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Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2233. Biographical sketches of Revolutionary War soldiers with connections to Logan County, Kentucky. Compiled by Daughters of the American Revolution, Committee on Revolutionary Soldiers in Logan County, Kentucky, May Belle Morton, Chairman. Includes introductory note on land grants to soldiers after the war.

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Field Marshal Harold Alexander: A Selected And Annotated Bibliography, Bradley P. Tolppanen Apr 2010

Field Marshal Harold Alexander: A Selected And Annotated Bibliography, Bradley P. Tolppanen

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

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D. Brian Peterman: One Man’S Service In The Coast Guard, Liza Scales Apr 2010

D. Brian Peterman: One Man’S Service In The Coast Guard, Liza Scales

Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)

Contains a book proposal about the life of D. Brian Peterman, three complete chapters, and a list of proposed chapters for the completed text.

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Strategic Air Warfare And Nuclear Strategy: The Formulation Of Military Policy In The Truman Administration, 1945-1950, Patrick William Steele Apr 2010

Strategic Air Warfare And Nuclear Strategy: The Formulation Of Military Policy In The Truman Administration, 1945-1950, Patrick William Steele

Dissertations (1934 -)

This work analyzes the military decision making within the Truman administration that culminated in the purchases of aircraft and the establishment of a virtual nuclear only strategy. When Harry S. Truman became President in April 1945, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) was in the formative stage of a firebombing campaign that attempted to burn the Japanese out of the war by targeting the civilian population. Four months later, the use of nuclear bombs ushered in the atomic age and completely altered the military and political decision-making processes within the administration. Despite evidence to the contrary about the efficacy …

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The Octofoil, April/May/June 2010, Ninth Infantry Division Association Apr 2010

The Octofoil, April/May/June 2010, 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.

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Cyber This, Cyber That...So What?, Eric D. Trias, Bryan Bell Apr 2010

Cyber This, Cyber That...So What?, Eric D. Trias, Bryan Bell

Faculty Publications

This article endorses the idea that cyber operations may be conducted in all war-fighting domains: air, space, cyberspace, land, and sea. In addition, despite the immaturity of cyberspace operational doctrines, the doctrines from air and space remain relevant and applicable to the cyberspace domain. Cyber operations are just another set of tools in the commander's toolbox. Although cyber operations have distinct ways of achieving effects, from an Air Force perspective they are similar too the air and space operations that support air and space (and cyberspace) functions. Known and established cyber operations provide war fighters with viable options to kinetic …

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Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2212. Lawrence Otto Toomey's memoir titled "Duty in the Medical Corps Reserves, May 11, 1942-January 30, 1966," dealing chiefly with his service in the Pacific during World War II. Also includes a copy of his obituary.

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Interview No. 1630, James L. Hayden Mar 2010

Interview No. 1630, James L. Hayden

Combined Interviews

As a career soldier, Hayden spent the better part of his life in the Army; in this interview he recalls his experiences as a fourth-generation West Point graduate, his service both in the Army Constabulary in immediate post-World War II Germany and in Korea during the Korean War, his responsibilities at White Sands Missile Range under Wernher von Braun, and his recent volunteer work as a West Point admissions advisor. Born in 1923 in New York, Hayden was expected from birth to attend West Point; indeed, his father was an instructor there at the time. Although he applied in 1940, …

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Davis, Christopher Larry, B. 1980 (Sc 2199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Davis, Christopher Larry, B. 1980 (Sc 2199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2199. Materials related to Christopher Larry Davis's military service in Afghanistan. Includes letter suggesting supplies to be sent to him as well as printouts of online newsletters and web pages relating to the personnel and acitivties of his unit.

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Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) - Rennes, France (Mss 312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) - Rennes, France (Mss 312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 312. Guest book of the American YMCA kept at Rennes, France, February-August 1919. Includes soldiers' names, military units, home towns and remarks. Also includes a 1918 postcard showing typical YMCA "hut."

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Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Two letters, 23 and 26 July 2003, from Jeromy Lee Painter, serving in Iraq with Operation Iraqi Freedom, to Jerry and Annetta Proctor, Bowling Green. He inquires about family and friends and relates some of his experiences as well as his belief in the necessity of America's intervention in Iraq.

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Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2200. Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes e-mails, newspaper articles, and information on sending supplies to troops.

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Shuck, Robert L. (Sc 1995), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Shuck, Robert L. (Sc 1995), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1995. Photographs and e-mails related to Robert L. Shuck's tour of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Shuck, an attorney, served as Baghdad Field Office Senior Defense Counsel, defending one of the soldiers implicated in the Abu Ghraib Prison detainee abuse cases. Also includes the recommendation submitted for him to be awarded the Bronze Star.

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Padgett, Jay (Sc 1997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Padgett, Jay (Sc 1997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Materials relating to the service of Jay Padgett, a Lincoln County, Kentucky native, in the Iraq War. Includes a newsletter written by Padgett, a Louisville "Courier-Journal" profile, and e-mail correspondence.

