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The Historiography Of The Allied Bombing Campaign Of Germany., Ryan Patrick Hopkins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a historiographical study concerning the strategic bombing campaign of Germany during World War II. The study questions how effective the campaign was in comparing the prewar theories to wartime practices. Secondly, it questions the morality of the bombings and how and why bombing techniques changed throughout the course of the war. Lastly, the study looks at a recent topic in the historic community, which is the question of remembrance and Germans as victims of the war.

This study concludes that the strategic bombing campaign of Germany was a success but not in the sense that prewar planners …

Sexton, Edward Vernon, 1925-2007 (Sc 1825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1825. Documents, news clippings, ephemera, and correspondence related to Edward Vernon Sexton's military service in Word War II.

Thompson, James Gaydon (Sc 1824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1824. Small notebook containing advice on military tactics and survival written by James Gaydon Thompson for a cousin, John Rye. The notebook is not dated, but Thompson mentions the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Birchett, John A., B. 1949 (Sc 1821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1821. Two 1970 letters from John A. Birchett, stationed in Vietnam, to his wife Patti in Lexington, Kentucky. He writes about his love for his wife and his desire to return home soon.

Becchetti, Paul S., Jr., B. 1939 (Mss 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 235. Letters from Paul S. Becchetti, Jr. to his parents, Paul and "Doris" Becchetti of Poughkeepsie, New York. Majority of the letters written while he was serving as a medic with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Bushnell General Military Hospital And The Community Of Brigham City, Utah During World War Ii, Andrea Kaye Carter

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Bushnell General Military Hospital was an Army World War II hospital in Brigham City, Utah from August 1942 to June 1946. It specialized in treating amputations, maxillofacial surgery, neuropsychiatric conditions, and tropical diseases. It was also one of the first hospitals to experimentally use penicillin. Bushnell was a regional facility for wounded solders from the Mountain States that provided quality medical care to patients. The community of Brigham City and the citizens of other Northern Utah communities were an integral part of the success of Bushnell. Citizens donated time, supplies, and money to support the facility and to assist in …

International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

"Terrorism" is a term that cannot be given a stable defintion. Or rather, it can, but to do so forstalls any attempt to examine the major feature of its relation to television in the contemporary world. As the central public arena for organising ways of picturing and talking about social and political life, TV plays a pivotal role in the contest between competing defintions, accounts and explanations of terrorism. Which term is used in any particular context is inextricably tied to judgemements about the legitimacy of the action in question and of the political system against which it is directed. …

Shrewsbury, Ralph Damon, 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1815. Letters from Ralph Damon Shrewsbury and his future bride, Aline Lanier, to his mother Grace Snider Shrewsbury of Caneyville, Kentucky, related to their upcoming marriage. Also, reassuring letter from Shrewsbury after he had been reported as missing in action, and news clippings related to his World War II service.

Sharp, James Willard, 1921-1975 (Sc 1814), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1814. World War II letter, 19 January 1943, from James W. Sharp, San Francisco, California to his parents in Utica, Daviess County, Kentucky; includes 1943 letters to his mother from the wives of other servicemen.

Interview With James Leary, October 18, 2008, James Leary, Sierra R. Green

Oral Histories

James Leary was interviewed on October 18, 2008, by Sierra Green about his experiences during World War II.

Course Information:

• Course Title: HIST 300: Historical Method
• Academic Term: Fall 2008
• Course Instructor: Dr. Michael J. Birkner '72

Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4^th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete listing of oral histories done from 1978 to the present. To view this list and to access selected digital versions please visit -- https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16274coll2/search

Allen, William Hugh, 1906-1990 (Sc 1687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1687. Two letters, January 1945, from William Hugh Allen in France to his brother Gillys W. Allen in Henderson, Kentucky in which he describes his participation in the Battle of the Bulge. Includes a copy of Gillys W. Allen's 1954 obituary and other family data and photos.

Read, Samuel James, 1808-1889 (Sc 1678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1678. Letter to Dr. A. S. Walker, Allen County, Kentucky, 9 November 1862, from Samuel James Read relating to military supplies during the Civil War.

