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Interviews

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 6007 Collections and/or Records:

Velma Furgeson Huntsman Thompson interview, 2009 June 15

 File — Box 79: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197233284972], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 7 File 1624
Scope and Contents

Materials include the transcript of an interview with Velma Furgeson Huntsman Thompson, wife to a man in the Air Corps during World War II. She tells of how her husband Cecil became part of the military and about some of his training. She also talks about the issues that her and the other wives faced as their husbands went to war. Dated June 15, 2009.

Dates: 2009 June 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for civilians

Vernon R. Thompson interview, 1994

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005429], Folder: 43
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 File 107
Scope and Contents

Materials contain an interview with Vernon R. Thompson, compiled by Shirley Howard, entitled "A Tale of Two Heroes" which discusses his service in North Africa and Italy for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Also includes his involvement with the modifications of the "Enola Gay" at Tinker Field Air Force Base, Oklahoma in preparation to drop the Atomic Bomb. Interview also involves Mary Thompson, his wife, who also worked at Tinker Field. Dated 1994.

Dates: Publication: 1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps

Vernon Tipton interview, 1999-2001

 File — Box 23: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197231005171], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 600
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a transcript of a film interview with Vernon Tipton regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942-1945. Describes a mission where he was shot down over France, rescued by Germans, and taken to Stalag Luft III. Also talks about being in solitary confinement, meeting with other Latter-Day Saints men for church services and friendship, and being marched to another camp as the Russian army got closer. Describes his escape with another Latter-Day...
Dates: 1999-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps

Victor L. Peterson papers, 2001, 1993, 1943-1945

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 320
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a transcript of an interview wherein Victor L. Peterson describes his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942-1946, including a summary of his induction, training, and transfer to the European Theater via North Africa. Describes his unit's participation in the Sicilian invasion, the Salerno invasion, and the landings in southern France. Discusses life on the front lines and details of his unit's responsibilities, as engineers, to clear mine fields and build...
Dates: 2001; Publication: 1993; 1943-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Infantry

Video of KSL interview with Gail S. Halvorsen, 1998 April 8

 File — Carton 41: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232569159], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 10 Sub-Series 1
Dates: 1998 April 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen collection of video, audio and digital media / Gail S. Halvorsen collection of video tapes

Video training package materials

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233274833]
Identifier: UA SC 17
Scope and Contents

Includes script (1985), story boards, exit control interviews.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

Virgil Kovalenko interview, 2005

 File — Box 129: Series 19; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197232593977], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File contains a DVD of an unedited interview with Virgil Kovalenko regarding his military service. Dated 2005.

Dates: Copyright: 2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project documentary and interview media / Saints at War Project video files on DVD

Waite, Merlin & Lila, 1988 December 17

 Item — Box 20: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197239128843]
Identifier: UA 1191 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item AV101
Dates: 1988 December 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Center for Family & Community History records / Center for Family & Community History project records / Mormon Outmigration Leadership History Project records / Mormon Outmigration Leadership History Project records on Hawaii

Waldemar Nitz interview, 2006

 File — Box 129: Series 19; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197232593977], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File contains a DVD from the Saints at War World War II interview series. The subject of the interview is German soldier, Waldemar Nitz. Dated 2006.

Dates: Other: 2006
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project documentary and interview media / Saints at War Project video files on DVD

Wallace A. Glausi interview, 1988 January 21

 File — Box 28: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005106], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 705
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a transcribed interview with Wallace Glausi regarding his military experiences as as a Long Range Patrol (LRP) team leader in the U.S. Army. He talks about his experience being drafted in the military and discusses his own reluctance to join the military. Talks about the frustration that he and other soldiers felt with the war. He explains what occurred with the My Lai massacre. He talks how he was received well when he returned home from the war. Dated 1988 January 21,...
Dates: 1988 January 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Vietnam War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

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