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Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:

Rufty family war correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3105
Scope and Contents

Contains a small series of correspondence to the Rufty family from related family members serving in World War II. Little is said in the letters about military actions, focusing instead on the well-being of the writer and events at home. Some of the letters are V-mail service communications, reprinted and sent from microfilm. The collection also includes a two-page account of a paratrooper company's involvement in the D-day invasion.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lynn Rufty-Mooney papers on D-Day

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343961]
Identifier: MSS 2942
Scope and Contents Letters received, 1 diary, 2 photographs, and 1 leaflet. Lynn Marie Stranger was a young woman living in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1963 and gathered materials for a term paper on the D-Day invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. She wrote to American veterans and this collection is what they sent to her. All the materials relate to the invasion. The diary is from June 8 to July 15 1944. The photographs came from a camera taken from a German prisoner of war. They are pictures of two German...
Dates: 1944-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Patricia Rushton biographies for Nurses at War

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337690]
Identifier: MSS 2723
Scope and Contents

This file contains a floppy disk (3 1/4 inch) and five optical discs containing 122 biographies as part of the LDS Nurses at War project. They were collected by Patricia Rushton. Materials are dated 2001 to 2003.

Dates: 2001-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Andrew J. Russell photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8373
Scope and Contents

Materials include 9 copies of photographs taken by Andrew J. Russell between approximately 1850 and 1902. The copies are from the National Archives, Library Congress, and the Union Pacific. There are photographs relating to the Civil War and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Dates: approximately 1850-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Saints at War in Korea videocassettes, approximately 2005

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains interviews and scenic and other footage relating to the military service of Latter-Day Saints in Korea. Dated approximately 2005.

Dates: approximately 2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project documentary and interview media / Saints at War Project video cassettes of interviews and other footage

Saints at War interviews and scenic footage, 2005-2008

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains scenic footage and interviews relating to the Saints at War Project. Dated 2005-2008.

Dates: 2005-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project documentary and interview media / Saints at War Project video cassettes of interviews and other footage

Saints at War interviews with Latter-day Saint Apostles, 2001-2005

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Subseries contain interviews with Latter-Day Saint Apostles. Dated 2001-2005.

Dates: 2001-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project documentary and interview media / Saints at War Project video cassettes of interviews and other footage

Saints at War Project artifacts and photographs, 1940-2002

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 17
Scope and Contents note

This series contains artifacts and photographs collected for the Saints at War Project. Dated 1940-2002.

Dates: 1940-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records

Saints at War Project documentary and interview media, approximately 2001-2009

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19
Scope and Contents

Series contains DVDs and video cassette recordings of interviews relating to Latter-Day Saints' military and war-time service for the Saints at War Project. Dated approximately 2001-2009.

Dates: approximately 2001-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records

Saints at War Project printed materials, 1937-1996

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains books, publications, newsletters, pamphlets, and other printed materials from Latter-Day Saint veterans who served in the United States military during the World War II. Dated 1937-1996.

Dates: 1937-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II

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