| Title |
Harold D. Morris, December 14, 2001, Provo, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann. Saving the legacy oral history project |
| Alternative Title |
Harold D. Morris, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Morris, Harold D., 1917-2012 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-12-14 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Morocco; Italy; Austria; Czechoslovakia |
| Subject |
Morris, Harold D., 1917-2012--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Eastern; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern |
| Keywords |
Army Air-Corps; B-17 bomber; B-24 bomber |
| Description |
Transcript (60 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Harold D. Morris on December 14, 2001, This is from the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project" |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Morris (b. 1917) took his flight training at Dos Palos, California, in 1942 before being sent to Marfa, Texas, for advanced training. He flew missions in Africa and the European Theater in a B-24. 60 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
60 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/s6xw6j16 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023021 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xw6j16 |
| Title |
Page 47 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023003 |
| OCR Text |
Show Harold D. Morris D cem r 14 2 ropes and put around it and we'd pull the ropes and it would turn the drum and in thi ay w rolled it up the hill. BEN: Are you talking a 55-gallon drum? HAR: Yes, a 55-gallon drum full of gas. We rolled it up the hill and I don't remember how we got up on the rack, but we did it some way. BEN: Uhuh. HAR: I was kind of proud of that. BEN: Now it never had a tent inspection or anything like that where they ... they look for requisitioned items or anything? They don't check those kind of things? HAR: No, they didn't care. BEN: Any other ingenuity that ... uh, in-field ingenuity that ... that you would make for your, of course, create for yourself for that kind of comforts? HAR: No, that's the only thing I can remember. BEN: How would you do your wash? HAR: Oh, let me see. Wash? I don't think we washed. Oh, yes, we must have. We had ... I think it was a mile, about a mile over the hill. We went down to shower. I don't remember much about washing our clothes. BEN: You never had an Italian person help out? HAR: No, only Italian people we had were cooks. The cooks ... they made pancakes. They always served 'em cold and they had cold syrup to put on the pancakes. I ate them a few times and I couldn't take it anymore. So, I finally didn't go to breakfast. I finally depended on K-rations. I'd take K-rations with me and, while we were forming up in formation, I'd take my K-ration and open it up. They had what they called C-rations but I |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xw6j16/1023003 |
