Scope and Contents Nielsen (b. 1917) recalls growing up on a farm near Hyrum, Utah. He was a senior at Utah Agricultural College when the army air force medical team came to campus conducting physicals for their expanding pilot training program. He signed up for a physical and was called up for taining in August 1939. He discusses training at length, including his experience in PT-13s, B-10s, B-12s, B-18s, and B-23s. He was flying B-25s when he was selected by Jimmy Doolittle for the raid on Tokyo. His...

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Ethel Nielseon (b. 1921) describes her childhood in Ephraim, Utah, and working at a parachute factory in Manti, Utah. 34 pages.

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Nordgren (b. 1922) joined the Navy early in 1941. He recounts the story of the rescue of a paratrooper whose chute had caught on the tail of a DC-3. He describes his flight training, meeting any marrying his wife, and his postwar service in the Reserves, and being a flight controller. 26 pages.

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North (b. 1925) entered the Army Air Corps at eighteen and was trained as a navigator. He was assigned to the 14th Air Corps, then serving in the China-Burma-India theater of operations. 10 pages.

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O'Mara (b. 1920) recalls growing up in a small mining town in Pennsylvania during the Depression. She enlisted in the WAVES, was trained as an electrician's mate, and served in New York. 47 pages.

Scope and Contents Wayne Omer (b. 1921) details his genealogy and recalls his childhood in Holladay, Utah. He went to work for the FBI in 1941 and moved to Washington, DC. He enlisted in the Navy and begain flight training in Athens, Georgia. After being commissioned he transferred to the Marines and was shipped out to the Solomon Islands. After serving in the Pacific he was reassigned to a traning mission in Santa Barbara, where he remained until the war ended. Other topics covered include serving in the...

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Onstott (b. 1914) recalls her childhood in the rural South and describes joining the WACS after Pearl Harbor. 23 pages.

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Parker (b. 1926) was inducted into the army right after graduation from high school in 1944. He reported to Fort Douglas, Utah, and then was transferred to Camp Walters and Camp Swift in Texas. He recalls his experiences in the 10th Mountain Division. 44 pages.

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Patterson (b. 1921) was in the Army Air Corps stationed at Del Monte in the Philippines, where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese He relates his experiences as a POW. 42 pages.

Scope and Contents Pizzello (b. 1923) grew up in a military family in New Jersey. After dropping out of high school he worked for General Motors building Avenger bombers before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in September 1942. He was attached to the 376th Bomb Group, 515th Squadron and served in British Liberia, Dakar, Marakesh, Casablance, Oran, Tunis, Cairo, and San Pancrazzio. He recalls bombing raids over Italy and describes being shot down and captured by Germans in 1944. Pizzello discusses POW life at...