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Flammer, Philip M. (1928-1999)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1928 - 1999

Biography

Philip M. Flammer (1928-1999) was an officer in the United States Air Force and professor of history and religion at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Philip M. Flammer was born June 20, 1928, to Hans and Arizona Gibbons Flammer in St. Johns, Arizona. On July 13, 1954, he married Mildred May Wehrwein in Logan, Utah. Together they had four children. He received his BA at Utah State University, his MA from George Washington University, and his PhD from Yale University. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the United States Air Force where he served as a pilot and a professor at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Flammer was also a professor of history in addition to teaching religion courses at Brigham Young University, where he was awarded professor of the year in 1976. He died on August 20, 1999 in Orem, Utah.

Citation:
Philip M. Flammer correspondence, 1983-1991, (Officer in the United States Air Force, professor at Air Force Academy in Colorado, professor of History and taught religion courses at Brigham Young University in Utah) Find a Grave, via WWW, April 13, 2021, (born June 20, 1928, in St. Johns, Arizona, died August 20, 1999, in Orem, Utah) Deseret News, via WWW, April 13, 2021, (born to Hans and Arizona Gibbons Flammer, married Mildred May Wehrwein in Logan, Utah, they had four children, retired Lt. Colonel, professor of the year in 1976)

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Philip M. Flammer interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330299]
Identifier: MSS SC 3168
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Christopher Stockwell on October 31, 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Flammer describes how he went to Vietnam as a historian for the Air Force from 1968 to 1969 and lived in Saigon where he worked and taught for the University of Maryland. He also tutored a Vietnamese girl in English, performed some missionary work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and felt compassion for the Vietnamese people. He said he wished...
Dates: 1985 October 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Philip M. Flammer interview

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