Roll of Honor

Midshipmen entering the gates of Columbia University, circa 1943.


Widnell D. Knott

  • School: Columbia College
  • Class Year: 1939
  • War: World War II
  • Date of Death: September 3, 1944

Colonel Widnell D. Knott, Ph.D. was killed in a bomber crash, September 3, 1944.

Navy review on campus, 1944-1945 Navy review on campus, 1944-1945

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