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Contains photocopies of a group photograph and operations documents related to Herbert's service with the 49th Bombardment Wing.

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Contains a 19-page transcript of Norby's autobiography (incomplete). Norby, born in Salt Lake City, served in the Army Air Corps as an engineer and top turret gunner on B17s. He was stationed in Polebrook, England. After his plane crashed near Muswangen, Switzerland, he was taken into custody by the Swiss Guard and held for several days before being turned over to the American Embassy.

Scope and Contents Contains a typewritten memoir of Pixton's experiences in World War II. He was ordered to England as an amphibious warfare specialist in March 1942. He became part of the 5th Engineer Special Brigade, South Wales, and helped plan the invasion of Normandy. He landed on Beach Easy Red at noon on D-Day, and was put in charge of the 348th Engineer Combat Battalion. He later served as a field artillery instructor and Chief of the Advanced Tactics Section of the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir,...

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Contains a bound copy of Rampton's memoir, . Rampton served as a Captain in the Army and was stationed in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He was on Kauai and the Phillipine Island where he developed amoebic dysentery and jaundice.

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Contains a copy of "Melvin Erickson Thayne: His Life and Times."

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Photocopy of a booklet compiled by members of the 442 during World War II and reprinted by the San Francisco Company K Club.

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Saving the Legacy collection contains items donated by World War II veterans in conjunction with their oral history interviews, conducted by the American West Center, located in the collection "Saving the Legacy oral history project" (ACCN 2070).