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tutwiler diary opener and art from 'The Bugle'

Lovesick in Blacksburg

Olivia Tutwiler had her pick of the 1919 crop of VPI boys. The baddest of the bad boys there stole her heart. Could she win his?

archivist Mary King with deck log book and hand drawn cartoon

December 31, 2020 Military

U.S. Naval ships. Appalachia. And a New Year’s tradition.

While the main elements in deck logs are operational and administrative, the Navy has a tradition of incorporating poems into them for the entry to start a new year.

September 30, 2020 Love and romance / Military / Virginia / WWII

She carried his handkerchief with her for over 50 years

She said her husband understood from before they married that Earl was her first love and would always be in her heart.

July 30, 2020 Diaries / Educators/teachers / Letters / Love and romance / Military / Tennessee / WWII

Art & Dotty, a love story in letters

These ‘Greatest Generation’ letters are windows into what it means to be human, in love, and dedicated to making the world a better place.

Ruby Bradley's military decorations framed

November 23, 2018 Military / Nurses / West Virginia / WWII

Hometown wisdom in time of war

Colonel Ruby Bradley was the US Army’s most highly decorated nurse. She was born in Spencer, WV, and became an Army nurse in 1934.

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