| 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 85 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022261 |
| OCR Text |
Show ET R.MADSEN and watch the homes of eleven villages and their barns and everything that th y smoke. The Germans had-I guess they'd agreed on the scorched earth policy in that ar watched them burn. u 1 ju t Things like that aren't really very significant except they have, I think tremendou significance on the guy that's there and watching it. WIN: Yeah, they sure do. Are there any other incidents you'd like to relate as to your activities before you were wounded? KEN: I thought of one more last night while I was trying to get to sleep. If I remember it-I'm getting concerned about getting through and getting you off the hook here. WIN: Oh, don't worry about that. KEN: If I can think for just a minute, maybe I could -oh, this was ------? ------. One night, again, I was out in front of the rest of the unit and, again, I was lying on the side of the hill, which is what I was supposed to do so I could see what was down in front of me in-between the U.S. troops and the German troops. I had been relieved from being responsible for observing that area and could have, but not necessarily should have, gone back to my outfit. Instead of that I was so tired I just crawled into-there were some rocks and I could get between two of them and there was some straw and that kind of thing so it was a very inviting bed-Ijust laid down and went to sleep. The next thing I knew the sun was up and had awakened me. It was time for me to get on my way. From the fellow that succeeded me, and who was on guard that night, he told me that there had been a tremendous artillery barrage that came right in on that area, that hill, and he had to take cover. I slept clear through the thing. I didn't hear a sound. It shows how you can get 83 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k/1022261 |
