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  • Tags: Military

Date: 1942 Nov 3
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_180.pdf

Date: 1919 July 7
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_166.pdf

Date: 1912 Dec 3
A letter from Jerji Nicola Khattar al-Chuayri to Jerji Yunan Saykali. He sends his greetings and asks about his parents. He asks him if he has been conscripted into military service. He also informs him about the difficulty of learning a new language…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_01_19121203_001.pdf

Date: 1921 Apr 22
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He expresses his concern about him. He also sends his congratulations to his brother and his cousin Michel after their recovery from their illness. He tells him about his meeting with the consul in Paris who…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_04_19210419_001.pdf

Date: 1958 July 31
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges. He expresses his deep sorrow for the death of their mother. He asks Georges about their circumstances during the revolution that will cost Lebanon a lot a money and victims. He also wishes that the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_36_19580731_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him how the Fidayeen organizations with the help of the Syrian Army have occupied large sections of Lebanon and how these organizations are attacking the Lebanese Army sites. He…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_07_19691107_001.pdf

Date: 1916 July 24
A letter from the Commander of the U.S. Navy, J.R.Y. Blakely to Ameen Rihani, dated July 24, 1916.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n18e7c9wgukauua/Rihani2018AR16_B_054.pdf

A letter from the Royal Air Force to Ameen Rihani, dated January 17, 1921.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gnoiuihtvm8x63f/Rihani2018AR22_N_032.pdf

رسالة من الدكتور انيس (الاسم الاخير غير واضح) الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 19 تشرين الاول 1918. فيها يطلب الدكتور، وهو في الجندية، من الريحاني، وكان حينها ذو مركزٍ "في نظارة الحربية" - اي وزارة الدفاع - مساعدته على التعيين كضابط في القسم الطبي او الصحي…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4sapj1fol1vf5uk/Rihani2018AR56_02_008.pdf

رسالة من الملك عبد العزيز الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 19 نيسان 1924. فيها يجيب الملك على رسالة سابقة من الريحاني. الملك يعبر عن فرحه بتعيين البرت الريحاني، اخو امين، في منصبه "المهم" - لكنه لم يسمه. ويعلق الملك الريحاني على الاعتداءات التي حدثت على…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xype3o1om73rmu/Rihani2018AR56_03_023.pdf

Date: circa 1926
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and fellow officers in the Lebanese gendarmerie circa 1926.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2018-407.pdf

Date: 2006 July 21
A series of five photographs and articles included for context in the collection during Kail Ellis' evacuation from Lebanon on 21 July 2006.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2018-417.pdf

Date: 1920 June 20
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche in the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 20 June 1920.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-187.pdf

Date: 1920 June 20
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche in the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 20 June 1920.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-188.pdf

Date: 1926
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche in the Lebanese gendarmerie taken in Khiam Marjeyoun, dated 1926. Inscription reads, 'My unit during inspection. I had broken my leg some time ago, and I couldn't wear the boots, so I dressed in a suit.'
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-189.pdf

Date: circa 1920s
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie circa 1920s. Inscription reads, 'At noon.'
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-190.pdf

Date: 1932 June 03
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 3 June 1932.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-191.pdf

A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie circa 1920s.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-192.pdf

A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 16 November 1928. Inscription reads, 'During the siege of [unclear].' Poem on the back means, 'You will miss me like the night misses the moon.'
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-193.pdf

A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 11 November 1928. Inscription reads, 'Our army training on firing guns and machine guns.'
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-194.pdf

Date: 1925
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 1925.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-195.pdf

Date: 1934
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 1934. Photograph contains the names of each member of the group on the back side.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-196.pdf

Date: 1930
A copy of a photograph of Yousef Hobeiche and his son, Namtallah Hobeiche, in his Lebanese gendarmerie uniform, dated 1930.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-197.pdf

Date: 1926 July 14
A photograph and note from Yousef Hobeiche to Angele Ellis, dated 14 July 1926. Yousef sits for a portrait in the Lebanese gendarmerie uniform.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-222.pdf

Date: 1926
A photograph of Yousef Hobeiche in Lebanese Gendarmerie, note reads 'My loving brother status in memory and God’s blessing on me opened the star my loving country' dated 1926
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-333.pdf

Date: 1930
A photograph of Yousef Hobeiche in Lebanese Gendarmerie, dated 1930
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-334.pdf

Date: circa 1920s
A photograph of a group of soldiers, the Lebanese Gendarmerie, Yousef Hobeiche is standing in the back and the note reads 'War of the Rebellion of the Druzes Building fortifications in [illegible]', c. 1920s
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-335.pdf

