| Title |
John B. Goddard, Ogden, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 30, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 714 |
| Alternative Title |
John B. Goddard, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Goddard, John B., 1920-2015 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-09-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Africa; Italy; France; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Goddard, John B., 1920-2015--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care |
| Keywords |
Hospitals |
| Description |
Transcript (53 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with John B. Goddard on September 30, 2004. This is from tape numbers 714.1 and 714.2 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Goddard (b. 1920) describes his youth in Ogden, Utah. He enlisted in the army in 1942. After basic training at Camp Roberts, California, he completed officer candidate school and parachute school at Fort Benning. He served in Africa, Italy, and France with the Third Infantry Division of the Fifth and Sixth Armies. After he was wounded he was sent to the 300th General Hospital, then to Hammond Hospital in Modesto, California. He also spent time in Madigan Hospital (Seattle), Bushnell Hospital (Utah), and Bruns Hospital (Santa Fe, New Mexico). He was discharged in 1946. 53 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
53 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/s6m927v2 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Medical care |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022128 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m927v2 |
| Title |
Page 15 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022088 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOHN B. GODDARD EPTEMB R 0 2004 BEC: You haven't? JOHN: We've never been back to Little Rock. We've been back to Memphis. We w nt to Memphis, which is a short distance from Little Rock. We went to Memphis for our honeymoon for a night and stayed in the Peabody Hotel. That was our honeymoon. I went into the men's room- I shouldn't tell you this-but I apparently had food poisoning. I passed out in the men's room. My wife was sitting out there, waiting for me to come back, and finally sent somebody into the men's room. She thought I'd run away from her because we were just married. They found me passed out on the floor, and ultimately determined that I had food poisoning. BEC: That's awful. So, when was that when you got married? What is your anniversary date? JOHN: August 9, 1943. BEC: Okay. So, I guess Gerry came back here then, didn't she? Your wife came back to Ogden then, at the end of that week? JOHN: Yes, she did. I was assigned to the 1 04th Division that was in Texas, to go on maneuvers. After maneuvers, we were billeted at Camp Swift, near Austin. We thought we would be there for a little while, so I found an apartment. Gerry joined me in Austin, Texas. We spent about, I guess, two months there. Then I was given a leave. It was about a ten-days leave, which was long enough that I could get back to Ogden. So we came back to Ogden. From the time I had joined the army and gone to Camp Roberts in California, until I had gone through officer training school, and on maneuvers at the 1 04th Division, I had walked and walked and walked. I thought, "My friend got me into this, I'm going to get out." So I went out to Hill Air Force Base and took the examination to 14 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m927v2/1022088 |
