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Veterans & U.S. Military Research: GGU's Historical Connections to the U.S. Military

This guide includes GGU’s historical connections to the U.S. military and resources for conducting research on U.S. military related topics.

Veterans Day, in the United States, national holiday (November 11) honouring veterans of the armed forces and those killed in the country’s wars. (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Veterans Day. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica.

E-Books

From the Navy to college : transitioning from the service to higher education (book title)
Down Range (book title)
Weary Warriors (book title)
The Courage to Execute (book title)
From the Marine Corps to College (book title)
The Wages of War (book title)
Combat Finance (book title)
Military Finances (book title)
Military Mental Health Care (book title)

1940s WWII Era Newsletters

1940s WWII Era Newsletters
1940s WWII Era Newsletters
1940s WWII Era Newsletters
1940s WWII Era Newsletters

Theses/Dissertations/Capstones

Shipment of personal effects--Department of Army / Don E. Morgan

Shipment of personal effects--Department of Army / Don E. Morgan

Thesis (M.B.A.) -- Golden Gate College, 1956

Why are captains leaving the Army? : a question of leadership / Rodger S. Lemons

Why are captains leaving the Army? : a question of leadership / Rodger S. Lemons

Final project (EMPA 396) -- Golden Gate University, August 2002

Military-municipal partnership / Alfredo C. Lino

Military-municipal partnership / Alfredo C. Lino

Final project (EMPA 396) -- Golden Gate University, August 2014

Employment of retired military officers / by Samuel M. Ursini

Employment of retired military officers / by Samuel M. Ursini

Thesis (M.B.A.) -- Golden Gate College, 1964

Suggestion systems in army hospitals / by Walter L. Beeson

Suggestion systems in army hospitals / by Walter L. Beeson

Thesis (M.B.A.) -- Golden Gate College, 1961

Military education benefits & a public university / Joseph Andrew Z. Sia

Military education benefits & a public university / Joseph Andrew Z. Sia

Final project (EMPA 396) -- Golden Gate University, June 2012

Belinda Pinckney

Retired Brigadier General Belinda Pinckney

Master of Public Administration Degree in Financial Management from Golden Gate University


Pinckney, B. (2008). What Resource Managers Need to Know about Army MWR. Armed Forces Comptroller, 53(1), 30–32.

Wilson, A., & Pinckney, B. (2015). Pathways to Support Career- and College-Ready Students. Leader to Leader, 2015(78), 7–13.

Portrait of U.S. Army MAJ. Gen. John S. Cowings, (Uncovered), (U.S Army photo by Mr. Scott Davis) (Released) (PC-192535)

Retired Major General John S. Cowings

M.B.A., Golden Gate University


Cowings, J.S. (2012). Strategic leadership and decision making. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

[Bush41]. (December 5, 2012). Major General John S. Cowings "A Hidden Heritage of History" [Video File].