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Allen C. Christensen papers, 1940-2006

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 742
Scope and Contents

File includes materials relating to Allen C. Christensen's service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and time as a prisoner of war in the Philippines. There are transcripts and videocassettes of an interview with Christensen, various writings containing his war experiences, and a photocopy of a letter. There is also a Saints at War Information Sheet. Dates range 1940-2006.

Dates: 1940-2006

B. Jay Rencher interview, 2001 March

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 739
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain the transcript of a film interview with B. Jay Rencher regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. He describes his participation served in clearing Utah Beach for the Normandy landings. He also talks about his experiences in the 14th Armored Division, up until the end of the war. Dated June 2001.

Dates: 2001 March

Calvin M. Millyard photograph, 1944, 2002

 File — Carton: 147, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

File contains photograph of Calvin M. Millyard and other servicemen, as well as a letter from his wife requesting it be added to his file Susanna. Dated 1944 and 2002.

Dates: 1944; 2002

Cleve and Clyde Swenson interview, 2001 March

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1 File 604
Scope and Contents

Materials contains the transcript of an interview with twin brothers, Cleve and Clyde Swenson. The interview details their service as paratroopers in the U.S. Army during World War II. They also discuss the emotional components of fighting in a war. Dated March 2001.

Dates: 2001 March

J. Murray Rawson interviews, 1999-2002

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 14, Box: 117
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 999
Scope and Contents

Materials contain two transcribed interviews with J. Murray Rawson regarding his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He discusses the Battle of Iwo Jima and being in charge of loading the men on the boats to go to the island. Describes an assignment to make sure that the flag made it to the island, the flag that was eventually put up on top of the mountain. Tells how after spending 30 days fighting on the island he was sent home to his wife. Dated 1999-2002.

Dates: 1999-2002

Joe J. Christensen papers, approximately 1995-2006

 File — Box: 123, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials include prints of scanned photographs, and various materials written by Joe J. Christensen regarding his personal history and time serving in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. The photographs scanned were from his service (1953-1955), and the written material includes a biography, war experiences, and an article published in the Liahona Magazine. Also contains a Saint at War Participant Information Sheet. Dates range approximately 1955-2006.

Dates: approximately 1995-2006

Lin Johnson interview, 2001 June

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 16, Box: 119
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 764
Scope and Contents note Material contains a transcribed interview with Lin Johnson regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. He recalls hearing about Pearl Harbor as a freshman at Brigham Young University. Describes his travels, his participation in the Battle of the Bulge. He describes the experience of being a soldier under General Patton, and how he dealt with the seemingly random deaths of his fellow servicemen. Johnson finally talks about his experiences as an Latter-Day Saint soldier, and...
Dates: 2001 June

Neal A. Maxwell interview, 2001-2006

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 601
Scope and Contents

Materials contain the transcription and audiocassettes of an interview with Neal A. Maxwell. The interview details how he volunteered for the Army and was trained at Camp Roberts, and then later participated in the battle of Okinawa. He talks about how important prayer was to him during the battle of Okinawa and about the divine design of allowing some people to die and some to continue in their life. Dated 2001-2006.

Dates: 2001-2006

Peter Brosnan Research on the 1923 Ten Commandments film, 1923-2006

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5905 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains papers and audiovisual materials collected by Peter Brosnan for his research on Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 Ten Commandments film, which was filmed in the Guadalupe Dunes in California and excavated by Brosnan during his Lost City project. Includes audiotapes, videocassettes, 16mm film reels, interview transcripts, biographical research either typed or printed from the internet, press articles and clippings about the 1923 film, photographs, negatives, and notes. Interviews are with...
Dates: 1923-2006

Phil Shumway papers, 1942-2001

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 File 992
Scope and Contents Materials contain the history of Phil Shumway regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He discusses flying the P-39 and the P-38. Describes an occasion when his airplane malfunctioned and he had to bail out over the ocean. Recounts spending nine days floating in a life raft with no food or water, and watching the search and rescue planes fly over and not see him. Describes his eventual rescue by a Navy ship, his recovery, and becoming a flight instructor for the Air Corps until the...
Dates: 1942-2001

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