| 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 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022513 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT H. ALLRED t th 001 ROB: Yeah well I was in Ephraim. Let s see school was on. I was ov r nth doing some chores or something like that, or going to Sunday school. BEN: And then, do you remember how you heard about that? Was it on radio? ROB: Radio. BEN: Or just word of mouth? ROB: On the radio. The flash news came and we had a radio, just a regular radio. BEN: Did you know where Pearl Harbor even was? ROB: I knew it was out in the Pacific. I knew that much about it. I knew it wasn't like the west coast, or like that. BEN: So like I said, in school, no specific interests? What area did you enjoy most in your school? ROB: Well, I don't know. I was kind of mechanically oriented. You know, the shop work, we learned to weld, we monkeyed with putting machinery together and cars. Stuff like that. And then a little bit with electricity. That's kind of basically what I wanted to do. BEN: Okay. So when graduation come up, did recruiters come to the school actually? Did they come to the town? How did that work out? ROB: Well, they set it up, as I recall, by counties. I guess they had people there that started calling people up for examinations, stuff like that. And as I recall I got word that I had to report in to the draft board. Dad was away at the time sheering sheep. And my other friend who is a dentist had the same problem. He was kind of 10 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc5xss/1022513 |
