| 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 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019171 |
| OCR Text |
Show HAROLD R. HEATH Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia. hree of us from th and, incidentally, one of the fellows and I that met in ba ic training had g n t u h all the different transfers. We went to basic training and stayed tog th r and had imil jobs and similar experiences all during the war. We separated after the duty we had at Fort Monroe. Frank Innis and I have remained good friends ever since. I don t see him very often. In 1945, the battalion had a big reunion at Fort Bragg and we were guests of the 82nd Airborne. WIN: In 1945? HAR: In 1945, fifty years after we had been organized. WIN: In 1995? HAR: Yeah, 1995. In 1995 we had a reunion, and that's the last time I saw Frank. They really showed us a good time. Of course, Bragg had changed a great deal. The army was very hospitable to us. WIN: So then what did you do after that? HAR: At Fort Monroe, Frank and John Randolph and I went into the battery commander and said, "We have all this experience with artillery and we know the operation, the fire direction center. If you have a fire direction center for your coastal defense guns and need anybody there, we'd like that duty." Well, most of the guys were sent out just as laborers to button up the gun positions all up and down the Atlantic Coast. This captain said, "Guys volunteering? I'm going to lose some of the men that had been operating the 35 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699068g/1019171 |
