| Title |
Glen E. Allred, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, January 30, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 142 and 143 |
| Alternative Title |
Glen E. Allred, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Allred, Glen E., 1921- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-01-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom; France; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Ballard, Uintah County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Allred, Glen E., 1921- --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 |
| Keywords |
246th Engineer Combat Battalion; Berlin occupation |
| Description |
Transcript (58 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Glen E. Allred on January 30, 2001. This is from tape numbesr 142 and 143 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Allred (b. 1921) served in the U. S. Army from 1942 to 1945. He was in the 246th Engineer Combat Battalion staioned in Salisbury, England prior to traveling to France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He finished his tour of duty with the occupation army in Berlin. 54 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
54 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/s6g46pkd |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021463 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g46pkd |
| Title |
Page 24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021427 |
| OCR Text |
Show len E. Allred WI : That was back when the AAU was more pr stigiou th th GLE: That's right. Well it was like the NBA now. See that' h it through college, and the best ballplayers. WIN: So that must have been fun for you? GLE: It was. I played with some real good ballplayers. t it. . t u th t WIN: Then you had to leave. You were over in England in the late spring of about '44? GLE: Yes, that's right. WIN: Did you know when D-day was going to occur? Did you have any idea? l GLE: We didn't know the exact time, but we were eventually divided into three echelons, and I was in the third one. Our first echelon people left our camp and went to prepare for the invasion. WIN: These were people of the engineering battalion that you were in? GLE: Yes, they were in my battalion, and they went and prepared earlier. They were gone that morning when we woke up and the sky was full of planes. You can't imagine that view, just wave, after wave, after wave of planes headed toward France. WIN: Just a wave, after wave? They were taking the airborne troops and supplies, gun ships, and fighter planes? GLE: It was Unreal. It was unreal. I might say the night I was in London, they said it was the night of the longest raid of the war up to that time-of the Germans bombing and stuff. WIN: WiththeV-1's?WeretheyV-1 bombs? GLE: No, they were planes at that time. WIN: Oh, they sent planes over? 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g46pkd/1021427 |
