Scope and Contents note Materials contain papers regarding John Winston Downs' service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Includes photocopied photographs, original computer typewritten letter, photocopied typewritten letter and autobiography. Autobiography describes family life and childhood, military training, experiences as a navigator and POW, as well as his recovery and recuperation. Also details his accomplishments and personal life as an officer in the U.S. Air Force after its creation from the...

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Materials include memoir relating Reid F. Ellsworth's service as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Relates his training, bombing missions, imprisonment, escape, and return home. Dated 1997.

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Materials contain the memoir of Max Rammell regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Rammell relates his many missions over Europe, all of which were successful, and speaks much of how his religion affected him in the war. Dated before 2001.

Scope and Contents note Materials include memoirs. In separate memoirs, the war-time experiences of both Christina and Robert Dodenbier are shared, telling of civilian, and, for Robert, labor camp, life in Europe during World War II. Christina shares her experiences as Holland fell to the German Army in 1940, and relates the stories told by Robert to their children from his days in a German labor camp he was sent to after he was captured as a young man. Also included is an article about the Church of Jesus Christ...

Scope and Contents note Materials include memoir of Manfred Deus shares the details of his life during World War II. Describes being assigned to the German Army when he was fourteen years old. He shares of the atrocities that he witnessed as a young man during the last years of the German resistence. Tells of being part of a youth support battalion, digging foxholes and trenches for German front line troops until he and several others were able to desert during a bomb raid. He tells of his father who also served in...

Scope and Contents note Materials include autobiography and photographs. In a selection entitled "Flying in World War II" from his autobiography, Daniel S. Dennis relates his experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps from his training days to his discharge. He discusses flying cargo planes in and out of India and other Southeast Asian countries. Also included is a short narrative about his religious life, and conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following the war. His full autobiography, 150...

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Materials include a very short description of Kenneth Heber Sheffield's service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his community after his service in the military. He also discusses his service as a foot soldier in the U.S. Army during World War I. Dated approximately 2001.

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Materials include written histories, letters and documents regarding the service of Hyrum Edward Flanders in the Chemical Warfare Service Division of the U.S. Army during World War I. Stornetta, the granddaughter of Hyrum Edward Flanders, has retyped letters written between him and his then-sweetheart and future wife, Della, as he served in the chemical corps in New York City. Also included is an account of how Stornetta discovered the letters. Dated 1918-1919, 2002.

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Materials include memoir of Dora Shaw. Shares her experiences as a child who lived in England when war was declared in 1939, and surviving several German bombings. Describes how her family had a small bomb shelter in their backyard, which eventually saved the lives of her mother and siblings as they hid inside during bombings. She speaks of being evacuated, and of witnessing firsthand the destruction caused by bombings. Dated before 2001.

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Materials include memoir and letters regarding Alexander Louis Fife's service in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II. Describes his experience at the Battle of Okinawa and tells of the horrors of war to the men who serve on the front lines. Collection also includes photocopies of photographs from the period. Dated 1944-2001.