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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


164th Infantry News: March 2013, 164th Infantry Association Mar 2013

164th Infantry News: March 2013, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

March 2013 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of 64 pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.


World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 913. Three May 1994 letters, written by D-Day invasion veterans from Warren County, Kentucky in response to a request from the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Daily News for first-hand accounts of the operation. Also, photocopy of the newspaper article based on these accounts, published 5 June 1994.


United Spanish-American War Veterans Of Kentucky (Sc 911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

United Spanish-American War Veterans Of Kentucky (Sc 911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 911. Minutes of the second annual meeting of the United Spanish War Veterans of Kentucky held at Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, 5- 6 May 1925. Also, 1941 obituary of Frank L. Strange, Bowling Green, Kentucky, who was the commander of the 1925 veterans encampment.


World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 908. Letters, 1993-1994, written by Kentucky veterans or family members and submitted to Kentucky Living magazine concerning the 6 June 1944 Normandy invasion. An article based on some of these letters was published in the June 1994 issue of the magazine. The collection does not include photographs, which were returned to the letter writers, and is also missing some enclosures.


Beller, William Young, 1834-1892 (Sc 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Beller, William Young, 1834-1892 (Sc 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 889. Papers, 1881-1892 (8), of William Y. Beller, Butler County, Kentucky; his wife Rachel, 1893-1894 (3); and guardian of their son Alonzo, 1897 (1) concerning claims for a Civil War pension because of an illness contracted by Beller while serving in the war.


Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 875. Photocopies of letter, 25 November 25, and telegrams, 8 and 24 December 1945, written by William Estil Geary from Europe to his wife Genevieve in Central City, Kentucky. He relates that he soon will be returning home after being away for almost three years.


Pontius, Earl John, 1913-1980 (Mss 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Pontius, Earl John, 1913-1980 (Mss 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 425. Correspondence of Earl Pontius, on stateside military service during World War II, and his mother, Ida May (Heeter) Pontius, Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio. Pontius was stationed at Fort Thomas, Kentucky as part of a military police unit, and at Camp Ellis, Illinois, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a hospital orderly.


Fleenor, Kenneth Raymond, 1929-2010 (Mss 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Fleenor, Kenneth Raymond, 1929-2010 (Mss 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scans of prisoner of war letters, and photo (For scans and photo click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 444. Correspondence and documentation related to the military career of Kenneth Raymond Fleenor, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, whose plane was shot down near Hanoi, Vietnam in 1967. A prisoner of war (POW) for over five years, Fleenor served part of that time at the “Hanoi Hilton.” Collection contains letters written while a POW and subsequent documentation about his POW experience. Also includes photos of celebratory events held after his release in March 1973 and miscellaneous material …


Mohr, James Franklin, 1840-1897 (Sc 2676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Mohr, James Franklin, 1840-1897 (Sc 2676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2676. Letter, 24 December 1861, to his brother from James Mohr, encamped with the Union Army near the Green River fifteen miles from Mammoth Cave. He remarks on the rain and cold, the destruction by Confederates of a bridge over the river, a recent skirmish, his visit to a cave, and his expected arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the new year. Includes data on Mohr’s regiment, the Fifth U. S. Artillery, Battery H.


Emerson, James William, 1920-1978 (Sc 872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Emerson, James William, 1920-1978 (Sc 872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 872. Diary of James William Emerson, Covington, Kentucky, while he was enlisted in the United States Navy. He enlisted in 1941 and served as a machinist’s mate on the USS Stevenson. The diary dates from 1943-1944 and details his round trip journey from Cape Henry, Virginia to French Morocco. Other items include rank insignias (3), training certificate, discharge papers, newspaper clipping, biographical information, etc.


Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 665. Facsimile of letter written to Brigadier General Walter Husted Stevens by General Robert E. Lee regarding the reasons for and terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, and thanking him for his service.


Honoring Tuskegee Airmen; Past & Present, Larry Jackson Feb 2013

Honoring Tuskegee Airmen; Past & Present, Larry Jackson

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

Hear the remarkable story of the Tuskegee Airmen from several of the original airmen. They are members of the Archer –Ragsdale Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen in Phoenix and will talk about their first mission to Berlin, end with a panel discussion and take questions from the audience. These legends of aviation will make this an evening to remember!


Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting For Liberty, John M. Rudy Feb 2013

Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting For Liberty, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I got in trouble down in the District of Columbia before Christmas. I made the mistake of asking friend and fellow blogger Aaron Urbanski why I should care who Thaddeus Kosciuszko was. He went mildly ballistic. Aaron has a soft spot in his heart for the old Polish general, partially because his last name is Urbanski. I can't begrudge him that.

So the name "Kosciuszko" has been rattling violently around in my head since December. Recently it broke free. And it was because of the Civil War, Gettysburg and a Pennsylvanian general that I found out why Thaddeus Kosciuszko might …


Martin, Robert Green, 1839-1913 (Sc 834), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Martin, Robert Green, 1839-1913 (Sc 834), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 834. Photocopies of muster roll records, 1863-1865, Grand Army of the Republic reunion badge of Bailey Post Number 67, North Troy, Vermont, n.d., and photo with wife, of Robert Green Martin, Private, Company E, 52nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry.


Atkins, Andrew Ford, Jr., B. 1968 (Sc 835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Atkins, Andrew Ford, Jr., B. 1968 (Sc 835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 835. Student paper titled, “Winds of War Seen on a 1938 Trip to Europe,” written by Andrew Ford Atkins, Jr., for United States History class taught by Mary Lucas.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Hopkins, Larry Jones, 1933-2021 (Sc 832), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Hopkins, Larry Jones, 1933-2021 (Sc 832), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 832. Remarks of U.S. Representative Larry Jones Hopkins on the occasion of the christening of the submarine USS Kentucky, and accompanying cover letter.


Rethinking The Utility Of Nuclear Weapons, Ward Wilson Feb 2013

Rethinking The Utility Of Nuclear Weapons, Ward Wilson

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drone Wars: Risks And Warnings, Alan W. Dowd Feb 2013

Drone Wars: Risks And Warnings, Alan W. Dowd

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drones: What Are They Good For?, Jacquiline L. Hazelton Feb 2013

Drones: What Are They Good For?, Jacquiline L. Hazelton

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Feb 2013

From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Parameters Spring 2013, Usawc Parameters Feb 2013

Parameters Spring 2013, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drones Over Yemen: Weighing Military Benefits And Political Costs, W. Andrew Terrill Feb 2013

Drones Over Yemen: Weighing Military Benefits And Political Costs, W. Andrew Terrill

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drones: Legitimacy And Anti-Americanism, Greg Kennedy Feb 2013

Drones: Legitimacy And Anti-Americanism, Greg Kennedy

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Reaffirming The Utility Of Nuclear Weapons, Bradley A. Thayer, Thomas M. Skypek Feb 2013

Reaffirming The Utility Of Nuclear Weapons, Bradley A. Thayer, Thomas M. Skypek

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Recalibrating American Grand Strategy: Softening Us Policies Toward Iran In Order To Contain China, Samir Tata Feb 2013

Recalibrating American Grand Strategy: Softening Us Policies Toward Iran In Order To Contain China, Samir Tata

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Usawc Press Feb 2013

Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Article Index, Usawc Press Feb 2013

Article Index, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


American Landpower And Modern Us Generalship, David G. Fivecoat Feb 2013

American Landpower And Modern Us Generalship, David G. Fivecoat

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.