| 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 59 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019584 |
| OCR Text |
Show Ray W. Peterson was with that group of scientists. Of course, Goddard did s m d Americans early on, but that basically ... We have to give cr ditto the ru ' 1 2 m nt r the turn pr gram that got us to the moo.n, to Dr. Werner Von Braun and his scientists who tnally nd d u down at Huntsville, and to the Red Stone Arsenal. And that's where all of this came about. WIN: Let's go back to your occupation in Germany. How long then did you stay in Germany? RAY: I stayed there from May when the war was over until April of 1945. WIN: So you were there a year? RAY: Yeah, basically a year. MERLENE: It was '46, wasn't it? RAY: It was '46, I'm sorry. It was from May of'45 to April of'46 I was basically on the occupation duty. I came home to Logan. Well, I arrived back at Camp Kilmer, N.J. just prior to that. That's where we came back. And I arrived home on the 24th of April 1946. WIN: While you were in Germany, again, did you have contact during the occupation? Did you have anything to do with the German citizens? RAY: Yeah. There was some interaction. But, remember, there was an nonfraternization order in effect during this period of time. And we were watched quite closely. There was a lot of interaction that went on, but basically we were not supposed to interact with them a great deal. WIN: And you were driving for the general at this time? 57 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc013s/1019584 |
