Box 24
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Joseph Ulrich Beck, 2004
File — Box: 24, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Beck (b. 1922) was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a military family. He attended Utah State University prior to enlisting in the Navy. He received his basic training in San Diego and attended hospital corps school in Balboa Park. He served on the staff of Long Beach Naval Hospital before being assigned to a CVE 96, USS Salamaua. He later served at a military hospital on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 16 pages.
Dates:
2004
Richard Wight Burt, 2005
File — Box: 24, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Burt (b. 1924) was born in Bear River City, Utah. He learned to fly in the Civilian Air Corps prior to joining the Army Air Corps in the Spring of 1943. After radio school and B-17 gunnery training he was assigned to a B-24 crew in Walla Walla, Washington. He flew with the 15th Air Force, 460th Bomb Group, 760th Squadron over Europe, and was shot down in November 1944. Initially interned at Stalag Luft IV, he was marched across Germany to Stalag XIB, where he was liberated. Discharged in 1945,...
Dates:
2005
Rulon Tingey Burton, 2004
File — Box: 24, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Burton (b. 1926) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and enlisted in the Navy in May 1944. He received his training in San Diego and was assigned to the minesweeper, USS Dour in April 1945. He served as a radioman and his Pacific service included Korea, Japan, the Marianas, and Okinawa. Discharged in 1946, his civilian life included a careers as an attorney and publisher. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 57 pages.
Dates:
2004
Lloyd R. Byers, 2004
File — Box: 24, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Byers (b. 1921) was born in Tyrone, New Mexico. He joinged the National Guard in 1938 and was assigned to the Fort Bliss Army Depot in Texax (2nd Battalion, G Battery. Sent to the Philippines in September 1941, Byers was part of the U. S. surrender in April 1942. He was sent on the Death March to O'Donnel prison camp and was a POW until liberated at the end of the war. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 34 pages.
Dates:
2004
Thomas William Deppe, 2005
File — Box: 24, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Deppe (b. 1918) was born in Smithfield, Utah. He joined the National Guard in St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1940. He received his basic training at Ft. Lewis, Washington, and additional training at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. He served with the 41st Infantry Division on occupation duty at Efate, New Hebrides. He was later transferred to Guadalcanal to help set up a hospital. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 41 pages.
Dates:
2005
Charlie Andrew Halvorsen, 2004
File — Box: 24, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Halvorsen (1918-2006) discussed growing up in the Salt Lake valley during the Depression. When World War II started, he was married and had three children. He was drafted in June 1944 and took basic training in Louisiana. He received a hardship discharge in 1945 upon the birth of his fourth child. Halvorsen enjoyed a long civilian career with the Salt Lake City Fire Department. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 24 pages.
Dates:
2004