Robert E. Femoyer Papers,
Scope and Content
The collection contains information about Robert Femoyer's life, including his World War II Medal of Honor, citations, photographs, correspondence, and clippings. Materials date from the 1930s to 1990. There are notes from Chapter 5 of Lt. Col. John Coulter's book on Virginia Tech Medal of Honor winners, Ut Prosim "Above & Beyond": The Story of Virginia Tech's Medal of Honor Recipients. Documents include military records and a program from Femoyer's memorial. Some items in the collection are photocopies of the originals. Materials in the collection were gathered during the research process for Coulter's book.
Dates
- Creation: 1938 - 1996
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Robert E. Femoyer Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Robert E. Femoyer was from Huntington, West Virginia. He attended Virginia Tech as a member of the class of 1944, but he enlisted in the Army Air Force and went on active duty starting in 1943. He studied Civil Engineering while at Virginia Tech. He received a Medal of Honor for his service and is the only navigator who was awarded this honor. He received his Medal for service in a "bombing mission over Germany, he was wounded by enemy aircraft fire, which seriously damaged his B-17 bomber...For two and half hours he guided the lone bomber through six changes in course around enemy antiaircraft concentrations...Thirty minutes after landing he died of wounds." There is a building on Virginia Tech's campus named after him, Femoyer Hall. In addition the Medal of Honor, Femoyer was awarded a posthumous Purple Heart.
Sources:
Air Force Archives
http://www.armyrotc.vt.edu/aboutus/Medal_Honor.htmlnull
Full Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains information regarding Robert Femoyer's life, including subject files on his World War II Medal of Honor, citations, photographs, correspondence, and clippings. Materials date from 1936-1998.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in files either by material type (clippings, photographs, and correspondence) or by subject.
Acquisition Information
The Robert E. Femoyer Papers were donated to Special Collections in 2000.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert E. Femoyer Papers was completed in November 2013.
Subject
- Femoyer, Robert E., 1921-1944 (Person)
- Title
- Robert E. Femoyer Papers, 1938-1996
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nicole Hancock, Student Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2014 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu