Volunteers, veterans and President William N. LaForge will read a selection of letters written during World War II in honor of Veterans Day on Monday.<\/p>\n
The program will begin at noon in the Capps Archives & Museum building on the campus of Delta State. The public is invited to attend.<\/p>\n
Those partaking in the public Veterans Day celebration at 11 a.m. at the Bolivar County Courthouse in Cleveland are welcomed at Capps Archives following the annual tribute.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the letters to be read come from the Virginia Thompson papers,\u201d said Emily Jones, university archivist. \u201cMs. Virginia, as she was affectionately called by many, served as the secretary to President William Kethley. She would receive letters written to her and to Dr. Kethley and made sure each student soldier received a reply with a copy of the MS Delta newspaper.\u201d
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This event also marks the opening\u00a0of the archive\u2019s brand new exhibit, \u201cWorld War II: Mission VICTORY \u2013 Fighting the Air War.\u201d Co-curated by collector, George Frisbee, the exhibit features signature pieces from his private collection of Army Air Force memorabilia from World War II.<\/p>\n
One of the three components of the United States Army, the AAF administered all parts of military aviation, which had formerly been distributed among the Army Air Corps.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the end of World War II, the AAF would become virtually independent of the Army and would become totally autonomous by September of 1947 when it would be renamed the United States Air Force,\u201d added Jones.<\/p>\n
This exhibit focuses on preparing for and conducting air combat missions. Featured memorabilia includes: full soldier gear, medals of distinctions, letters from prisoners of war, navigation equipment, original aircraft nose art, training manuals and cadet yearbooks. Posters and maps outline specific flight patterns and significant events in various World War II campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe exhibit is arranged so that visitors can walk the path that so many young men and women took to become soldiers,\u201d said Jones.\u00a0\u201cFrom cadet training in Greenville, Clarksdale, Grenada and Greenwood, to live action in the air over Europe, pieces of history share personal stories.\u201d
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The program will begin at noon in the Capps Archives & Museum building. The public is invited to attend. For more information, visit www.deltastate.edu\/academics\/libraries\/university-archives-museum.<\/p>\n
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