Box 7
Container
Contains 35 Results:
Verr Dee Leavitt papers, 1944-1946, approximately 1980-2001
File — Box: 7, Folder: 24-25
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 202
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a memoir of Verr Dee Leavitt's regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Discusses his training and combat experiences in Europe. Includes two maps: one showing the location of his U.S. training bases and the other showing his areas of combat in Europe. Contains a hand-written note explaining the enclosed pictures with respective negatives and the nature of the LDS servicemen's conferences. Also contains a photocopied encyclopedia article on the history of...
Dates:
1944-1946; approximately 1980-2001
Calvin A. Rynearson papers, approximately 1944-1945, approximately 2001
File — Box: 7, Folder: 28
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 204
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a brief memoir relating Rynearson's impressions of his training in the U.S. Army during World War II, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint structure in training camp, and the correspondence and support received from home. Contains photocopies of his discharge papers. Photographs include: Rynearson in military dress in training camp, Paris, and with fellow soldiers and liberated Parisians. Also includes photographs of the secured beach-head at Normandy and scenes...
Dates:
approximately 1944-1945; approximately 2001
H. Reed Black memoir and photographs, 1943-1944, 1990, 2000 May 31
File — Box: 7, Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 215
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a short memoir that focuses on one particular experience wherein H. Reed Black suffered a major lung injury from a German sniper's bullet in Beeck, Germany during his service in the U.S. Army in World War II. He titled this experience "Patriarchal Blessings Gives Faith to Survive Battlefield Wounds" updated May 31, 2000. Details the many ways in which his survival and recovery defied conventional medical wisdom. Photographs show Black alone, with fellow soldiers, and with...
Dates:
1943-1944; 1990; 2000 May 31
Arlo Ward memoir and military document, 2002, 1945 April 17
File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3 File 186
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a memoir of Arlo Ward regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. It makes brief mention of Ward's combat experiences, including the Battle of the Bulge. Discusses heavy losses in his unit, being attacked by German planes and tanks, narrow escapes from death, and the importance of prayer. Also briefly discusses his post-war calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with youth. Includes military document that discusses the role and successes...
Dates:
2002; 1945 April 17
Vernon L. Prescott papers, 2001 February 8, approximately 1945
File — Box: 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3 File 196
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a letter from Vernon L. Prescott's daughter briefly outlining her father's areas of combat. Also includes photocopied photographs of Prescott, both in uniform and with a tank. Contains a photograph of the Remagen Bridge on the Rhine, intact, as captured by the 9th Division. Also has a newspaper article entitled "Kamas Family Gives Live Impetus to War Effort for Two Generations," which highlights the military service of Prescott and his brothers, Ted, Carl, and Bill...
Dates:
2001 February 8; approximately 1945