| 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 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022109 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOHN B. GODDARD PT MB R 0 2004 right down here. Maybe this isn tall that bad." o I guess we all bore our own littl duty and let it go with that. That's when you said, "Did you think what would ve happened? I thought, Yeah, I might've been up there and down. BEC: Yeah wow. When you think about which is the best route to go, I m not sure there's ever one that's totally all, really good. JOHN: One other fun thing that I did was I went to rest camp. I went back to Naples to rest camp. The fellow I was with back in rest camp with was an officer in the New York Life Insurance Company. We ran into his friend who worked for him back in the States. His friend happened to be in charge of the rest camp for the Air Force. It was on the Isle of Capri. And he said, "You guys have got to come with me. Spend your time with me over in the Isle of Capri." So we went over, and my friend and I spent a week on the Isle of Capri in rest camp. And all of these other fellows that were there were in the Air Force, they'd say, "Well, you know, we were coming in like this, and we were diving down here, and this guy was on my tail and, what happened to you? Have you been shot down?" "No, I've been shot at." "You're in the infantry? Oh, my god. Who wants any part of the infantry?" So that was fun to go over. BEC: Yeah, I bet that was. JOHN: While I was over there I was walking from Capri up to Anna Capri. Anna Capri is up on top of the hill-Capri's down below-and there's quite a stairway there. I ran into this fellow who was an artist. He tried to sell me some pictures and I said, "I don't have any money." "Do you have any cigarettes?" "Yeah, I've got a lot of cigarettes." Now, I've never smoked in my life, but I'd always take my cigarette ration and give them to the fellows. In this particular case, I happened to be loaded with them. He said, "I'll 35 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m927v2/1022109 |
