| 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 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022323 |
| OCR Text |
Show 0 BIRD BEC: Oh I 11 bet that was a real ye-op n r or h' t 't. ROY: It was. He got away just in time because we got v r-runju t a r h l h had it timed pretty well. That was an interesting exp rienc . BEC: Yes, I' 11 bet that was kind of nice for you wasn t it. ROY: And he told me where we were going from there, but he was wrong. BEC: Is that right? ROY: Yes. BEC: Where did he tell you that you were going? ROY: Well, he said we were going south. Instead of that, we went north, but it didn't matter anyway. It was all in the same area. BEC: So, when you were out there, you didn't really know where you were going or what was going on? I guess you were just mainly focused on staying alive? ROY: That's the thing. We didn't know what was going on. Nobody knew what was going on. Nobody told you anything, you know. It was just mass confusion. You see all these stories about how organized people are. Well it's different, see, we were on the defensive. When you're on the defensive, you don't know as much about what's going on as when you're on the offensive. BEC: Right, yes, just plugging holes in the line and things. ROY: Right. We were there until the 19th of January. Then we went back to a rest area, back by Nancy, France. BEC: So they rotated you back. But you said that right after your brother left, you got over-run? 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62n8g/1022323 |
