| Title |
Raymond W. Peterson, North Ogden, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, February 15, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 189 and 190 |
| Alternative Title |
Raymond W. Peterson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Peterson, Raymond W., 1925- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-02-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Cache County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Peterson, Raymond W., 1925- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon; 255th Infantry Regiment; Dachau; Messerschmidt 262 |
| Description |
Transcript (64 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Raymond W. Peterson on February 15, 2001. This is from tape numbers 189 and 190 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Raymond Peterson (b. 1925) grew up in Montpelier, Idaho. He was drafted into the army in November 1943 and was assigned to an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon in the 255th Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Division. He recalls his first combat experience in the Colmar region of Germany on Christmas Eve 1944, discovering the operation sites of the new Messerschmidt 262 jet aircraft, liberating one of the work camps associated with Dachau, and serving in the army of occupation. He was discharged in 1946. 64 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
64 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/s6dc013s |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019592 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc013s |
| Title |
Page 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019551 |
| OCR Text |
Show Ray W. Peterson F bruary 1 2001 could actually see them. In fact, we had to stay out quite a ways from actually going right into the harbor. And then we started seeing the destruction that had happened when the 7th Army had landed there on the 15th of September on the invasion of southern France. And so we started to see all this destruction of the towns and equipment that was completely destroyed, and all of the real estate that was tore up by the air force, artillery, and infantry units going through there. And we went through a lot of the old towns that they had captured. And I remember Dijon and those places like that that were in that Rhone River Valley. Then we proceeded up, going almost directly north of where the 7th Army troops had advanced. And we finally ended up at a place called Camp Oberhoffen. We knew we were getting pretty close to the front because you could start to hear artillery rounds and things in the evening. WIN: So you went up through Lyon? RAY: Yeah, through Lyon. And Camp Oberhoffen, Lyon, and all those places. WIN: Camp Oberhoffen would have been in Germany, the Alsace-Lorraine area? RAY: Well, no, this was still in France. It was one of the French camps. WIN: Yeah, Alsace-Lorraine is in France. RAY: Yeah, Alsace-Lorraine was getting real close, and that's where we fmally ended up. WIN: But they have both German and French words up there? RAy: yeah. And this was getting close to around Christmas time, about the 22nd of 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc013s/1019551 |
