Holdings Alumni Association Alumni Russell A. Cone Papers Finding Aid By Marcella Lees
Title: Russell A. Cone Papers, 1899-1992, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020
ID: 26/20/239
Extent: 1.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: by series then chronologically except for service medals which are arranged by order of precedence
Date Acquired: 10/02/2021
Subjects: Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, Fraternities, Military Service, World War II
Papers of Col. Russell A. Cone ‘27 (1905-1992) including newspaper clippings, correspondence, service medals, certificates, publications, programs, and scrapbooks relating to Cone’s time as a student at UIUC and his involvement with ROTC and Greek life; his distinguished U.S. Air Force Career—especially his service in Alaska during WWII; and his personal life and family, some of which pertains to Champaign, IL where he was based for much of his early career. This series also includes the Distinguished Flying Cross medal Cone earned for sinking a Japanese transporter in Kiska harbor during his WWII service.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620239.pdf
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