Box 1
Contains 12 Results:
Dwaine Allred
Dwaine Allred (b. 1924) discusses his childhood in Bingham Canyon, Utah, his enlistment in the Navy in December 1941, and his service on the submarine tender USS Fulton. 41 pages.
Allen S. Anderson
Allen Anderson (b. 1925) grew up in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City. He was drafted in March 1943 and entered the Army Air Corps. Anderson served in the 89th Air Service Group and the 500th Air Service Group in India. He recalls his experiences maintaining several different types of aircraft. 57 pages.
Soren Barrett
Barrett (b. 1919) was a senior in college and a member of the Army ROTC when the United States entered the war. He transferred to the Air Corps and was stationed at Kimbolton, England. 33 pages.
Eldon Baxter
Baxter (b. 1920) grew up in Idaho and joined the Idaho National Guard at seventeen. He was released in 1942 and joined the army, where he volunteered for the Special Service Force. He served in Italy, France, and Norway. 29 pages.
Dorothy J. Beutler
Dorothy Beutler (b. 1924) reminisces about life in Utah during World War II. 30 pages.
Ray E. Brim
Brim (b. 1922) volunteered for the Army Air Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After eight months of training he was assigned to Paine Field, near Seattle, Washington, where he flew P-39 aircraft. He recalls training on B-17s and his experiences in Africa and England. Brim remained in the service and retired as a colonel in 1975. 36 pages.
Charles and Frieda Bytheway
Charles (b. 1926) and Frieda (b. 1924) recall growing up in Salt Lake City. Charles enlisted in the Navy Air Corps in 1944. 52 pages.
Mark Cooper
Mark Cooper (b. 1915) enlisted in the Air Force in 1942. He was on a B-29 ground crew. 55 pages.
Norma A. Day
Norma Anderson Day (b. 1923) worked at the Remington arms plant before enlisting in the Navy in 1944. She was stationed in Washington, D.C. 42 pages.
Eliza R. Fife
Eliza Fife was born in Switzerland in 1929. She recalls life during the war, coming to the United States in 1949, and her subsequent life in America. 48 pages.
Royce Flandro
Flandro (b. 1922) was in the ROTC at the University of Utah. He was called to active duty in 1943. He discusses his training in an artillery unit, and serving in North Africa and Italy. 44 pages.
Delbert H. Fowler
Fowler (b. 1924) joined the Navy in 1943. He discusses being stationed in Scotland and England. 32 pages.