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Found in 402 Collections and/or Records:

Julian William Cummings papers, 1943-2006

 File — Box 60: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231012938], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 1232
Scope and Contents note Material contains papers regarding Julian William Cummings' service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Includes photocopied newspaper clippings about Cummings receiving the distinguished service cross and one titled "Spirit of Lindy lives on at S.L. airport"; a newspaper article about his published book "Grasshopper Pilot, A Memoir" and an article "Making television history--World War II pilot put technology to combat test". Also included are military documents and military certificates...
Dates: 1943-2006

June Bastian papers, 1945-1999

 File — Box 2: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231237972], Folder: 3-4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 12 File 16
Scope and Contents note Materials contain papers relating to June Bastian's service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a demolition specialist, combat infantry parachutist, and bazooka man. Includes photocopied correspondence, diary entries from his mother Leah T. Bastian, military documents, periodicals, map, and poetry. Also included are original and photocopied photographs, and one transcribed copy of an oral interview. Papers discuss combat in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. The bulk of the...
Dates: 1945-1999

Kathryn Hiersche Walther papers, 1990-2003, 1990-1991

 File — Box 23: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197231005171], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 15 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1 File 593
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain papers of Kathryn Hiersche Walther regarding her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from 1969-1975 and during the Gulf War from 1990-1991. Contains several photocopied newspaper articles about reservists departing for the Gulf War, two copies of targets that have been shot, poems, military documents, a copy of a calendar from January 1991, a map, papers about Muslims and Arabs, jokes, and Walther's account of her military experiences. Dated 1990-1991, 1990-2003.

Dates: 1990-2003; Publication: 1990-1991

KC-97 training papers, 1959

 File — Box 21: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197239282400], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 4

Keith T. Stephens, 2002 September 9

 File — Box 120: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197232585247], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include personal account of the life of Keith T. Stephens from years 1940-1955. He discusses his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Dated September 9, 2002.

Dates: 2002 September 9

Kenneth A. Gerrard papers, 1943-2000

 File — Box 17: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005072], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 449
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain papers relating to Kenneth Gerrard's service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943 to 1946. Contains an account by Gerrard describing his survival of an attack on the H.M.S. Rohna when it was in the Mediterranean transporting American troops bound for India. Also contains copied newspaper articles about the attack, copied military documents, copied photographs, internet articles about the attack, a poem, and a magazine article about the attack. Dated 1943-2000.

Dates: 1943-2000

La Vern C. Bell account and military record, 2003, 1945

 File — Box 50: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231012839], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 File 1075
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a brief summary of La Vern C. Bell's World War II experience as a recreation specialist. Also contains a photocopy of Bell's separation qualification record. Dated 1945, 2003.

Dates: 2003; 1945

Larry Lee Kitchen interview and military record, 2004 July 23, 1945

 File — Box 32: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005221], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 5 File 749
Scope and Contents note Material contains a transcribed interview with Larry Lee Kitchen regarding his service in the U.S. Merchant Marines during World War II from 1943-1945. Mentions his service in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Middle East war zones as an Ensign and a Seaman Second Class. Kitchen tells of traveling to Pearl Harbor, initiating Army personnel on the way to Australia, being in India, and conducting sacrament services on board the ship. Also includes a copy of his official release from...
Dates: 2004 July 23; 1945

Lars Anderson papers, 1986, 1945

 File — Box 14: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005049], Folder: 8-9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 354
Scope and Contents note File contains materials relating to the service of Lars Anderson in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a radarman. Materials include a short narrative describing one of Lars Anderson's combat experiences wherein his ship was sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf and he was afloat at sea for nearly two days. Discusses his relations with other seamen, the challenge he had in maintaining his high moral standards (having just completed service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Dates: 1986; 1945

LaVarr B. Webb papers, 1991-2001, 1944-1945

 File — Box 16: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005064], Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 431
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a memoir written by LaVarr B. Webb about his military service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Memoir relates experiences and amusing stories about training, traveling, and several incidents in Italy. Also contains Webb's responses to the Saints at War questionnaire, photocopied photographs, and photocopies of various military records and letters. Dated 1944-1945, 1991-2001.

Dates: 1991-2001; 1944-1945