Interview, 1985.

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Interview, 1985.

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Transcript of an interview taken from the included sound tapes. The interview was conducted on 5 Feb. 1985 by an unnamed interviewer. Dunn was drafted at age 18 and assigned to the U.S. Infantry. He served with the 77th Infantry Division. He was the only member of the Mormon Church among 20,000 troops. In July 1944 he participated in the battle for Guam and describes the killing. He later sailed to Leyte where and was involved in a battle there. Dunn served in the Philippines and was then sent to Okinawa were he was involved in the battle. He later returned to Okinawa to establish a stake of the Mormon Church. He also went to Japan later, and he spoke of the differences between the Americans and Japanese. Paul Dunn said that he killed hundreds of Japanese on Okinawa, defied orders not to take prisoners in the Philippines, and was involved in the entire 90-day battle of Okinawa. Many of his claims were clearly exaggerations, and he simply fabricated many others. Also incuded on the second cassette tape is an interview with an unknown person with and unknown interviewer at an unspecified time. The interview deals with legal cases relating to land use near Springville, Utah. The intrviewee was probably a ranger for the United States Forest Service.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Dunn, Paul Heang

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Dunn was prominent leader in the Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-Day Saints. From the description of Interview, 1985. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51591077 ...

United States. Forest Service

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