Henry Thomason was the Valedictorian of his P.M.A. class of 1879. He was trained as a doctor and served in the US Military. In 1898, he enlisted in the Spanish American War as Major and Surgeon in the Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He served as an...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war; Pennsylvania Military College; Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
In Chapter 16 - Cadet Life 1930-1954, Moll discusses the climate at PMC during Word War II and how the ASTP, ASTRP and later Veterans students shaped the student body. Moll, C.R. (1954). A History of Pennsylvania Military College 1821-1954....
Chalmer Gatlin Kirkbride was born in 1906 near Tyrone in the Oklahoma territory to pioneer parents and grew up in Caney, Kansas. By 1930, at the age of 23, Kirkbride completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemical Engineering at the...