| 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 |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| 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 67 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022243 |
| OCR Text |
Show ETH R. MADSEN u 1 whoever was lying in one could look out of a window. Each one of us w r tak r1 ht r m nd I don't remember whether it was a train-it was a train. It had to be a train in Franc . y it was a long trip and we went directly onto the airplane. We were put in one of those litt rs and th nurse that we had met in the waiting room came in with one medical corpsman for each of the ix fellows. That's all there ever were on the plane except for the pilot and whoever else it took to fly it. WIN: The air crew. KEN: There were just six GI's, six nurses and six medical aides. We were headed for the------?-, but we took an interesting way to get there. We left Paris and flew to the Azores, which isn't a very long flight, maybe five hours or so, and they stopped at an air force base in the Azores. Oh, that was a beautiful tropical climate again. We were taken off the plane and taken into a special ward in a hospital and were given wonderful, hot food for dinner and wonderful beds. It was the first time I had slept in a bed in, I don't know how long. They weren't stretchers or operating tables, they were beds. The next morning, not too early, they came to help us and we had breakfast. We were then carried out by the stretchers to the same airplane that we had gotten on from the night before. It was the same crew, the same nurse and the same medic and we flew to Gander, Newfoundland, which, weather-wise, was quite a change. But again, we landed, and it was the same routine. We got out of the plane, we were fed and we slept in an air force hospital. The next morning we got up and we went to the plane. The third day we flew to Saint John, Nova Scotia. 65 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k/1022243 |
