Military records
Subject
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Found in 402 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Marsh Butler post-WWII papers, 1945-2005
Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains military and flight records documenting Richard Marsh Butler's post-WWII military career in the Air Reserves, as well as correspondence with fellow prisoners of war, publications regarding Stalag Luft III, airplanes, and other military ephemera. Materials dated 1945 to 2005.
Dates:
1945-2005
Richard Marsh Butler WWII papers, 1927-1955
Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates:
1927-1955
Robert Charles Burr papers, 1945-1946, approximately 2001
File — Box 59: Series 5; Series 6; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231012920], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 5 File 1226
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain papers relating to Robert Charles Burr's service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Includes a copy of Burr's discharge record, as well as photographs of planes and Burr, a copy of a letter written to soldiers by President Truman, and a photocopy of a newspaper clipping that briefly describes Burr's fifth flight over Germany and Austria. Also contains a brief memoir about the gospel in his life and how it has blessed...
Dates:
1945-1946; approximately 2001
Robert D. Atwood papers, 1942-1946, approximately 2002
File — Box 67: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231013001], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 1369
Scope and Contents note
Material contains papers relating to Atwood's service during World War II. Includes a compact disc. There are photocopies of handwritten letters from Atwood to his family, newpaper articles, photographs, and certificates. The photographs portray Atwood and his class at Engineer camouflage school, Atwood in England with his unit, the 94th bomb group, Atwood in uniform, last bombing mission in Varrelbusch, Germany. The origianls that were copied dated 1942-1946 and the CD dates approximately...
Dates:
1942-1946; approximately 2002
Robert D. Matheson papers, 1944-2002
File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 17-18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 File 312
Scope and Contents
Materials contain a memoir detailing Matheson's military experiences in the U.S. Army during World War II. Covers his induction training. Discusses his involvement with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during training and in his combat theater. Lists his assignments and describes his transfer to England with his B-24 crew. Discusses his first and second bombing missions. Details Matheson's period of imprisonment in Stalag I, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Barthe, Germany....
Dates:
1944-2002
Robert Douglas Teran papers, 1944-1999, 1944-1945, 1992-1999, 1944-1945
File — Box 14: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005049], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 350
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain Robert Douglas Teran's military papers, including medal citations, a history of his bomber group's service, an article about life in the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III, his POW papers, and the accompanying citation for his prisoner of war medal. Photographs show Teran with his flight crew in front of his B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber and flying a training aircraft. Dated 1944-1945, 1992-1999.
Dates:
1944-1999; 1944-1945; 1992-1999; 1944-1945
Robert E. Bartlett, Jr. papers, 1943-1946, approximately 2000
File — Box 17: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005072], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 437
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain papers relating to Robert E. Bartlett, Jr.'s service in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a radarman aboard the U.S.S. Pochard. Discusses his participation in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands and his experiences in the Marshall Islands (1943-1944). He relates his role as part of a crew that did minesweeping around Kerama Ratta Atoll, Tokyo Bay, and other locations in enemy territory. Bartlett, Jr. recounts watching the ceremony of Japan's surrender using his ship's...
Dates:
1943-1946; approximately 2000
Robert E. Bunker papers, 1944-2001
File — Box 29: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197231005114], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 708
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain papers relating to Robert E. Bunker's military service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Contains an autobiography written by Bunker. Talks about enrolling in the ROTC and the Army Reserve at Utah Sate Agricultural College, training his troops, and going overseas to Europe. Recalls hearing of the death of his mother and the birth of his second son, describes a bombing incident which should have left him injured, and talks about a German family that let him and two other...
Dates:
1944-2001
Rollie T. Childers papers, 1941-1945, approximately 1970-2000
File — Box 10: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005486], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 File 263
Scope and Contents
Materials contain a memoir of Rollie T. Childers. Discusses his induction, training as an airplane mechanic, life on military bases, and his later assignment to a Radar Detachment Squadron. Describes his contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout the World War II and contains personal comments about patriotism, war, and religion. Includes his discharge papers and photographs which show Childers in full military dress, on his air bases, with fellow soldiers, and...
Dates:
1941-1945; approximately 1970-2000
Roy C. Beach papers, 1943-1948
File — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005452], Folder: 34
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 210
Scope and Contents note
Materials contain a detailed memoir regarding Beach's training and military experiences in the Pacific with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Relates many combat and non-combat experiences on the islands of Emirau, part of the St. Matthews Group, and Okinawa. Memoir also includes a chronology of Beach's military service, detailed physical descriptions of both Emirau and Okinawa, an original poem, depictions of Okinawan natives and their customs, and an account of braving a typhoon. Includes...
Dates:
1943-1948