World War II

Student highlights lives of World War II GIs attending WSC

By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University honors student Claire Thornton grew up hearing stories of her grandfather, Dell, a combat medic during World War II. This year, Thornton studied the impact GIs had on Washington State College as they left the war behind and entered the halls of higher education.

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WSU has one of the three largest public collections in the U.S. of films from the RKO studio. A total of 436 feature films and 27 military documentaries from World War II were donated by the family of J. Elroy McCaw in 1982. RKO was a major filmmaker from 1928 to 1957.The films, which have […]