| 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 47 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019572 |
| OCR Text |
Show Ray W. Peterson ru 1 2001 And it took us until just this year to finally convince the people that do all th se things back in Washington, that recognize these things, that we, indeed, liberated the camp instead of the 36th Division. We liberated the camps in the Landsberg area on the 28th of April. We were relieved by the 142"d Regiment of the 36th Division on the 29th, but they were given credit for the liberation of the Landsberg camps. That's not a big deal, but it's one of these things where the troops felt, "Hey, give credit where credit is due." So it has taken us all these years. I have the final document that says, "We traced the 63rd Division's path, and you did, indeed, liberate the Landsberg camps, at least some of them." And, of course, some other division liberated Dachau, the 45th Division. And on the 29th we were relieved by the 36th Division. They continued south and ended up in Berchtesgarden. We immediately retreated back deeper back into Germany and took up positions back there, and in numerous different towns. We were spread around. I'd say we must have gone back a hundred miles or so. WIN: Can you remember the towns you were in? RAY: Yeah. One of the--where I finally settled was Kiinzelsau, Germany. It was a very beautiful city on the river. We had a headquarters an old military type of encampment. I've got some pictures of it. It was a three-story type building. We settled in there with the headquarters of the 25 5th. The line troops now were scattered around the countryside, all around in different towns. As I recall one was Mosbach. We settled into sort of an occupation troop type situation. We started retraining for deployment to the Pacific. We did a lot of training at that time. I had a real rich 45 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc013s/1019572 |
