| Title |
Eldon Baxter, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 21, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 303 |
| Alternative Title |
Eldon Baxter, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Baxter, Eldon, 1920-2006 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-09-21 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Europe; Italy; France; Norway; Germany |
| Subject |
Baxter, Eldon, 1920-2006--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
National Guard; Special Service Force; 82nd Airborne; Europe; Italy; France; Norway; 474th Infantry Battalion; Fort Harrison, Montana; Germany; Buchenwald; Dachau |
| Description |
Transcript (29 pages) of interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Eldon Baxter on September 21, 2001. This is tape number 303 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Baxter (b. 1920) grew up in Idaho and joined the Idaho National Guard at seventeen. He was released in 1942 and joined the army, where he volunteered for the Special Service Force. He served in Italy, France, and Norway. 29 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
29 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/s6ff5rkn |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023370 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff5rkn |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023351 |
| OCR Text |
Show ELDON BAXTER SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 Germany The Germans was retreating at the time, and we captured several of them. And the most horrible thing was the atrocities that the Germans committed, especially In the Buchenwald, and several other outfits, other places where they done all this duty work. I had the occasion to go to Buchenwald and see all this in person. BEC: While you were there, during that time? ELD: Yeah, while we were going through Germany And It's JUSt like the story says. There were bodies that was packed up in wagons JUSt like cord wood. And there was the furnaces, you could-! JUSt can't hardly describe It. They was put In furnaces and burned and they even took the false teeth, saved the gold, and everything from the people that, mostly Jewish. BEC: Uh-huh. ELD: Well, anyway, after that we continued on down into Southern France-or In Southern Germany-where we went through Nuremberg; that's where the tnals were held. BEC: Uh-huh. The war cnmes tnals? ELD: That's right. Oh, Hitler was already dead. But they did get Goebbles, Rimmler and people like that; they were all convicted. And then, that was In Nuremberg, and then we traveled on down south to Regensburg. And that was where we were at when the war ended In 194 5 BEC: Yeah. That's right. ELD: I always get'42 and '45 mixed up for some reason. Forty-two's the time I JOined the forces. BEC: Right. 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff5rkn/1023351 |
