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Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:

Edgar De Miller interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331354]
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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Death benefit certificates and power of attorney

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233519]
Identifier: MSS SC 22
Scope and Contents

Printed death benefit certificates with handwritten entries payable to William A. Burnett, Attorney, Staunton, Virginia in behalf of survivors of deceased Confederate soldiers with brief statements of service and death dates of the deceased. Also includes a holograph certificate of power of attorney from Elizabeth J. Humphreys.

Dates: 1863-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Minor R. Deming letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325752]
Identifier: MSS SC 2707
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 17 July 1845 and addressed to "Gen. Ewing." Deming admits that the hope of expelling the Mormons from Hancock County had been abandoned and indicates that he had been accused of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1845 July 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James William Denver letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309632]
Identifier: MSS SC 1153
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter to Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, recommending A.C. Bradford for the post of "navy agent" in San Francisco.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Did a man known in private life as Frank Finkel participate in and escape from the Custer Battle?

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322718]
Identifier: MSS SC 2657
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Kuhlman examines the question of whether any calvarymen with George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 survived. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Reginald Dobbs interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330232]
Identifier: MSS SC 3166
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Mike West on 27 Oct. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Dobbs arrived in Vietnam in 1971 and served as an assistant executive officer for an artillery battery. Later, he was assigned as artillery liaison officer for 2nd Battalion First Marines, which was the last Marine infantry unit active in Vietnam. He talked about freezing up the first time he was in combat, and he told about his other experiences in war. He said he was frustrated at times...
Dates: 1985 October 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Idonna Davis Doerig autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341270]
Identifier: MSS 2619
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Doerig was born in 1923 in Greenville, Utah. She married Albert Doerig, Jr. in 1954. After the war, she joined the United States Air Force Reserve Program and retired as a lieutenant colonel.

Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Fenton Lyn Drake oral history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232573276]
Identifier: MSS 8546
Scope and Contents

Contains an Oral history interview with Fenton Lyn Drake, conducted by Jacob Nelson on October 2, 2012 for a World Civilizations course taken at Brigham Young University. The oral history discusses Fenton Lyn Drake's pre-Vietnam experience including: his mission, the draft, and deferments. He then tells about his combat experience in the war and his opportunity to sare the gospel with fellow soldiers, and his post war experiences. Dated October 2, 2012.

Dates: 2012 October 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Kelly Drake interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331347]
Identifier: MSS SC 3183
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview conducted by Jay Drake on 26 July 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Kelly Drake was drafted into the United States Army in 1954 (?). He went to Ft. Ord, California, for training, and he was sent to Germany where he was assigned to be a jeep driver. He trained soldiers and played war games. He thought that the United States' participation in the the Korean War was justified.

Dates: 1985 July 26
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Walter Howard Draper papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6180
Scope and Contents

Contains missionary diaries, scriptures, and memorabilia; military, NASA, and other civil service personnel papers; family history book and photographs; assorted personal, insurance, and legal papers; and ephemera that includes items from the Netherlands, from the 1938 World's Fair, and NASA. Items dated 1936-1987.

Dates: 1936-1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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