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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:

I remember when

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328913]
Identifier: MSS SC 2983
Scope and Contents Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Salt Lake County, Utah; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to the Central States, 1937-1939; attendance at BYU; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; teaching LDS seminary in Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah; teaching LDS institute at University of Alberta (Canada) and Southern Utah University; employment at BYU; service as president of the Southwest Indian Mission; and service as president of Hawaii Temple...
Dates: 1997

Stacy Whitman interview with Dale Whitman

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2972
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included cassette sound tape. Whitman was interviewed by his granddaughter, Stacy Whitman. Dale talks about his service with the United States armed forces in India, China, and other parts of Asia.

Dates: 1999

James Bassett Jacobson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2640
Scope and Contents

Contains papers covering Jacobson's youth, military experience, college education, careers with Prudential Insurance Company of America and Cal Fed, Inc., service on numerous boards of directors, travel, family life, church service, and personal reflections. Some of the papers are an edited transcript of an oral history interview that was recorded onto tape cassettes.

Dates: approximately 1922-2003

Mary Jane Neville Johns autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340892]
Identifier: MSS 2681
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Johns writes about her experiences as a nurse in the United States Navy during World War II. She served in Long Beach, California; Norman, Oklahoma; and Bethesda, Maryland.

Dates: 2001

Carl DeVon Larsen biography and photograph

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3100
Scope and Contents

Biography and photograph of DeVon Carl Larsen.

Dates: approximately 1960-1970

Fern Maurine Lowery autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336866]
Identifier: MSS 2689
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Lowery joined the cadet nurse program during World War II. She talks about her classes and work shifts during the war. She later worked at the Utah Valley Hospital.

Dates: 2002

Barbara Jean Bowman Mace autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336858]
Identifier: MSS 2691
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Mace was born in Colonia Juarez in Mexico, and she always wanted to be a nurse. She served as a Cadet Nurse from Jan. 1945 to Jun. 1945. At that time, she was stationed in the Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham City, Utah. She married Ward Mace in 1946.

Dates: 2000

Nina Maughan Marsh autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337021]
Identifier: MSS 2693
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. She writes about her training as a nurse and about meeting her husband. She married Stanley P. Marsh in 1951. She died of a massive heart attack in 2002.

Dates: 2000

Ray T. Matheny interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331263]
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

Elizabeth Anna Gleason Mayland history

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2694
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography as told through letters written by Mayland during World War II. Most of these items were written to family members. She was stationed in Missouri and Texas during the war. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jun. 1943 and married Lawrence Mayland on 22 Sept. 1945.

Dates: 1996