Date: 1926
A photograph of Yousef Hobeiche in Lebanese Gendarmerie, note reads 'My dear brother, I kiss your cheeks with longing. You are well and at peace. I hurried to you yesterday and today too to make sure we are reassured. Let me always know you are well.…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-336.pdf

Date: circa 1920
A photograph Toufic Ellis wearing traditional sherwal, c. 1920
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-344.pdf

An email exchange between Rafic Ellis and Kail Ellis on the history of Yousef Hobeiche's history in the Lebanese gendarmerie, dated 13 January 2005.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2018-405.pdf

Date: 1958
A newspaper article titled ''The Marines Have Landed! Kail Ellis' Letter Exclaims'. The article is about a letter from Kail Ellis detailing the Marines presence in Lebanon. The article is likely from 1958
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-721.pdf

Date: 1958
A newspaper article titled 'Message From The U.S.'. The article is about leaflets that were dropped over Beirut by U.S. Air Force planes. This is likely dated around 1958.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-723.pdf

Date: undated
A newspaper article titled 'Lebanon: Cry, My Beloved Country' written by Mansour Labaky. The article is about the crisis in Lebanon and Labaky's feelings on it.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-773.pdf

Date: 2006
A cap embroidered with a USS Nashville Logo. On the front above the bill is a logo with an anchor and Marines symbol. Below this logo is a banner which reads "Liberty and Country." This hat originated from the event which required the United States…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-891.pdf

Date: 1920s
A group of ten men and women standing together. One man wears a military uniform and one woman is seated and holding a dog.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0645.pdf

Date: 1930s
A photograph of a young couple standing outside. Caption on the back states, "Here they are as promised," and is signed "Alice."

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0851.pdf

Date: 1950s
Portrait of Neville Fuleihan in a US military uniform.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0955.pdf

Date: 1941 June 08
A telegram, in its original envelope, from the quartermaster general of the US Army to Nasri Fuleihan requesting if he would accept a possible indefinite appointment as associate structural engineer, dated 8 June 1941, and another slip of paper…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-1100.pdf

A letter from Pvt. N. Fuleihan stationed at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Keefe dated 18 November 1951. Another letter written in pencil is included, but not dated.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-1120.pdf

Date: 1940s
Newspaper clipping describing Neville Fuleihan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nasri Fuleihan of Meadow Ave., one of 22 airmen recently graduated from ambulance driver class at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-1180a.pdf

Date: undated
A photograph of Albert Ellis in uniform with two unidentified people.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0018/AEllis_027.pdf

An article published in the Camp Lejeune Globe newspaper concerning the contributions made by the late Albert Ellis to the USO, dated December 19, 1969.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0018/AEllis_011.pdf

Date: 1970 May 22
A small article with an image showing Charles Ellis receiving a plaque recognizing Senator Albert J. Ellis's (his father) service to the men and women of the armed forces.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0018/AEllis_007.pdf

Date: circa 1928
A photo of men who seem to be in the military at a camp with their dogs.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0021/kc0021_037.jpg

Date: 1942 July 05
Copy of honorable discharge from the U.S. Army by reason of "convenience of the government to accept appointment as 2nd Lieut., Army of the US, and active duty," dated July 5, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_104.pdf

Copy of George A. Kahdy's certificate of service. A note on the front of the certificate states "Active duty as an officer July 6, 1942 through Dec. 31, 1945. Active duty as enlisted man Sept. 16, 1940-July 5, 1942. Total active duty WWII Sept. 16,…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_103.pdf

Date: 1945
George, Adma, Virginia, and Nell Kahdy stand outside of a house together. George Kahdy is dressed in his Army uniform while his mother, Nell, and Virginia are dressed formally. "1945. Dothan, Ala. George, mom, Virginia, Nell."
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_094.pdf

Date: 1940s
Marie and Chris Wehbie stand in front of the family restaurant named "Log Cabin." Caption on the back reads, "Marie Wehbie and Chris Wehbie 1943. Log Cabin grandparents restaurant on Fayetteville St."
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_086.pdf

Date: 1940s
Chris and Sam Wehbie stand in front of the family restaurant in the WWII military uniforms. Caption on the back reads, "Nell brothers uncle Chris Wehbie and Uncle Sam Wehbie in front of family restaurant and tavern. WWII. Fayetteville Street Raleigh.…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_085.pdf

Date: 1940s
Mary Wehbie stands in the middle of Chris and Sam Wehbie in front of the family restaurant and tavern wearing their WWII military uniforms. Mary Wehbie is wearing a dress with an apron over it.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_084.pdf
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