John Hortt Adams memoir, approximately 2000

File — Box: 20, Folder: 28

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 File 527

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a World War II memoir of John Hortt Adams regarding his service as a Cadet Midshipman and engineer on the Flying Yankee and U.S.S. Herald of the Morning in the U.S. Merchant Marines from 1944- 1946. Describes how he grew up in Kanab, Utah, and was hired by Lockheed while a sophomore at Brigham Young University in 1941, to work on the P-38 planes in Los Angeles, California. Discusses his marriage to Betty Adams before being drafted as a Merchant Marine and his training in Coyote Point in San Mateo, California. Dated approximately 2000.

Dates

approximately 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.