James W. Cocke Collection, 1954-1957.

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James W. Cocke Collection, 1954-1957.

Correspondence, certificates, a faculty appoinment list, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a periodical issue, all related to the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Vanderbilt University.

33 items.

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Cocke, James W.

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James W. Cocke, a Nashville, Tenn., native, was a career military man in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was Professor of Military Science and Tactics in the Army R.O.T.C. at Vanderbilt University from 1954-1957. From the description of James W. Cocke Collection, 1954-1957. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 56781515 ...

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Vanderbilt University.

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