Scope and Contents Materials include the personal history of Rolland Perry regarding his service as a researcher during World War II. Describes how he started by teaching Naval recruits about electricity, and after some time he was moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico to work on the Manhattan Project. Tells how he worked on determining what happened during fission using high energy neutrons. Also included in the file is an account from his wife telling how she dealt with her husband working on a secret project....

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File includes a short description of spiritual incidents which are related to the service of Ronald Kent Dye in the Vietnam War. Also includes scanned images of several clippings from a Latter-Day Saint publication. Dated after 1968.

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Materials contain a personal history of Ronald L. Olsen regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II in the United States. He explains how World War II began and describes his life from 1931 to 1943. Describes attending U.S. Army meteorology training until the program was cancelled. Describes aviation cadet training and becoming a Flight Officer. Includes within the text photocopies of photographs, articles, maps, and certificates. Dated before 2002.

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Material contains papers regarding Ross D. Thruber's service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Includes two copies of a brief account entitled "Two Promises Kept, Two Missions Fulfilled," in which Ross Thurber relates several times when he saw the power of prayer. File also contains Thurber's biographical data form, two letters written by Thurber to other members of his crew fifty-five years after the war, and photocopied photographs. Dated approximately 1945, 1999-2000.

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Materials contain two copies of Roy Lee Grover's account of his military experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He describes his service in Australia and New Guinea after having been trained in Bakersfield, California and Chandler, Arizona. Contains a copy of a filled-out questionnaire that he submitted to the Department of the Army. Includes numerous copied photographs. Dated approximately 2002.

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Materials contain an account of the combat experiences of Royal R. Meservy in the U.S. Army during World War II. Discusses his division's positions in Ardennes and on the Siegfried line. Describes being captured and taken to the Stalag IX-B prisoner-of-war camp and the living conditions, the mental stress, and fear at the camp. Devotes large portion to Meservy's involvement with religious groups in his unit. Dated 2000-2002.

Scope and Contents note Materials include a transcript of Royce S. Bringhurst's military diary kept from January 1, 1944-December 28, 1944. Contains a detailed description of the nature and results of Bringhurst's 65 combat bombing missions in the Mediterranean, for which he received the Air Medal with four clusters. Also contains the photographs taken while in flight to Corsica and the correspondence with his wife. Includes a list of his crew members present on every bombing mission. Contains photocopied newspaper...

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Materials contain accounts of Russell Jensen's war experience serving in the U.S. Army during World War II as an ammunition carrier for a machine gun squad. He discusses combat conditions and his wounds during the Battle of Catmon Hill on Leyte Island in the Philippines and the Battle of Conical Hill on Okinawa. Includes photographs of military documents, Okinawa, and a ship. Dated 1944-1946, before 2006.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials relating to the service of S. Robert Tanner in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a fighter pilot. Materials contain photocopied photographs, photocopied military document, photocopied handwritten letters, photocopied telegrams, and photocopied maps. He tells of his being accepted into the Naval Aviation Cadet training program, his training, combat, and time spent missing in action in the Philippines. Describes the experience on his first combat mission when he was...

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Subseries contains accounts, autobiographies, interviews, memoirs, letters, photographs, histories, newspaper clippings, poetry, obituaries, articles, and books from Latter-Day Saint civilians who experienced the World War II, but did not serve in the military. The various materials detail the experiences of these civilians during the war, and some materials relate to the lives of specific civilians before and after the war. Dated 1937-2009.