| Title |
Kenneth R. Madsen, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, February 5 - 8, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 178 to 182 |
| Alternative Title |
Kenneth R. Madsen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Madsen, Kenneth R., 1925-2003 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-02-05; 2001-02-06; 2001-02-07; 2001-02-08 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Utah County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Madsen, Kenneth R., 1925-2003--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; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care |
| Keywords |
Froidenberg Farm; Alsace-Lorraine; Wounded; Lawyers |
| Description |
Transcript (126 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Kenneth R. Madsen on February 5-8, 2001. This is from tape numbers 178, 179, 180, 181, and 182 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Madsen (b. 1925) details his family genealogy and recalls his childhood in rural Utah. He was inducted into the army when he turned eighteen and was assigned to the 86th Infantry Division and sent to Louisiana for jungle warfare training. Sent to Europe, instead of the Pacific, Madsen saw combat in France and Germany. Other topics covered include descriptions of the Alsace-Lorraine area, the deaths of fellow soldiers, the "Froidenberg Farm" skirmish, being wounded and receiving medical care, and his long convalescence including time spent at Bushnell military hospital in Brigham City, Utah. Madsen also talks about going to law school, being recruited by Ernest Wilkinson when he was a Senior, and joining the firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, which specialized in Indian claims cases. He left there for a job at AT&T, from which he retired. 126 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
126 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/s6zw3k5k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Medical care |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022305 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k |
| Title |
Page 15 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022191 |
| OCR Text |
Show NET R. MADSEN brua 20 highway-what is now the Geneva Steel Plant. As his sons grew up, they were given tracts land and became farmers. So I grew up with cousins by the dozens and it was a wonderful way to grow up. WIN: Did you have a huge social network in that situation? Did you have a lot of family activities that got you together periodically? KEN: They weren't family. They were neighborhood and anybody could come, but, yes, we spent many a night during the summer-it was always at our house-playing "Kick the Can"and "Run My Sheepie Run" and "Annie I Over" and all the games that were played. As I said, they were generally played at our house because, first of all, that's where the mothers in the ward wanted their children to be; second, because we had a one-story house so you could play "Annie I Over" and all the other games. So every summer night it was sheer delight until the time came when everybody had to go home. That was our early social life. As I grew older, my social life was cut off because of the war and, by the time I finished high school, the war was in full bloom. My father, who was the chairman of the rationing board, saw to it that we didn't get any of the things until it became absolutely necessary. He didn't want anybody to think that he was taking advantage of his position so we didn't get new tires until the others were actually threadbare. And gasoline-I wasn't allowed to use the car to date or anything like that. Our social life was very much just the social life of most of the prewar communities. It wasn't too much and it was all home grown. It was all very much associated with the church where they had various social activities. You could play basketball in the recreation hall. In my high school years, with the war on, there was no social life at all. I mean, you 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k/1022191 |
