10 20 1145 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/4297e002c2a7dd6a9d903aa555b75c02.jpg c911a31308d538e1c072b258317163b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Unknown Graduating Classes and Employees Person An individual. Last Name Cubbage First and Middle Name Benjamin Cook Hometown Pennsylvania Birth Date October 1, 1895 Birthplace Pennsylvania Death Date May 7, 1961 Place of Death Birmingham, Alabama VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? No graduating class, graduated from Penn State in 1917 and became head football coach at VPI in 1921 and served in that war until 1925. Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes, but not from VPI, graduated from Penn State. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (US Army, attached in support of the Italian Army) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Section 529, Army Ambulance Service, Italian Army Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? History of Section 529, Army Ambulance Service Taken from: The History of the Army Ambulance Service, Appendix C: Service in Italy - accessed June 15, 2018 at http://www.ourstory.info/library/2-ww1/Smucker/usaac11.html Recruited May 31 and June 1, 1917 at the Pennsylvania State College by Lt. W. J. Whitehouse, M.R.C., assisted by Dr. F. Kennedy of the College of Health Service. Fifty-five men, mostly under-graduates, were mustered in at the college Armory building on June 1, 1917. Pvt. John C. Herr took charge of the men and proceeded to the Concentration Camp, Allentown, Pa., on June 9th. As the number of men was well over the normal size of the ambulance units, they were divided into two sections, Numbers 29 and 30. They joined in the regular camp life, becoming a part of Major Metcalfe's Battalion. On August 7th, they went to the encampment at Betzwood, Pa. and hiked around Valley Forge. Some of the men took part in the movie being made by Lobin Studios. Then came the march to Oakland Park, Martin's Creek, Wind Gap and Broadhead. On the return to Camp Crane, Section 529 was released to the President of the Pennsylvania State College to assist the Military Department at the college in the instruction of the cadet regiment. Living and eating at the Athletic Association boarding house was quite a welcome change from our stalls and mess hall at the camp. Their assignment lasted from November 19, 1917 to January 10, 1918. Following came the Liberty Loan jaunt into Lancaster and Bucks County for six days. Nothing more having been heard of Section 530 we must assume their remnants came over to 529 or went into other sections and thus dissolved. The big date in the life of Section 529 was May 14, 1918, when the sections were picked for the Italian Contingent, and in the excitement 529 somehow got in the group. From then until arrival overseas and really until leaving the camp at Lido, section interests were sunk in contingent history, the preparation for work in Italy, learning some Italian and forgetting their French, the farewell to Allentown, life on the Giuseppe Verdi and the first two months on the beaches at the camp near Genoa. August 28, the Section under the command of Captain Edwin B. Lawyer, was ordered to Mantua, part in groups as guards to freight cars carrying government property. The rest of the Section drove the motor equipment north on September 6, in charge of Captain Shaffer. On October 6, the entire section moved to Casello d'Asolo for duty with the 27th Army Corps, then a part of the 8th Italian Field Army. Their work was mostly in a defensive zone along the Piave River. They evacuated to hospitals at Caerona, Posmon and Altivole. Outposts were later at Bosco on the river below Montello. During the great offensive beginning October 27, six ambulances worked with the 60th Div. with stations at Villa d'Villa, Brebano, Sedico, Landris and Ponto d'Muda. The other six ambulances were kept busy between dressing stations at Bosco, Caerona and Montebelluno, and later across the river with the 50th Div., through Col Sanmartino, Cambai, Miani and Follina. At this last point, the Section found an abandoned Austrian Hospital with 250 deserted patients which had to be evacuated to places where they could be given necessary medical attention. This followed the offensive victory at Vittorio-Veneto. After the signing of the Armistice on Nov. 4, 1918, the Section accompanied the 27th Italian Army Corps, with the Section headquarters moved to Follina. Six cars worked out of Brebano and two at Lago. On December 8, the Army Corps headquarters having been transferred to the Fourth Italian Army, moved to Belluno. Three ambulances stayed there, and the three at Lago moved with the medical detachment with which they were working to Ponte Nella Alpi. The Section received the citation of the Croce di Guerra on December 24, 1918. They continued evacuation work until ordered to Genoa where they embarked for home on the Italian Liner, Duca degli Abruzzi. The Section 529 could have been called the Section of Athletes. Beck, O'Donnell, Cubbage and Wear, all played on the famous USAAC Football Team of 1917. Adam, Jester and Wear were on the Basketball Team. The Camp Crane Heavyweight Boxing Champion was Clarence Beck. Another boxer of note was Joe Cappellino. Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Served in Italy in support of Italian Army Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Became head football coach at VPI between 1921 and 1925. he was also head basketball coach at VPI between 1923 and 1924. