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Brookside subdivision 70th birthday celebration, 1944-2014 : a walk down memory lane
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8404
Scope and Contents
DVD about the founding of Brookside subdivision in Springville, Utah, and the residents who live there. Dated 2014.
Dates:
2014
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
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
Gail E. Waller interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3175
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Kelly J. Drake on 6 Aug. 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Drake was in the United States Marine Corps starting in 1936 and later went into the United States Army in 1940. He served in North Africa for nine months and served in Sicily in 1943 with the ordinance section of the Seventh Army. He was later deployed to Germany in 1945 and met Russian troops on the Elbe River. Drake was sent home in July of 1945.
Dates:
1985 August 6
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oral history interview with Wayne A. Warr
Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 3192
Scope and Contents
A typescript and two audiocassette recordings of an interview with Wayne A. Warr conducted by Scott M. Fellows on February 14, 1985, for the Ray Hillam war project. Warr served in the United States Army and was sent to Vietnam in 1965 as a radio operator. He was in Vietnam for three months in 1965 and returned in 1967 as a platoon sergeant. He tells about his daily routines, experiences when ambushed, and difficulty distinguishing the enemy. States the North Vietnamese were well trained,...
Dates:
1985 February 14
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ted Weaver interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3176
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Martin Peterson on 26 Jan. 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Weaver was from Idaho when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1941 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He later served with the Army Air Corps as a cadet. People respected his Mormon ethics when he refused to drink alcohol with them. He was deployed in England in 1944. He said 25% of the planes were being shot down on each...
Dates:
1985 January 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ronald Westhorpe interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3177
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Eric Rayner probably in 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Westhorpe lived in London, England, in 1939 at the beginning of the war. During World War II, he was a flight "leftenant" for the Royal Air Force. He flew with the bomber command pathfinder force, and he identified and marked targets for the bombers that would follow. He talked about the frustrations involved with mission cancellations, and he said it was hard to see his friends die even...
Dates:
approximately 1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Albert L. Winkler interview with Herbert K. and Erika W. Commichaux
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2778
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview (64 pages) conducted by Albert L. Winkler and Corey Clement on November 9, 2001. Commichaux tells about his position as a company commander in the German Army with the rank of captain. He participated in numerous campaigns including the invasion of Poland in 1939. He fought on the Russian front from 1941 to 1945, was wounded twice, and was captured by the United States Army in 1945. Also included is an interview of Commichaux's wife, Erika, on the same...
Dates:
2001
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Stan Wolfley interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3178
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by S. Criss James on 26 Jan. 1985 for Ray Hillam's war project. Wolfley joined the United States Army in 1944 before he turned 17 years old. He was trained in demolition to destroy obstacles to allow landing craft to land on islands. He participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in 1945 and took part in the assault on Mt. Suribachi. He later was involved in the landing at Okinawa where he was wounded. Wolfley also participiated in the occupation of...
Dates:
1985 January 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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