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Ruby G. Bradley
Colonel, U.S. Army

Welcome to the home page of the most decorated woman in the Army!

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More Documentation Discovered

Mardell D. Cottle, RN (deceased) was a lifelong friend of Ruby Bradley. Mardell wrote a book about Ruby Bradley entitled appropriately enough, "Col Ruby G. Bradley, Most Decorated Woman in the History of the Unites States Army". Mardell's son, Dr. Aaron Cottle, holds the copyright and has release it to this web site for the purposes of electronically publishing the manuscript and offering it in hardcopy form as found on the Collectibles page.

In addition to the book, we have acquired a couple of boxes, which contains all of Mardell Cottle's notes, papers, pictures and manuscripts. About 400 pages of material, including some letters written in Ruby Bradley's own hand, will be posted on this website sometime in January, 2008.

Mardell Cottle is also the driving force behind the monument on the courthouse lawn in Spencer, West Virginia. You can read and see more on the Hometown Page.

Local Newspaper Coverage

Spencer, West Virginia's local newspaper, The Times Record, covered the December 19, 2007 anniversary event in excellent detail. We are in the process of requesting permission to reprint the articles.

Anniversary Event Video

A graduate of Roane County High School and former videography student utilized the schools' equipment to video the event. Once the film is out of post production, we will offer it on the collectibles page. Thanks to Janet Kerby!

Hosted By

Look for a feature story honoring her life and covering the 2007 celebration in the December issue of the print and Internet magazine Living Appalachian.com.

Authenticity

Stan Bumgardner, who is a noted historian and published author, has been researching Col Ruby Bradley as one of his major research projects. Information gathering includes interviews, copies of pictures, documents and video. Stan provided the entirety of this content to this website. This is an ongoing project and we are looking for content. If you have a story, photograph, memory or something about Ruby Bradley you would like to share, please contact us at: Email Contact

Special Thanks

We owe a debt of gratitude to the West Virginia Humanities Council. They provided a grant that allowed Stan Bumgardner to conduct the research that uncovered the data used in this web site.

 

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