| 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 85 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020494 |
| OCR Text |
Show VI 0 . EN Q E DAN: Was this maybe a bull snake? VIC: Yeah, It was a big bull snake about five foot long and ab ut thi (demonstrating). And he would come to whistle. We trained him to com to hi tl . DAN: Really? VIC: And he liked condensed milk with an egg yolk in it. He thought that wa great stuff. DAN: He lapped at it? Really? VIC: Yeah. He was funny. But when I went up to visit my aunt at Washington State where she was a librarian before the war-she was at Washington State-and their animal was the cougar and they had a cougar in a pen, a cage. And she said, "I always knew where to find you." She was working, and I'd do some stuff. I'd help her catalog some books, and stuff like that. And then I'd go out and wander around the campus. Can you imagine that today? You know, I'm a 7 or 8 year-old kid, something like that. But there I am. And she said, "I always knew where to find you, and you were down there sitting out of reach of the cougar. And the cougar was just sitting there, and the two of you were just looking into each others eyes; perfectly placid, you know?" DAN: Do you do that with the gorillas? VIC: You don't look a gorilla in the eye. DAN: Oh, really? VIC: They take that as a hostile menacing move. You can look at them, but you don't look at them in the eye, because if you do you're challenging them. And you don't want to challenge any of them. 83 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r8ps1/1020494 |
