John "Jack" Roberts

John Roberts was a student at the college.

Relationships

Wife: Fellow BMC student, Martha Ella McMillan

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about John can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:

2017.40.197 April 9, 1945 bulletin,

"Lieutenant Jack Roberts writes from the Pacific: “I am a Navigator in the USAAF....I was drafter on January 7, 1941, and was commissioned in the Air Corps on May 23, 1942. I was overseas- in England and North Africa- in Troop Carrier and Heavy Bomber Command from August 2, 1942 to July 28, 1943, and in Training Command from September 1, 1943 to September 23, 1944. Since December 20, 1944, I have been in the 21dt Bomber Command in the Marianas...On July 8, 1942, I married Martha McMillan in Westfield, Massachusetts...”"