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• Faith in a Foxhole
  Posted December 8, 2011 by Kristi Young

  The following is an experience that Mont W. Warner had in 1944. “One cold winter day somewhere in southwestern Germany we were engaged in a hot artillery dual with German 88s. During a brief lull in our part of the battle, to escape the incoming rounds, I jumped into a foxhole and landed on another [...]

• Veterans Day–Liberty
  Posted November 10, 2011 by Kristi Young

  Lund Stucki, a soldier during World War Two, wrote a letter to his fiancee about the importance of liberty. Stucki died four months after penning the letter. Excerpts follow: Liberty to me means a lot of important things–and a lot of little things, too. Important things like Valley Forge, Gettysburg, the Alamo, Verdun, the Meuse, [...]

• Mission to Nagasaki
  Posted October 12, 2011 by Kristi Young

  The following is from Delbert Nebeker’s Veterans’ History contribution: I’ll never forget our fifth mission, it was August 10th, 1944, against Nagasaki. That night was a real doozie. It was the location of the greatest stell plant in Japan and was located on the southwest part of the Island of Honshu. On August 8th we [...]

• The Flying “Mormon Meteor”
  Posted July 29, 2011 by Kristi Young

  As told by Thales A. “Tad” Derrick–As a young boy growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah in the 1940s, Ab Jenkins, the racing mayor of Salt Lake was my hero. (His race car, the Mormon Meteor III, was a wondrous machine for the time. Mayor Jenkins was interested in endurance racing and ran his [...]

• COMBAT IN VIETNAM
  Posted July 1, 2011 by Kristi Young

  The Fourth of July celebrates the signing of The Declaration of Independence, but it is also a time for us to remember those who have helped to keep The United States of America free.  David L. Casey is one of those who fought in the service of his country. The following is his account of a [...]