| Title |
Robert H. Allred, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, August 18, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 360 and 361 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert H. Allred, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Allred, Robert H., 1925- |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy; France; Belgium; Germany; Sanpete County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Allred, Robert H., 1925- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American |
| Keywords |
463rd Parachute Field Artillery; Partroopers |
| Description |
Transcript (89 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Robert H. Allred on August 18, 2001. This is from tape numbers 360 and 361 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Robert Allred (b. 1925) was with the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery and served in Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany. He recalls his childhood in rural Utah, and discusses his training prior to parachuting into France. He was in Bastogne when it was surrounded by the German army and describes his experience there. 89 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
89 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/s6bc5xss |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022595 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc5xss |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022509 |
| OCR Text |
Show OBERT H. ALLRED u t th 2 ROB: Yes they had the Boy Scouts. I never did go too far in Boy cou on ace unt all of these chores and stuff but they did have that. BEN: Okay. Was there a group of friends that you palled around with? ROB: Yeah, Sunday school friends and I knew mostly farm guys. One of them is an old friend of mine. He's a dentist, now, from Mount Pleasant. He's like me: too old and now he's got to retire. He and I were baptized together in the Manti Temple. We did some baptism work for the dead while we were there. Good friends. BEN: So you pretty much palled around with a small group? ROB: A group, and same with the girls. My wife came to Ephraim in fourth gradeshe's with the group we grew up together with, pretty much. BEN: Okay. So you met your wife in fourth grade, I guess? ROB: Yeah. Her father come down there as a teacher in the college, in music. His name was Professor Harry Arnold Dean. He's got some hymns in the hymn book in the church. And his father did, you know, old time pioneers. In fact, her grandfather, opened the Samoan mission for the LDS Church and her father followed him up and went over there before he married her mother. BEN: You were born in 25, I guess you start getting decent memories right in the middle of the depression. ROB: Yeah, I can remember those. BEN: Do you know, does anything come to mind that marks that time period? 6 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc5xss/1022509 |
