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Box 43

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Golden Ray Stettler papers, 1946, 1983

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 953
Scope and Contents note

Material contains the history, pictures, Certificate of Service and Separation Qualification Record regarding Golden Ray Stettler's service in U.S. Army during World War II. Includes an excerpt from an oral history recorded by Stettler in 1983. Describes how company constructed docks, bridges, and runways mostly but not exclusively in France. Dated 1946, 1983.

Dates: 1946; 1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army engineers

Wayne Leon Smith history, 2003

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 962
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a brief overview of Wayne Leon Smith's life including his military service for the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines. Smith relates his childhood, serving a mission in the Central States Mission from 1941-1943, his experiences in the Army as a technician 5th grade and his family situation both before and after the war. Dated 2003.

Dates: 2003
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 Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Engineers, Technicians, and Mechanics

Henry Clair Tracy narrative, 1994

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 958
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a narrative of Henry Clair Tracy's experiences from his induction in the U.S. Army to the end of World War II. He discusses spending a lot of time in hospitals because of malaria and jungle rot, but still being able to take part in many offensive operations in New Guinea. He tells of an experience of "mopping up" that affected him greatly. Dated 1994.

Dates: 1994
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 Army

Charles Swenson papers, 1944-1946, 2000

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 1883
Scope and Contents Materials include papers of Charles Swenson regarding his service as a clerk in the 10th Army Headquarters of the U.S. Army during World War II and a Latter-day Saint conference in Okinawa. File contains copies of newspaper clippings from the church news, a photograph, a letter, and a program. Also included are two handwritten letters from Swenson to creators of the Saints at War project relating a few experiences and feelings from the war. Relates a story of the taking of an island in the...
Dates: 1944-1946; 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 Army / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Clerks

Morgan Paul Tenney response to questionnaire, approximately 2001

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 955
Scope and Contents note

Material contains questionnaire regarding Morgan Paul Tenney's service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Relates a few experiences from his service, also of his involvement with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during his training in the United States. He tells of one experience on an offensive to take out some pill boxes and he helped save two men. Dated approximately 2001.

Dates: approximately 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Infantry

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