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File includes a transcript of a film interview and selection of over 200 photocopied pages from Hal Gunn's autobiography. Both the interview and autobiography detail his service with the U.S. Army Air Corps and his time as a prisoner of war during World War II in Germany. Dated approximately 2001.

Scope and Contents note Material contains the audiocassette and transcript of an interview with Bruce Karn regarding his military service in the Vietnam War. Karn describes his first tour where he first came in contact with a member of the Latter-Day Saint faith. He further describes his conversion and baptism while working as an instructor pilot in a flight school in Texas. He talks about the influence that the Book of Mormon had on his second tour, and his experiences there as part of "God's Squad", taking the...

Scope and Contents note Material contains an interview with Colonel Robert Detweiler regarding his service in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Describes his service served as a professional soldier for about fourteen years prior to the Vietnam War. In his account, he makes a distinction between the attitude of the professional soldiers and that of the other men in Vietnam. He talks at length about the necessity of learning to "play the game", i.e. when to break the rules of engagement, when to privilege...

Scope and Contents note Material contains an interview with Liem Quang Le regarding his service as an Air Force Commander for the South Vietnam military forces during the Vietnam War. He describes the drafting process, which resulted in him entering military life at age 18. He recalls the complicated relationship between his unit and the local Viet Cong, and vividly describes his encounters with Viet Cong guerilla tactics. He explains his perception of U.S. involvement in the South Vietnamese government, and lists...

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Material contains an interview with Robert Carey regarding his service in the Vietnam War. Describes some of the combat experiences he had and how he dealt with killing. Talks about the treatment of enemy prisoners-of-war, and the American servicemen's reaction to the Vietnamese people in general. Also describes the political situation in the Unites States, and especially the public's attitude towards the military. Dated 1988.

Scope and Contents note Materials contain an interview with Hartman Rector Jr. concerning his time serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Describes Rector's training and subsequent recovery from injuries until December of 1945, at which time the war was over. Relates how he was called to active duty with the onset of the Korean War, and was sent to Hawaii for advanced training. Describes his conversion to the Latter-Day Saint faith around this time, including that, when he arrived at...

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Materials contain a transcribed interview with Ronald J. Shaw regarding his service in the Air Defense Command Headquarters (NORAD) in the U.S. Air Force from 1954-1981. Shaw describes his training in the United States, his work as a radar specialist in Japan, Officer Training School, and his assignment in Quebec. He gives opinions on the Vietnam War and the military. Dated April 15, 2004.

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Materials contain a transcribed interview of DeMar B. Perkins regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Talks about being drafted into the U.S. Army and training in the Cavalry before transferring to the Army Air Corps. Talks about his training as a gunner, learning to fly P-39s and P-40s, and courting and marrying Helen from the Women's Air Corps. Dated August 16, 2003.

Scope and Contents Materials contain an interview with Jay Slaughter detailing his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II by playing his trumpet in the Navy Band. Slaughter talks about the band he was assigned to, mostly comprised of professional musicians, aboard the U.S.S. Black Hawk. He relates his activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during that time, and describes the development of his faith. He talks about life as an active servicemen in Chicago and Glenview, IL, and also...

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Materials contain a transcribed interview with John Lotha Flade. In the account, Flade describes his activity in the Hitler Youth program, and how it was perceived by its young participants. Deals with Hitler's rise to power, and the reactions of his parents to it. Flade talks about his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, where he met his future wife. He also describes his experiences at American camps after his capture. Dated March 2001.