Dear Mr. Drenkhahn, Please permit me to weigh in on the question of whether or not it is appropriate for Center Harbor to commemorate Belknap College. Perhaps the most accurate statement that can be made about Belknap College is, in fact, that the college was not very different from others of the time. I would […]
Russ Medbery
I was in the USAF Reserves when I started at Belknapcollege in 1964. I completed my obligation June 23 , 1969 at Westover, MA Russ Medbery
Note from Donald L. Taylor, Former Associate Dean of Students
01-06-11 I served as the Associate Dean of Students at Belknap from 1969 to 1972, and would like to respond to the issue raised by the gentleman from Tuftonborough, re: that Belknap College was a haven for “draft dodgers”. First, however, I would like to thank him for serving and tell him that I respect […]
Peter Beharrell Class of 1967
During the period of the Viet Nam War, whether you went to Harvard, Yale, Boston College or Belknap College, you were allowed a deferment as long as you were a full time student. Once you Graduated or dropped out you either had to enlist in the Military or receive a Draft Notice. Some un-patriotic individual’s […]
Belknap Brigade 368th Engineers Battalion, U.S. Army Reserves, Laconia, N.H.
12/29/2010 – If anyone doubts the patriotism or loyalty of Belknap students, they should look at this picture of the Belknap Brigade: This is the Belknap Brigade – Belknap College students who were members of the 368th Engineers Battalion, U.S. Army Reserves, Laconia, N.H. Pictured are: (Front row) L to R: John […]
Gene McCaffrey
12/29/10 – After I graduated from Belknap in 1968, I received my “Greetings” and instead of waiting to be inducted into the Army, I enlisted into the Air Force. I went to Basic at Lackland AFB, TX and then to Sheppard AFB, TX for Tech School. I graduated with honors as a Medical Service Specialist, […]
Mike Sehl
12/28/2010 – I attended Belknap College during the scholastic years September 1964 through May 1966. I attended the Southeast Asian War Games in the Republic of South Viet Nam during the period of October 1968 through the middle of February 1969 when I was brought home on emergency leave due to illness in my family. […]
Captain William J. Bowne, USAF (Retired)
12/28/10 – This is in answer to the e-mail asking for those of us with military experience to post: I attended Belknap from 1972 through its closure, after which I transferred to Lyndon State with most of the rest of the weather classes. Family pressures forced me to drop out of Lyndon State, after which […]
Suellyn (Su) Nancarrow Hunt
7/14/11: I attended Belknap Collegw from 1967 to 1971. I never thought of my school as a haven for draft dodgers. Many good friends served in the service before and after attending Belknap. The school changed drastically after the DR. FRYE left and not for the better. I am sorry Dean Taylor, you and your […]