Box 13
Contains 10 Results:
Ruth Messick, 2002
Messick (b. 1923) discusses family life, the Depression, and growing up in Brigham City, Utah. She joined the WAVES in September 1944, took training at Hunter College, and attended yeoman school at Oklahoma A&M before assignment to the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. She was discharged in December 1945. 33 pages.
Wataru Misaka, 2001
Misaka (b. 1923) was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. He was a student at Weber College and the University of Utah before being drafted in June 1944. He was assigned to the language training school at Ft. Snelling where he was trained for the occupation forces. He served nine months in Japan, determining how the bombing affected civilian morale. He was discharged in 1946. 46 pages.
Harold D. Morris, 2001
Morris (b. 1917) took his flight training at Dos Palos, California, in 1942 before being sent to Marfa, Texas, for advanced training. He flew missions in Africa and the European Theater in a B-24. 60 pages.
Harry A. Moyer, 2002
Moyer (b. 1920) was in the aviation cadet program at the University of Akron at the time of Pearl Harbor. He was called to active duty in January 1942. He discusses his flight training at length. Other topics covered include joining the 33rd Fighter Group, Africa and Sicily, aerial combat, his views on General Montgomery, contact with Sicilian civilians, the merits of various aircraft, Anzio, being stationed in China, marriage, and duty as a flight instructor. 115 pages.
Adria J. Munk, 2002
Munk (b. 1923) discusses growing up in Fountain Green, Utah, and moving to Salt Lake City to work at Malouf Manufacturing and Remington Arms. She enlised in the WAVES in 1943, and trained at Hunter College, where she was ranked as hospital apprectice, first-class. She was assigned to Mare Island Naval Hospital and also served in a nearby psychiatric hospital. She was discharged in July 1946. 26 pages.
William Edward Murray, 2001
J. Stewart Manwill, 2001
Manwill (b. 1923) was inducted into the Army in August 1943 and was sent to radio training school and navigation training prior to being assigned to the Air Transport Command. He was sent to India and was a member of a C-54 crew flying supplies over "the hump." 12 pages.
William J. Maynes, 2000
Maynes (b. 1917) was born and raised in Salt Lake City, serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and National Youth Administration (NYA) before enlisting in the Marine Corps in July 1941. He was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps and stationed in San Diego, then accepted for flight training and sent to the Memphis Naval Air Station. He was in flight training when Japan surrendered and was discharged in May 1946. 44 pages.
Lloyd E. McCleary, 2001
McCleary was in the Army Reserves when the war began. He was in the 7th Army under General Patch and saw combat in France and Germany. 38 pages.
Calvin McPhie, 2001
McPhie (b. 1923) volunteered for the Navy and went from Mare Island to Midway. He served on the submarine Finback, which completed five patrols before the end of the war. He describes a rescue of five men, one of whom was George Bush. Other topics include life aboard a submarine, depth charges, and rest camps between patrols. 25 pages.