Leland Fife papers, 1943-1944, 2000

File — Box: 13, Folder: 13-14

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 346

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a short story wherein Leland Fife relates an experience where his mother had a strong feeling that his endangered ship would survive its ordeal, and appeared to him in a vision to comfort him. Also contains a letter written by Fife's wife describing her involvement in the war as a military nurse. Photographs show Fife and his wife, Dove, in full military dress and together in their later years. Also included is a photograph of Fife's mother. Fife served in the U.S. Navy during World War II on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nehenta. His wife, Dove Fife, served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant in the Nurse Corps. She was assigned to the B-29 air force training base in Fairmont, Nebraska. Dated 19434-1944, 2001.

Dates

Creation: 1943-1944
Creation: 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

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It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Saints at War Project records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.