Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir which describes Walter A. Walser's military experience, both in training and combat during World War II. Photographs show Walser with his crew and his wrecked plane in Switzerland. Also contains various photocopied newspaper clippings about the service of Walser and his brothers, when Walser was interned in Switzerland, a bombing mission over Berlin, his wedding announcement, and the front page to The Daily Herald June 6, 1944, article titled "Allied Forces Invade...

Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed collection of the war experiences of Owen Ken Earl in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Discusses his training in boot camp and Officer Candidate School, and his travels around Europe. Contains short biographies of his commanding officers and fellow servicemen. Includes a detailed account, and an accompanying press release, of Earl's involvement in building an Latter-Day Saint Chapel on Sardinia. Discusses his relations with other Latter-Day Saint...

Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir of the military experiences in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II of Harry Cecil Hodson. Describes his service on a transport vessel that took part in the Normandy invasion and invasions in North Africa. Also describes his crew's participation in the assault on Okinawa, and being under constant threat of attack by Japanese kamikaze pilots. Includes Hodson's feelings towards the atomic bomb and war in general. Also discusses the support received from his family...

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Materials contain photographs donated by Gerald L. Ericksen. The photographs detail a military cemetery, baptisms, and of a servicemen's church service. Also contains a transcription of an oral interview with Ericksen. Dated 1945 and March 14, 2001.

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Materials contain a letter written by Lund C. Stucki to his fiancée describing his view on liberty and how he is compelled to fight for that liberty. Also contains a letter from Stucki's sister, Lila S. Lawrence, to the Saints at War project describing the contents of Stucki's letter. Dated March 31, 1943 and January 14, 2002.

Scope and Contents Materials contain a timeline delineating LeRoy T. Tippetts's military service, which suddenly ended with his death in a routine training accident aboard his B-24 Liberator Bomber. Also contains excerpts from letters and telegrams sent from the war department updating his family on his condition. Includes a description of his funeral, along with a poem written for him following his death. Also includes a short narrative about Tippetts's childhood. Photographs show Tippetts in full military...

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Materials contain a brief response by George Albert Wimmer to the Saints at War questionnaire. He mentions the spiritual support received from fellow Latter-day Saints soldiers and describes the dedication of a Latter-day Saints chapel in San Antonio, Texas, in 1942. Included are photographs which show Wimmer in full military dress with his family as well as photographs of the Mesa, Arizona LDS temple. Dated 1942 and 2001.

Scope and Contents Materials contain a memoir of Rollie T. Childers. Discusses his induction, training as an airplane mechanic, life on military bases, and his later assignment to a Radar Detachment Squadron. Describes his contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout the World War II and contains personal comments about patriotism, war, and religion. Includes his discharge papers and photographs which show Childers in full military dress, on his air bases, with fellow soldiers, and...

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Materials contain a memoir describing Willard Lyle Hagen's training as a fighter electrician and U.S. Army sign painter during World War II. He tells of spending most of the war on a B-24 base painting signs and logos on airplane exteriors. Photographs show Hagen in military dress and an airplane with a logo painted by Hagen. Dated approximately 1942, 1991, and approximately 2001.

Scope and Contents Materials contains twenty-three photocopied newspaper articles relating to the formation, training, and deployment of the three platoons that formed the "Mormon Battalion" in the U.S. Marines. Includes lists of the sixty-three members and their ranks. Also contains an article celebrating the original Mormon Battalion of the 19th century. Includes many photographs of the group as a whole and of individual soldiers. Hampton served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War Two from 1942-1945....