COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A local university is on the way to becoming a top choice for archiving military history documents. But why?
The Columbus State University archives received its largest contribution to date over the summer. It gained 20 pallets of boxes, full of materials from the longest serving Secretary of the Army John “Jack” Marsh and former U.S. Army social worker James “Jim” Martin.
Scot Marsh and Martin both said the story began with CSU’s Military History Chair Dr. David Kieran.
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“When I reached out to the Marsh family, I did it because I was trying to find Jack Marsh’s papers so I could go visit them wherever they were and do research,” Kieran said…