Willis Hone Brimhall memoir and photographs, 1943-1944, 2001

File — Box: 14, Folder: 13

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 File 358

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials contain a memoir focusing on Willis Hone Brimhall's personal history and employment opportunities prior to his enlistment in the U.S. Navy. He discusses the general attitudes pervading his community and the country during the mid- to late- 1930s as war was brewing, and those same attitudes after the United States had been drawn into the war following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Also discusses his military service as a radio operator and aviation technician, never having to enter a theater of combat. Photographs show Brimhall and Ted Esklund, a classmate who was killed in action in Europe, in full military dress. Dated 1943-1944, 2001.

Dates

1943-1944
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.