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cubbage, Benjamin Cook https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c0af64274d63060e4403dc7aa05216e0.jpg ee67a9aa2fb33974b568d5683b39b68a https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/962e8c4dd2e9de6556678538fb548771.jpg b7324d84a5077758698592321f3c152b https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0d407e4334f54e4fb4b01fe72c9a85c4.jpg 5f2761e4f0540874b1ed76f37aa02278 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1923 Person An individual. Last Name Ferguson First and Middle Name Forrest Ferguson Hometown Waynesboro, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1923 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Chemical Engineering Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Air Corps Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>Reported in the 1923 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bugle that Day "flew with the AEF in France and piloted a burning aeroplane for 1500 feet during descent before he was forced to give up and crash to earth. After this he was carted off to the repair station with a memorandum which contained the following entries: broken - one anckle, four ribs, nose, and numerous lacerations of the face and body."</li> <li>Served in the Army Air Service for 21 months</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day, Forrest Ferguson Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1923 Person An individual. Last Name Gish First and Middle Name Peyton Terry Hometown Bedford, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1932 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Horticulture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Signal Corps Additional Notes Previously was a student at Randolph-Macon College Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Williams First and Middle Name Kile Clayton Nicknames or Other Names "Casey" Hometown Pembroke, Virginia County and/or State Giles County, Virginia Birth Date January 25, 1900 Birthplace Pembroke, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes - completed one year at Emory and Henry before coming to VPI in 1918 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army - Students Army Training Corps (SATC) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? VPI Student's Army Training Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered SATC on October 18 and left on December 7, 1918 when SATC was disbanded. Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Continued as student at VPI until graduation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Copley First and Middle Name Thomas Leigh Nicknames or Other Names "Copley" Hometown South Hill, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agronomy Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes - came to VPI in 1919 after a year at Randoph Macon Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army - Students Army Training Corps (SATC) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Randolph Macon Students Army Training Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Charlton First and Middle Name Royce Elmo Nicknames or Other Names "Charlton" Hometown Dillwyn, Virginia Birth Date May 1899 Birthplace Dillwyn, Virginia Parents John J. Charlton and S. Lavinis Anderson VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agronomy Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes - started at Richmond College and then came to VPI in 1919 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army - Students Army Training Corps (SATC) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Richmond College Students Army Training Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Left Richmond College in 1919 and came to VPI. Occupation Became a farmer after graduating. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Malone First and Middle Name Charles Daniel Nicknames or Other Names "Irish" Hometown Peteresburg, Virginia Birthplace Petersburg, Virginia Parents W. G. Malone and L.. C. Webb VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Industrial Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army - Students Army Training Corps (SATC) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? VPI Students Army Training Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Smithers First and Middle Name Marion Wilkins Hometown Richmond, Virginia County and/or State Virginia Birth Date March, 23, 1900 Birthplace Richmond, Virginia Parents John W. Smithers and Mary Bowels Smithers VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army - in the VPI Students Army Training Corps (SATC) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company C, VPI Student's Army Training Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered Student's Army Training Corps at Christiansburg, Virginia on October 22, 1918 and left when SATC was disbanded on December 7, 1918 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Smithers remained at VPI after the war ended, graduating in 1922. He said of the SATC that it "could have been more suitably named 'Stuck At The College." