Sturgis and Clay KY 1956 (PDF File 1.5 MB) - In the first days of school in 1956 at Sturgis, 10 black students who were turned back by a jeering mob appealed to Gov. A.B. “Happy” Chandler who called upon the Kentucky National Guard and Kentucky State Police to keep the order outside the school. The Guard held back the crowd the next morning as nine black students entered the school. At the same time, a similar confrontation at a Clay, Ky. grade school occurred when two black students enrolled. The Kentucky National Guard was called to maintain the order outside the school.
Spectacular $200,000 Fire Razes US&PDO Building at Bowman Field 1957
Captain Thomas F. Mantell Jr, Dies While Chasing Unidentified Flying Object in Kentucky Air National Guard Aircraft (1948)
In Korea, The Shooting 623rd Became Master Bunker Builders by Colonel Arthur L. Kelly, USA (Ret)
1956 Lexington KYNG Yearbook. (PDF 1.4 MB) Includes 138th Search Light, XXIII Corps Artillery and 640th Oberservation. Note turn on comments in adobe acrobat viewer to see the names of individuals we have identified so far.
Ft Stewart Berlin Crisis Yearbook - Called to Serve Ft Stewart Salutes You! - Yearbook produced by Fort Stewart at the end of Berlin Crisis (28 Oct 61 - 2 Aug 62). Contains info & pictures of 2nd Tank 123rd Armor and 413th Ord Co. (PDF 3.1 MB)
The Kentucky National Guard in the Berlin Crisis From a draft manuscript entitled Kentucky National Guard History World War II - Berlin Crisis 1937-1962
History of the Kentucky Air National Guard by Charles W. Arrington
The Prestonsburg School Bus Disaster (1958)
The story of the first 30 years of the Kentucky Air National Guard "Mustangs to Phantoms 1947-1977"