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Virginia Military Institute Archives
VMI ArchivesPreston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Business Number: 540-464-7516
archives@vmi.edu
URL: http://www.vmi.edu/archives
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions
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-?