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Timothy Hoyt Bowers-Irons interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3190
Scope and Contents
Transcript of a interview conducted by Richard Maynard on 27 July and 1 and 8 Aug. 1973 for the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies LDS Chaplain Oral History Project. Bowers-Irons was born in Nephi, Utah, and served as a missionary to South Africa for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He graduated in psychology from Brigham Young University in 1942. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1943 and was commissioned a chaplain in 1944. He served in Europe and was...
Dates:
1973
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
G. Easton Brown interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3179
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Clayton Dahle on 3 July 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Brown served as a gunner for the United States Army Air Corps and flew combat missions against the Japanese. He was shot down and captured by the Japanese. Even though he was starved and tortured, he managed to survive. He said that the United States participation in World War II was justified.
Dates:
1985 July 3
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Walter Mason Camp papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 57
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, interview notes, general research and field notes, drafts of writings, photographs, maps, newsclippings and miscellaneous research and reference materials created and collected by Camp, and pertaining to the Indian Wars of the plains (1864-1890). The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence (1908-1923), interviews, general research and field notes (1890-1924). Chief interviewees and correspondents were the officers, enlisted men, and...
Dates:
approximately 1870-1943
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Howard Allen Christy interview and responses to questions
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3165
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Murray Duff on 29 March 1985 and responses to questions posed by Ray C. Hillam in November of 1985. Christy graduated from college in 1955 and joined the Marine Corps. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and retired from the Marines in 1975. Christy was in Hawaii when the Vietnam War broke out and was made a company commander of a rifle company in the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Dates:
1985 March 29
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John A. Duff interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3167
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Murray Duff, son of John A. Duff, on 15 April 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. John A. Duff was stationed in Ft. Benning, Georgia, as an Army aviator before he was assigned to Vietnam in 1965. He served with the 197th Armed Helicopter Company and took over as a platoon commander. He told about his combat experiences, the various missions in which he participated, and the strategies employed. John A. Duff was a member of the Church...
Dates:
1985 April 15
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Calvin William Elton interviews
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3184
Scope and Contents
Interview conducted by Murray Duff on April 16, 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Elton enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1940, but he was used in ground combat in the Philippines in 1941. He was captured by the Japanese in 1942. He experienced the Bataan Death march for five days and was placed in a prison camp. Many men died every day because of disease and malnutrition. Elton talked about how he and his close friends kept each other alive. In 1943, he was sent to Japan....
Dates:
1985 April 16
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Scott M. Fellows interview with Wayne A. Farr
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3032
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview conducted by Scott M. Fellows on 14 Feb. 1985 for the War Project at Brigham Young University. Also included is the reel-to-reel sound tape from which the trancription was made. Warr talks about his three tours of duty in Vietnam starting in 1965, 1967, and 1970. He discusses how the war changed over those years. He was wounded in combat in 1967.
Dates:
1985 February 14
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 6290
Abstract
This collection consists of interviews with Korean and Vietnam veterans under the direction of Ray C. Hillam for his war project. It covers topics such as recruitment, training, daily routines, duties, missions, how their experience as an LDS soldier differed from their fellow soldiers, and many other topics as the veterans reveal their war experiences and what it meant to them. Includes six interviews, each interview consisting of a transcript and either a cassette tape or audio reel of the...
Dates:
1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ray T. Matheny interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3195
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of interviews and oral histories probably recorded in 1983. Matheny flew on a B-17 on combat missions over France and Germany during World War II. He was shot down over Germany in January 1944 and was a prisoner of war until the end of the conflict.
Dates:
1983
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oral history interview of Howard Riley
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2993
Scope and Contents
Typescipt of an interview taken from the included audiocassettes. The interview was conducted by David Jones on 14 August 1985 for Dr. Ray Hillam's Political Science 379R course at Brigham Young University. Roley talks about joining the U.S. Navy out of high school and describes his experiences while on ships off the coasts of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Dates:
1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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