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Roessing, pictured at age 17, poses for a portrait in his ROTC uniform.  He was likely part of the ROTC at his high school or at West Virginia University, where he studied until 1935.  He transferred to West Virginia Wesleyan in 1935 and graduated in 1937.

1. Charles Roessing in ROTC Uniform, Charleston, W. Va.

2. Pershing Rifles, West Virginia University

Cadets carrying a folded flag walk on the football field.

3. Arnold Air Society and Angel Flight Flag Ceremony prior to a Football Game, West Virginia University

4. ROTC Drill with Sponsors on Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

WVU R.O.T.C. drill with sponsors in Old Mountaineer Field (where current B&E building stands).

5. ROTC Ceremony on Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

6. ROTC Dinner, West Virginia University

7. ROTC Exercise in front of Wise Library, West Virginia University

8. ROTC Cadets Run the Aisles of Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

Cadets in uniform assemble in Mountaineer Field.

9. ROTC Exercise on Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

Military training at the University during World War II was under the Army Specialized Training Program.

10. ROTC Exercise on Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

11. ROTC Member at Training Camp, West Virginia University

12. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

13. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

14. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

15. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

16. ROTC Member Standing on a Water Tower, West Virginia University

17. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

WVU Band on old athletic field, and Women's Hall in the background. This location is now where the parking garage is located. '1st row left to right: 1. Director Walter Mestrezat, 3. Jane Green, 6. William (Ray) Broderick, and 14. Bernard McGregor. 2nd row left to right: 22. Edward Eilaud, and 23. Mack Allison. 5th row left to right: 47. Harold Case'

18. West Virginia University's R.O.T.C. Band, Morgantown, W. Va.

Engineering Building is in the background of this photo. This is now the location of the Parking Garage by the Mountainlair.

19. Corps of Cadets Band on the Old Athletic Field, West Virginia University

'Left to right, beginning first standing,1. Drum Major, 3. Cal Jacobson, and 6. Paretto Mascioli(?) 2nd row left to right: 10. Samuel Clark(?)14. Walter Mestrezat, Director, and 20. Cal Harry Shelton. 3rd row left to right: Robert Bayles, 24. Junior Macintire, 26. William Broderick, 27. Bernard McGregor and 29. Nathan Hall. 4th row left to right: Wilson Poole Shartidge, and 36. William Barker. 6th row left to right: 49. John Cole, and 50. Walter Cole.'

20. West Virginia University's R.O.T.C Band

21. ROTC Cadet Staff, West Virginia University

22. ROTC Band and Cadets on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Group of young men in dress army uniforms, probably West Virginia University students, posing outside a university building. Two of the soldiers have Greek symbols printed in ink on their left shoulder.

23. Unidentified Military Unit at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

Group portrait of young men in uniform, probably West Virginia University students, posing in front of a university building. The doors of the building are labeled with "WV 25" and "WV 30".  Several students have Greek symbols written in ink on their left shoulder.

24. Unidentified Military Unit at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

Sign reads, '[unreadable] Spears, Principal. Make the Red & Black, Black & Blue, Get 'em team, we're for U.  AB School House. Dr. A. J. Hare, Teacher.  Are we slackers" No. You're Wrong.  ABs are backers, 100% strong.'

25. ROTC Cadets Parade down High Street, West Virginia University

General Dwight D. Eisenhower passes in review of the West Virginia University ROTC units, on campus.

26. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

WVU ROTC Honor Guard in formal uniform with gloves pose in Mountaineer Field on November 15, 1952 on a Game Day against V.P.I.

27. ROTC Honor Guard at WVU vs V.P.I. Football Game, West Virginia University

Members of Pershing Rifle Drill Team march: S. Schmidt, T. Bortner, V. Alvis, J. Patton, R. Ferrell, B. Hathaway, R. Miller, F. Aurenty.

28. ROTC Pershing Rifles Drill Team , West Virginia University

Members of Scabbard and Blade stand in a median across from Stewart Hall.

29. ROTC Scabbard and Blade, West Virginia University

Members of Army ROTC rifle team pose with an officer in front of Woodburn Hall: Bottom Row--Brent Jones, William Schetzel, SSG Robert Mcnickle, Richard Jones, James Dunn, Top Row--Burke Pinnell, William Truxal, Alexander Fischer, William Lobb, Gary Lund.

30. ROTC Rifle Team, West Virginia University

Members of Scabbard and Blade pose in front of Wise Library in flower gardens.  First row:  Scottie Riffle, Warren Ives, Richard Armstron, Jimmie Holt, Vincent Jones, Robert Ball, Wayne Dunn; Second row: David Spencer, William Piper, John Dolan, Wallace Welliver, John Scott, Frank Korowa, Michale Putnam; Third row: Ralph Moreland, Charles Stasko, David Beaver, Warren Wilcox, Daniel Proch, Donald Ornick, Brentz Thompson.

