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135th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron photograph album

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2956
Abstract

355 personal photographs taken by members of the 35th photo reconnaissance squadron, 272 mounted on cardstock, 82 loose; 1 binder made from aluminum from an aircraft used by the squadron, the binder contains a yellowing photograph fixed in the spine with scotch tape; 2-page personal written history and poem by creator.

Dates: approximately 1940-1949

Wylma J. Callahan Ade autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2610
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Ade was born in Iowa in 1920. She served as a nurse in the United States military from 1942 to 1946. She served on the island of Espirutu Santo in the New Hebrides and in other areas as well. She also writes about her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ade worked for many years as a public health nurse and retired in 1979.

Dates: 2002

Llewellyn A. Banks papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9547
Scope and Contents

Collection includes three optical discs that contain oral histories of Llewellyn A. Banks concerning his military service in the United States Army during World War II, specifically in operation Target Okinawa. Materials are dated 2006-2009.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2006-2009

Memories from the life of Earl L. Blomberg

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3035
Scope and Contents

Printed autobiography. Blomberg tells about his early life, family, and experiences in the United States Army in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. He fought in a number of campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Philippine Islands, where he served as a member of the Alamo Scouts. He was seriously wounded at the end of the war. "Recorded in 1995 by his wife Evelyn Blomberg, Edited by Lin Floyd, Layout by Daniel Hatch."

Dates: 1995

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

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

Eugene E. Campbell interview

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3181
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Anita Louise Hummel on November 19, 1982 for the Ray Hillam war project. Cambell volunteered to be a military chaplain for the United States. He became a chaplain in 1944. He said he was under artillery fire and in dangerous positions in France. He carried no firearms and never shot at anyone. He visited wounded men in hospitals. He visited concentration camps and described the starving and dying people he saw there. He was designated as a Protestant...
Dates: 1982 November 19

Randy Christensen interview of Grant Ash

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3062
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview conducted by Randy Christiansen for Hillam's War Project. Also included is the audiocassette from which the interview was transcibed. Ash talks about flying combat missions in World War II over Romania, Germany, and other parts of Europe. He flew the B-24 bomber. He was also shot down and captured. Ash talks about his experiences as a prisoner of war held by Germany.

Dates: 1985

Randy Christiansen interview with Albert Aiken Smith

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3001
Scope and Contents Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassette. The interview was conducted by Randy Christiansen for Hillam's War Project on an unspecifiied date. Smith talks about joining the Utah National Guard in 1928, his training as an officer of artillery, and his experiences in the European theater during World War II. He first saw combat in Normandy, France. He later participated in the Battle of the Bulge and in the invasion of Germany. He also tells about his experiences in...
Dates: approximately 1985

Edgar De Miller interview

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3182
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Peter Milanzi on 27 Jan. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. De Miller was drafted into the United States Army when he was working in Chicago, Illinois, when he was 37 years old. He served as an infantry platoon leader starting at age 38 and later became a company commander training combat soldiers. De Miller worked with foreign correspondents in Tokyo, Japan, following the war. He did not think that the United States participation in the war was...
Dates: 1985 January 27

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Nurses at War project 11
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Brigham Young University 2
Christiansen, Randal Jule, 1961- 2
Haines, Albert E. (Albert Edwyn), 1922- 2
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Whitaker, Frank 2
Winkler, Albert L. (Albert Lynn) (1949-) 2
Ade, Wylma J. Callahan, 1920-2018 1
Ash, Grant 1
Banks, Llewellyn A. (Llewellyn Allen), 1919-2016 1
Blomberg, Earl L., 1908- 1
Blomberg, Evelyn 1
Bowers-Irons, Timothy Hoyt 1
Brown, G. Easton 1
Burton, Theodore M. (Theodore Moyle), 1907-1989 1
Campbell, Eugene E., 1915-1986 1
Christensen, Dallas 1
Cox, David Raymond, 1919- 1
Dahle, Clayton 1
Dare, Ruth Udy 1
De Miller, Edgar 1
Drake, Kelly J. 1
Duff, Murray 1
Elton, Calvin William, 1922-2011 1
Evans, David L. (David Louis), 1925-2010 1
Haines, Thelda Gwilliam 1
Hall, Wendell H. 1
Hatch, Daniel 1
Hickman, Martin B. (Martin Berkeley), 1925-1991 1
Higgins, Reed, 1919- 1
Hummel, Anita Louise 1
Hunt, Jeff, ca. 1990- 1
Hyatt, Ora Mae Sorensen 1
Jacobsen, Gene 1
James, S. Criss 1
Johns, Mary Jane Neville 1
Johnson, Lawrence H. 1
LDS Chaplains Oral History Project 1
Larsen, Carl DeVon, 1922-1983 1
Leavitt, Dee 1
Lewis, Lloyd K., 1922- 1
Lin, Floyd 1
Lowery, Fern Maurine 1
Mace, Barbara Jean Bowman 1
Marsh, Nina Maughan 1
Matheny, Ray T. 1
Maynard, Richard 1
Melville, Keith 1
Milanzi, Peter 1
Murphy, Paul L. 1
Olson, Mary Harris 1
Packard, Forrest 1
Partridge, William Schaubel 1
Peterson, Eula Louise 1
Peterson, Martin 1
Poole, Harold W. (Harold Wood), 1918- 1
Rawson, J. Murray, 1918- 1
Reid, Rory 1
Reiser, Betty Jo Carter, 1924- 1
Riley, Howard 1
Robertson, Sarah Lynn 1
Rufty-Mooney, Lynn Marie Stranger 1
Sagers, Moe, 1922-2009 1
Shumway, R. Phil (Richard Phil), 1921-2008 1
Smith, Albert Aikens, 1906-1987 1
Thomas, Henrietta Oberlander 1
Toyn, Thomas B., 1920- 1
Tripp, Karla Paul, 1922- 1
United States. Air Force. Photographic Reconnaisance Squadron, 35th 1
United States. Marine Corps 1
University of Utah 1
Van Orman, Dixie 1
Waller, Gail E. 1
Warner, Ellen Poelman, 1925- 1
Watters, Madge Fillmore 1
Watters, Ray, 1918-1994 1
Weaver, Ted 1
Weeks, Clyde E. 1
Whitaker, Lincoln R. 1
Whitman, Dale 1
Whitman, Stacy 1
Windhorst, R. Scott 1
Wolfley, Stan 1
Woodland, Althea Rawlins, 1920- 1
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