| 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 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022521 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT H. ALLRED Like I say, a few guys got hurt becaus th y d go ti f y u stiff legged. Pop their legs or something like that. BEN: They had you jump out of like mock airplanes first? ROB: Yeah. BEN: And taught you how to roll, I assume? t th 1 t ROB: They had a cable deal that they worked out. And then they had another thing there built on a Ford chasses, Ford motor, just sitting there with a big fan on it. They'd hook that 'chute on you, tum the fan sideways, and you'd have to control that 'chute. It'd drag you for a couple hundred feet if you didn't- BEN:- Teach you how to collapse the 'chute so it didn't drag you on the ground? ROB: Yeah, you'd have to pull it in and roll it. BEN: So, were you- what about the heights? Was that, did that nerve you at first, or were you okay with it? ROB: Well, I wasn't sure what the towers were for. They had a cable where you'd start out on. Just hung on. And then you went from there to the towers. BEN: Okay. Did you have any difficulty with any of those? ROB: I didn't. And this training, they had one other thing. This friend I said that I knew who was there, Jack Hanson- they had this thing (I think it was fifty feet high) and you had to go pull yourself up on a rope by using arms and hands -like climbing a cliff so. And he'd get just about to the top and then he couldn't get over the top. He finally made it, but he certainly struggled. It was near his weight. 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc5xss/1022521 |
