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VMI Cadet. November 13, 2009
No full textVolume 103, number 11Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
Nathan DeSantis Interview
No full textMr. DeSantis joined the Merchant Marine in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout the war on various vessels carrying cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marine, retiring in 1988
Robert Fair Interview
No full textMr. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at LSU in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945
R. Marlowe Harper Interview
No full textMr. Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of the war on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron
Wilma Murray Interview
No full textWilma Murray joined the U. S. Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training she shipped overseas to England; she subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium (including the Battle of Hurtgen Forest). She ended the war in Germany where she cared for TB patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp
Minutes of the VMI Board of Visitors. May 1 & 2, 2009
No full textOfficial minutes of the governing body of the Virginia Military Institut
Minutes of the VMI Board of Visitors. August 28 & 29, 2009
No full textOfficial minutes of the governing body of the Virginia Military Institut
VMI Band at President Obama's inaugural parade, 2009
No full textThe VMI Band Company marching in President Barack Obama's inaugural parade, January 2009
Corps marching in President Obama's inaugural parade, 2009
No full textInaugural Parade, 2009 (Obama). President and Mrs. Obama viewing the VMI Corps from the reviewing stand
Walter Luikart Interview
No full textWalter Luikart joined the Merchant Marine in 1943. He served on 9 ships, including Liberty ships carrying cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel, delivering soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947