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Book of General Authorities Wives, 1980, includes photographs, biographical sketches, and letters from the wives of General Authorities that served with President Spencer W. Kimball and his wife Camilla.

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Typescript of an interview. Fitzsimons was sent to Australia and New Guinea in 1943. After 18 months, she went to a hospital in the Philippines. She talked about the challenges of nursing in a tropical area. She treated both American soldiers and Japanese captives.

Scope and Contents Typed interview dated 9 May 2002. Harms was drafted into the Red Cross in 1940-1 and served in a field hospital in Russia in 1942. In this interview, she talked about her training and the conditions she faced in Russia. She was captured by the Americans at the end of the war and imprisoned with the men until she was recognized as being a woman. She met her husband, George Harms, at that time, and they were married in August of 1947. They later lived in the United States. She joined the...

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Typed interview. "Sister Bingham did not remember many of the experiences she had while she served as a nurse at war. With the help of her son, Byron, and through asking her many questions, she was able to remember a small amount of her service. Her main memory was that 'I took care of patients.'" She was born in Brigham City, Utah, and married Fred Alvin Bingham in 1947.

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Typewritten transcript of an interview conducted by Albert Winkler (1949- ) on 22 Aug. 1982. Miles talks about her family, her experiences in growing up in Bunkerville, and about working one summer in the Provo, Utah area.

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Typed copy of an interview. Fife was stationed at Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington, and was later transferred to Fairmont Army Airforce Base near Fairmont, Nebraska. She talked about her association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the war. She married Leland James Fife in 1944.

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...