| Title |
Elman Ellsworth, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 30, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 28 |
| Alternative Title |
Elman Ellsworth, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Ellsworth, Elman K., 1918-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Japan; Korea; Vietnam |
| Subject |
Ellsworth, Elman K., 1918-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Utah National Guard; Utah Beach; Dachau; Occupied Germany; Occupied Japan |
| Description |
Transcript (37 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Elman Ellsworth on May 30, 2000. This is from tape number 28 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Ellsworth (b. 1918) entered the National Guard and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1940. He trained as an artillery officer and became a communications officer in an artillery battalion. Initially scheduled to go to the Philippines following Pearl Harbor, his unit ended up in England, landing on Utah Beach in July of 1944. Ellsworth recalls the move through France and Germany, entering Dachau, serving in the occupation forces in Europe, and being discharged in 1945. Less than a year later he rejoined the army and was sent to Japan, where he remained for four years. He also served in Germany, Korea, and Vietnam, before returning to Utah and Fort Douglas. He retired in 1964 and was recruited by a reserve unit, serving in various places, including Israel. He retired from the reserve in 1983.37 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
;37 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/s60021cm |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023187 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60021cm |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023163 |
| OCR Text |
Show LM NELL WORT luck that way. om unit commanders at the drop fa hat uld g t th u urt martial. WIN: So that established a kind of rapport with your troops? They knew that you w uld be fair with them? ELM: I think they did, yes. WIN: As long as they toed the line. ELM: Well, I worked very hard in making sure that I had a responsive situation. My non-coms knew it, and then the new soldiers came. We worked very quickly. They knew they had to be responsive, and if they did, that was it. I didn't impose any harsh things at all just because I had the authority. WIN: When you went to Europe then you disembarked where? ELM: On Utah Beach. WIN: Oh, you went to the Utah Beach. ELM: We off-loaded from the ships to barges, the barges at the shore, assembled in the beach at Utah Beach. Then we were sent to Carentan for our first artillery assignments. WIN: And how did that go? Did your unit perform as you expected? ELM: Oh yeah. We didn't have any problem with that. All of the things that we had done so many times were just simply done again. WIN: Your unit, even in action, did as well as they did in training? ELM: Well, from the time we arrived in Carentan, until VE-Day, we were in some sort of a combat assignment. Of course, they varied greatly throughout the eleven months. We 14 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60021cm/1023163 |
