Box 25
Container
Contains 37 Results:
Morgan G. Higham collection, 1994
File — Box: 25, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 File 618
Scope and Contents
File contains the stories of Morgan G. Higham's military service, along with those of other soldiers he's collected and compiled. His story includes a military history and two articles written by Higham about memorable flights, entitled "Bomb Baby Couldn’t Swim" and "Almost Alone in a B'29." The other stories are written by twenty-five individuals, including Higham, who served in the American, European and Pacific Theaters. Most of the stories are written by the individuals, while some are...
Dates:
Other: 1994
Boyd B. Tripp interview, 2001-2002, 1942-1945
File — Box: 25, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 3 File 626
Scope and Contents
Contains a transcribed interview with Boyd B. Tripp regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Talks about the end of the war and completing his pilot's training. Dated 1942-1945 and 2001-2002.
Dates:
2001-2002; 1942-1945
Elda Marie Schreiber Hill papers, 1936-1992
File — Box: 25, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1 File 636
Scope and Contents
File contains materials relating to Elda Marie Schreiber Hill and her service as a nurse in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II. Materials include military papers, travel information, an oral history, award records, and letters of certification and appointment. Also includes a budget sheet for the Navy Nurse Corps travel allowance, salary information, and two photocopied newspaper headlines declaring the beginning and end of the war. Dated...
Dates:
1936-1992
Margaret May memoir, 2002 December 19
File — Box: 25, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 629
Scope and Contents
Donated to the Nurses at War Project, contains a memoir of Margaret May, who served as a nurse in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Talks about going to nursing school and all of the work that involved. Talks about joining the Navy and taking care of wounded soldiers from the Pacific. Describes how doctors took care of their burn patients- by placing maggots on the wounds for several days to eat the dead skin. Discusses the psychiatric training that she received and...
Dates:
2002 December 19
Lina Jane Stratton Garret papers, 1941-1945, 2000-2003
File — Box: 25, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 619
Scope and Contents
Materials contain papers relating to Lina Jane Stratton Garret, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II from 1941 to 1946. Contains Garret's account of her military service (2003). She talks about joining the army and receiving orders to report to Louisiana for training. Talks about traveling overseas on an old British cruise liner and living in Casablanca, Rabat, the capital of French Morocco, Tunis, and Oran. Also discusses being stationed in Monte Cessina with the 11th...
Dates:
1941-1945; 2000-2003
Zelta Walker papers, 2002-2003, 1943-1946
File — Box: 25, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 620
Scope and Contents
Materials contain a history of Zelta Walker regarding her service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from August 1943 to February 1946. History was written for the Nurses at War Project. Walker served as a Registered Nurse and received the rank of 1st Lieutenant. She talks about entering the medical corps, the clothing she was issued, and her responsibilities on the Fairmon Army Air Base in Geneva, Nebraska. Also recalls the death of the dietician, which created challenges and...
Dates:
2002-2003; 1943-1946
John Bartley Zeer interview, 2004
File — Box: 25, Folder: 34
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 7 File 651
Scope and Contents
Materials contain a transcribed interview of John Bartley Zeer about his experiences during World War II (2004). Zeer was twelve years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He describes what it was like to live in the American home front and witness important world events. He tells about building model airplanes for the Navy and gives his opinions about the war. Dated 2004.
Dates:
2004
Clyde Felsted combat record for the 346th Field Artillery Battalion, 1945 July
File — Box: 25, Folder: 31
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 648
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a copied combat record for the 346 Field Artillery Battalion in World War II submitted by Clyde Felsted. The record lists dates of combat, ammunition statistics, locations in Italy visited by the battalion, awards received, and fatalities. Dated July 1945.
Dates:
1945 July
Donald Eugene Hall history and photographs, 1943-1945, 2000 January 4
File — Box: 25, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 627
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a history of Donald Eugene Hall written by his son Larry D. Hall regarding Donald's service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Account describes his experiences in England, France, and Holland and his participation in the Battle of the Bulge. Contains copied photographs of Hall during the war. Dated 1943-1945, January 4, 2000.
Dates:
1943-1945; 2000 January 4
Theran Mcmullin Davis papers, 1926-1958, approximately 2001, 1942-1963
File — Box: 25, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 643
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain papers relating to Therin Mcmullin Davis's service in the U.S. Army from 1931 through the mid 1960’s. Contains a brief biography of Davis. Talks extensively about his life and accomplishments before joining the service. Talks about his service in the U.S. Army. Contains copied military records of Davis, copied photographs of Davis in 1933 and 1942, a copied 1926 Salt Lake Tribune article about Latter-Day Saint High basketball team, of which Davis was a member, winning the...
Dates:
Publication: 1926-1958; approximately 2001; 1942-1963