"Texas Aggies Go To War" Documentary Film Showing on Nov. 4

The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets will host a showing of the DVD-"Texas Aggies Go To War"-at the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush School of Government & Public Service on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public at no charge.

The documentary film, based on the book, "Texas Aggies Go to War, In Service to Their Country" by Henry C. Dethloff and John A. Adams, is an hour in length and shows Texas A&M involvement from a military standpoint from the Spanish-American War and World War I to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Aggies have been in the forefront of America's armed forces, consistently producing more officers than any other school outside the service academies.

The DVD, produced by Frame by Frame Film & Video Production, is compilation of the impressive war record of Texas
Aggies, stories of individual soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines. These narratives include:

• First-person accounts of Aggie heroism in battle in all the wars in which A&M former students have fought;
• The horrific experiences of some of the eighty-seven Aggies who were stationed at Corregidor and Bataan;
• The perils of five Aggies who participated in the raid over Tokyo with Jimmie Doolittle;
• The heroics of the seven Medal of Honor recipients from Texas A&M during World War II;
• James Earl Rudder's leadership of the Ranger assault at Normandy on D-Day;
• Examples of vigorous support and devotion to duty given by Aggies in Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East.

"Texas Aggies Go to War" celebrates the school's distinctive Corps of Cadets and its military contributions while honoring the individual sacrifices of its members. Those who fought and those who remember them will find here a comprehensive account of the distinguished war record of this school.

To purchase the book or the DVD, contact the Texas A&M University Press at www.tamupress.com or call 800-826-8911. Both are also available at the Corps of Cadets Association Online Store at www.corpsofcadets.org.

For more information, contact Annette Walker at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 979-458-1706.