The Long Purple Line: The Military History of LSU and the Heroism of Its Cadets and Associates

The Long Purple Line chronicles the military history of Louisiana State University from its founding in 1860 through all wars to the present. Ronald J. Drez unfolds that history through the actions and testimony of those who were there and who stepped out onto this nation’s battlefields to create a military legend that would rival the famous Long Gray Line at West Point. As a land-grant university with a military commitment in the form of a Cadet Corps, LSU was destined to become a major co...