| 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 15 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023354 |
| OCR Text |
Show ELDON BAXTER SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 BEC: Now In your units they did sort of mix you up, didn't they? Didn't they try to have fifty-fifty? ELD: Yeah. We wore the Amen can uniforms, all of us. BEC: Yeah, but what I mean Is they tned to mix you up, they tned to mix Canadians with Amencans In your individual units? ELD: Yeah. Uh-huh. BEC: They mixed you together They didn't keep you separate? ELD: In each regiment there was Canadians and Amencans. And dunng our parades and everything that we had, the Canadians would march their way, and we'd march our way You know how the Canadians do They have this walk here and swing their arms. BEC: Yeah. ELD: But anyway, as we fought, they all fought together They were all mixed up; the Canadians and Amencans were as one. BEC: Right. So, having all those soldiers there in Helena must have changed the town of Helena a httle bit. Did you ever get into town? ELD: BEC: ELD: BEC: ELD: It did Immensely Oh, yeah. Did they like you? Yeah. Did they? Yeah. We have a monument in Helena, Montana. The last time I went to a reunion was about four years ago, when they had theu reunion there. And since then I haven't been to one. But like I say, this year they're having It in Hahfax and that's 14 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff5rkn/1023354 |
