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Kentucky Army National Guard Yearbooks

Kentucky National Guard 1st Regiment History / Yearbook (1847-1915) 1st Regiment History Part 1 (PDF  2.7 MB) 1st Regiment History Part 2 (PDF 2.6 MB)

Kentucky National Guard Yearbook 1950 1950 KYNG Yearbook Part 1 (4.7 MB PDF File)  1950 KYNG Yearbook Part 2 (4.9 MB PDF File)

1956 Lexington KYNG Yearbook. (PDF 1.4 MB) Includes 138th Search Light, XXIII Corps Artillery and 640th Observation. 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 2/123rd Armor and 413th Ordnance Company. (PDF 3.1 MB)

Kentucky Army National Guard Newsletters

  • Kentucky Guardsman (1955 - 1978) Note this publication has at various times been an official department publication as the Bluegrass Guard is now and has also been a publication of the National Guard Association of Kentucky)
  • Bluegrass Guard (1980 - Present)
  • The Vidette Newsletter (PDF 467 KB) 4th Howitzer Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Kentucky Army National Guard only known copy dated 20 December 1963.

Other Kentucky Army National Guard Documents

The Prestonsburg School Bus Disaster (1958)

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.

KY Army Guardsman's information booklet provided by CW4 (R) Harold Canon. Undated. (PDF 3 MB)

Brief History of KY Army National Guard Rotary Wing Aviation History - 50th Anniversary (PDF 3 MB)

Brief History of KY Army National Guard Fixed Wing Aviation - 60th Anniversary (PDF 3.75 MB)

And the Band Played on ... 60th Anniversary History of the 202nd Army Band of the Kentucky Army National Guard
(202nd Band History 60th Anniv Pt 1 -PDF File 343K)
(202nd Band History 60th Anniv Pt 2 PDF File 2.5 MB)
(202nd Band History 60th Anniv Pt 3 PDF File 3.5 MB)

66th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet about the Harrodsburg Tankers - Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion
(Harrodsburg Tankers 66th Anniv Book PDF File 934 KB)

Brief History of the 916th Medical Ambulance Company of Middlesboro, Kentucky Army National Guard by Robert E. Roberts (PDF 2.9 MB)

KY Air National Guard Related

"Mustangs to Phantoms 1947-1977" The story of the first 30 years of the Kentucky Air National Guard 
- Mustangs to Phantoms Part 1 (PDF 5.7 MB)
Mustangs to Phantoms Part 2 (PDF 6.5 MB) 
- Mustangs to Phantoms Part 3 (PDF 7.7 MB)

A Brief History of the Kentucky Air National Guard 60th Anniversary (1.6 MB PDF File)

File-13 Second Edition by SMS Paul E. "Peter Charlie" Coyle Presented by KYANG-30, INC File 13 - Second Edition - Part 1 (PDF 4.2 MB) File 13 - Second Edition - Part 2 (PDF 4.0 MB)

Kentucky Air National Guard Newsletters

Joint / Other Information

Department of Military Affairs Annual Reports

 Technician Topics IconTechnician Topics Newsletter

thumbnail of cover of DMA Our  Flag publication "Our Flag" Flag etiquette guide printed by The Department of Military Affairs circa 1986. (PDF 912 KB)

Kentucky Veterans Bonus After Action Report 1963 (PDF 3.8 MB)

Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Bonus After Action Report 1992 (PDF 2.6 MB)

National Guard Association of Kentucky - Kentucky Guardsman Newsletter  (???? - Present)

EANGKY Logo IconEnlisted Association National Guard of Kentucky Newsletter - Citizen Soldier

Pictorial History of MG Storm's Tenure as Adjutant General
Part 1- Pages 1-54 stormbkpt1.pdf (PDF File 2.2 MB)
Part 2 - Pages 55-108 stormbkpt2.pdf (PDF File 2.6 MB)

 

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