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Military History

2003

Kentucky

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Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2003

Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1377. World War II letters, 1942-1943 (5), written stateside and from Europe by Aspley brothers Robert Charles ("Charlie") and William Neil ("Billy") to parents and friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly discussing everyday camp life. Charlie writes one letter from a German prisoner of war camp. Includes obituaries, newspaper clippings, etc.


Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2003

Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1364. Letter, 22 February 1862, written by U.S. Army surgeon William H. Githens, Birds Point, Missouri, to his wife describing conditions, especially in Cairo, Illinois, and mentioning the activity at Forts Holt and Payne across the river in Kentucky. He includes a sketch of these fortifications.


Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2003

Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1386. World War II diary kept by Odie Floyd Rogers, Jr. (1921-1957) Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, who was a member of a flight crew that evidently was stationed in Sicily. They bombed chiefly Italian targets. Rogers completed 66 missions. Includes a 2001 letter with data on planes flown by Rogers.