A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE ALUMNI AND STUDENTS j »  
OF THE UNIVERSlTY'OF KENTUCKY i 1  
It was in June, l942 that the first contingent of University of Kentucky men, i ‘
Reserve ofhcers in the Army of the United States, bachelors of the arts and of the I I  
sciences, virile, valiant young men, marched off to war. l A ,
Previous to that time, in fact as far back as 1939, the University’s older sons,  
R.().T.C. graduates of other years and members of the Reserve Corps, had bee11 I
called up by smaller numbers for a year of active duty. , ·
Then in March, 1943 approximately’l,()00 University students, sophomores, * ·
‘ juniors and seniors in the University R.O.T.C., left the campus in a body, to be  
processed, sent to training camps, and, in many cases, quickly to be sent to the , , I
various theatres of operations overseas. y ` ·
Less than a year after Pearl Harbor, at Oran, at Casa Blanca, at Kasserine   I · ,
Pass, University sons were falling in battle; bright-faced, eager, zestful boys. who   '
_ a short time previously had been walking the old, familiar campus paths.   { .’
A ‘·‘Those were the days which tried 1nen`s souls," when casualty lists blared    
forth this nation’s losses and wrung from the hearts of men bitter, bloody tears.   - I
l·`rom the early days of the war the University recorded these losses, added gold i ‘ ·
star after gold star to her service flag, and followed her sons over the rugged    
fields of battle.   . .
Rejoicing in her nation`s victories, agonizing in her temporary setbacks,   ·  
proudly recognizing the contribution of her native sons, the University kept her _   Q
bloody record of 7,644 men and women in service, and 332 Gold Stars. if
This Alumni Memorial Issue is the result of that tabulation. lt is the Uni~ i
versity`s way of passing on to posterity the glorious record of her sons in \IVorld ,
\\’ar II. There is every possibility that somewhere along the way she has failed {
_ to record all of their valiant deeds, all of her losses, and with this in mind, Uni-  
versity officials have expressed the hope that alumni, families of Gold Star men
and friends of the University will send in any information which may be lacking V ·
now.
‘ Sadly, but proudly, then, Alma Mater publishes the roster of her Gold Star A `
I sons, dedicating her every effort to the young Kentuckians of the future, pledging
` herself to inculcate into their souls those principles for which their older brothers I,
fought and died.
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