VMI alumni recollections from the Battle of the Bulge, MS.0540

Virginia Military Institute Archives

VMI Archives
Preston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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Preferred Citation

Battle of the Bulge Recollections, MS 0540, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, VA

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the accounts of the Battle of the Bulge participation by more than forty VMI alumni. The VMI Class designation ranges from the 1921 to 1946. These accounts were solicited by Robert W. Wentz (VMI Class of 1954) in 1989 to 1990 and formed the basis of an article that was published in the VMI Alumni Review (Summer 1990, Page 14).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945)
Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1921
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1926
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1927
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1928
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1931
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1932
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1933
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1934
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1935
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1935
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1936
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1937
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1938
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1939
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1940
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1941
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1942
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1943
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1944
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1945
Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1946
Wentz, Robert W.
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Europe
World War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Adams, Gordon B.
Anderson, James A., Jr. (James Aylor)
Bostwick, William C. (William Cowan)
Boyer, Donald P., Jr. (Donald Palmer)
Brand, William F., Jr. (William Fitzgerald)
Brownley, Claud P., III (Claud Peterson)
Carr, Douglas W. (Douglas Willits), 1917-?
Charrington, A. M. Randolph, Jr. (Arthur Mowbray Randolph)
Chewning, Charles C. (Charles Carpenter)
Cranford, James R. (James Reed)
Culpepper, Fred C., Jr. (Fred Carroll)
Deaderick, Robert H. (Robert Hardin)
Esser, Jefferson R. C. (Jefferson Randolph Cary)
Fosque, George P. (George Peek), 1917-?
Foust, Glenn T., Jr. (Glenn Taylor), 1917-?
Grant, Joseph H., Jr. (Joseph Hamilton)
Gray, Thomas W. (Thomas Woodrow), 1916-?
Hunter, Charles M. (Charles Morris)
Ingles, John S. (John Stephen)
Johnson, J. Pegram, Jr. (John Pegram), 1918-?
Knapp, Jasper W., Jr. (Jasper Wilson), 1900-1960
Manning, Robert J. (Robert Jack), 1910-?
Nunn, Arthur B., Jr. (Arthur Bayne)
Patton, John M. (John Mercer), 1921-?
Pettit, Overton B. (Overton Baker)
Powell, Eliot P. Y. (Eliot Pierre Y.)
Ransone, Toler E. (Toler Everette)
Rice, Pete, Jr.
Sheffield, John W. (John West), 1906-?
Sinclair, Richard B. (Richard Bain), 1908-1996
Smiley, John W. (John Watson), 1906-?
Smith, Millard G., Jr.
Smith, Otis D. (Otis David), 1913-1992
Smith, Sydney S., Jr. (Sydney Strother), 1913-?
Tobey, Nelson W. (Nelson Whitney), 1916-2009
Tompkins, George J., Jr. (George Johnson)
Traver, Richard E. (Richard Edward)
Trice, Ezra B. (Ezra Bouchelle)
Tucker, John R., Jr. (John Randolph), 1914-?
Tyson, Robert N. (Robert Nabors), 1911-?
Wentz, Robert W.
Whitmore, Stanley E. (Stanley Edwin), 1912-?
Wilhelm, Walter L. R., Jr.
Willoughby, Charles W. (Charles William), 1915-?