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Military

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:

Evelyn Jorgensen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336825]
Identifier: MSS 2688
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Jorgensen talks about growing up and about her association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also tells about her service at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, during World War II. She married Vernon F. Jorgensen in 1947.

Dates: 2000

Julian William Cummings artifacts, approximately 1944

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8098 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains artifacts pertaining to the life of Julian William Cummings. Primarily consists of pins and badges from his military service. Also includes a tool for pilots and a logbook of his flight time and distance over the years. Finally, includes a flag and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Dated approximately 1944.

Dates: approximately 1944

Julian William Cummings military papers, 1935-2006

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8098 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to the military service of Julian William Cummings, a pilot during the Second World War. Includes his own typed reminiscences of his experiences and documents pertaining to the publication of his memoir on military service, "Grasshopper Pilot." Also includes several copies of service orders and correspondence, as well as his own military records of physicals and recruitment. Finally, includes documents related to clubs for retired pilots. Dated 1935-2006.

Dates: 1935-2006

Kaigun nikki

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239244426]
Identifier: MSS 9178
Scope and Contents

"Kaigun Nikki" or "Navy Diary" created by the Japanese government for military personnel. Used by an unidentified Japanese military person who served in the Philippines during the Second World War. The printed diary is for 1942, but the entries are from 1943.

Dates: approximately 1943-1944

Anthony Sippert interview with J. Tom Kallunki

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197223105203]
Identifier: MSS SC 3144
Scope and Contents Typed transcripts of a taped interview by Anthony Sippert conducted on 26 March 1985 for Ray C. Hillam's War Project. Kallunki was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Kallunki was drafted into the United States Army in 1961, he was trained at Fort Ord, California, and was trained as an officer in 1963. He went to Vietnam on his first tour of duty with the Fifth Special Forces Group. After his return to the United States, he was a training commander. He also served as an instructor of ROTC...
Dates: 1985 March 26

Thomas L. Kane autograph

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327857]
Identifier: MSS 991
Scope and Contents

Autograph on an extracted fly leaf from a book which was presented to J. C. Little on 17 Feb. 1840.

Dates: 1840 February 17

Eleanor Kartchner scrapbook on the Second World War

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230355791]
Identifier: MSS 7498
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding the Second World War. The clippings mostly shed information on the German forces, their artillery, and their position. The collection dates from circa 1939 to 1945.

Dates: approximately 1939-1945

LaFayette S. Kartchner journals and personal history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6213
Abstract

This collection contains a personal history of Lafayette S. Kartchner, written 1975, and 39 journals spanning from 1928-1929, 1956-1991. Topics included in his history: his involvement in fighting at the Mexican border in 1916, his military service in France during World War I, his career as a U.S. Forest Ranger, his mission to the Mexican Mission for the LDS Church, and his family through the years.

Dates: Other: 1928-1991

Katie Christensen Olsen papers, 1941-1949

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232509445]
Identifier: MSS 6124 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Biographies of Evan Dee Olsen written by Katie Christensen Olsen and newspaper clippings regarding Sergeant Evan Olsen's homecoming.

Dates: Other: 1941-1949

Philip Kearny letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292355]
Identifier: Vault MSS 576
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter written on September 23, 1845 at Fort Leavenworth and addressed to Lt. Col. George Tallcott. The note states that the accounts relating to supplies had been forwarded. The accounts were delayed due to Kearny's ill health. Kearny was on a military expedition to the South Pass area when this was written. He was in the command of his uncle Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848) at the time.

Dates: 1845 September 23