| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023365 |
| OCR Text |
Show ELDON BAXTER SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 BEC: State Street? ELD: State Street. Uh-huh. That's no longer there. There Is some business going on there, but they closed that up. BEC: The hospital part. Yeah. ELD: Yeah. And then this place opened up In the South Town. And she's been there for about three years now Her pay IS excellent. She's making good money And she works three days a week, twelve hours a day So she gets the full benefits. BEC: other days off. ELD: Yeah. That's nice to put three long days In and then have all those Yeah. She can accumulate her sick leave, her vacation, and she has the Insurance that is covered. And she was up here Monday and took me and the wife to the doctor Now, the doctor, I say, me and the wife. I took the wife to the doctor, with her help. And she IS a very, very-I don't know what I'd do without her It's too bad that we couldn't have more than one child. Now, she's fifty-two years old now She was born in 1950 BEC: Do you have any grandchildren? ELD: No-Yes! I do I have one grandchild. He's twenty-nine years old. And he hves In Austin, Texas. He's doing very well there. He's a carpenter Now, we hear from him quite often. Either he calls us or we call him. But he IS not married. But he Is going with a girl that he likes very much. And perhaps, we feel that he IS going to marry her in the near future. BEC: Well, that's great you've got your daughter living so close here. That's really nice. 25 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff5rkn/1023365 |
