| Summary: | The 1983-1984 scrapbook has approximately 283 photographs and fourteen of those have captions either identifying the person(s) or the event. There are also ten newspaper clippings. The Army ROTC events and groups documented in this scrapbook include Military Ball; newspaper coverage of Rifle Team success; Awards Day; field training exercises; leadership reaction course; JROTC Days; Rifle Team competition and awards; photos and newspaper article covering memorial ceremony held by AF and AROTC Cadets honoring Marines killed in 1983 Beirut terrorist attacks from The Crimson White, 1983 November 2; Ranger training; Homecoming Parade; Kaydettes at basketball game and other social functions; Crimson Guard participating in parades, basketball games, and other events; commissioning ceremonies; images of Kentucky versus Alabama men’s basketball game; Coach Paul Bryant leaving a football game with Billy Varner, his driver, bodyguard, and valet; article about Cadet Kevin L. McCroan, who received a GEN Creighton W. Abrams scholarship, The Informer (Fort Riley, KS), 1983 November 14; newspaper photo of cadets rappelling from helicopter above the Quad, The Crimson White, 1983 November 4; official 50 foot small bore rifle target; invitation to AROTC Corps of Cadets commissioning ceremony; and certificate certifying that the flag flown over the United States Capitol on October 4, 1983, at the request of the Honorable Richard Shelby, was flown for the University of Alabama Army ROTC Department. Cadre: not identified. Significant persons: Coach Paul Bear Bryant, Billy Varner, George M. White, Architect of the Capitol, and University of Alabama President Joab L. Thomas. Kaydettes: not identified.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.
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