Eastern Washington University
Via an alumni tip, below is a 1962 aerial view of the Eastern Washington University campus. For those that look closely on the mid-to-upper left of the image Cadet Hall can be seen on the hill above where the football field used to be. Clearly the EWU campus has expanded significantly in the past 56 years. If any alumni have any historical pictures they want to share on the site feel free to email them to rotc@ewu.edu. Go Fighting Eagles!
Here is another historic image from the Eastern Washington University archives of prior Fighting Eagles Battalion ROTC Cadets. This picture is of the 1961 ROTC Chorus:
The EWU ROTC Chorus Members were: Frank DeMeiro, Jerry Knowles, Richard Prague, Don Frazier, Larry Snyder, Harold Hayes, Duane Dishno , Barron Tilton, Mike Healy, Donald Lobdell, Charles Husel, Girk Gurley, Jim Arnold, Bob Biehl, Fred Van Wyck, Captain Thomas Whalen, Julius Presta, Gean Lale, Gary Jones, Paul King, Mike Spilker, Dan Martin, Lou Rector, Mel Hollen, Roy Crocken, Roy Yamashita, Frederick Wong, Edward Ito, Fred Boutz, and Ron Jones.
Please feel free any prior EWU ROTC alumni to share any stories about the chorus or the Cadets pictured.
Go Fighting Eagles!
From the archives of Eastern Washington University comes the below image of the The Fighting Eagle Battalion in formation at a parade field back in 1967. Notice how back then the female Cadets wore white dresses and were called a “Sponsor Corps”. We have come a long way as an Army. Does any of our alumni recognize where this parade field was located at in the Cheney area?
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, here is a picture of Eastern Washington University ROTC Cadets in action back in 1968. Notice that the caption to the picture says that the EWU ROTC program in 1968 was the third largest in the country. This was because back then every male on campus had to serve for two years in the ROTC program. Do any EWU alumni from back then recognize anyone from the photo?
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