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Eugene Bullard: World’S First Black Fighter Pilot, Larry W. Greenly
Eugene Bullard: World’S First Black Fighter Pilot, Larry W. Greenly
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
In honor of Black History Month, hear the fascinating story of Eugene Bullard the American who became the world’s first black fighter pilot in WW I. Award-winning writer and author of a new book on Bullard, Dr. Greenly will discuss how Eugene ran away to France and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. He then joined the Lafayette Flying Corps where he was trained and flew combat missions. What happened to this decorated hero later and his eventual return to the U.S will also be covered in this unique talk.
Ralph A. O'Neill, Arizona's Other Ww I Ace, Alan Roesler
Ralph A. O'Neill, Arizona's Other Ww I Ace, Alan Roesler
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
Hear the fascinating story of Ralph O'Neill, who was inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame in 2012. He flew 103 combat missions with the 147th Aero Squadron (a squadron mate of Ernest Love of Prescott); started a functional Mexican Air Force in the 1920s and the New York Rio & Buenos Aires Airline in 1929, which later merged with Pan Am.
0134: Clendenning Family Papers, 1850-1955, Marshall University Special Collections
0134: Clendenning Family Papers, 1850-1955, Marshall University Special Collections
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The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters. The first group were written by Arminda Holiday Clendenning of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, to her sister Ann Holliday Winder of Iowa, from 1850 until 1867. She writes of local and family news, life in the country, and later, as a young married woman, of her family and her husband’s business. Several letters mention travels and migrations of family and friends to the West.
The second group of letters were written by Robert Joseph Clendenning, grandson of Arminda Clendenning, to his family during the FirstWorld War. He describes his life in …
0080: Hancock-Wilson-Baise Papers, 1887-1950, Marshall University Special Collections
0080: Hancock-Wilson-Baise Papers, 1887-1950, Marshall University Special Collections
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Correspondence of Proctorville, Ohio, and Huntington, West Virginia, families, including letters written during the first and second world wars. Also receipts, newspaper clippings, grade reports, and other personal papers.
0102: Lorene Enochs Dunlap Papers, 1917-1971, Marshall University Special Collections
0102: Lorene Enochs Dunlap Papers, 1917-1971, Marshall University Special Collections
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Scrapbooks and photographs of Cabell County, West Virginia, family from near Milton; bulk of correspondence dates from the First World War and 1935-1945.
1918-11-12, Frenzers First Cruise, Charles J. Frenzer
1918-11-12, Frenzers First Cruise, Charles J. Frenzer
Charles J. Frenzer First World War poem
This poem, titled "Frenzers First Cruise," was written by Charles J. Frenzer during the First World War. Frenzer was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station Queenstown, Ireland. In this poem, Frenzer writes about his various feelings about being shipped out to Queenstown, wanting to serve in the military, wanting to fight in the frontlines, and regretting joining the U.S. Navy.