31. ROTC Scabbard and Blade, West Virginia University

1st Row: J.F. Simon, J.A. Halley, K.M. Gamble, R.L. Higgins, Bandmaster, R.B. Dail, Advisor; 2nd Row: R.L. Pethal, J. R. Dalton, S.J. Abersold, M.G. Nixon 3rd Row: D.N. Desrosiers, J.O. Hall, J.A. McLean, L.G. Kopelman; 4th Row: J.H. Quagliotti, W.H. Welliver, A.C. Scudiere, J.M. Potter; 5th Row: J.N. Parkinson, R.T. Kleinkauf, L.O. Ford.

32. Army ROTC Band, West Virginia University

Members of Army ROTC Drill Team pose for a camera: First row:  Kevin Taylor, Joe Gonzales; Second row: Joe Korzeniowski, Tom Nega, Brentz Thompson; Third row: Steven Schmidt, Jan Callen, Kenneth Lemke, Richard Kleinkauf.

33. Army ROTC Drill Team, West Virginia University

Two cadets in combat uniform at R.O.T.C. Summer Camp operate on a field telecommunication switch board. Please credit US Army Photograph if published.

34. ROTC Cadets at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

35. ROTC Cadets Voting for Homecoming Queen in front of E. Moore Hall, West Virginia University

36. ROTC Cadet Stands Next to Piles of Books, West Virginia University

Row 1: Barbara Fletcher, Sharon Dieckman, Anna Mary Minehart; Row 2: Gale Nesius, Vicki Shumate, Bev Osborne Row 3: Jane Nesius,, Kathy Keifer, Janie Howery; Row 4: Susan Cottrell, Jane Altman, Donna Harrison; Row 5: Debby Dunn, Shirley Burgess, Deborah Sindy; Row 6: Mary Jo Brown, Meredith Evans, Sara Stevenson.

37. ROTC Sponsors, West Virginia University

Standing from left to right: Captain Wayne E. Shaffer, Advisor; Captain Richard Haley; 1st Lt. Robert Brown; 2nd Lt. Marion Massiople; 1st Sergeant Joel Gaydos.

38. ROTC Scabbard and Blade Officers, West Virginia University

Row 1 - Captain Richard Haley, First Lieutenant Robert Brown, Second Lieutenant Marion Massinople, First Sergeant Joel Gaydos; Row 2 - Gary Friend, Robert Bellia, William Thompson, Louis Vari, James Cope, Charles Jamison, Barry Brinkley; Row 3 - Darwin Drain, Lynwood Ireland, Gordon Wright, Clinton Shurtliffe, Eric Myrland, Wayne K. Brown, Wallace Clifton, Capt. Wayne E. Shaffer, Advisor.

39. Scabbard and Blade, West Virginia University

40. ROTC Group on Field in Front of Armory, West Virginia University

A truck (USA W-601333) equipped with heavy cable and a winch.

41. ROTC Summer Camp Equipment and Trucks, West Virginia University

Rear Row (l to r): Harshbarger, Davis, Yeager; Front Row (l to r): Mullenax, Hash, Hartman

42. Col. William R. Roberts Commissioning ROTC Cadets, West Virginia University

Cadet Col. Minney (left), and Col. Edwin Reynolds (right).

43. ROTC Faculty, West Virginia University

Left to right, Col. Reynolds, ROTC; WVU President, Paul A. Miller; K.T. Morgan, military graduate; Unknown.

44. ROTC Graduate and Administrators, West Virginia University

Cadets and the sponsors in formal uniform paired and walk across the Mountaineer Field, while other cadets observe the procession.

45. ROTC Drill with Sponsors on Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

46. ROTC Band Marches in Armed Forces Day Parade, West Virginia University

47. ROTC Cadets March in Armed Forces Day Parade on High Street, West Virginia University

A cadet is receiving a badge from a man in civilian clothes.

48. ROTC Decoration Ceremony , West Virginia University

A cadet receives a trophy.

49. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

R.O.T.C. band performs on Greater West Virginia Weekend in Drill Field.  The onlookers gather around embankment to see the event.

50. ROTC Band Performs during Greater West Virginia Weekend, West Virginia University

51. ROTC Cadets, West Virginia University

52. ROTC Ceremony on Mountaineer Field, West Virginia University

53. ROTC Dinner, West Virginia University

54. ROTC Officers, West Virginia University

55. ROTC Cadet and Sponsor in Uniform, West Virginia University

56. ROTC Cadet Shaking Hands with an Officer, West Virginia University

57. President John W. Davis Visits the 1952 Officer Candidates in Training at the Artillery Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

'ROTC student and college president meet at the artillery center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.' West Virginia State College, Institute, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.

58. West Virginia State College President and ROTC Student at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

'ROTC Technical Training -- Radio relay and carrier communications is part of specialized training Signal Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets receive in six weeks summer encampment at Fort Monmouth, N.J. The group operating AN/TRC equipment under the instruction of Sgt. Adrian Ulvog of Michigan State are, left to right, Kenneth Stoviak of Coraopolis, Robert Larimer, Pittsburgh, Orion Hoch, Canonsburg, Richard Lyman, Pittsburgh and Jack Eyring of Uniontown. All except Eyring, who is a student at West Virginia University, are undergraduates of Carnegie Tech.'

