Military
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:
Ted Weaver interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331339]
Identifier: MSS SC 3176
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Martin Peterson on 26 Jan. 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Weaver was from Idaho when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1941 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He later served with the Army Air Corps as a cadet. People respected his Mormon ethics when he refused to drink alcohol with them. He was deployed in England in 1944. He said 25% of the planes were being shot down on each...
Dates:
1985 January 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Edgar A. Wedgewood letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1001
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Wedgewood's wife, Annie. The materials relate to Wedgewood's traveling to the Philippines with the troops of the United States Army to occupy those islands at the beginning of the insurrection. He was wounded and also writes about his return home.
Dates:
1898-1899
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Clyde Everett Weeks interview and poems
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331289]
Identifier: MSS SC 3193
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Richard Weeks on 3 Feb. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Clyde Weeks graduated in 1942 from high school at age 16. He turned 17 later that year, and he joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He went to Hawaii in 1943 for combat training, and he participated in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. He helped establish communications. He was also involved in the invasion of Guam with the 4th Marines. On Guam, he was wounded in the leg by a hand...
Dates:
1944-1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Bessie Rachel Weeter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341338]
Identifier: MSS 2625
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of Bessie Rachel Weeter by an unknown author. Weeter graduated from the LDS Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah. She served in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps for 31 years and retired in 1976. She died in 1999.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Weights of Gen. George Washington and his generals taken at West Point, August 19, 1783
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 762
Scope and Contents
Photographs, photocopies of the photographs, and CD-ROM of photographs of a handwritten list of the names and weights of generals, colonels, and lieutenant colonels in the United States Army in 1783. Included in the photograph are etchings of Washington's farewell to his officers and his resignation as commander of the United States Army. Also includes correspondence about the items between the Division of Manuscripts and the Library of Congress. The photograph was created by Jack V....
Dates:
1968
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Briant Harris Wells military certificates and other material
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6171
Abstract
This collection contains the military certificates of Major General Briant Harris Wells. Included are the certificates that span his military career from his first rank as second lieutenant in 1894 to major general in 1928. There are also certificates for awards he was given, including a Silver Star certificate for action in the Spanish American War, 1898; a Distinguished Service Medal certificate for service in World War I; and the "Ordre National de la Legion D'Honneur" from the French...
Dates:
1991; 1894-1937
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Daniel H. Wells papers
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239135541]
Identifier: MSS 9637
Scope and Contents
Two photocopies of original handwritten letters written by Daniel H. Wells. Typed transcripts of both letters are also included. The first letter was written on September 26, 1848, from Salt Lake City by Daniel Wells to "dear brother." He discusses sending his two yoke of oxen to a camp in addition to assistance from others. The second letter was written on April 26th, 1852, and is titled "Special Order No. 1" and is signed by Lieutenant General D. H. Wells, James Ferguson, Adjutant General....
Dates:
1848-1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ronald Westhorpe interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331321]
Identifier: MSS SC 3177
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Eric Rayner probably in 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Westhorpe lived in London, England, in 1939 at the beginning of the war. During World War II, he was a flight "leftenant" for the Royal Air Force. He flew with the bomber command pathfinder force, and he identified and marked targets for the bombers that would follow. He talked about the frustrations involved with mission cancellations, and he said it was hard to see his friends die even...
Dates:
approximately 1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
P. Bradford Westwood collection on the Dugway Proving Ground
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231009223]
Identifier: MSS 7524
Abstract
Contains papers relating to the Dugway Proving Grounds, including photographs and a newspaper.
Dates:
2004
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Wheeler letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306109]
Identifier: MSS SC 846
Scope and Contents
Wheeler was in training at the Winnebago Agency when this letter was written and he addressed it to his "Father Sister & Brother." He mentions his training, gives some of his opinions on cleanliness and proper grooming habits, mentions witnessing the execution by hanging of 38 Indians on Christmas day 1862, gives some description of camp life, mentions some Indian activities, speculates on a possible renewal of the Indian war in the spring, and reports rumors about his future...
Dates:
1863
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections