| Title |
Roy Bird, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, December 4, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 554 |
| Alternative Title |
Roy Bird, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Bird, Roy, 1925- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-12-04 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany |
| Subject |
Bird, Roy, 1925- --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 |
| Keywords |
42nd Infantry Division; Reunions |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Roy H. Bird on December 4, 2002. This is from tape number 554 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Roy Bird (b. 1925) served with the 42nd Infantry Division between 1943 and 1945. His unit was in France and Germany. He was wounded and sent to El Paso, Texas, where he remained until the war ended. Bird also talks about his trips to Europe and military reunions. 41 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
41 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/s6z62n8g |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022350 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62n8g |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022318 |
| OCR Text |
Show 0 B RO : Well it was more s rio us. You kn w know. We took it pretty good. It was fun. We were young. three or twenty-four, we called old men. BEC: The old men, yes. lll u yb d h t nt - GLE: We later met this-what was he, a colonel or what? He said the best infantryman was an eighteen year-old farm boy with bare feet. BEC: Really? GLE: They'll do anything you tell them to. BEC: Wow, so you were the perfect infantryman. ROY: Yes. BEC: How long did your infantry training last there at Camp Gruber? ROY: I went there on 141 h July and left there on 171 h November. The interesting part was, you see, Douglas MacArthur was the one who formed the Division in World War I. He was in the Pacific. So everybody said, "We're going to the Pacific." They said, "MacArthur wants the 42nd Division." We had our shots. We were given our camouflage clothing and all that, you know. Then, about two days later, they said, "Tum your clothing back in." They issued us our regular clothing, plus overcoats. So we knew we weren't going to the Pacific. We got on the train and went to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. BEC: Well, I wonder what happened there. Have you been able to figure out the reason for that? ROY: I think that they could see the Battle of the Bulge coming. What happened was, we trained as a division, 15,000 men, but they just took the infantry over. They left 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62n8g/1022318 |