Boyd Family Papers (Sc 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 53. Photostats of receipt for slaves and money to be transported to George and James Boyd in Texas, 1862; oath of allegiance, 1862; and Union military pass, Graves County, Kentucky, 1865.

Jouett, George Payne, 1813-1862 (Sc 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 52. Letters written by Jouett, Lieutenant Colonel U.S.A. to his mother, Mrs. Matthew H. Jouett, Lexington, Kentucky from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, concerning fortifications abandoned in Bowling Green and concerning family matters. Also letter, 1944, concerning the earlier letters.

Armitage, Valerius, 1827-1888 (Sc 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 51. Confederate military pass issued to Valerius Armitage at Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Mayer, Jacob Merritt, 1905-1984 (Sc 1774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1774. World War II letters from Jacob Merritt Mayer, serving as a doctor with U.S. forces in Europe, to his sister Marthanna (Mayer) Melton, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, and to his parents in Hazel, Calloway County, Kentucky.

Cash, James H. (Sc 1776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1776. Two letters, 13 & 25 September 1944, from James H. Cash, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky to Margaret Kennedy, Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly describes camp life and writes that he will soon be transferred to Ft. Benning, Georgia and hopes to visit her.

Mayer, James Andrew (Sc 1775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1775. World War II letters from James Andrew Mayer, serving as a doctor with U.S. forces in the Pacific, to his sister Marthanna (Mayer) Melton, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky and to his parents in Hazel, Calloway County, Kentucky.

164th Infantry News: October 2008, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

October 2008 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of 40 pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

The Octofoil, October/November/December 2008, 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.

Stevenson, James, 1764-1857 (Sc 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 45. Power of attorney authorization signed by James Stevenson, Logan County, Kentucky, 1857, by which his Revolutionary War pension which he was granted in 1832 is to be received by his attorney, Jonas H. Rhorer.

Lewis, Norman Victor, 1917-1999 (Mss 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and correspondence address list (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 215. This collection consists almost exclusively of letters sent from Lewis to his girlfriend and subsequent wife, Bettie Gibson (Phelps) Lewis. They include courtship letters, correspondence documenting Lewis's World War II service and military life, and letters containing information about family matters.

Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1750. Forms and correspondence related to Terah Leonard Flaherty's World War II service in the U.S. Army; his wife's Red Cross certificate; and a humorous "Confederate" army commission.

Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 172. Oral interviews, including cassette tapes and transcripts, with sixteen World War II veterans conducted by Frashure for her Honors thesis at Western Kentucky University. Also includes her completed paper titled: "Kentuckians at War: A Soldier's Perspective of World War II."

Moore, Earl Austin, 1892-1978 (Sc 1747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1747. Poem "Graduations" written by Earl Austin Moore, Western Kentucky State Teachers College faculty member, in memory of a young American pilot killed in a bomber crash.

Mabe, Cleyon, 1926-2011 (Sc 1728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1728. Letter, 27 August 1949, from Cleyon Mabe to his sister Vivian (Mabe) Bowman, Louisville, Kentucky, written during his military service in Korea.

Cole, Marshall (Sc 1726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1726. Copies of two letters from Marshall Cole, one dated 25 December 1944, written to family members while he was serving in the military during World War II. He describes his Christmas in the Philippines and his return to a base in the United States.

Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1730. Two 1969 letters from Troy Damron, serving in Vietnam, to his sister-in-law Edith Sue (Slone) Blackburn, Regina, Kentucky. Also 1991 letter from Gerald Lee Thacker, serving in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm to his great-niece Amanda Lynn Slone, Regina, Kentucky.

Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 1725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1725. Two letters sent by Malcolm Hart Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Royal Society of Arts, London, England paying dues. Also includes a pamphlet encouraging universal military training.

Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1727. Two letters to family members from Warren County native Wayne Runner, serving in the military during the Korean War. He writes about his promotion to corporal and his plans for his return home.