59. ROTC Signal Corp at Summer Camp at Fort Monmouth, N. J.

'West Virginia U. cadets -- Undergraduates of West Virginia University, attending Signal Corps' ROTC encampment at Fort Monmouth, N.J., assemble with college's vice president C.T. Neff, Jr., during his three-day visit of camp activities. Left to Right (kneeling): William Long, John Heckert, Albert Lewis, James Heatherly, Richer Csamer, and John Leachman.  Standing: Kenneth Skidmore, Davide McWhorter, Gerald Swecker, William Lodge, Robert Kay, Arthur Sites, Vice President C. T. Neff, Jr., Robert Borke, Lt. Col. B. Cooper, James McDonald, Elmer Clear, Robert Calligan, and Donald Richardson.'

60. West Virginia University ROTC Cadets at Signal Corps Encampment, Fort Monmoth, N. J.

61. West Virginia State College R.O.T.C. Color Bearers, Institute, W. Va.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (wearing a light color uniform, to the left of the photographer) reviews the members of West Virginia University's ROTC Units on campus.

62. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

Captain George Barrick Jr., to the right of the flags, stands at attention waiting for General Eisenhower to review Barrick's ROTC Unit on the WVU campus. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.

63. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

Captain George Barrick Jr. (labeled) to the far right, stands with the ROTC Units waiting for General Eisenhower's arrival. All persons in this photograph are unidentified.

64. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

West Virginia University's ROTC Units stand at attention as General Dwight D. Eisenhower passed by in an open automobile.

65. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the students and faculty at West Virginia University during a special convocation at Mountaineer Field. Captain George Barrick Jr. is standing to the left. The man to the right is identified on the photograph as "General Jim."

66. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the students and faculty at West Virginia University during a special convocation at Mountaineer Field. From left to right: Mathers "Mike" Barrick, a man identified only as "Corporal" and ROTC Captain George Barrick Jr..

67. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the students and faculty at West Virginia University during a special convocation at Mountaineer Field. From left to right: ROTC Captain George Barrick Jr., "Nick", and Mathers "Mike" Barrick.

68. Eisenhower Day at West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

The "Scabbard and Blade" organization is a National Honor Society of cadet officers.  1st row: Raine, Muffly, McIntyre, Brooks, Wooters, Counts, Linkinogger, West; 2nd row: Bom, Hoye, Gibson, Stafford, Vickers, Miller, Hammel, Mate, Legg; 3rd row; Wright, Huff, Sonneborn, Brown, Alderson, Marshall, Hershberger; 4th row: Bell, Smith, Brown, Brook, Barrick, Hilliard, Kee, Carlin; 5th Row: Casto, Eby, Coffman, Debiase, Lynch, Jackson.

69. West Virginia University's 'Scabbard and Blade', Morgantown, W. Va.

70. ROTC Army Specialized Training Program Class Dinner, West Virginia University

Cadets exercise in a field below Chitwood Hall. During World War II military training at WVU was under the Army Specialized Training Program.

71. ROTC Cadets Exercise, West Virginia University

72. ROTC Muster, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

73. ROTC Cadets Drill on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

74. ROTC Officer at an Event on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Three officers stand side by side by an embankment of Drill Field.

75. ROTC Officers at an Event on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

76. ROTC Cadets on the Drill Field at West Virginia University

A cadet escorted with a sponsor receives a trophy and a congratulatory handshake from an Officer.

77. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Officer pinning a cadet.

78. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

79. ROTC Sponsors Pinning Medals on Cadets, West Virginia University

Cadet shaking hands with officials.

80. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

A cadet receives a badge from a civilian male.

81. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

A cadet shakes hands with an officer.

82. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Some cadets are dressed in costume others dressed casual.  Oglebay Hall, Chitwood Hall and the towers of Woodburn and Martin Hall are seen in distance.

83. ROTC Band and Cadets Assembled on the Drill Field, West Virginia University

84. ROTC Band and Cadets on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Cadets in Drill Field.

85. ROTC Exercise on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Cadets march in Drill Field, in the background Commencement Hall and the Agricultural Experiment Station.

86. ROTC Exercise on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

The R.O.T.C. band on the Drill Field. Spectators seated on the hillside below Stalnaker Hall.

87. ROTC Band, West Virginia University

Cadets with sponsors in line facing officials on the Drill Field.  In the background are a building with 'McCartney' painted on a roof, Stewart Hall and Commencement Hall.

88. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Cadets with sponsors in line facing officials on the Drill Field.  In the background are a building with 'McCartney' painted on a roof, Stewart Hall and Commencement Hall.

89. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

In the background are a building with 'McCartney' painted on a roof, Stewart Hall and Commencement Hall.

90. ROTC Band on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

The R.O.T.C. band in Drill Field in costume.

91. ROTC Band and Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Two ROTC band members in costume hold a WVU ROTC Band drum in Drill Field.

92. ROTC Band Members Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Sponsors in costume pose for a photo shoot in Drill Field.

93. ROTC Sponsors in Costume for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

94. ROTC Assembly on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Three men of command standing in front of a campus building.

95. ROTC Officers at an Event on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Sponsor holding trophy, cadet holding sword, commander reaching for trophy.

96. ROTC Ceremony on the Athletic Field, West Virginia University