| Title |
Van C. Sorensen, Mapleton, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson and Benjamin Bahlmann, August 17th, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 288 and 289 |
| Alternative Title |
Van C. Sorensen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sorensen, Van C., 1922-2007 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Marshall Islands; New Guinea; Philippines; China; Aurora, Sevier County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Sorensen, Van C., 1922-2007--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Topaz; Internment camps; PTSD |
| Description |
Transcript (95 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Van C. Sorensen on August 17, 2001. This is from tape numbers 288 and 289 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Van Sorensen (b. 1922) recalls his childhood on a cattle ranch in Utah, working on the construction of the Topaz Japanese Relocation camp, and joining the U.S. Marines in December 1943. After training as a gunner and being assigned to a flight crew, Sorensen was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. He talks at length about his combat experiences. He also talks about returning to civilian life and suffering from what would come to be known as Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. 95 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
95 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/s6767djj |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021118 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6767djj |
| Title |
Page 89 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021109 |
| OCR Text |
Show VAN C. ORENSEN Augu t 17th 2001 VAN: Yeah. The G.I. Bill was in effect, and we applied and got some as istance through that. A strange situation again. I still don't understand their thinking but if you went to school- and we had to attend some classes, agricultural classes - we got, I think, Bell says it's $97.50 a month we got out of it. But at the time, you could actually survive on that. But then we happened to hit it kind of big on some grass seed, so most of what I've gotten for assistance from the veteran's I had to pay back. BEN: Okay. VAN: Through the IRS. While in the Marines, I got a leg hurt real bad. The whole cartilage on the right leg was ruptured, and in bad shape. And before I went to go overseas they gave me a final exam, and they doctor looked at it and said, "Man, is that bothering you?" And I said, "Well, yeah. A little." He said, "Well, you can still walk." And I said, "Yeah." "You can still fly." "Yeah." "Well," he said, "if you survive this thing we'll fix it when you get back." So I'd been home about three years and it gotten so bad that I had to go to Vet's hospital and they did a big operation on my leg. I still have to be very careful with it. But I've got along fairly good. BEN: So your farm then, up in Rupert, that's what you did most of your life then? 87 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6767djj/1021109 |
