Saints at War Project

Organization

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Biography

The Saints at War Project (1999-) works to collect documentation on veterans from various wars ranging from the Mexican-American War to current conflicts. They are gathered in Brigham Young University's L. Tom Perry Special Collections.

The Saints at War project was started in 1999 by BYU Church History professors Dr. Robert C. Freeman and Dr. Dennis A. Wright to capture the stories of veterans who have served in various wars to preserve them for future generations. Included in this collection are stories from general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served in the military including Thomas S. Monson, James E. Faust, and Boyd K. Packer to provide personal accounts of American wars ranging from the Mexican-American war to current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Using these stories gathered for the collection, this project works to contribute to the Library of Congress's "Veterans History Project" and has used the records gathered in the collection for regular conferences, documentary films like KBYU's "Saints at War," and books including Robert C. Freeman's "Saints at War: Experiences of Latter-day Saints in World War II." They are currently held at BYU's L. Tom Perry Special Collections department.

Citation:

Meridian Magazine, Oct. 19, 2001 (Saints at War project started in 1999; housed in BYU's Special Collection; materials provide personal accounts of war from individuals including leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps Medical Corps, 1943-2003

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 3

Scope and Contents

Subseries contains materials from two women who served in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Zelta Walker's file contains her history, letters, and photographs, and Rayola Andersen's file contains the transcript of an interview. The materials detail these women's experiences as U.S. Army Air Corps nurses during World War II. Dated 1943-2003.

Dates: 1943-2003

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Medical Corps

Saints at War Project records for the United States Medical Corps, 1941-2004

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6

Scope and Contents Subseries contains memoirs, interviews, articles, correspondence such as letters and emails, photographs, accounts, newspapers, military records, pamphlets, clippings, books, diary excerpts, and histories from Latter-Day Saint veterans, mainly female nurses, who served during World War II. While most of the female veterans served in either the Navy Medical Corps, Army Medical Corps, or Army Air Corps, some also served in the Cadet Nurse Corps, and one served in the Red Cross. One of the men...

Dates: 1941-2004

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II

Saints at War Project records for World War II, 1924-2012

Series

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5

Scope and Contents Series contains artifacts, military records, photographs, biographies, memoirs, transcripts and audiocassettes of interviews, accounts, poetry, a sermon, negatives, cartoons, articles, diaries and journals, books, responses to the Saints at War Questionnaire and Latter-day Saints in the Military Survey, clippings, autobiographies, telegrams, histories, including family histories, personal histories, and military histories, a drawing of the USS Pennsylvania, e-mails, floppy disks, a map...

Dates: 1924-2012

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records

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