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Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1939

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Nelson W. Tobey collection

 Item
Identifier: MS-0346
Scope and Contents One typescript publication (196 pp.)"History of the 7th Field Artillery battalion, WWII" by Nelson W. Tobey, VMI Class of 1939.

O. Halsey Hill military service information

 File — Box MS0532
Scope and Contents File contains detailed account of Hill's service in North Africa and Italy during World War II, as well as original military orders, citations and other documents dating from his service (bulk 1942-1945). Includes coverage of battles in North Apennines, 1944

Recollections from the Battle of the Bulge

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0540
Scope and Contents Accounts of Battle of the Bulge participation by more than forty VMI alumni. The VMI Class designation ranges from the Class of 1921-1946.

Records of Superintendent Richard L. Irby, 1971-1981

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG-02-10-IrbyRL
Scope and Contents Records from the administration of Richard L. Irby, VMI's 10th Superintendent. Includes correspondence, reports, photographs, orders and memoranda, and other official records.

Richard L. Irby Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0509
Scope and Contents



The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda, military orders, printed material, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches, and other material primarily documenting the U.S. Army career (1939-1971) of Major General Richard L. Irby. The collection includes information about the activities of of the 1st Cavalry Division during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.