Scope and Contents Clay (b. 1918) was born in Willard, Utah. He grew up in Utah during the Depression and, after graduating from high school, he learned to fly a Piper Cub through a program sponsored by the Civil Air Authority (CAA). He recounts how he saw an Army Air Corps advertisement which said "You can take this $25,000 course in flying, and get your wings, and get to be a 2nd lieutenant." He joined in 1940 and was trsined in California, New Mexico, Colorado and Montana. He was assigned to the 351st Bomb...

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Arden Clegg (b. 1924) was born in Heber, Utah. He was drafted into the army and went to Europe on the British ship . He did not participate in the D-Day invasion, but arrived in France vai Omaha Beach a few days after the invasion. Among other things, Cleff was a medic. He was a medic in the First General Hopspital on V-E day and describes his recollection of the celebration in Paris. 45 pages.

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Cluphf (b. 1922) grew up in Colorado and Wyoming. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was trained as a crewmember of the B-24. His first mission was to France, his second was over Friedrichshafen, Germany. He flew two missions as a navigator with actor James Stewart. He later qualified for training as a pilot and was in flight school on VE day and VJ day. He was discharged in December of 1945. 47 pages.

Scope and Contents Collipriest (b. 1926) was raised in Salt Lake City by his widowed mother. He had an older brother who was a pilot in the Navy. Collipriest was drafted in 1944 and sent to the Manila. Shortly after he arrived there, his brother was killed in action. As the last surviving son of a family, he was no longer eligable for combat duty and so remained in Manila as a member of General Baker's staff. Collipriest's godfather was an aid to General MacArthur, and he relates some personal anecdotes about...

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Margaret Conaty (b. 1917) recalls growing up in Depression-era Denver, Colorado. She worked at the Fitzsimmons Army General Hospital and lived in the nurses' quarters, so war began and nurses began going overseas she volunteered for the Navy Signal Corps. After being trained to operate the Link flight simulator, Conaty was stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.38 pages.

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Cope (b. 1918) joined the Army Air Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor. Although he had a pilot's license, he was not trained as a military pilot because he couldn't pass the pressure chamber test. He spent the war training pilots and in the Army Flight Service, giving weather briefings and managing field traffic. 21 pages.

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Mr. Cox (b. 1922) recounts his early life of ranching and farming in Duchesne County, Utah. He enlisted in the Marines in the autumn of 1942. He recalls his boot camp experience and subsequent training before his transfer to Guadalcanal where he was assigned to the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber. He completed 62 missions before being transferred stateside in September 1944. Cox describes occupation duty in Nagasaki, Japan before he was discharged in 1946.23 pages.

Scope and Contents Davis (b. 1924) recalls being drafted into the army a week after he graduated from high school. He describes basic training and advanced training with the 16th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. He boarded the for England and trained there for two months before landing in France ten days after D-Day. Davis recalls combat in Brest, Saint Lo, Schnee Eifel, and Koblenz, as well as talking about the Battle of the Bulge. He also describes spending Christmas Eve with a Belgian family. He...

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Dickerson (b. 1927) recalls his childhood in Arkansas recounts how he enlisted in the Navy when he was seventeen. He was trained on an amphibious personnel attack (APA) vesse and staioned in the Pacific. He went to Luzon, Subic Bay, Leyte, and Okinawa.l44 pages.