COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — In the Columbus State University archive, a hallway is filled with dozens of boxes. According to the school’s archivist and it's military history chair, those boxes could hold some of the most historically significant military documents from the post-Vietnam War era.

Earlier this summer, CSU acquired 20 pallets worth of documents and materials from the longest serving Secretary of the Army John “Jack” Marsh and military social worker James “Jim” Martin.

“To look into the papers of Jack Marsh or into Jim Martin’s papers is really to see the history of the Army over the past 30-, 40-, 50 years,” said Dr. David Kieran, CSU’s Richard R. Hallock distinguished chair in military history.

Though Kieran had seen a few of Marsh’s documents previously, the morning of Aug. 27

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