George Easton Brown papers, 1942-2001

File — Box: 14, Folder: 14

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 359

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

File contains materials relating to the service of George Easton Brown in one of the first B-29 Super fortress Bomber crews in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Materials contain the transcript of an oral interview conducted in 1985 wherein George Easton Brown relates his experience of being interred in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Mukden, Manchuria for nearly one hundred days. Includes a letter from Brown to his parents shortly after he arrived in the United States following his liberation. Also includes a handwritten account of a spiritual experience Brown had in the POW camp during Christmas. Contains a brief history of Brown's life, as well as two telegrams: one notifying Brown's family that he was missing in action and the other notifying them of his capture and internment. Photographs show Brown in full military dress and a display of his military paraphernalia. Dated 1942-2001.

Dates

1942-2001

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.