Oral history interview with Ivan M. Van Leuven and navy journal, 2011 May 20, 1944-1946

File — Carton: 1, Folder: 43

Identifier: MSS 9148 File 43

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Scope and Contents

Don E. Norton interview with Ivan M. Van Leuven conducted by Don E. Norton on May 20, 2011. Includes oral history transcript, index, and two audiocassettes. Also includes a photocopy of Van Leuven's navy journal, dated 1944 to 1946, and an accompanying transcript for that journal.

Dates

2011 May 20
1944-1946

Creator

Van Leuven, Ivan M (interviewee, Person)
Norton, Don Evan, 1902-1983 (interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

Ivan M. Van Leuven was born in Grover, Wyoming and moved to Baker, Oregon at age nine. He worked for Boeing as a drill press operator until he joined the Navy in 1943. He was a radar operator on the USS Pritchett. After his discharge in 1946, he served a mission in the Netherlands. Following his mission, he was called to the Korean War in 1950, after which he returned to Utah Valley and worked for Geneva Steel. He married in 1953 and had three children. He passed away in 2011.