| Title |
Harold Carroll, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, August 7, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 299 |
| Alternative Title |
Harold Carroll, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Carroll, Harold, 1919-2008 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-07 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
India; Burma; China |
| Subject |
Carroll, Harold, 1919-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Southeast Asia |
| Keywords |
Signal corps; New Orleans; Chittagong; Luzhou, China |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Harold Carroll on August 7, 2001. This is from tape number 299 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Carroll (b. 1919) recalls growing up in Utah, being drafted in October 1941, going through basic training, and being assigned to the signal corps stationed in New Orleans before going to India. He was in Chittagong before being sent to Burma, where he recalls hunting a tiger. Later sent to Luzhou, China, he remained there until the war ended. He concludes with his recollections of being a mechanic and working at various car dealerships in Salt Lake County. 41 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
41 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/s65q6v9z |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023266 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q6v9z |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023234 |
| OCR Text |
Show A OLD CARROLL of the worst stormy seas they had had in a long time. But York. fin lly g t b i t N And New York, when we hit that place there they had this mess hall wher you could eat. They had anything we could eat! Any amount you wanted to eat! I bet I drank over a quart of milk! And we hadn't had much bread when we were in China- man, we ate bread like it was going out of style! Just terrific. I meant to tell you that when I was in Buras, Louisiana, they had to put a radar down by Baton Rouge in the swamps. And they had a wood road- they called it "Cord Wood." They built a road out where they wanted to put this radar and it had to be pretty heavy and quite wide, because the radar was heavy and big. When they got the thing all put out there, then they had to bring electricity out to it. And they'd had us climbing poles to test us to see what we could do. I guess I passed the test. The master sergeant who was put in charge of it, he said: "I want you." And he picked me and three other guys to bring electric lines into that radar. And so we went out and somebody else put the poles up, and these two guys pulled the lines, had them there - I took every line and put them up on the poles, all the way 1n. 1 While we were in Buras, Louisiana, they had this change in the status. I was a PFC. And since I'd had training, primary training, I knew how to march men. Part of the "not let them sit around just do nothing"- we'd put them out on the football field and 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q6v9z/1023234 |
