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Box 72

 Container

Contains 27 Results:

Willis Henry Yost military history and list of church service, approximately 2003

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 1458
Scope and Contents note

Materials include a personal military history of Willis Henry Yost regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a motor pool sergeant during World War II. Also contains a list of his church service in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Dated approximately 2003.

Dates: approximately 2003

Roland Wright papers, approximately 1945, 2001

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 1460
Scope and Contents note

Materials include letters, journal entries, photographs and articles regarding Roland Wright's service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He included copies of several newspaper clippings and pictures of himself next to his airplane,the "Mormon Mustang". He also included correspondence with various people. He wrote of an experience he had when he arrived in Munich. Dated approximately 1945, approximately 2001.

Dates: approximately 1945; 2001

Ken Pratt letter, 2005 June

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 1473
Scope and Contents note

Materials include a letter from Bill Mower who recounts Ken Pratt's service in the U.S. Army Air Corp as a B-17 pilot over Europe. Describes Pratt getting shot down with his crea and how he and his co-pilot hid in a nearby town with the help of the French underground until they were able to return to England. Dated June 2005.

Dates: 2005 June

Victor Taylor military history and photograph, approximately 2005

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 4 File 1479
Scope and Contents note

Materials include the military history of Victor Taylor regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II in an intelligence unit, written by Merle Taylor Maier. Contains a photocopied photograph of Taylor. Dated approximately 2005.

Dates: approximately 2005

F. Enzio Busche interview, 2005-2006

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 8 File 1456
Scope and Contents note

Materials include the audio cassette and a transcription of an oral interview conducted with F. Enzio Busche regarding his service in the German Army during World War II. The interview details being recruited as part of Hitler's Youth and surrendering to the Americans. Dated 2005-2006.

Dates: 2005-2006

Clifford L. Wilcox accounts and photographs, 1951-1953

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 File 1464
Scope and Contents note

Materials include photographs and written memoir of Clifford Wilcox regarding his serviced in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Includes a story in which he was called in to help with a situation where a projectile was stuck in the barrel of a Howitzer. Also included in the file is the experience of his wife, June, when Wilcox was in Korea. File also contains photographs of Wilcox in uniform and in theater of operations. Dated 1951-1953.

Dates: 1951-1953

Terrel R. Tovey letters and greeting cards, 1945-1947, 2002 November 18

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 File 1467
Scope and Contents note

Materials include a few transcribed letters written by Terrel R. Tovey while he was serving in Korea at the end of World War II. Also contains a photocopy of a Thanksgiving greeting card and a photocopy of a Christmas card that the Latter-day Saint leaders in Korea wrote for the soldiers family members. Dated 1945-1947, November 18, 2002.

Dates: 1945-1947; 2002 November 18

Jack Russell papers, 1953

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 28
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 File 1480
Scope and Contents note

Materials include memoir of Jack Russell regarding his service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and the Korean War. Contains a spiritual experience that Russell had at Christmas time of 1953. Dated 1953.

Dates: 1953

Joseph Toomey papers, approximately 1943-1946

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 1 File 1469
Scope and Contents note Materials include eighteen photocopied photographs of Joseph Toomey's experiences in both World War II and the Korean War as a medic in the U.S. Army. Includes a photocopy of his patriarchal blessing and an Latter-Day Saint Ordinance record. Also includes a poeticized account of his experiences in World War II and the Korean War with photographs. Includes his family pedigree chart, a short resume of his life, an account of his experiences during World War II, and an account of his mental...
Dates: approximately 1943-1946

Harold Tiffany article, 2001 September

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 1470
Scope and Contents

Materials include magazine article. Harold Tiffany served in the U.S. Army during World War II. His story is included in a copy of the magazine "World War II" from September 2001 issue. The article details one mission that Tiffany had in Philippines to rescue a small village from Japanese oppression. Dated September 2001.

Dates: 2001 September