to protect their river flank, managed to embarrass Longstreet's veterans and prevent the garrison from being captured. Nevertheless, the Siege of Suffolk was a Confederate success. Thousands of Yankee soldiers were …


164th Infantry News: September 1982, 164th Infantry Association Sep 1982

164th Infantry News: September 1982, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

September 1982 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of eight pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.


Nuclear Warfare: Then And Now, Russell W. Maatman Sep 1982

Nuclear Warfare: Then And Now, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.


The Octofoil, August/September/October 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association Aug 1982

The Octofoil, August/September/October 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.


The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan: Its Inevitability And Its Consequences, Lawrence E. Grinter Jul 1982

The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan: Its Inevitability And Its Consequences, Lawrence E. Grinter

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Time For Sanctions Against Apartheid South Africa Is Now: Statements By H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule (Nigeria), Chairman Of The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid Jul 1982

Time For Sanctions Against Apartheid South Africa Is Now: Statements By H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule (Nigeria), Chairman Of The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, or Yusuf Maitama Sule, was a Nigerian politician from the 1950s through the 1980s. This document, published by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, collates his various statements between September 1981 and July 1982 on apartheid rule in South Africa.


Confederate Operations In Eastern Kentucky, 1861-1862, C. David Dalton Jul 1982

Confederate Operations In Eastern Kentucky, 1861-1862, C. David Dalton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As a border state, Kentucky occupied a unique position in the early days of the Civil War. Her neutral stance was observed by the belligerents for the first five months of the conflict, but in September 1861, troops entered the state. Confederate armies under the leadership of Brigadier Generals Humphrey Marshall and Feliz Zollicoffer sought to drive the Federal forces from eastern Kentucky. Through a series of skirmishes, however, the Southern armies were repelled and placed on the defensive. Later defeats at Logan’s Cross Roads and Middle Creek in early January 1862 cleared eastern Kentucky of Confederate forces. For the …


The Evening Parade A History Of The Marine Corps' Most Famous Ceremony, John H. Admire Jul 1982

The Evening Parade A History Of The Marine Corps' Most Famous Ceremony, John H. Admire

History Theses & Dissertations

Abstract unavailable.


164th Infantry News: June 1982, 164th Infantry Association Jun 1982

164th Infantry News: June 1982, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

June 1982 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of eight pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.


The Octofoil, May/June/July 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association May 1982

The Octofoil, May/June/July 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.


Ua94/6/1 Professor Franz Joseph Strahm, Arthur White Jr. Apr 1982

Ua94/6/1 Professor Franz Joseph Strahm, Arthur White Jr.

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Term paper written by Arthur White for American Music class profiling Franz Strahm, early WKU music professor. Introduction:

The School of Music was established in 1909 as part of the Normal School. The following year, 1910, is a most important year in the musical growth of Bowling Green. It was at this time that Franz Joseph Strahm was appointed Dean of this School of Music. The following year, Professor Strahm organized the Oratorio Society.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 52, Magazine, Wku Student Affairs Apr 1982

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 52, Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Magazine feature of WKU campus newspaper. This issue contains articles:

  • Pillow, Robert. A Promise to Free His Homeland – Sammuth Koam, Cambodia
  • Wright, Sharon. Janitor’s Mission is Threefold – Tommy Lancaster


164th Infantry News: March 1982, 164th Infantry Association Mar 1982

164th Infantry News: March 1982, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

March 1982 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of eight pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.


The Octofoil, March/April 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association Mar 1982

The Octofoil, March/April 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.


The Use Of Miniatures In Gaming, George W. Geib Jan 1982

The Use Of Miniatures In Gaming, George W. Geib

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The world of the miniature lies somewhere between the collector's and the historian's and owes its current popularity to the world of wargaming. But the origins of the miniature lie far from the simulation in the field of artisan crafts.


The San Patricios And The United States-Mexican War Of 1846-1848, Dennis J. Wynn Jan 1982

The San Patricios And The United States-Mexican War Of 1846-1848, Dennis J. Wynn

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


0359: West Virginia Militia 16th Regiment, Co. A, 1867, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1982

0359: West Virginia Militia 16th Regiment, Co. A, 1867, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

List of officers and men of a Mason County, West Virginia, unit.


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1982

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Garvin, Catherine. The Recognition of Anticipatory Grieving and Associated Needs of the Family of a Critically Ill Patient
  • Parks, Barbara. Energy Properties of Textiles
  • Martin, Lanna. A Historical Approach to the Understanding of Civil Disobedience
  • Atwood, Tammy. The Computer Manufacturing Industry and the Burroughs Corporation
  • Allen, Christopher. The Battle of Marathon: Athens' Magnificent Triumph
  • Martin, Lanna. Melville's Creation of Captain Vere as Pontius Pilate in Billy Budd
  • Boles, Barbara. Emerson's Uriel and the …


The Octofoil, January/February 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association Jan 1982

The Octofoil, January/February 1982, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.