Overview of the Collection
UUS_COLL MSS 478
World War II collection
1924-1976
Smith, David J.; Cooley, Gwendolyn; Hrusa, Carl A.; Nielson, Eugene; Inouye, Yukus; Tazoi, Jim Yoshio; Tazoi, Kimiko Yagi; Fukui Giichi; Fukui, Gene; Ogura, Ray; Rees, Doyle.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Collections
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
8 boxes
3.5 linear feet
The World War II collection contains artifacts and documents relating to World War II donated by various individuals.
Material in
English
Processed in September of 2012
This collection includes donations to USU Special Collections by numerous individuals:
David J. Smith papers: donated by Annette Smith in 2000.
Gwendolyn Cooley stamp album: donated by Gwendolyn Cooley in 1998.
Carl A. Hrusa papers: donated by Jan Bakker in 2000.
Reed Roberts currency: donated by Reed Roberts in 2001.
The origin of the oral histories and the miscellaneous materials is unknown.
No restrictions on use.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the World War II collection must be obtained from the
Special Collections Manuscript Curator
and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initial Citation:
World War II collection USU_COLL MSS 478, Series [ ], Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:
USU_COLL MSS 478, USUSCA.
Biographical Note
Col. David J. Smith was born in 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Raised in a military family, David was also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At 33 years old, he married Anna Olson before enrolling in the army in 1940. He deployed with the first American troops to Africa and later served in campaigns to Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. He became a decorated soldier and the British and French governments acknowledged him for his bravery. In 1947, shortly after the war, he passed away after suffering a heart attack while hospitalized for complications from malaria pneumonia.
Carl A. Hrusa was born on April 4, 1925, in Staffordville, Connecticut, to Charles Hrusa and Margaret Horton. He joined the Navy in 1941 and served on the USS Curtis where he survived two Kamikaze attacks and achieved the rank of Machinist First Class before being honorably discharged in 1946. He married Reva Copenhaver in 1945 and worked for United Aircraft as a jet engine technician until his retirement in 1980. He was active in the Masons and the Oriental Shrine and attended St. John’s Episcopal Church. He passed away from leukemia on May 25, 2005, in Logan, Utah.
Reed S. Roberts was born on November 14, 1919, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Benjamin Henry and Loye Stewart Roberts. The family moved to Logan after Reed finished the second grade and he went on to graduate from Logan High School in 1937. He went on to earn a B.S. in 1942 and an M.S. in 1947 from Utah State University and work on a PhD at the University of Utah and University of Kansas. During WWII Reed served in the U.S. Army where he was stationed in the Philippines and worked as an entomological technician in the 40th Malaria Survey Unit. On August 6, 1947, he married Marie Pendrey Roberts in the Logan LDS Temple. He went on to work for the Utah State Department of Health and Utah State University, where he taught Bacteriology, Public Health, School Health, and General Entomology, and worked as an extension entomologist. Reed passed away on November 12, 2006, in Logan, Utah.
This collection contains artifacts and documents relating to World War II donated by various individuals. Each series represents a separate accession originating from a distinct donor.
Materials are arranged by document type and chronologically.
For related materials, see COLL MSS 303, Edward A. Ferguson World War II correspondence; COLL MSS 309, Melba Johnson World War II correspondence; COLL MSS 170, Topaz Internment Camp documents; COLL MSS 183, World War II veterans scrapbook; COLL MSS 088, World War II Rationing Stamps Program.
Military
Correspondence
Texts
Smith, David J.
Cooley, Gwendolyn.
Hrusa, Carl A., 1925-2005
Nielson, Eugene.
Inouye, Yukus, 1916-2007.
Tazoi, Jim Yoshio, 1919-
Tazoi, Kimiko Yagi.
Fukui Giichi, 1890-1975.
Fukui, Gene, 1924-2007.
Ogura, Ray, 1922-
Unite States. Army--Military life--History--Sources.
Unites States. Army. Signal Pigeon Company--History--Sources.
Quartermaster School (U.S.)--History--Sources.
Royal Netherlands Military School (U.S.)--History--Sources.
World War, 1939-1945--Sources.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Personal narratives.
World War- 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Sources.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Photographs.
World War, 1939-1945--Maps.
Homing pigeons--War use.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1945-1945--Personal narratives.
Rationing--United States.
Postage stamps--Specimens.
Postage-stamp albums--Specimens.
Oral histories.
Philippines--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945--Sources.
