Register of the Paul Kelly Collection,

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1 Register of the Paul Kelly Collection, MSSI 66 Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections Brigham Young University-Idaho November 5, 2003 Contact Information Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections David O. McKay Library Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID USA Phone: 208/ Fax: 208/ Processed by: Samuel J. Passey

2 Date completed: March 11, 2009 Encoded by: Jason Hudson November 5, 2003: Brigham Young University-Idaho. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Call Number: Title: Creator: Repository: Extent: Biographical History Abstract: Scope Abstract: MSSI 66 Paul Kelly Collection Kelly, Paul Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections 9.5 linear feet, 17 boxes Paul Kelly was born in He was an officer in the United States Air Force. He is the coauthor of Courage in a Season of War: Latterday Saints Experience World War II which was published in The collection consists of materials gathered by Paul Kelly from Latter-day Saint veterans of World War II and their families for the book Courage in a Season of War: Latter-day Saints Experience World War II. The materials include correspondence, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, regalia and other items. Provenance Gift to BYU-Idaho. Access This Collection is open to the public. Conditions of Use

3 It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Paul Kelly Collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators. Preferred Citation Initial Citation: MSSI 66; Paul Kelly Collection; Manuscripts; Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections, David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University-Idaho. Following Citations: MSSI 66, BYUISC. Biographical History Paul Kelly was born in He was an officer in the United States Air Force. He is the co-author of Courage in a Season of War: Latter-day Saints Experience World War II which was published in Scope and Content Note The collection consists of materials gathered by Paul Kelly from Latter-day Saint veterans of World War II and their families for the book Courage in a Season of War: Latter-day Saints Experience World War II. The materials include correspondence, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, regalia and other items. The collection is arranged like the book, by the theatre of war and then by the name of the veteran. Valuable material that was collected but not actually published in the book, for various reasons, is included in the collection as well. Additional items were described in box 15 in Subject Tracings Institutions People Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho) Oneida Stake Academy (Preston, Idaho)

4 Subject Container List Inventory Box Folder Content 1 Church Leaders & Missionaries 1 1 Hugh B. Brown 1 2 Albon L. Smith 1 3 Albon L. Smith 1 4 Lowell J. Yancey 1 War in the Pacific 1 5 Joseph Burt 1 6 Earl E. Bagley 1 7 Wayne Bowen 1 8 Leonard Brostrom 1 9 Billy Clark 1 10 Ross K. Clements 1 11 Arnold Dean 1 12 J. Stewert Dexter 1 13 Tom Egbert 1 14 Henry Ronald Frogley 1 15 Lilly J Fitzsimons 1 16 Anthony Gardner 1 17 Richard L. Gunn 1 18 Marion D. Hanks 1 19 May Hymas 1 20 John W Koning 1 21 Merlyn W. Lofgren 1 22 Brent W. Marley

5 1 23 Henry G. Mathis 1 24 Donald Gilbert Donaho 1 25 Lt. Morken 1 26 Vernal L. Blood 2 War in the Pacific 2 1 Roy McBride 2 2 James Clare Reed 2 3 Russell Harland Rock 2 4 J Max Seley 2 5 Russell Sheffield 2 6 Gerald John Stewart 2 7 Russell Tippetts 2 8 Theodore Tuttle 2 9 Theodore Tuttle 2 10 Nathan Van Noy Jr. 2 War in Europe 2 11 Cannon C. Anderson 2 12 H. Reed Black 2 13 Victor Cline 2 14 Glenn C. Collette 2 15 David Orin Dance 2 16 Elmo C. Davis 2 17 Gordon Dixon 2 18 Brent Michael Holmes 2 19 Reed Jordon 2 20 Lorin B. Kauer 2 21 Harry Cecil Hodson Jr Don Rue Hickman 3 War in Europe 3 1 Lin Johnson

6 3 2 Lin Johnson 3 3 Lin Johnson 3 4 Lin Johnson 3 5 Julian C. Lowe 3 6 Ivan Miller 3 7 Queintin C Murdock 3 8 Byron Carlyle Peacock 3 9 Verl W. Reed 3 10 B. Jay Rencher 3 11 Elmo Seeley 3 12 Dewain Silvester 3 13 Joseph Toomey 3 14 Marx Weech 3 15 Saiji Zakimi 3 16 Claude J. Burtenshaw 3 17 Frank H. Jacobs 3 18 Asael Tall 3 19 Curtis Willis 3 20 Thomas John Summers 4 The Air War 4 1 Paul Alstrom 4 2 Paul Alstrom 4 3 Joe Anderson 4 4 Charles W. Arnett 4 5 William Grant Bangerter 4 6 Preston Brimhall 4 7 Spencer S. Hunn 4 8 Arden Hutchings 4 9 Mac S. Groesbeck 4 10 Mac S. Groesbeck

