On a ferry near the northern coast of France, BYU senior and Army ROTC cadet Joseph Ward imagined himself as a solider on the morning of June 6, 1944, preparing to invade Normandy.

At the start of the fall semester, Brigitte Madrian, dean of the BYU Marriott School of Business, welcomed 11 new faculty members to the college.

LTC Travis Bailey planned to make his assignment in Kansas City his last. But with a leap of faith, Bailey was transferred to BYU’s Army ROTC program.