Tag Archives: military veterans

Celebrating UW Veterans

Posted on November 9, 2020 by ahcadmin

Being a land-grant university, the University of Wyoming is no stranger to military service. Currently home to the Army ROTC Cowboy Battalion and the Air Force ROTC 940th Cadet Wing, military service at UW stretches back to the university’s early … Continue reading →

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Ted and Johanna Gostas: Resilience Amidst Adversity

Posted on March 18, 2018 by ahcadmin

Johanna Gostas served as Wyoming coordinator for the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. Her husband, U. S. Army Maj. Theodore W. Gostas, was taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese during the Tet Offensive … Continue reading →

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The Cowboy Battalion

Posted on May 19, 2016 by ahcadmin

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Wyoming. Continue reading →

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World War I on both sides of the Atlantic

Posted on January 10, 2012 by ahcadmin

The hit miniseries “Downton Abbey” is educational as well as absorbing. With its World War I setting and its perspective from the British aristocracy, the fictional account of one family’s experience during the Great War might put you in the … Continue reading →

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