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smithers, Marion Wilkins questionnaire https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/df0f4a6912ec84ee2a9be25b00012799.jpg ed04eba829752d3290fb0096df51d3cd https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0a2bcdec5d62a30031219ad84157388b.jpg a583823e1a207a08d03dd07be1586093 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Begg First and Middle Name Robert Burns Haldane VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Engineers Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered military training at Camp Lee, Virginia in May 1917 Bibliography <ul> <li>Photograph of Officers of Engineering Department outside of Golden House, London (Begg is the 5th man from the left) from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86698847 <ul> <li> <table class="table table-condensed"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="text-right">National Archives Identifier:</td> <td>86698847</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-right">Local Identifier:</td> <td>111-SC-46336</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-right">Creator(s):</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10459659">Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. ca. 1974-5/15/1984</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Begg, Robert Burns Haldane Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Beverley First and Middle Name E. P. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Fentress First and Middle Name George Linwood VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company D, 314th Infantry, 79th Division but then transferred to Company M, First Pioneer Infantry according to his Military Service Record. By the time Fentress left service he may have been serving in Company D, First Pioneer Infantry as this is the Company listed on his headstone in Arlington National Cemetery. Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Began as a student officer and then promoted to 1st Lieutenant on November 22, 1917 Hometown Princess Anne County, Virginia County and/or State Princess Anne County, Virginia Birth Date June 29, 1880 Parents George W . and Sarah Naomi Duncan Spouse(s) Elizabeth Howard of Norfolk, Virginia (married on June 19, 1902) Children R. Woods Fentress (Born April 30, 1903) Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes (obtained a B.S.) and then an M.S. Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? First went into action in August 1918 in Serges, France and participated in the following offensives: <ul> <li>Marne-Aisne</li> <li>Aisne-Oise</li> <li>Meuse-Argonne</li> </ul> Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? <ul> <li>Marne-Aisne</li> <li>Aisne-Oise</li> <li>Meuse-Argonne</li> </ul> Occupation Became a Special Agent for Pan American Life Insurance Company after the war Biographical Text Among the more than 640,000 men who served in the AEF Services of Supply during the First World War was one VPI man – 1LT George L. Fentress. Fentress, graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1899 and when he entered the service in August 1917 he left behind a family of five children (with an additional sixth child which would be born just two months before he departed for France). Fentress originally served in the 314th Infantry, 79th Division. However, due to the need for officers in logistics units, Fentress was transferred to M Company, First Pioneer Infantry (under the Services of Supply) before departing for France. Fentress did not leave behind a detailed account of his service. On his Military Service Record he provided basic information about the units he served with and indicated that he participated in engagements at “Marne-Aisne, Aisne-Oise, and Meuse-Argonne.” However, we can piece together some of his experiences in the war through learning more about M Company’s service. Much of Fentress’ service in the three months after M Company arrived in France in July 1918 consisted of clearing, repairing, maintaining, and building roads near the front line which were key to operational movement and supply. For the last three weeks of the war, however, from October 21 through the armistice, M Company was assigned to burial detail and attached to the 4th, 5th, 32nd, 80th, 90th Divisions. This work was not without dangers as burial details were often close to the front line and under constant threat of artillery bombardment, gas, and direct enemy fire. As the First Pioneer historian wrote, during M Company’s time on burial detail they were “subject to heavy fire at times, losing two men killed and seventeen wounded and the mental strain incident to work was one of the severest kind.” This was one of the highest company casualty rates in the First Pioneer Infantry. As a unit chaplain for the First Pioneers described of M Company’s work, they “worked four solid weeks digging great trenches in which to lay away comrades in arms. Truck load after truck load of broken bodies, severed heads, lost arms and torn legs were laid away by these same men. Men lost their minds and officers had nervous prostration as a result of the terrible strain.” In his Military Service Record, Fentress left no details about his experiences in the service. When he returned to America and left the service, Fentress resumed family life and found work as an insurance agent with Pan American Life Insurance. Tough George Fentress returned to his life, what he saw and experienced in France would have remained with him forever. Death Date 1949 Place of Death Buried in Arlington National Cemetery Bibliography <ul> <li>Chester W. Davis, The First Pioneer Infantry, U.S.A., 1919, accessed on Hathi Trust at <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0zp45x5g">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0zp45x5g</a></li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fentress, George Linwood Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Hubbard First and Middle Name Archibald Blair VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Ordnance Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Lieutenant Colonel Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hubbard, Archibald Blair Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Hutchinson First and Middle Name George W. