Scope and Contents note Materials contain papers relating to Sam H. Wyrouck's service as a ball-turret gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1943-1945. This file contains an interview conducted by Dr. Robert Freeman, of Brigham Young University, which details most of the specifics of Wyrouck's service. It speaks of his enlisting, training, and many of his thirty-five combat missions he flew over Germany during the war. He has also included many experiences written into short stories which give...

Scope and Contents note Materials contain memoir titled "Jay E. Wheeler: Prisoner of War" written by the niece of Wheeler after his death regarding Jay E. Wheeler's service as a bombardier in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II from 1942-1945. Memoir chronicles Wheeler's experiences in chronological chapters including sections about his pre-military life, training, missions, and time spent in a prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft I, in Germany. Also includes letters transcribed letters by Wheeler. There...

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Material include written history regarding Thomas John Summers' life and military service. Describes his participation in the landing on Anzeo beach head, and travels through Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Southern France. Also included are many dates and lists of events in Summers' life. Dated approximately 1942, April 15, 2002.

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Materials contain a written short history of Vern R. Thomas' military life. Describes his training, work as a flight instructor, bombing missions over Germany until V-E Day, after which he was sent to fly in the Pacific Theater, his return home to his wife and son and life after the war. Dated 1942-1945, approximately 2001.

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Materials contain a memoir by Keith R. Willison regarding his service mostly as a movie projector operator in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942-1945. In his memoir he recounts several different experiences he had while he served in the Navy. He speaks of his investigation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during his service, and of the religious experiences he had. Dated after 1945.

Scope and Contents note Materials contain a handwritten (faxed) account of Burke A. Thomas regarding his experiences in World War II as a fighter pilot for the Canadian Army that was sent to aid the British Royal Air Force in fighting the Axis powers. Describes the work of his squad bombing and fighting almost exclusively at night, with only five missions during daylight. He recounts how he believed the prayers of his and another pilot's mother gave them added courage. He also speaks of a couple missions dropping...

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Materials include are photocopied pages from Sherman Beck Sheffield's Family History, outlining some of the experiences throughout his life. Also a photocopied photograph of Sherman and his brother Russell, both in the U.S. Navy in World War II, in uniform at the Oaknoll Hospital in California in 1946. Sheffield served in the 12th Navy District during World War II from 1945-1946 as a Hospital Corpsman First Class at the Oaknoll Hospital in Oakland, California. Dated approximately 1998.

Scope and Contents Materials include photocopied photographs, photocopied newspaper clippings and memoir of Thomas Wayne Sunderland. Recounts his experiences from his being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941 to his medical release in 1945 due to contracting malaria and hepatitis. He speaks of his training in Fort Lewis, Washington, and of being on a ship bound for Pearl Harbor the day it was bombed in December of 1941. Describes later learning that Japanese submarines were searching for them, and had sunk a...

Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir in which Clarence W. Vickrey briefly relates some of his military experiences from World War II, including his participation in the Battle of the Bulge and the invasion of Normandy. He credits God for his survival, and the success of the unit he was a part of. Also contains a handwritten note in which Vickrey states that the World War II National Momument was never considered until after all the others had been built, because World War II veterans hadn't complained...

Scope and Contents note Materials contain papers relating to Nathan H. Warwood's military service as a welder in the U.S. Army during World War II. Includes bound memoir, photocopied photographs, photocopied maps, photocopied military documents, and photocopied newspaper articles. Also contains a compilation of letters that Warwood wrote home while he was in the military. The letters speak of day to day events and his plans for the future. He speaks often of the shops he had built and worked in as he moved around...