| 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 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022094 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOH B. GODDARD PTEMB R 0 2004 came out and blessed our battalion. I had a friend who was a lieutenant next to me and h said I have now been blessed by Pope Pius by the Pope of Rome. I can die and be happy." I said, 'Speak for yourself. I'm a Mormon. I don't think it s going to apply to me." In any event we garrisoned the city for about two weeks. Then we were sent back to Naples to a place called Pozzuoli for training, again. Now, while we were in Rome sitting there garrisoning the city, it was on June the sixth, they made the invasion of Normandy. I called my boys together and said, "Well, they've made the invasion of Normandy. It's about time those guys sitting over there in Britain did something. We've been carrying the fight now for quite a little while and it's about time they did something to help." I said, "We'll never see combat again, fellas. These guys are just going to come right through." Well, we went back to Pozzuoli and thirty days later, I found myself wading ashore of Southern France. We made the Southern France landing. As I looked up and down the line, as our L.C.V.P.'s came in, I think I was the first man ashore on Southern France. I had a bet with another lieutenant that was off to the side of me that I'd beat him ashore. They let down the ramp. As he started to come off a bullet hit him right in the forehead. He fell about from here to there (twenty feet) away from me. So, I don't know who ever won the bet. Then, the most frightening time I experienced was when we went running ashore to see how far in we could get. You have to get away from the shore because they'll shell you, and you have no cover. All of a sudden, explosions started to take place. The thought went through my mind, "My gosh, they've got us zeroed in with artillery already. Already, they're zeroing us in." Then I listened and I thought, "That's not artillery." I stopped and thought, "Hold it here." We were in the middle of a minefield-absolutely, in the middle of a minefield. I stopped my platoon 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m927v2/1022094 |
