| Title |
Lloyd E. McCleary, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joel Calderon, August 28th, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 298 |
| Alternative Title |
Lloyd E. McCleary, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
McCleary, Lloyd E. (Lloyd Everald), 1924- |
| Contributor |
Calderon, Joel C.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany |
| Subject |
McCleary, Lloyd E. (Lloyd Everald), 1924- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Dachau |
| Description |
Transcript (38 pages) of an interview by Joel C. Calderon with Lloyd E. McCleary on August 28, 2001. This is from tape number 298 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
McCleary was in the Army Reserves when the war began. He was in the 7th Army under General Patch and saw combat in France and Germany. 38 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| 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/s6fv0k97 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020563 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fv0k97 |
| Title |
Page 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020556 |
| OCR Text |
Show LLOYD MCCLEARY ugu t 28 2001 JOE: A 28 year-old Lieutenant Colonel? LLO: In the Army I was a First Lieutenant at 21, and you couldn t get a commis ion today until after you're 21. JOE: Well, currently 21. LLO: Well, yeah. JOE: But that's very rare because of the lieutenant commander in today's Army is around 56 years old. LLO: Your kidding? That old? It takes that long to get a promotion, huh? I thought that I had - well, immaterial, but he looked very young. They had a picture of him in one of these newsletters. That was my regimental commander. That's Colonel Loungo, 222"d Infantry. He was a graduate of Annapolis. JOE: And he became an Army officer? LLO: Yeah. He got sea-sick and he had his commission, but he didn't want to stay in the Navy so they put him in the Army. Then- you know, a lot of crazy things- the platoon leader that I had, Lieutenant Shaw, had been a chief in the Navy before World War II. JOE: Really? LLO: He was a career serviceman in the Navy and when his term was up, he left the Navy and enlisted in the Army because he wanted to fight. JOE: Okay. LLO: And he ended up as a Lieutenant. He went to OCS, became a second lieutenant. And then he got killed in Europe and I took his place. Lieutenant Shaw. Well, I don't 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fv0k97/1020556 |
