Tag Archives: veterans

Newly Online: James B. Tipton papers

Posted on November 10, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Newly Online, Scrapbooks, Sports, UA History, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

This year for Veterans Day, we celebrate a man who was a veteran twice over during his long career in the military. Major General James B. Tipton was a pilot and pilot instructor with the United States Army Air Forces (later … Continue reading →

Emmett Dendy WWII Air Mission Diary

Posted on July 31, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Diaries and Journals, Newly Online, World War II | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

One of our newest collections was donated by Emmett Dendy, a ball turret gunner in World War II. In the spring of 1945, he recorded 22 air missions in an Air Force Souvenir Handybook. Below is a typical entry: This … Continue reading →

WWII Letters of Capt. Sumner Danforth Davis

Posted on April 29, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Books, Small Collections, World War II | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Among our many interesting “small” collections is a book of letters from a soldier in World War II. U.S. Army Captain Sumner Danforth Davis, a doctor with the Medical Detachment of the 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th (Liberty) Division, served in … Continue reading →

Veterans Day and the World War I armistice

Posted on November 9, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: World War I | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The United States has recognized November 11 as Veterans Day since 1954. But we’ve been observing this date even longer — since 1919, in fact, when it was known as Armistice Day. November 11 marks the anniversary of the WWI … Continue reading →

Valentine J. Oldshue Papers

Posted on November 11, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, World War I | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Today is Veterans Day, a day in which we honor our military veterans. This day began in 1919 as Armistice Day, a day to commemorate the yearly anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1954, the day was … Continue reading →