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Box 3

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

H. David Nelson papers, 1944-1946, approximately 2000

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 60
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers relating to H. David Nelson's service as a radar man in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1944-1946. Includes details about life aboard the U.S.S. Freestone, with brief mention of combat near the Philippines and Okinawa. Includes photocopied correspondence with Willard L. Kimball regarding Nelson's calling as Group Leader for the Latter-day Saint men aboard the ship. Also contains photocopied naval documents; photocopied photos of Nelson aboard the U.S.S....
Dates: 1944-1946; approximately 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy

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