| Title |
Vico E. Henriques, an interview by Daniel McCool, November 9, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 729 |
| Alternative Title |
Vico Henriques, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Henriques, Vico E., 1930- |
| Contributor |
McCool, Daniel, 1950- ; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-09-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Korea |
| Subject |
Henriques, Vico E., 1930- --Interviews; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Utah National Guard |
| Description |
Transcript (86 pages) of an interview by Daniel McCool with Vico Henriques in Arlington, Virginia, on November 9, 2004. This is from tape number 729 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Henriques (b. 1930) joined the National Guard in 1947. He had been in the State Guard during World War II. In 1950 he was on a survey crew working for the Bureau of Land Management at thd Dugway Proving Grounds when a man came out and told him that he had been ordered to active duty because war had broken out in Korea. According to Henriques, 80% of the Utah Guard was called up on the first day of the Korean War. He recalls being processed and sent to Japan, then Korea. He was immediately transferred to the 1343rd Engineer Combat Battalion (Alabama National Guard)and put into an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon. He talks about being a Sergeant Major and what that means in the military, being promoted to 2nd lieutenant, and about army life in combat. Other topics covered include leadership in combat, the CIA, being a primate caretaker for the National Zoo, political advice from J.D. Williams, hunting game in Korea, adjusting to civilian life after the military, leading the "enemy" unit in field maneuvers, and receiving the Bronze Star. 86 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
86 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/s61r8ps1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020499 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r8ps1 |
| Title |
Page 11 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020420 |
| OCR Text |
Show VI 0 . ENRIQUES ev nt I ended up being the sergeant major of the battalion. The sergeant major is a very powerful figure in the army. N t to the battalion commander he is probably the most influential person in a battalion. There are a lot of o fie rs but the sergeant major is the one that is the direct link between the battalion commander and the troops. DAN: Would you say the sergeant major is closest to the troops in terms of knowing them and relating to them? VIC: No, not really, because he's at battalion headquarters. But he's the closest to the 1st sergeants of each of the companies, who are the closest to the troops. DAN: Okay. VIC: And, so, we would have little get togethers. When the 1st sergeants would come in, they would brief me, and then I would brief the old man. He was, of course, getting reports from all the officers, but he wanted to know what's really going on out there. And he was a West Pointer; a very strict soldier, and yet a very compassionate commander. He was very good. His name was Bill Sundlof, SUN D L 0 F. DAN: Okay. Where was he from? VIC: I think he was probably from Minnesota or Michigan; someplace like that. But he was a West Point graduate and a very good commander. During that period of time-actually, it was prior to that when I was still with the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon-we got overrun a couple of times. We were located between the Heartbreak Ridge and the Punch Bowl, and in the Punch Bowl. And I can show you 9 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r8ps1/1020420 |
