Box 4
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Grant B. Morrell
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Grant Morrell (b. 1924) enlisted in the Marines' "Mormon Battalion Platoon" in 1942. He was a member of the signal corps in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Clearfield, Utah. He served as a recruiter in the Reserve and at Camp Pendleton during the Korean War before retiring in 1954. 32 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Leah (Jo) Neilan
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Leah Jo Neilan (b. 1922) grew up in Cleveland, Utah. She joined the Navy WAVES in 1943 and served at Hunter College, then Milledgeville, Georgia, and finally San Diego, where she was the Yeoman for the director of the 11th Navy Waves. She was discharged in November 1945. 35 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Kenneth K. Nodzu
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Kenneth Nodzu was born in Kenilworth, Utah, in 1927. He was drafted into the Army in 1945, and served in Minnesota, California, and the Philippines as a supply clerk. He also discusses his work with the Japanese American Citizen's League of Mt. Olympus. 25 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Herman Oliekan
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Herman Oliekan (b. 1916) emigrated from Holland to the United States in 1925. Drafted into the Army in 1940, he served in the infantry in Hawaii and Guadalcanal. After contracting malaria and impetigo, he was discharged in 1945. 31 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Evan Olsen
File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Before enlisting in the Navy in 1942, Evan Olsen (b. 1921) worked for Western Union Telegraph in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was trained at the Naval Medical School in Balboa Park, and then served as a pharmacist's mate at the New Zealand Naval Hospital and as a medical officer on a submarine chaser on Ulithi. 48 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Lester C. Paxton
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Lester Paxton (b. 1920) was a member of ROTC at the University of Utah. He served as a pilot in Saipan and Okinawa during the occupation of Japan. He remained in the Air Force Reserve, learning to fly helicopters and retiring as a colonel in 1980. He also worked as a school counselor and assistant principal. 43 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Cecil Payne
File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Cecil Payne was born in 1915 in Georgetown, Idaho. He was drafted in 1940 and was a member of the 753rd Field Artillery group in Europe. The first combat he saw was the Battle of the Bulge, while supporting the 9th Army. He was discharged in 1945. 60 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
John Perschon
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
John Perschon (b. 1921) was a member of the Tenth Mountain Division, which was shipped to Italy shortly after Anzio. He discusses training at various bases, fighting alongside the 442nd regiment, the heavy casualty rate under Major General George Hayes, digging foxholes, life at the front, and the fighting methods of Gurkhas. Perschon was awarded two Bronze Stars. 46 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010
Raymond W. Peterson
File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Raymond Peterson (b. 1925) grew up in Montpelier, Idaho. He was drafted into the army in November 1943 and was assigned to an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon in the 255th Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Division. He recalls his first combat experience in the Colmar region of Germany on Christmas Eve 1944, discovering the operation sites of the new Messerschmidt 262 jet aircraft, liberating one of the work camps associated with Dachau, and serving in the army of occupation. He was...
Dates:
2001-2010
Della M. Petty
File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Della Petty (b. 1923) grew up in Salina, Utah. She joined the WAVES and was stationed in San Francisco, where she was a secretary for Commander Ross. She recalls life on the West coast during the war. 33 pages.
Dates:
2001-2010