James R. McIlroy ’45 was a freshman at Texas A&M when Pearl Harbor was attacked and the U.S. entered the war. He’s among the thousands of Aggies who answered the call to service.
Rudder’s experience on the battlefield was central to his success as a public servant and beloved university president, says historian and biographer Thomas Hatfield.
Texas A&M Professor of History Adam Seipp says the landings on the beaches of Nazi-occupied France were a critical moment in World War II – but not in the way many think.
Pictured above in 2016 after receiving an honor from Belgium’s Princess Astrid, William Merriweather Peña ’42 will be featured in a multimedia exhibit honoring five Aggies who served during World War II. By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture A multimedia exhibit honoring five World War II…