| 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 104 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022280 |
| OCR Text |
Show NNETH R. MADSEN some kind of a program and up in front the Junior Gleaner Girls-I didn't kno that t th ti but they were singing-! noticed this tall young lady on the back row at the end ofth row. h was wearing a gold sweater and a blue skirt and the minute I saw her I knew that was the girl I was going to marry. WIN: Now, she was a Junior Gleaner and you were a ... KEN: She was a Junior Gleaner. WIN: You were a law school graduate and an ex-army person. KEN: For a while I had a worried mother on my hands. WIN: That was something like your father. KEN: Yes, very much, but later in the evening she was coming down the stairs and I was going up. It was just before Thanksgiving. The Washington, D.C. ward always had a ward dinner 1 that was one of the highlights of the social season and as she came down the stairs and I was going up she asked me to buy a ticket to the ward dinner. I had four invitations to other places to go to dinner, but I told her, "Yeah, I'd buy one if she twisted my arm. "And that's what she did. She twisted my arm and, as I say, I never dated another girl, with one exception. When I was the superintendent of the Mutual, we had some kind of a stake affair-no, I was a stake superintendent of the mutual by then-we had some kind of an affair on the same night that Sandra had something mandatory that she had to do at school. Sandra was the name of the young lady that I had seen at the front of what did they call them then? WIN: The Gleaners, the Miamaid or Mutual? KEN: Well, yeah, the cultural hall. 102 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k/1022280 |
