Killed in Action

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Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Killed in a P-61 crash, 2nd Lt. Loren Kane was buried in a U.S. military cemetery in the Philippines before his body was returned to Bloomington three years later for reburial.

Fallen sons repatriated after World War II

In the years following World War II, the remains of tens of thousands of American war dead retu...

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Four Burger brothers served in World War I

This past week marked the 100th anniversary of the American entry into World War I, though for ...

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Halloween 1945 followed world war’s end

World War II still loomed large over American life during the Halloween season of 1945. The sur...

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Memorial tablet honors ‘Great War’ dead

One hundred years ago today, November 11, 1918, the guns in Europe fell silent after more than ...

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Biographies

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Hogg, Harvey

The Bloomington lawyer and Civil War cavalry commander, Harvey Hogg (originally from Tennessee)...

Biography

McCullough, William

William McCullough was born on September 11, 1811 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He was the son of...

Biography

Williams, Private Gus

Augustus “Gus” Williams was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on September 22, 1892. He was the so...

Biography

Finding Aids

Archival collection finding aids (full contents of collections available on site)

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Gold Star Mothers

The Evergreen Chapter, National Gold Star Mothers, was incorporated on October 14, 1950, by the...

Finding Aid

World War II Collection

World War II erupted in September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and ended with Japan’...

Finding Aid