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  • 0. Introduction Cover.jpg
  • View of the Preston and Olin Building on the campus of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical Institute (VAMC)
  • VPI Cadet Band.jpg
  • 1918 Upper Quad.jpg
  • 1. ROTC Cover.jpg
  • 1.1 Sheet music cover for the popular 1916 war preparedness song America Prepare.jpg
  • 1.2 VPI campus newspaper announcing the establishment of an ROTC unit at VPI, 7 December 1916.jpg
  • 1.3 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Infantry ROTC Company A on the Drillfield, 1918.jpg
  • 2. SATC Cover.jpg
  • 2.1 Authorization for establishment of the Students’ Army Training Corps, 1918..jpg
  • 2.2 SATC students learning mechanics, 1918.jpg
  • 2.3 SATC students on VPI Drillfield learning wireless communication, 1918.jpg
  • 2.3 SATC students behind Old McBryde Hall learning bridge construction, 1918.jpg
  • 2.4 SATC students during bayonet practice on VPI Drillfield, 1918.jpg
  • 3. Service Cover.jpg
  • 3.1 Patriotic drawing from the 1918 VPI yearbook showing soldiers saluting the American flag.jpg
  • 3.2 Photograph of Lt. John Castleman taken during his service with the 99th Aero Squadron.jpg
  • 3.3 Photograph of the officers of the 99th Aero Squadron taken in 1918.jpg
  • 3.4 Photograph of Clifford W. Hubbard who served in the 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division.jpg
  • 3.5 American doughboys walking through cleared German trenches near Bantheville Wood.jpg
  • 4. The Rock Cover.jpg
  • 4.1 Photograph showing the front of the Rock on Virginia Tech’s Upper Quad, taken on December 19, 2021.jpg
  • 4.2 Photograph of the back of the Rock on Virginia Tech’s Upper Quad showing the names of 11 alumni who died in France, taken on December 19, 2021.jpg
  • 4.3 Captain Lloyd Williams the first VPI servicemember killed in action during the First World War on June 12, 1918.jpg
  • 4.4 Lieutenant Harry Clay Williams the last VPI servicemember killed in action during the First World War on November 6, 1918.jpg
  • 4.5 Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets morning formation in front of the Rock, taken on January 25, 2021.jpg
  • 5. Race Cover.jpg
  • 5.1 Two black soldiers work alongside a white operator as they saw logs in Bains les Bains, Vosges, France. Photograph taken on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1918.jpg
  • 5.2 301st Labor Battalion unloading wheat from lighters at the port of Brest, France. Photograph taken 7 May 1918..jpg
  • 5.3 Photograph of Private George E. Morrison from Dublin, Virginia taken in May 1918..jpg
  • 5.4 Company C, 367th Regiment, 92nd Division unit photograph taken in May 1918 prior to arriving in France.png
  • 5.5 Irving Linwood Peddrew, III during his first year at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, c. 1953.jpg
  • 6. Anti-War Cover.jpg
  • 6.1 Professor J. R. Parrott standing outside his machine shop on campus, c. 1916.JPG
  • 6.2 First paragraph of Professor J. R. Parrott’s four-6.2 First page in Parrott essay explaining his opposition to American intervention in the First World War titled.jpg
  • 6.3 William H. Brown Jr. senior portrait, 1920.jpg
  • 6.4 Letter from William H. Brown Jr. mother to Joseph Eggleston, October 1918.JPG
  • 6.5 Students protesting the Vietnam War as they march behind the Rock - World War I memorial - in front of Lane Hall, c. 1967.jpg
  • 6.6 VPI students protest the Vietnam War on the Drillfield, c. 1970.jpg
  • 7. Women at VPI Cover.jpg
  • 7.1 The Woman's Land Army of America training school at the University of Virginia poster, 1918.jpg
  • 7.2 Photograph of VPI’s first female instructor Anna Campbell, c. 1920-1930.jpg
  • 7.3 VPI's first female students at their graduation in 1925.jpeg
  • 8. Enrollment Cover.jpg
  • 8.1 VPI student enrollment chart, 1914-1924.jpg
  • 8.2 Earle D. Gregory portrait, c. 1921-1923.jpg
  • 8.3 Overseas Club standing in front of the Rock c. 1921-1923.jpg
  • 9. Curriculum Cover.jpg
  • 9.1 Julian Burruss.jpg
  • 9.2 SATC students on VPI Drillfield learning wireless communication, 1918.jpg
  • 9.3 Degree programs, 1916-1917.jpg
  • 9.4 Degree programs, 1922-1923.jpg
  • 10. Military Tradition Cover.jpg
  • Rat Parade 2.jpg
  • 10.1 Life of a Rat from the 1913 VPI Bugle Yearbook.jpg
  • 11. Conclusion Cover.jpg
  • 11.1 VPI student practicing going over the top, c. 1918.jpg
  • 11.3 Virginia Tech Drillfield, c. 2019.png
  • Joshua Buckingham headshot.jpg
  • Nate Holcomb headshot.jpg
  • Jenny Nehrt headshot.jpg
  • Daniel Newcomb headshot.jpg
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How WW1 Changed Us

Title

How WW1 Changed Us

Description

Collection of exhibit images for the How WW1 Changed Us: Virginia Tech project. Image descriptions and citations can be found within the exhibit:https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/ww1changedus/

Contributor

Daniel Newcomb and Joshua Buckingham

Citation

“How WW1 Changed Us,” VPI in World War I, accessed October 23, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/items/show/671.

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