Box 29
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Robert W. Fish papers, 1990
File — Box: 29, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 706
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a compilation of stories and documents about the 801st / 492nd Bombardment Group compiled by Robert W. Fish in 1990. Describes their missions supporting the underground forces in German-occupied territories of the European continent during World War II. Contains several stories, memoirs, government documents, photographs, and letters submitted by members of the 801st/492nd Bombardment Group regarding their service in the European Theater of the war. Individual veterans...
Dates:
Publication: 1990
Orvil Glade Hunsaker interview, 1988 February 4
File — Box: 29, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 File 700
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a transcribed interview with Orvil Glade Hunsaker regarding his servic with the adjutant General Corps in active duty from 1961-1963. In this interview, conducted by S. Shane Littlefield, Hunsaker talks about his officer training, earning his Masters and Doctorate, and deciding to remain in the military, and the service he's given in Korea and South America. Also talks about growing up on a farm in Utah, military experiences he’s had with his wife, Judith, interacting with...
Dates:
1988 February 4
Pat Christian interview, 1988
File — Box: 29, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 699
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a transcribed interview with Pat Christian regarding his service in the U.S. Army as a combat correspondent during the Vietnam War. Christian gives his feelings on the war and on being drafted. He describes combat situations, the Vietnamese people, and church meetings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint he attended. He also talks about torture of prisoners-of-war. Dated 1988.
Dates:
1988
Martin Blaustein interview, 1988
File — Box: 29, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 701
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a brief overview of life and service of Martin Blaustein in the U.S. Army followed by an interview. Includes interview transcript with Martin Blaustein regarding his service in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Talks about being drafted after graduation from college, the reaction from his family, treatment he received as a Jew and a college graduate, his experience with death, and an injury he received. Also talks about leadership experiences, working with the Target...
Dates:
1988
Richard Beard interview, 1988 April 1
File — Box: 29, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 703
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a transcribed interview of Richard Paul Beard regarding his service in the U.S. Army. Explains that his experiences before the war prepared him for leadership in the war and discusses the challenges of decision-making in leadership. Also explains that the biggest impairment to the men’s morale was caused by immorality such as prostitution and access to marijuana. Describes the personal effect of witnessing death and the difficulty of sending men out when he knew they might...
Dates:
1988 April 1
Wallace A. Glausi interview, 1988 January 21
File — Box: 29, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 705
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a transcribed interview with Wallace Glausi regarding his military experiences as as a Long Range Patrol (LRP) team leader in the U.S. Army. He talks about his experience being drafted in the military and discusses his own reluctance to join the military. Talks about the frustration that he and other soldiers felt with the war. He explains what occurred with the My Lai massacre. He talks how he was received well when he returned home from the war. Dated 1988 January 21,...
Dates:
1988 January 21
David I. Folkman Jr. interview, 1988 March 22
File — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 2 File 697
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain an interview with Lt. Col. David I. Folkman, Jr. regarding his service in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War from 1969-1970. Folkman describes his Cadet Pilot Training in Waco, Texas, and his ROTC activity at BYU. Recounts how, between Air Force assignments, he returned to Utah where he finished a Masters degree and then Ph. D. at the University of Utah. Describes his work assessing the evaluation of air support, and afterwards getting assigned to the 47th Squadron...
Dates:
1988 March 22
Dennis E. Holden interview, 1988 March 25
File — Box: 29, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 3 File 698
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a transcribed interview of Dennis E. Holden regarding his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1969. In this interview, conducted by G. Shoonover, Holden talks about growing up in southern California, and enlisting in the Marines. Describes his feelings about killing and death, intense battle situations, leadership experiences, and the way he was treated upon coming home. Talks about the change he experienced from the war, talking to his son...
Dates:
1988 March 25
John Benjamin Clayton, Jr. papers, 1918-1924, approximately 2001
File — Box: 29, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 4 File 709
Scope and Contents
Materials contain papers of John Benjamin Clayton, Jr., discussing his service in the Rainbow (42nd) Division of the 166th Infantry during World War I. The papers include the leaves of a booklet by B. Van Vorst titled "To the Homeward-Bound Americans". Also includes a portion of the book, Ohio in the Rainbow, which tells the story of the 166th Infantry, 42nd Division in World War I. Also contains a photograph of Clayton in uniform, a news article discussing General Pershing’s inspection of...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-1924; Digitized: approximately 2001
Dale Robert Metcalf letters and photographs, 2001
File — Box: 29, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 707
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a compilation of letters written by Dale Robert Metcalf to his family while he was in the U.S. Army during World War II. Letters describe his experiences in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Also contains letters written to Metcalf by his family and friends during the war. Includes letters written by Metcalf and others after the war, from 1945-1983. Also includes several copied pictures of Metcalf in uniform, in training, with natives in Europe and North Africa, and with...
Dates:
Publication: 2001