| Title |
B. Ward Turner, Roy, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, January 17, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 309 |
| Alternative Title |
B. Ward Turner, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Turner, B. Ward, 1922-2011 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-01-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Wayne County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Turner, B. Ward, 1922-2011--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; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
315th Ordnance MAM Company; Utah Beach; D-Day; Buchenwald |
| Description |
Transcript (54 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with B. Ward Turner on January 17, 2002. This is from tape number 309 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
B. Ward Turner (b. 1922) was raised in Lyman, Utah. He was drafted into the Army in May of 1943. As a member of the 315th Ordnance MAM Company, he landed on Utah Beach several days after D-Day. He was present at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, and received five Bronze Stars before being discharged in December 1945. 54 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/s6cc2zzm |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020721 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc2zzm |
| Title |
Page 48 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020712 |
| OCR Text |
Show B. Ward Turner converted it to a troop ship. WIN: Was it a nice ship, or were you really crowded and miserable? Janua 17 2002 WAR: Well, it was pretty crowded. You'd have the length of the ship over you in bunks. Some of them had three here, and here, and here. WIN: About five? WAR: Only three, is all they had room for. So we were lucky. WIN: I've heard of some five deep, from top to bottom. I guess it all depends on how high the ceiling was. WAR: WIN: WAR: WIN: WAR: That's right. But we got into the port along the Union. It was dark. Is that Norfolk? Newport News, is it? Oh, Newport News, okay. It's just down the coast there. Yeah, but anyway, I don't think the guys on the ship knew much about that. We were all lined up around the ship. You could see the lights, but you couldn't get in the port-with the line. I'll tell you, that was one night you didn't sleep. WIN: So you got in close, but you couldn't come in until daylight. So you just had to watch the lights from the------?-----, or something? WAR: It felt pretty good though, to see America and some lights. WIN: So you landed in Newport News. Did they immediately put you on a troop train? WAR: Yeah, they kept us there two or three days, and issued us all that stuff that they needed to there. They fed us pretty good too. We had some food that we hadn't eaten in a long 46 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc2zzm/1020712 |
