Box 20
Container
Contains 28 Results:
Leland Keith Carlson essay, 2004 November
File — Box: 20, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 520
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a historical/biographical essay by Shirley Benjamin about her father, Leland Carlson regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. It describes his life before the war, the service of his unit in the European Theater, and his family life after the war. Dated November 2004.
Dates:
2004 November
E. Vance Calder papers, 2002
File — Box: 20, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 8 File 523
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain papers relating to Edgar Vance Calder regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1944-1946. Contains three copies of a 2002 interview, in which Calder talks about serving a mission before joining the Army for the last two years of the war. Talks about training and sailing to France, fighting the Germans, and then befriending the Germans at the end of the war. Also talks about organizing Latter-Day Saint meetings, returning home at the end of the war,...
Dates:
2002
Teddy B. Parker papers, 1938-1946, approximately 2000
File — Box: 20, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 515
Scope and Contents
Materials contain papers of Teddy B. Parker regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1941 to 1946. Includes a history of Richfield, Utah’s military involvement and organization as well as the history of the 40th, or Sunshine Division. Discusses the role of Kunming in the war effort against the Japanese. Also includes sixteen pages of photocopied photographs (1938-1941), a page from the Salt Lake Tribune (1941), a letter to his mother (1945), and his record of honorable...
Dates:
1938-1946; approximately 2000
Leonard Charles Kearl, Sr. memoir, 2001 November 25
File — Box: 20, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 504
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain the memoir of Leonard Charles Kearl, Sr. regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942-1945. Discusses the impact of the war in Europe on his life and applying to the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy before he was assigned to the Army. Describes his enrollment, training, marriage, and travels. Also talks about his involvement in several battles and the casualties he witnessed. Talks about the conclusion of the war in Europe and his assignment to train...
Dates:
2001 November 25
Clyde A. Linder papers, before 2001
File — Box: 20, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 505
Scope and Contents note
File contains materials relating to the service of Clyde A. Linder in the U.S. Army during World War II as an Airport Control Tower Operator at the Central India Air Depot. Materials include written histories and photos. The memoir talks about his service as an airport control tower operator, where he never saw combat. Also includes a photocopied article from the book "Nothing More Heroic" about The Church of Jesus Christ in Latter-day Saint in India. Also includes four photocopied photos of...
Dates:
before 2001
Harold N. Judd memoir, approximately 2002
File — Box: 20, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 503
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain the memoir of Harold N. Judd regarding his service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II from 1941-1945. Dated approximately 2002.
Dates:
approximately 2002
Wells P. McGregor papers, 1945-2001
File — Box: 20, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 509
Scope and Contents
Materials contain papers relating to Wells P. McGregor and his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II n on the "U.S.S. Jane Adams". Contains part of a personal history (1981) in which he talks about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the beginning of the war, joining the Marines, and training. Also talks about Guadalcanal, protecting smaller islands in the Pacific, living with Navajo Indians, and the intense fighting in Guam. Describes the invasion of Okinawa and the battle on...
Dates:
1945-2001
Leon E. Paice account, 1994
File — Box: 20, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 513
Scope and Contents
Materials contain a story written by Shirley Howard about Vernon Thompson and Leon E. Paice. She discusses Paice's service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Tells the story of Vern Thompson and his service in the U.S. Air Force. Talks about Leon’s draft into the Marines, training in San Diego, and his assignment in Guadalcanal and then Guam. Discusses the fighting that took place in Guam, sailing to Okinawa, and the fighting that took place there. Describes the injury he received...
Dates:
Publication: 1994
Daniel Quentin Price papers, 1944-1945, approximately 2000
File — Box: 20, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 517
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a memoir and journal of Daniel Quentin Price regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a storekeeper aboard the USS Crowley. Memoir and journal discuss his day to day life aboard a Destroyer Escort. He was present during five major operations in the South Pacific: Luzon, Philippines; Formosa, China; Iwo Jima; Okinawa, Japan; and Tokyo, Japan. Describes the day to day experiences he had while serving. Tells of the tragedies that occurred in the war during...
Dates:
1944-1945; approximately 2000
Kenneth Duane Skinner memoir, approximately 2000
File — Box: 20, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 518
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain papers describing the military service of Kenneth Duane Skinnner regarding his service in the U.S. Navy Reserve during World War II with the 4th Marines on the U.S.S. Mifflin. Describes his involvement in the battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the casualties there. Talks about the support he received from his family in enlisting in the Navy, his religious activity during the war, his good physical health, contact with home, and friends that he made in the service. Finally...
Dates:
approximately 2000