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Brady (b. 1923) served with the 327th Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Europe. He recalls being shipped to England directly after completing basic training and landing on Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion. Brady also describes his experiences at Bastogne and Deuseldorf. 98 pages.

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Burdette (b. 1924) recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City. He entered the army in 1943 and was shipped to Camp Barley, Texas, where he received training as a medical corpsman. He was stationed in New Guinea, Australia, Biak, and the Philippines. 49 pages.

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Burnham (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in Blanding, Utah, and describes his basic training as part of the 17th Airborne Division shortly after Pearl Harbor. His unit landed in Naple, Italy, in March of 1944, and later fought in France and Germany. He was mustered out of the service in 1946. 48 pages.

Scope and Contents Marjorie Campbell (b. 1924) discusses her family history and growing up in Laketown, Utah, before moving to Salt Lake City, where she graduated from South High. She recounts her experiences working at Fort Dougles before joining the Navy (WAVES) in 1944. She trained in Brooklyn before being assigned to the commissary at Annapolis. She was discharged in 1944, and talks about her marriage, the death of her husband, and raising her four children while working for the Selective Service and the...

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Carroll (b. 1919) recalls growing up in Utah, being drafted in October 1941, going through basic training, and being assigned to the signal corps stationed in New Orleans before going to India. He was in Chittagong before being sent to Burma, where he recalls hunting a tiger. Later sent to Luzhou, China, he remained there until the war ended. He concludes with his recollections of being a mechanic and working at various car dealerships in Salt Lake County. 41 pages.

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Carter (b. 1924) enlisted in the Army Air Corps in November 1943. He trained as a ball turret gunner in a B-17. His crew were shipped to England on the and attached to the 92nd Bomb Wing. Carter flew 25 missions over Germany before being rotated back to the United States, where he trained new crews at various bases. 39 pages.

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Christensen (b. 1925) recalls growing up in Salt Lake City, learning to ski, and being drafted into the army the day after he graduated from high school in June 1944. At the end of basic training he volunteered for mountain combat training and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. Christensen describes combat in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. He was discharged in June 1946. 26 pages.

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Ray Church (b. 1920) recalls his childhood in Depression-era Delta, Utah. After two and a half years at Dixie College, he found himself without funds and joined the Marines. He was posted to Guam in 1941 and attached to the military government. He was taken prisoner in December, shortly after Pearl Harbor. Church describes his time as a prisoner of war in Tanagawa, known as the "death camp," and in Osaka. 32 pages.

Scope and Contents Herbert Clark (b. 1923) enlisted in the Marine Corps in the Spring of 1942. He went to San Diego for his basic training and was assigned to H Company, 2nd Battalion of the 9th Regiment. H Company was trained in heavy weapons--machine guns and mortars. He was shipped to the Pacific Theater aboard the , stopping in Hawaii and New Caledonia prior to arriving in Auckland, New Zealand, for several months of training for beachheads. Clark's division went to Guadalcanal as a replacement division...