Scope and Contents Walker (b. 1921) grew up in Salt Lake City and attended a civilian pilot training prior to volunteering for service in the Navy after Pearl Harbor. He recalls his experiences in New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, and Hawaii. He also discusses his postwar years in Utah, Alaska, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Illinois, and California. 77 pages.

Scope and Contents West (b. 1918) recalls his childhood in Provo, Utah, and describes getting a degree in English from Brigham Young University. He taught school for several years and eventually received both a master's degree and doctorage in English. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the 7th Army Air Force. He describes intercepting and classifying enemy air-to-ground and point-to-point radio messages. He decoded and relayed information concerning weather conditions, enemy air action,...

Scope and Contents Williams (b. 1926) recalls his childhood in Rigby, Idaho, and describes enlisting in the Navy two days after graduating from high school in May 1944. He was a radio operator on the second Block Island (the first ship of that name had been sunk by a German submarine). He served in Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Saipan, Guam, Formosa, Leyte, Manila, Ulithi, Borneo, Korea, China, and Panama. 44 pages.

Scope and Contents Wimmer (b. 1920) recalls his childhood in rural Utah and enlisting in the Navy in July 1941. After basic training he was assigned to the USS Rigal in Hawaii. Upon his arrival he learned that the Rigal had been towed to Hawaii to be converted into a destroyer tender and was in the process of being rebuilt. He gives a long and vivid account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath. He served on work parties that...

Scope and Contents Winder (b. 1922) discusses his family heritage, including his great-grandfather starting Winder Dairy in 1880. He also talks about his mission to the Southern States before joining the Navy in 1944. After his training in radar he was assigned to the destroyer Hugh W. Hadley as a fire control officer on a five-inch gun. He describes the attack on the Hadley and sinking of the Hale. He was...

Scope and Contents Wright (b. 1919) recalls growing up on a farm near Blackfoot, Idaho, and talks about the effects of the Depression on his family. He developed an interest in flying through his association with a barnstormer. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was assigned to the 8th Air Force, 357th Fighter Group, 364th Squadron, stationed in England. Other topics include experiences flying P-51s, occupation duty in Munich, and post-war education and service with the Air National Guard. He was called to...

Scope and Contents Wright (b. 1916) recalls his childhood in Ogden, Utah. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in engineering and served as a commissioned officer on a battleship and a destroyer before going to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. After qualifying for carrier landings he was assigned to a fighter squadron where he provided air support for the Marines at Guadalcanal. He was torpedoed and was in the water for four hours until being picked up by a destroyer. Wright's second tour...

Scope and Contents Young (b. 1923) grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and joined the Navy in March 1943. After training at Farrigut, Idaho, and Camp Pickett, Virginia, he attended radio school and was assigned to Company 172-43, 2nd Regiment, 5th Battalion, U.S. Naval Training Station. He spent much of his duty time on a PC craft, which was 169 feet long and had about seventy on board. These small boats would take care of all radio-to-shore, radio-to-air, and radio-to-land communications. Wright saw action at...