Papers, ca. 1942-2001.

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Papers, ca. 1942-2001.

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Contains a transcript of an interview wherein Peterson describes his military years, including a summary of his induction, training, and transfer to the European theater via North Africa. Describes his unit's participation in the Sicilian invasion, the Salerno invasion, and the landings in southern France. Discusses life on the front lines and details of his unit's responsibilities, as engineers, to clear mine fields and build bridges. Also discusses the important role his religion (LDS) played in giving him hope and strength throughout the war years. Contains a newspaper article citing Peterson's involvement in the liberation of Dachau and his horror at the inhumanity found therein. Includes his discharge papers. Photographs show him on the Rhine border and next to a downed Nazi airplane. Also shown is a pontoon bridge and the captured German 1st Army.

1 folder (31 p.)3 photocopied photographs.1 photocopied newspaper article.

Harold B. Lee Library

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Saints at War.

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Peterson, Victor L., 1918-

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Peterson served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942-1946. He was a member of the 45th Infantry Division and achieved the rank of staff sergeant. From the description of Papers, ca. 1942-2001. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 53895450 ...

Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...