| 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 43 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020452 |
| OCR Text |
Show Q hat number one. There are only really fiv thing · rt t i Ii : ltl l arning and humor. And you get some disappointm nt r 1 way you wanted it later on you say "Well there will besom thin ls · n t to learned-well, I got the decoration for stuff like that. DAN: What was the decoration? VIC: A Bronze Star. I took a Civil Service entrance exam and I scored 105 out of a possibl 100 because you get veterans preference on top of the regular score. And so I got a lot of good offers. And I went into computers in 1956 at the Bureau of Standards, the National Bureau of Standards. And I designed circuits-a political scientist back there designing circuits and whatever. But it also-it teaches you that somebody may be a higher grade than you are, a higher rank, or whatever, but you're still peers; been there a little longer, a little more experiences, a little older, something like that. But you don't have to backdown to anybody. And if you talk to them reasonably, most people, whatever their background is, will sit and talk with you. If you talk down to them you don't have a chance. But if you talk to them, or with them, my battalion commander Sundloff used to call me into his ... DAN: What was his name? VIC: Bill Sundloff. I mentioned him earlier. DAN: Yes, you did. Okay. VIC: He used to call me into his bunker, or tent-depending on where we were-that I was to be there at 5:30 standing clean. And I'd go in at 5:30 and he would have ... DAN: Was this a.m. or p.m.? 41 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r8ps1/1020452 |
