Box 26
Container
Contains 17 Results:
Max Eugene Harding, 2006
File — Box: 26, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Harding (b. 1925) was born in Provo, Utah. He discusses growing up on a farm, and his education. He was drafted in 1943, attended basic training, and was shipped to Noumea, New Caledonia, where he worked in a warehouse. He was also assigned to a post in the Philippines, where he was wounded and evacuated to Guam, then Hawaii. After his recover he was assigned as an MP in the motor pool. After his discharge in 1945, Harding worked for Sears Roebuck for thirty-five years. Interviewed by Becky...
Dates:
2006
Gordon E. Harmston, 2002
File — Box: 26, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Mr. Harmston joined the Army Air Corps on March 10, 1943 and took officer training in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was assigned duty on the California coast. Attended adjutant general school in Fort Washington, Maryland, and was assigned as battalion adjutant to a black battalion. Their duties were to load and unload ships. Their unit received raining in the Brooklyn Navy Yard before being shipped to England for more training. They spent the duration of the war in France guarding German POWs....
Dates:
2002
Stuart C. Headford, 2005
File — Box: 26, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Mr. Headford was born on December 5, 1940, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He joined the Navy in 1959 and received training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois. He was assigned to the USS Independence CV-62 and served there until discharged in June 1963. During his service he participated in 3 Mediterranean cruises and in the naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He tells of his experiences during that time. He was in the Reserves as a...
Dates:
2005
Richard W. Johnson, 2004
File — Box: 26, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Mr. Johnson was born on July 21, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated South High School in 1940 and attended the University of Utah studying engineering. He was allowed to defer enlistment until the spring of 1944 when he graduated for college and entered the Navy as an ensign. Traveled to Fort Schulyer, New York, for naval indoctrination school, then was sent to Harvard University for advanced studies in electrical engineering from December 1944 to March 1945. He then attended radar...
Dates:
2004
Eula Kimber, 2001
File — Box: 26, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Eula Kimber was born in Grouse Creek, Utah. She graduated from Box Elder High School in 1929. After high school she worked in Brigham City, Utah, and eventually became a typist in the Recorder's Office in Salt Lake City, Utah. She enlisted in the Navy WAVES. Boot School was at Hunter College in New York. Yeoman training was at Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was then stationed at North Island off the coast of San Diego, California, where she worked at the Bachelor...
Dates:
2001
Foster R. Lamb, 2004
File — Box: 26, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Mr. Lamb was born on January 16, 1924, in Wales, Utah. He discusses his schooling, the family ranch and the Depression. He was drafted in May 1943 and worked repairing sheet metal on aircraft at Hill Air Force Base. He was shipped to England to an Air Corps base near Blackpool where he worked with the 8th and 9th Air Forces. He describes his work and activities relating to the D-Day invasion. He transferred to France until VE Day when he was sent to Erlangen, Germany, for occupation duty. He...
Dates:
2004
Mark Douglas Lamb, 2005
File — Box: 26, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Mr. Lamb was born on September 24, 1956, in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. He discusses his schooling and growing up years. He joined the Air Force in December 1974 and took basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He received veterinary technician training at Shepherd Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas for 26 weeks. He was then sent to Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Texas, first as a food inspector, later as facilities inspector, and finally caring for small animals. He was then sent to...
Dates:
2005