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Institute Report. August 2008
No full textA publication of the VMI Office of Communications and Marketing containing news and events information. Volume XXXVI, Number
VMI Cadet. February 22, 2008
No full textVolume 101, number 20Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
VMI Cadet. April 4, 2008
No full textVolume 101, number 24Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
VMI Cadet. October 10, 2008
No full textVolume 102, number 6Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
Guy B. Burnette Interview
No full textGuy Burnette was born in North Carolina in 1921 and was drafted in 1942. After training his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan he was sent there for occupation duty. Following the war he returned to North Carolina, where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker
Charles Dailey Interview
No full textCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A "Otter" and the twin-engine U-8D
Terry Davis Interview
No full textTerry Davis was commissioned in the U. S. Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, TX in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969-June 1970. Davis was a Forward Observer attached to an Infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the "corridors" to Saigon; he also participated in the invasion of Cambodia
Jared Smith Interview
No full textLT Jared Smith received a B. S. in Electrical Engineering and commissioned in the U. S. Navy through OCS. After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland. He was subsequently assigned to VMI's Naval ROTC unit (Dec. 2006-Feb. 2009)
Robert Moberg Interview
No full textMr. Moberg joined the Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when the war ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces
Valerie Overstreet Interview
No full textCDR Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. CDR Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. She is currently only the second female CO in the history of U. S. Navy combat aviation