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Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Ambrose Poulter autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314327]
Identifier: MSS SC 1671
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed autobiography. Poulter's experiences in the British Royal Navy around the world, and as a pioneer in the western United States, are described in great detail.

Dates: 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Ambrose Poulter autobiography

P.O.W.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330018]
Identifier: MSS SC 3059
Scope and Contents

Describes being captured by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II, the Bataan Death March, and his three and one-third years as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and Japan. Also included are two photographs of Poole in his military uniform and a note stating that his son later served in Japan as a missionary for the Mormon Church. Also on microfilm.

Dates: 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / P.O.W.

P.O.W. life of Forrest Packard in pictures

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332576]
Identifier: MSS SC 3278
Scope and Contents Typewritten biography of Dee Leavitt's father, Forrest Packard who was an American prisoner of war held by the Japanese during World War II. Packard was a civilian employee who was caputured by the Japanese on Wake Island. He served nearly four years in prison camps. Dr. Leavitt has researched the experience of the prisoners of war and has interviewed many survivors to write this story of Packard's imprisonment. The item includes numerous drawings made by American prisoners of war which...
Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / P.O.W. life of Forrest Packard in pictures

Allen Powers interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330414]
Identifier: MSS SC 3155
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Jim Keezell on 5 July 1985 for the Ray Hillam project. Powers was in the United States Marine Corps stationed at Sugie, Japan, with the First Marine Air Wing in 1964 when he learned he was being deployed to Vietnam. He had already been in the Marine Corps for six years and had received much training. He landed in Danang, Vietnam, and was a plane commander in the UH23 Delta helicopter. He told about his attack missions and about killing others and...
Dates: 1985 July 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Allen Powers interview

Carolyn Powers interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330406]
Identifier: MSS SC 3156
Scope and Contents

Transcript of a interview conducted by Jim Keezell in 1985 for the Ray Hillam project. Powers was the wife of Allen Powers who served for the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam. Carolyn told about her life when her husband was stationed in Vietnam. She went to Okinawa to be closer to her husband when he was in Vietnam. Carolyn said it was a good learning experience to live in another culture in Okinawa.

Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Carolyn Powers interview

James M. Priest reminiscences

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6795
Abstract

Contains a photograph of James with Harold B. Lee and a spiral bound copy of his book of reminiscences.

Dates: 1925-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James M. Priest reminiscences

David Prine papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1827
Scope and Contents Sketches of the layout of Adolph Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden, certificates, newspaper clippings, German postage stamps depicting Adolph Hitler, and a map of the United States Army's 13th Armored Division depicting its movements through France and Germany from 1944 to 1945. Also included are microfilmed copies of the materials in the collection including the photographs transferred to photoarchives. Also with the collection is a small Nazi flag, a certificate making Hitler and...
Dates: 1933-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Prine papers

Propaganda leaflets from the Korean War

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337583]
Identifier: MSS 2777
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of propaganda leaflets that Gillmore found on the battlefields of Korea. The items are in Korean and English.

Dates: 1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Propaganda leaflets from the Korean War

Gustave Edwin Putnam papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8899
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs and awards from Gustave Edwin Putnam's work with veterans and his service in World War I, family photographs, and a brief autobiography. Most of the collection is from Putnam's life in Ogden, Utah. Approximately 1918-1976.

Dates: approximately 1918-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gustave Edwin Putnam papers

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232573698]
Identifier: MSS 8379
Scope and Contents

Material is a print from the original negative of Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II on February 23, 1945.

Dates: 1945 February 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

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