| Title |
Harold R. Heath, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 30, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 29 and 30 |
| Alternative Title |
Harold R. Heath, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Heath, Harold R., 1923- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany; Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Heath, Harold R., 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
90th Chemical Mortar Division, B Company, 1st Division, 1st Army; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Heurtgen Forest; Remagen Bridge; Ruhr Pocket; Occupation duty; Nurenberg, Germany; Occupied Germany |
| Description |
Transcript (45 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Harold R. Heath on May 30, 2000. This is from tape numbers 29 and 30 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Heath (b. 1923) discusses growing up in Holladay, Utah, during the Depression. He talks about his father's involvemnt in World War I. He participated in ROTC at the University of Utah and was inducted into the army in April 1943. He received training at Camp Sibert, Alabama and attended ASTP at the University of Pittsburgh before being assigned to the 90th Chemical Mortar Division, B Company, 1st Division, 1st Army, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He recounts combat experiences in Heurtgen Forest, Remagen Bridge, and the Ruhr pocket. He also discusses occupation duty in Nurenberg, Germany before being discharged in March 1946. He also gives an account of his career as a chemical engineer with Mountain Fuel Supply Company. 45 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
45 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s699068g |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019182 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699068g |
| Title |
Page 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019165 |
| OCR Text |
Show HAROLD R. HEATH HAR: Arnsberg was the northern-most town. That wa quit a it rth Bonn. We went back through Ramsberg Giesson Frankfurt Wi.irzburg d u t dt d into Numberg and then down near Regensburg across the Danube Riv r. and hut wa north and a bit east of Munich. We spent the last week in a little farm village ther . When we were ordered to go to Numberg, we were part of3rd Corps and were in charg of occupation in Numberg. While we were there, we were told that we were going to go back to the United States to be re-equipped with amphibious Jeeps for the landing on Japan. So we left; we got out of Europe. WIN: When you were in Europe, did you have much to do with the peoples of Europe, the French, the Belgium, and the German peoples? HAR: Actually, we stayed in people's houses in Belgium, just overnight. WIN: How did they seem? HAR: They just kind of withdrew and we had sleeping bags and slept on the floor. Really not much contact with those people. We did have contact with German civilians in the towns that we overran. Generally, we just kicked them out of their houses, and took over the house, and stayed there, usually just overnight, and we were on the road, going the next day. However, I remember Easter Sunday we were camped out in the woods and we weren't going any place and didn't have any orders. Several of us took our carbines and went out into the woods and we scared up a few deer. I don't recall that we shot any of them. 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699068g/1019165 |
