| Title |
Marvin J. Miller, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Kelly, June 11, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 242 |
| Alternative Title |
Marvin J. Miller, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Miller, Marvin J., 1925-2012 |
| Contributor |
Kelly, Luke; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-06-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy; Germany; Poland |
| Subject |
Miller, Marvin J., 1925-2012--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners--American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (40 pages) of an interview by Luke Kelly with Marvin J. Miller on June 11, 2001. This is from tape number 242 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Marvin J. Miller (b. 1925) enlisted in the Army in 1943. He served as a gunner in the 464th bomb group in Italy and was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft 4 in Poland. 40 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/s6k37sv6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021215 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k37sv6 |
| Title |
Page 40 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021211 |
| OCR Text |
Show Marvin J. Miller .Jun II 200 I I caine back to the states on a boat. I arrived back in th tat 111 , Jer c \\h~r they allowed us to make a phone call home. Then they gave us anything w wanted t at. Most of them ordered a big beef steak and ice creatn. And that' v hat I nj yed. When I was liberated, I weighed 130 pounds and by the tin1e I got hon1 n t much 1nore. They gave us a sixty-day leave. And during that time the Japanese war ended, s they extended us another thirty days because they didn't know what to do with us, I guess. o I got to spend an extra thirty days at home. Then I was assigned back to Santa Monica, California for processing. They'd come up with a way of mustering people out. If you had eighty-five points you got so many points for the time you were in the service, so many points for any medals, so 1nany points for your rank and so forth. I don't remember just exactly how it figured out, but I ended up having eightyfive points, or 1nore than eighty-five points to get out. The Air Medal and the Cluster were worth ten, the Purple Heart was worth ten, and the five battle stars were worth another five, and ti1ne in service. When it all added up, I had enough to process. But while I was in Santa Monica they had the USO give us a big dinner. And it was served by the movie stars. Charles Laughton, I remember him and, not Alan Alda, but his dad was one of the movie stars. And some of the actresses-] oan Leslie and some of them, they put on a program for us and then served us dinner. And Gig Young-he was a comic. He was always pulling funnies. He did some jokes with Charles Coburn. Then we went down to Santa Ana. And the only thing we had to observe down there 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k37sv6/1021211 |
