| Title |
J. Harold Johnson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 27, 2003: Saving the legacy tape no. 633 |
| Alternative Title |
J. Harold Johnson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Johnson, J. Harold (John Harold), 1921-2012 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-06-27 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Belgium; Austria; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Johnson, J. Harold (John Harold), 1921-2012--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; World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Austria |
| Description |
Transcript (31 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with J. Harold Johnson on June 27, 2003. This is from tape number 633 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Harold Johnson (b. 1921) talks about his youth in Salt Lake City, including graduation from West High School, participation in ROTC, the effects of the Depression on his family, and working at the Denver and Rio Grande Depot. He describes being drafted into the army in 1942, his military training, traveling to England on HMS Samaria, and across the channel on the USS Nicholas Herkimer. He first saw combat near Cherbourg, France, later traveling across France and Belgium, over the Rhine River, and through three concentration camps in Austria. He served briefly in the army of occupation before returning home in 1946. He went back to work for the railroad and continued there until his retirement. 31 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
31 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/s64j2dcx |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Concentration camps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021248 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j2dcx |
| Title |
Page 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021242 |
| OCR Text |
Show probably sent om of them ov r to the Pacific. I had n ugh p int anywhere, but they did reassign me. They assign d m out to th 11th rm r d Headquarters. I did some work there in the 11th Armored deactivating it r c rd-t Then they transferred me to the gth Armored. I was only there for a few w ks. h th y transferred me to the 80th Infantry. And I was there for a bit. Then they transferred me again- they were losing people-so they transferred me to the 83rd Infantry. That's where I was when I headed for home. Before that, they sent me up to Ash, which is up in the Czech-Sudetenland, and we had a few troops around there that were just keeping an eye on everything. And there was one family in town that their son was in the service. So I billeted with them, in their home, and it was out in the country. They had a big down comforter they put on the bed and a down comforter to put over you. That was your bedding. And in the kitchen, they had these doors with a split door and you just opened that door and they hag the bam right outside the kitchen door. If you want your eggs you just open that door and take a few steps to where the chickens are, go out and take a few steps and milk the cow. BEC: Really fresh (laughs). HAR: Yeah, it was fresh. But I was there-! don't remember how long. I guess it was for several weeks, maybe a month. Then I got my orders to head for Le Havre, France. So I moved and just picked myself up a convoy, wherever I could, and headed in the direction ofLe Havre. Got down there and reported to where I was supposed to go. I was there for a few days and loaded up on the USS Mt. Vernon in Le Havre, France, and came right across the North Atlantic in December. It only took fourteen days to go over and it took four days to come back. 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j2dcx/1021242 |
