World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives
Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:
Keith Melville interview
Transcript of an interview conducted by R. Scott Windhorst for the Ray Hillam war project. This interview has been combined with a previous talk given by Dr. Melville to a 379R Political Science class, taught by Dr. Hillam. It concerns his experiences as a B-17 bomber pilot, during World War II. We will start this interview by having Dr. Melville explain the conditions that got him involved in the war.
Memories of an Army nurse in World War II, 1944-1945
Typed autobiography. Ora Mae Sorensen was born in 1922 in Taylor, Texas and married Edmond Preston Hyatt in 1945. Many letters addressed to family memers have been typed into the autobiography which largely describes her military service as a nurse. She served mainly in the Pacific area.
My military time
Typewritten autobiography and poem. Bevan tells about his training as an anti-aircraft gunner and describes his experiences with the 29th Infantry Division in World War II. He landed at the Omaha Beach in Normandy and fought through France. He entered Germany in the Aachen area, fought in the Rhur region, and was with U.S. forces that met Soviet troops on the Elbe River inside Germany. The poem is dedicated to a friend who saved Bevan's life in the war.
Newspaper clippings
This autobiographical account contains narrative by Wendell Hall and his family as well as numerous newspaper clippings documenting his life experience.
Of one heart
Mary Harris Olson autobiography
Typed autobiography. Olsen was from Blanding, Utah, and she was trained as a nurse at the University of Utah. During the war, she served in Camp Roberts in California. She married Ernest Olson in 1944.
Oral history interview with Herbert H. Frost
Inteview by Arthur Chapman concerning his student experiences, war experiences, and graduate education and subsequent appointment as professor of Zoology at Brigham Young University.
Oral history interview with Ralph G. Laycock
Oral history interview discusses Laycock's academic career and his experiences during World War II. It mentions several other Brigham Young University faculty members.
Orem Heritage Museum video interviews of long-time Orem residents
Dixie Van Orman interview with Dallas Christensen
Typescript of an interview conducted by Dixie Van Orman on 7 March 1985 for Hillam's War Project at Brigham Young University. The item was transcribed from the included sound tape. Christensen talks about his training and his deployment to Europe in 1944. He first saw combat in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in an air drop behind the Rhine River in Germany in 1945.