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Photo from Story of the 390th Bombardment Group book of Bob Gilmore and his flight group. The book in which this photo is found also contains the history of the 390th Bombardment Group, and features many of the missions that Bob Gilmore flew towards…

Award presented by American Machinist to Gilmore for his work with Caterpillar. The American Machinist is an American trade magazine of the international machinery industries.

Unpublished manuscript written by Bob Gilmore about his life. Gilmore describes what it was like growing up in Peoria, IL during the Great Depression. He details the highs and lows of his life in the military and his journey to become the President…

Written by Bob Gilmore as part of the Peoria Journal Star's Times Past series. Bob talks about the 1920s as he experienced it in Peoria during his childhood.

Bob Gilmore's personal account of a story from his time in the Air Force during which his plane lost navigation and was beginning to lose power before landing in Iceland on Christmas Eve 1944.

Essay from Bob Gilmore about recent bombings perpetrated by Osama bin Laden and his personal connection to the bin Laden family through a trip he took to Saudi Arabia while president of Caterpillar.

This article is a recollection written by Bob Gilmore of issues faced by his family as they tried to relocate to Grenoble, France to open the new Caterpillar plant there.

A side-story from Bob Gilmore's unpublished memoirs in which he goes into great detail about a romantic tryst he had aboard a B-17.

Jeremy Berkley is a local artist who designed the mural of Gilmore located in Peoria. He discussed the process of making the portrait and researching Bob Gilmore and his life. Jeremy discussed how he used his talents to show Bob Gilmore in his own…

The interview took place over Zoom with Bob Gilmore's daughter, Chris Stibolt and her spouse Victor Stibolt. During the interview Chris and Victor were asked to recall various memories about his father in different aspects of his life.