| 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 77 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022578 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT H. ALLRED that you want to talk about there at all? ROB: I don't know. We did our job. The war wa o r. h thi 1 u I Mormon, I guess, I belong to the Church of Jesus hri t. rk i in thr u h t world and it wouldn't have been without getting rid of the adv r ary. And it's too bad that too many good people on both sides- and th r m good people, there were actually some Mormons that were German that went down th tube too. But this had to happen that way, it had to happen. I guess it s the progress o human beings here on the earth. BEN: So how did it wrap up? Like you said, they signed the armistice, that's it. You're now officially assigned to occupation forces or are you going to be relieved? ROB: Yeah, we had a choice. They says: "We've got Berlin, a couple other stuff like that, and if you want to sign up as occupation forces you can do that and you'll probably be here until next- through the winter - the end of, maybe, the next spring." "Or you can take your chances and go back and if the war's not ended, you'll go to the Pacific." Well, I think our outfit went about fifty-fifty. [inaudible] I went to France [inaudible] played a little football. I did go to [inaudible] for a couple of months. [inaudible] It's a resort town. They play soccer and stuff there. But anyhow, we had to come out with this report of this guy that would shoot a sail about the same size as [inaudible]. Shoot if off your shoulder. And he had a few of 75 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc5xss/1022578 |