7 4 11 Mac S. Groesbeck 4 12 Sterling A Jensen 4 13 Hal R. Johnson 4 14 Norman T. Johnson 4 15 Hyrum W. Kershaw 5 The Air War 5 1 Michael L. Kunz 5 2 Elwyn A Meyer 5 3 Harper K. Morris 5 4 Clinton Murdock 5 5 Wayne Dlden Murdock 5 6 Emil M. Petterborg 5 7 Alden Rigby 5 8 Hugh Rawlin Roper 5 9 Etsell E. Sommers 5 10 Walter Stewart 5 11 Vernon J. Tipton 5 12 Lawrence O. Volmer 5 13 H. Grant Humphries 5 14 Hugh A. Wright 5 15 Gerald E. Sorensen 5 Life on the Home Front 5 16 Sammy Tankersly Ipson 5 17 Donnetta Smith George 5 18 Geraldine Kluge Gunn 5 19 Dottie Packer 5 20 Walter Thuesen 5 21 Reva Walker 5 22 Wilma Wilson 5 23 Daylene Woodruff

8 5 Serving in the US 5 24 Blanch Jacobs 5 25 William Grant Jardine 5 26 Jean Lowe 6 Prisoners of War 6 1 Lynn Bale 6 2 Royce J Fuhrmann 6 3 Harold W. Gunn 6 4 Blair Hale 6 5 Blair Hale 6 6 Blair Hale 6 7 Blair Hale 6 8 Blair Hale 6 9 Royal R. Messervy 6 10 Ralph Wilson 6 11 L.A. Gillette 6 Members and Servicemen of Allied and Enemy Nations 6 12 John A. Dall 6 13 Marinus Davidson 6 14 Thomas Richard Harris 6 15 Karl Herbert Klopfer 6 16 Bernd Stephen Jost Moser 6 17 Elfriede Deininger Prison 6 18 Horst P. Prison 6 19 Gerald Van Zeben 7 Various WWII Sources 7 1 National Geographic on Pearl Harbor and D-Day 7 2 Regimental Histories 3 History of the 137 th Regiment, From Fedela to Berchtesgaden, History of the 7 th Infantry Nisei Soldiers 442 Battalion

9 7 5 For Those Lost, History of Joe Anderson 7 6 Miscellaneous Photos 7 7 LDS Servicemen Meetings 7 8 Stories from BYU-Idaho Education Week 8 Veterans of WWI 8 1 Thomas C Neibauer 8 2 Thomas C Neibauer 8 Veterans of Vietnam 8 3 Steph Biddulph 8 4 Clinton Gilbert Gillespie 8 Paul Kelly 8 5 Paul Kelly 8 6 Paul Kelly 8 7 Paul Kelly s Courage in a Season of War Notes 8 8 Paul Kelly Journals Paul Kelly Paul Kelly Paul Kelly Paul Kelly 9 Artifacts 9 3 armbands 1 belt pocket 3 small Nazi flags 2 large flags 10 Donation by Paul Kelly not yet processed 11 Courage in a Season of War by Paul Kelly 12 1 Nazi bayonet 1 U.S. bayonet 1 car flag Shells 1 K ration 4 magazines 1 decorative knot 1 chain with coin

10 Wie Die Oftmark ihre Befreiung eclebre (Adolf Hitler s Life) Adolph Hitler Magazine Mauthausen: Paperback booklet about prison camps P.O.W. Pictures and Info Small Pictures from cigarette packages Space Defenders 13 Donation by Paul Kelly but not yet processed 14 Inside are materials that three World War II veterans gave to Paul Kelly. Material.: Includes Delburt McFadden's personal history, a 1954 Hondo Air Base yearbook and model airplane, cd of the 364th fighter group, Grant Morrell Bowen's service experience in the Navy during World War II string tie Thunder Bird, Machine Gun Battallion Picture 15 American Flag