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Ordnance Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hutchinson, George W. https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/54f9eaa320b231859226ff958c38b631.jpg 237808f34667bb2de49d5cee96414651 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Jones First and Middle Name William Catesby VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 (or 1900) Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? <ul> <li>Virginia National Guard</li> <li>Gas Dispense Service</li> </ul> Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Rorebeck First and Middle Name Curtis Grant VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Coast Artillery) Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Major Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rorebeck, Curtis Grant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Weisinger First and Middle Name Kendall VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Personnel Division Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weisinger, Kendall Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Miller First and Middle Name Stephen Alexander VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Battery E, 54th Coastal Artillery Corps, Army Artillery Headquarters Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant Birth Date 4 May 1895 Birthplace Charlotte, North Carolina Death Date 12 June 1935 Place of Death Charlotte, North Carolina Parents George Lawrence Miller and Annie Lea Blair Spouse(s) Laura Carroll Stew Nelson Children Marienne Miller Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but did attend VPI during the 1912-1913 school year. 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Bibliography <ul> <li><a href="https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/62834e04-4638-49b8-ae9a-9baa914ad090" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Bugle, 1913 yearbook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia), pg. 122.</a></li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miller, Stephen Alexander https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/eaa5c7967ccad592f1c26a2a8907c3c2.jpg fe95149f69be493052783b0038389f1a https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c4c61f3342c0611c2a7d318fe5985516.jpg aaeef651ac2d6caad37d3fe851a20c2d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Lucas First and Middle Name Ford Kawood Hometown Radford, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Ensign Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lucas, Ford Kawood https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/956d80c5dbeb9f368e8bb1a15e55082d.jpg ad3ae657d60b3e160730a6d9c663390c https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/b347304749e17ea793805ca5c7998d3e.jpg 1c145616abb84149878a9c20281d75a6 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/d910d9c683871f2d7425a4d3db0e0fca.jpg 279a7f16f86e66ed7df45d41fe2fb1ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1914 Person An individual. Last Name Irvine First and Middle Name William Harris VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1914 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 7th Infantry Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 1st Lieutenant Hometown Greenville, South Carolina Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Irvine, William Harris https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/944986bdd72d318e5c90c189eb58edde.jpg b89e3bcabd913eead319f422a71c3e61 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/be5cab859ed2f62a33979f2b52df4ec1.jpg deb7e5afd283fd1fa84faac0725b3b7f https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c0b454ea5658771b62bf5e16208c2dff.jpg 42142b94431abd32001d228de556a0c6 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/b19d76ec4dee630a15cc633d01ddca95.jpg b27ddbccda75c28220d85e8da8de36ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Moore First and Middle Name Robert Catchings Nicknames or Other Names Rob Hometown East Falls Church, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922, however Moore was originally a member of the class of 1920 until he left VPI in 1917 in order to join the Marines. Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Horticulture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? United States Marine Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company C, 5th Machine Gun Battalion (5th Marine Brigade), 2nd Division Additional Notes Robert Moore's scrapbook he kept during his years in school is held in Virginia Tech's Special Collections archives. Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Left France to return to the United States on the U.S.S. Siboney Birth Date 1898 Spouse(s) Anna Lee Hawkins (married on 13 Dec 1924 in Montgomery County, VA) Death Date 31 Aug 1988 (living at 1007 South Main Street, Blacksburg, VA at the time of death), he is buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg Children Robert C. Moore Jr. (born 23 Aug 1925 in Blacksburg VA, died on 11 Mar 1981) and Noble L. Moore Parents Noble Moore (father) and Josephine C. Smith (mother maiden name) Occupation After graduation he served as a professor of horticulture at VPI until his retirement Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Moore, Robert Catchings