Series I: David J. Smith Papers
1924-1945
6 boxes, 52 folders
1
1
Documents from David J. Smith’s time in the Army
1935-1946
1
2
Recognition of David J. Smith
1935-1947
1
3
Quartermaster School Army Extension Courses
1937
1
4
Army Extension Courses 20-1 Administration of Civilian Personnel
1937
1
5
Army Extension Courses 20-3 Military Law- Courts Martial
1940
1
6
Army Extension Courses 20-3 Supply and Mess
1940
1
7
Army Extension Courses 20-4 Storage and Issue
1940
1
8
Army Extension Courses 20-4 Care of Animals and Stable Management
1939
1
9
Army Extension Courses 20-8 the Quartermaster Regiment, Infantry Division
1940
1
10
Army Extension Courses 20-9 Motor Transportation
1941
1
11
Army Extension Courses 20-11 Salvage
1941
1
12
Army Extension Courses 30-4 Transportation Rail
1940-1941
1
13
World War II Maps of Strategy, Gettysburg and Antietam
1924-1936
1
14
Quartermaster School Tentative field and Regulations
undated
1
15
General Orders No. 1 Post Regulations
1941
2
1
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Cavalry Division
undated
2
2
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Subsistence (1/2)
undated
2
3
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Subsistence (2/2)
undated
2
4
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Organizational of the Infantry Division
undated
2
5
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Utilities
undated
2
6
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Salvage
undated
2
7
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Property Accounting
undated
3
1
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. 5 Company Administration
undated
3
2
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. Weekly Schedule
1940-1941
3
3
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. Starting Positions
undated
3
4
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. Combat Orders
undated
3
5
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. Procurement
undated
3
6
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. Fiscal
undated
3
7
Quartermaster School Officers’ (Special) No. Storage and Issue
undated
4
1
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course (Special) No. 5 Rail Transportation
undated
4
2
Quartermaster School Officers’ Course Supply Evacuation
undated
4
3
Quartermaster School Officers’ Manual Training manual-No.1
1940
4
4
Quartermaster School Administration Transportation, Water War Department Owned Vessels
1935
4
5
Quartermaster Service Technical Manual Vol. 1and 2
undated
5
1
Military Organizations
undated
5
2
Memorandum for the Quartermaster
1941
5
3
Quartermaster Replacement Training Center
1941
5
4
QMRTC Manuals
1942
5
5
Government Booklets
1942
5
6
Affidavits for Liquor Incidents
1945
6
1
Command and General Staff School Tables of Organizations
1932
6
2
Command and General Staff School Reference Data
1935
6
3
Command and General Staff School Tables of Organizations
1938
6
4
Command and General Staff School Reference Data
1938
6
5
Command and General Staff School Infantry Division Triangular
1939
6
6
Command and General Staff School Reference Data
1939
6
7
Command and General Staff School Tables of Organization
1939
6
8
Quartermaster Corps Units Tables of Organization
1940
6
9
Quartermaster Corps Tables of Basic Allowances
1940
6
10
Company Administration and Personnel Records
1940
6
11
Text for “Training of the Ninth Corps Area Service Command”
1940
6
12
Quartermaster Salvage Technical Manual
1941
Series II: Gwendolyn Cooley Stamp Album
1941-1969
1 folder
7
1
The Stamps of World War II
1941-1969
Series III: Carl A. Hrusa Papers
1943
3 folders
7
2
In Action with the Pigeon Company
undated
7
3
Royal Netherlands Military Flying School Yearbook
1943
7
4
Carl A. Hrusa Writings
undated
Series IV: Oral Histories
1972-1976
1 folder
7
5
POW Eugene Nielson (undated); Yukus Inouye (May 9, 1976); Jim Y. Tazoi, Kimiko Tazoi (March 1972); Giidhi Fukui, Gene Fukui, Ray Ogura (March 1972)
1972-1976
Series V: Miscellaneous Materials
1940-1945
4 folders
7
6
World War II Strategic Maps of Japan
undated
7
7
Photographs: Aerial photographs of Tokyo; Japanese soldiers surrendering at Tarawa; coastal defense guns and emplacements on the east part of Bititu Island; and others
1940-1945
7
8
Ration Books
1943
7
9
Newspaper Articles
1944-1945
Series VI: Reed Roberts Currency
undated
1 folder
7
10
Currency from the Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands
undated
Series VII: Doyle Rees papers
1945
2 folders
8
1
Military messages: Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945 April 12-1945 April 14
8
2
Military messages: Japanese government surrender
1945 August 16-1945 September 03