Military
Found in 734 Collections and/or Records:
135th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron photograph album
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.
John James Abert letter
Letter from John James Abert to James Holt written on February 7, 1861. The letter originally accompanied a copy of Abert's report on the planning of a wagon route between Utah and Nevada. The report was published by the government in 1876.
Account of Custer's fight on Little Bighorn
George L. Adams interview
Douglas MacArthur address before joint session of Congress
Contains speech made after MacArthur was relieved of his command in Korea by President Truman.
Wylma J. Callahan Ade autobiography
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.
Adventurous story of an army nurse during World War II and the Korean Conflict
Typed autobiography. Kauffroth was born in 1922 and studied nursing at the LDS Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was stationed in Brigham City, Utah, and India during World War II. She married Sylvester Kauffroth in 1953.
Jose Maria Albiza petition
Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Albiza requesting a discharge from the army for medical reasons.
James C. Alden letters
Three letters from John C. Alden to his wife, written during the Civil War, 1863.
James Allen and R. B. Mitchell letters
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 16 July 1846, and composed at the "Headquarters Morm. Batt. U.S. Volunteers." Allen writes about the march to California and the necessity of protection against Indians. On the reverse of Allen's letter is found a handwritten letter, dated 21 July 1846, and signed by R. B. Mitchell, "Indian Agent." The item was composed at "Point aux Poules." Mitchell praises the conduct of the emigrating Mormons in general and with the Indians in particular.