| Title |
John Perschon, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, January 15, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 421 |
| Alternative Title |
John Perschon, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Perschon, John, 1921- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-01-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy |
| Subject |
Perschon, John, 1921- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th--History--World War, 1939-1945 |
| Keywords |
10th Mountain Division |
| Description |
Transcript (46 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with John Perschon on January 15, 2001. This is from tape number 421 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
John Perschon (b. 1921) was a member of the Tenth Mountain Division, which was shipped to Italy shortly after Anzio. He discusses training at various bases, fighting alongside the 442nd regiment, the heavy casualty rate under Major General George Hayes, digging foxholes, life at the front, and the fighting methods of Gurkhas. Perschon was awarded two Bronze Stars. 46 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
46 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/s6j40rrt |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021368 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j40rrt |
| Title |
Page 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021361 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOEPER CHON 2 2 JOE: He was a great big guy a tough guy. H cr dm Ul , Perschon 'he says "I'd like to beat the hell out of you. I say aptain i u nt t take your bars off we'll go out in back right now." I was foolish in doing it but I m good condition then. Small but good condition. And I knew if I hit him hard th fir t tim I had him. So I was going for the Adam's apple, I already had it planned I was going to go for his Adam's apple. When he reaches for his Adam's apple then you hit him in the stomach. Then he bows over and you hit him in the shin, see? Boom, boom, boom. That was my plan. BEC: Yeah. JOE: But he backed away, which is a good thing, because we'd both gotten in trouble with that. But I didn't back down on the guy. He and I had bad blood. I remember when we were getting ready to go overseas, sitting in the office there a lieutenant had an appointment to see Colonel Pete, came up from the ranks, a battalion down there. "Colonel," he says, "it's a very private matter. Could your sergeant be dismissed?" He says, "No. Anything goes on in this office, he's in on it. We are one," just like that, he says. "You go ahead; tell me what you want." Well, he didn't want to go overseas and his wife was going to have a baby and he wanted to transfer out. The Colonel turns to him and says, "Lieutenant, I got hundreds and hundreds of men in this outfit that don't want to go overseas. I got hundreds and hundreds of enlisted men who can't do what you're doing. I'll tell you one thing. You go back to your outfit and you submit to me through channels your request, and I'll knock it down every time it comes to my desk. You're dismissed." That was it. Out he went (laughs). I remember that very well. I didn't want to go overseas. Who wanted to? But that was rather interesting. That 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j40rrt/1021361 |
