Past Events

Timeline

	Pass In Review 2007
	Military Appreciation Day 2006
	Military Appreciation Day 2005
	Military Appreciation Day 2004

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Press Releases (By Date : MM/DD/YY)

• [04/01/08] Clemson Air Force ROTC Welcomes Capt. Gruters
• [03/22/08] Clemson ROTC Units hold Pass In Review
• [02/18/08] Press Release - Capt Lynch's Visit
• [01/15/08] AFROTC Presents American Flag to IPTAY

• [12/12/07] First Doug Harris Memorial Scholarship Recipient
• [11/10/07] Veterans' Day Celebration
• [10/07] Clemson World Article
• [09/19/07] Clemson Honors Air Force Birthday
• [09/13/07] Det Plans to Honor POW/MIA's
• [09/11/07] Det Honors 9/11 Victims
• [08/23/07] First Reveille of Fall07 School Year
• [04/12/07] Pass in Review.
• [04/10/07] Runners to honor Clemson student killed in car accident.
• [03/20/07] Clemson ROTC units plan annual Pass In Review
• [03/11/07] Rockin' 200th Birthday Celebration.

• [11/15/06] Senator Lindsey Graham Visits Clemson University
• [11/15/06] Clemson AFROTC detachment named best in the nation
• [11/09/06] Clemson Air Force ROTC flying high after honor.
• [10/06/06] Tillman Hall plaza work comes full circle.
• [09/16/06] Clemson cadets dedicate POW monument park.
• [09/16/06] Dedication of the monument (photo and caption)
• [08/24/06] Is Clemson's class of 2010 the smartest bunch ever?
• [08/24/06] First Reveille of the new school year!

• [10/08/05] Det. 770 Cadets clean up after Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi
• [09/09/05] Clemson squad honors 9-11 victims
• [09/22/05] CU ROTC raises money for Biloxi Base
• [09/09/05] Sept. 11 victims honored
• [09/02/05] Weekend's events honor military
• [09/01/05] Thank you, Clemson to honor U.S. troops this weekend
• [09/01/05] All aboard: FTX Tests Cadets’ Ability to Survive
• [08/25/05] The Early Bird...
• [05/13/05] War on Terror next for Clemson grads
• [04/27/05] Congressman Barrett Encourages ROTC Cadets
• [04/25/05] Air Force Brig. Gen spends time at Clemson
• [04/12/05] CU ROTC gets top job
• [03/18/05] WASP Comes to Clemson University
• [01/20/05] Stubenhofer Remembered
• [01/20/05] Clemson ROTC Honors Soldier Killed Iraq

• [12/01/04] Det Hosts JROTC Drill Meets
• [11/06/04] In the Air Force, experience comes with the job

Historical Alumni

• Maj. Rudolph Anderson Jr. (USAF History)

1888: Thomas Clemson dies, leaves Fort Hill Plantation to the state to establish a college of scientific agriculture and mechanical arts.

1893: Clemson Agricultural College established as a land grant college (Military College)

1917 WWI:

• Senior class volunteered en masse
• Total of 1,549 saw service
• 25 killed
• Medal of Honor: Ensign Daniel Sullivan
• Medal of Honor: Sergeant Erans Foster

1929: The Senior Platoon formed

1933: K-7 Scabbard and Blade formed

1936: Clemson first to have ROTC Infantry Brigade

1939: C-4, Pershing Rifles formed

1940: Clemson has 2000 cadets

1941-1945 WWII:

• Clemson provided more Army officers for the war than any other university except Texas A&M
• Total of 6,475 saw service
• 370 killed
• Medal of Honor: LTC Jimmy Dyess (Class of '31)

1942: Tiger football team begins running down the hill

1948: Pershing Rifles 4th Regimental Headquarters founded

1950-1953 Korea:

• Total of 1,500 saw service
• 20 killed
• 180 veterans enrolled at Clemson in fall of 1953

1955: Clemson becomes a civilian institution, ROTC mandatory for all male freshmen and sophomores

1955: Renamed "Clemson College"

1950-1972 Vietnam:

• 1960: Senior Platoon retired
• 1962: Counter Guerrillas formed
• 1964: Renamed "Clemson University"
• 1969: ROTC no longer mandatory
• 1971: ROTC becomes elective
• 1971: Clemson ROTC opened to women

1974-Present:

• 1974: First female commissioned at Clemson
• 1984: Won Right of Line Award
• 1996: Military Heritage Plaza established
• 1998: Clemson Corps of Cadets Alumni formed
• 1999: ROTC recognized as an academic minor
• 1999: Cadet Life Gardens established
• 2000: Regimental room dedicated
• 2000: Pass-In-Review for president's inauguration
• 2005-2007: AAS National Headquarters
• 2005-2007: AFA's "Best Detachment in South Carolina"
• 2006: Won High Flight Award
• 2006: Won Right of Line Award
• 2007: Won Right of Line Award

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