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Oral history interview with Jay Dell Butler
Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 3180
Scope and Contents
Transcript and audiocassette recording of an oral history interview with Jay Dell Butler conducted by Gary Dewey on July 20, 1985. Butler tells about his experiences in combat fighting in France during WWII. He was in foxholes most of the time, was under fire from mortars, and was wounded in battle. He thought the United States' involvement in the war was justified.
Dates:
1985 July 20
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
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