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Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1999. Chiefly e-mail messages from Warren County native Adam Ritter to his parents while stationed in Iraq with an infantry brigade. He describes numerous military actions in which he participated, his impressions of the Iraqi people, and the devastation caused on his base by a suicide bomber.

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Jones, Rebecca (Sc 2201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Jones, Rebecca (Sc 2201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2201. Photographs relating to Jones's service in the Iraq War.

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Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2000. E-mail correspondence of Tate while serving with the Coalition Provisional Authority during the Iraq War. Tate emphasizes military life, particularly recreational activities, his interaction with Iraqis, his work with creating economic opportunities for Iraqis after the war, and Iraqi culture and conditions during the war.

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Interview No. 1622, Michael Fushille M.D. Mar 2010

Interview No. 1622, Michael Fushille M.D.

Combined Interviews

He describes the process of getting into medical school, and trying to keep his G.I. benefits. Dr. Fushille enlisted in the Navy before the war and was accepted, but was told to remain in school because they had no place for him. He eventually served on an aircraft carrier during WWII, where he faced hurricanes, fires, and kamikaze attacks by the Japanese. Dr. Fushille served in the combat information center on the carrier as a radar technician. He finished his medical exams in 1957, before returning to New Jersey to complete his internship; by this time he and his wife …

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Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2184. Materials relating to a National Public Radio interview of Patricia A. Hodges, conducted on 31 May 2004. Hodges speaks to host Neal Conan about efforts by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes Hodges’ notes, quotations from some letters and e-mails received to date, and a transcript and audio CD of the interview.

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Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes press releases, e-mails, notes, and newspaper articles.

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Taylor, Sean Ray (Sc 1996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Taylor, Sean Ray (Sc 1996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1996. E-mail correspondence from Sean Ray Taylor, written while serving in Iraq War. He writes of military life and the weather. Includes two photos of Taylor standing with a convoy and in front of Saddam Hussein's palace.

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Boyd, Randy, B. 1977 (Sc 2002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Boyd, Randy, B. 1977 (Sc 2002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

E-mail letter sent to a school from Randy Boyd, written while serving with the Army National Guard during the Iraq War. he describes his duties, the danger posed by the enemy, and his favorable impression of Iraqi civilians.

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Unger, Steven P. (Sc 2001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Unger, Steven P. (Sc 2001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2001. E-mail, dated 30 May 2004, from Unger, a chaplain serving in Iraq during the Iraq War, to “Dear Friends.” His chief topics include press coverage of the investigation related to human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison and a patriotic comment about Memorial Day.

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Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2003. A collection of items, chiefly e-mails and letters, sent from participants in the Iraq War to family and friends in the United States. The items are arranged alphabetically by the sender.

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Kristen, Kevin (Sc 1994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Kristen, Kevin (Sc 1994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1994. E-mails from Kevin Kristen, a U.S. Army soldier serving in Iraq and Kuwait during the Iraq War, to Tim Asher of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He discusses flying missions to protect convoys, Kentuckians in the war, press coverage of the war, and military life.

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Humble Family (Sc 1993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Humble Family (Sc 1993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1993. E-mail correspondence between Brian and Jason Humble, serving in the Iraq War, and their father. Brian writes introspectively of military life and his work training medical personnel, and describes a port of call in Bahrain; Jason writes of his responsibility for men under his command. Includes cruise book of Fleet Hospital 15 detailing its 1991 tour during the Persian Gulf War, and copy of a potato chip bag with "Arabic labeling.

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Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2191. Letter, 14 May 1918 from Lloyd H. Wagoner, Walbridge, Ohio, to his parents, written from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He writes of his travel to camp, his inoculation and processing for military service, and of seeing “flying machines,” probably at Wilbur Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, while en route.

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Hale, Toby Alexander, B. 1958 (Sc 1992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Hale, Toby Alexander, B. 1958 (Sc 1992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1992. E-mail correspondence between Toby Alexander Hale, a Wisconsin native, and his wife during Hale's U.S. Army service in the Iraq War. They discuss his work training Iraqi soldiers, his study of Arabic, mail delivery, his promotion, and family news. Inlcudes photos of Hale's barracks and surrounding area and biographical details on Hale and his wife.

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Ellis, Clay Hunt, B. 1977 (Sc 1991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Ellis, Clay Hunt, B. 1977 (Sc 1991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1991. Photos of Clay Hunt Ellis taken during his service with the U.S. Marines during the Iraq War. Includes e-mail correspondence from his wife, Stacy Edds-Ellis, giving background information on photos and discussing future donations.

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Over Here, Over There (Fa 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Over Here, Over There (Fa 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 480. Collection contains recorded interviews and transcriptions conducted by David Baxter and Laura Harper Lee. The interviews contain information about the war effort at home and, for those who served, their experiences with the military and their combat experiences specifically.

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