Owen Ken Earl papers, 1944-2000

File — Box: 10, Folder: 20

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 264

Staff Only

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 servicemen and the strength he derived from living his religion. Also includes descriptions of his aerial combat missions and other combat assignments in Tunisia, Sicily, and Germany. Discusses the war's end, his journey home and discharge, his reunion with family, and meeting his wife. Also includes a short autobiography of his wife, LuDeen Earl. Also contains a photograph and biography of Earl within a newsletter for the 17th Bomb Group. Dated 1944-2000.

Dates

1944-2000

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 Saints at War Project records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.