| − | Noggle was born to the late Walter Farris Noggle and the former Annie Bell Greene in [[rural]] Bostic in Rutherford County in western [[North Carolina]]. He was educated in the public schools of Morganton in Burke County, also in western North Carolina. In 1943, he enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served in the South Pacific on the island of [[Saipan]]. Subsequently, under the [[G. I. Bill of Rights]], he attended [[Duke University]] in Durham, North Carolina, where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1950. He received from Duke a Bachelor of Arts, [[Master of Arts]], and [[Ph.D.]] in history in 1950, 1951, and 1955, respectively.<ref name=brma/> | + | Noggle was born to the late Walter Farris Noggle and the former Annie Bell Greene in [[rural]] Bostic in Rutherford County in western [[North Carolina]]. He was educated in the public schools of Morganton in Burke County, also in western North Carolina. In 1943, he enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served in the South Pacific on the island of [[Saipan]]. Subsequently, under the [[G.I. Bill of Rights]], he attended [[Duke University]] in Durham, North Carolina, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1950. He received from Duke a Bachelor of Arts, [[Master of Arts]], and [[Ph.D.]] in history in 1950, 1951, and 1955, respectively.<ref name=brma/> |