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Full-Text Articles in Military History
Alley, Jessie Hazel, 1920-2020 (Sc 1369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alley, Jessie Hazel, 1920-2020 (Sc 1369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1369. Letters, 1944, written to Hazel Alley, Smithland, Kentucky, by Marine Pfc. Louis E. Loper, describing a Solomon Islands battle with the Japanese in which her friend “Pete” was killed. Includes her submission of the letters (under the name Hazel Robertson) to Kentucky Explorer magazine, January 2003. Also includes two 1953 telegrams, a letter and clippings from the (Marion, Ky.) Crittenden Press relating to another friend who was killed in the Korean War.
Cohron, Emery Claude, 1894-1918 (Sc 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cohron, Emery Claude, 1894-1918 (Sc 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1241. Information related to the death of Ohio County, Kentucky native Emery C. Cohron on 29 May 1918 at the Battle of Cantigny, France. Includes related World War I printed matter.
Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1256. Military papers, service record, and letter of John Gilligan, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He joined the Army National Guard in 1939; entered the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1941, serving until 1946; and then served again in the National Guard until 1952.
Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs donated by Robert Johnston.
Spicker, Maxwell Pryse, Jr., 1920-1985 (Sc 2794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spicker, Maxwell Pryse, Jr., 1920-1985 (Sc 2794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2794. Letters of Maxwell P. Spicker, Jr., to his parents in Louisville, Kentucky, written during his U.S. Army service in World War II. He writes of his training and leisure activities at Fort Riley, Kansas, Seattle, Washington and Gainesville, Texas, and confidentially to his father of his request for an overseas assignment. Includes photographs of Spicker and fellow soldiers.
World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1250. Welcoming message, April 1918, from King George V, sent to Thomas Asbury Napier Scottsville, Kentucky. Napier’s son, Linus Pitts Napier, was among the U.S. soldiers who had arrived in Great Britain to assist the English in the war effort.
Wooton, Thomas Pryor (Sc 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wooton, Thomas Pryor (Sc 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1261. Paper, “Iceland in World War II as Experienced by Jim Wooton,” written by Thomas Wooton for a WKU history class early in the 1990s. He relates Hopkins Countian Jim Wooton’s experiences during the Depression and World War II.
Hoffman, Christopher (Sc 1269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hoffman, Christopher (Sc 1269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1269. Letters written to his mother in Tompkinsville, Kentucky by Christopher Hoffman during his service in the Persian Gulf War. He describes everyday military life away from the front lines.
Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1265. Paper, described as a report from “an average American Joe,” written by Douglas Thompson for a WKU history class. He writes about his interview with Joe Neil Blair, who recounted his experiences in the Vietnam War. Includes Blair’s service record and his Bronze Star citation.
Winfrey, Charlie Ray, 1896-1980 (Sc 2790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Winfrey, Charlie Ray, 1896-1980 (Sc 2790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2790. Materials relating to the World War I service of Charlie R. Winfrey, Esto, Russell County, Kentucky. Includes postcards to his family, service and discharge record, operations history of the 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and newspaper articles and a photo of Russell County veterans of World War I.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Soldiers From - Tennessee (Sc 1203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Soldiers From - Tennessee (Sc 1203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1203. Applications for John Dill Paschal and Elisha Paschal for the Confederate States of America Roll of Honor and an application for Will J. Harris for the United Daughters of the Confederacy Cross of Honor.
Clark, Tim (Sc 1208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Tim (Sc 1208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1208. Desert Storm letters from Tim Clark to his cousin, Rebecca Louise Spencer, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which tell of his military experiences.
Rhoton, Fred, B. 1946 (Sc 1198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rhoton, Fred, B. 1946 (Sc 1198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1198. Vietnam War letters, written by Fred Rhoton (of Clay County, Tennessee), to his aunt Ina Davis and family, Rockfield, Kentucky, describing his military experiences.
Oliver, Michael, B. 1959 (Sc 1194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oliver, Michael, B. 1959 (Sc 1194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1194. Desert Storm letters (2) from Michael Oliver to his wife Peggy Oliver, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also included is a poem by Oliver regarding his military experiences in Desert Storm and war photos (2).
Harris, Christine Louise, 1914-2011 (Sc 1200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, Christine Louise, 1914-2011 (Sc 1200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1200. World War II letters (5) written to Christine Louise Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and to the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, where Harris was secretary.
Tuttle, John William, 1838-1927 (Sc 1197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tuttle, John William, 1838-1927 (Sc 1197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1197. “History of the Third Kentucky Volunteers” written by John William Tuttle, Wayne County, Kentucky, from a diary that he kept of his Civil War experiences. Includes associated data.
Thompson, John D. (Sc 1164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, John D. (Sc 1164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1164. Desert Storm letter written by John D. Thompson to a third grade class at Ascension School in Louisville, Kentucky, describing his war service in the United Arab Emirates.
Thomas, Clifton David (Sc 1163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Clifton David (Sc 1163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Colleciton 1163. Desert Storm letters, cards, and newsletters (39) written between Clifton David Thomas and family members in Todd County and Bowling Green, Kentucky, while he served in the Persian Gulf War. Includes cassette tapes (2), of a telephone conversation between Thomas and his parents and a narrative about Thomas’ war experiences.
Wheeler, Talbot Wynn (Sc 1165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeler, Talbot Wynn (Sc 1165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1165. Desert Storm correspondence (8) between Talbot Wynn Wheeler and Lisa Day Robertson of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also included are photographs (2) of Wheeler.
Taylor, Robert (Sc 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Robert (Sc 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1162. Desert Storm letter (1) written by Robert Taylor to Robert Robbins, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, describing living conditions and news about the war effort. They were both physicians and shared an office.
White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1166. Desert Storm letters (4) written by three Grayson County servicemen to Donna White's class at Grayson County Middle School, Leitchfield, Kentucky.
Raabe, Sandra M. - Letters To (Sc 1171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Raabe, Sandra M. - Letters To (Sc 1171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1171. Desert Storm letters (8) written by four service people to Sandra M. Raabe, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also included is correspondence related to the donation of the collection to WKU.
Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Desert Storm letters (4) written by Jerome W. Taylor to his brother Joe W. Taylor of Alvaton, Kentucky. One letter gives an interesting description of a makeshift, open-air church built in the desert.
Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.
Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1144. Desert Storm letters (9) written by Timothy Keith Howell to the Snider family of Louisville and a letter from James C. Snider explaining the collection and providing information about Howell and his friends.
Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1143. Desert Storm letters (2) from Christopher Hart to Brenda Bush and family, Elizabethtown, Kentucky discussing his training in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.
Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1146. Desert Storm letters (2) and Christmas card sent to Patty Wimsatt’s first grade class at Oakland Elementary School, Oakland, Kentucky, from Guy Lindsey. Also included is letter from Wimsatt explaining the letters.
Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1154. Desert Storm letters (3) sent to Kentucky state senator Richard "Richie" Sanders, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, by servicemen.
Goldlack, Ron (Sc 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goldlack, Ron (Sc 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1137. Letters written by Ron Goldlack to his family during the Persian Gulf War.
Fledge, Chris R. (Sc 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fledge, Chris R. (Sc 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1135. Letter sent from Chris R. Fledge to Linda Lee, Louisville, Kentucky, in which he talks about his family and military life during the Persian Gulf War.