Archival Adventures: Veteran's Day - Earle D. Gregory
Archival Adventures: Veteran's Day - Earle D. Gregory
It's time for an adventure! With Veteran’s Day on Friday, today’s Archival Adventures will celebrate one of Virginia Tech’s veterans: Earle D. Gregory. On October 8, 1918, Gregory's unit was committed to battle at Bois-de-Consenvoye, north of Verdun, France during the outset of the United States involvement in World War I. On his first day of battle, Sergeant Gregory's unit was halted by incessant machine gun fire by German forces. Gregory abandoned his position and charged the machine gun, destroying it with a mortar round along with single-handedly capturing a howitzer and 22 German prisoners. His actions and overall valiance earned Gregory the Congressional Medal of Honor, the only Virginian to be awarded the Medal during World War I.
Learn more before the stream and see what’s in the collection here: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1270.xml
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- Date:
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Show more dates
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
- Audience:
- Advanced Alumni Beginners Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Postdoc Public Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
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