Gulfport Youth Who Saw Service
Dublin Core
Title
Gulfport Youth Who Saw Service
Alternative Title
Alexander M. Roberts Returns After and Exciting Time on The Front
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Description
A newspaper article published in The Gulfport Daily Herald on February 19, 1919. The article describes the capture of Alexander Roberts by German troops, his subsequent imprisonment and his safe return home.
Born on October 13, 1895 in Mexico City, Mexico, Roberts grew up in both Gulfport, Mississippi, and Havana, Cuba, traveling between the two cities. Roberts enlisted in the aviation branch of the United States Army when the United States entered World War I. His plane was shot down over Belgium and he was captured on his first mission. Roberts worked as a pilot during the interwar years. He was drafted in 1942 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He served as an official aide and aviation advisor to the United States Army. He died in Tampa, Florida, on July 23, 1988, and is buried at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Born on October 13, 1895 in Mexico City, Mexico, Roberts grew up in both Gulfport, Mississippi, and Havana, Cuba, traveling between the two cities. Roberts enlisted in the aviation branch of the United States Army when the United States entered World War I. His plane was shot down over Belgium and he was captured on his first mission. Roberts worked as a pilot during the interwar years. He was drafted in 1942 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He served as an official aide and aviation advisor to the United States Army. He died in Tampa, Florida, on July 23, 1988, and is buried at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Creator
Gulfport Daily Herald
Source
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: “Gulfport Youth Who Saw Service: Alexander M. Roberts Returns After An Exciting Time on the Front.” Gulfport Daily Herald, February 19, 1919.
Publisher
Gulfport Daily Herald
Date Created
1919-02-19
Date Copyrighted
1919-02-19
Is Part Of
Format
image/jpg
Extent
560 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Gulfport, Mississippi
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the Gulfport Daily Herald.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Gulfport Daily Herald and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.
Curator
Ortiz, Samuel
Cravero, Geoffrey
Source Repository
Gulfport Daily Herald
External Reference
Abney, Barb. "VA Selects UCF Historians to Archive Stories of Deceased Veterans Veterans." UCF Today, March 13, 2017. Accessed August 9, 2017. https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/.
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Robert K. Massie. The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I. 2014.
Collection
Citation
Gulfport Daily Herald, “Gulfport Youth Who Saw Service,” RICHES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10150.