| Title |
R. John Pizzello, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, April 16, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 347 and 348 |
| Alternative Title |
R. John Pizzello, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Pizzello, R. John, 1923-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany; New Jersey, United States |
| Subject |
Pizzello, R. John, 1923-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (58 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with R. John Pizzello on April 23, 2002. This is from tape numbers 347 and 378 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Pizzello (b. 1923) grew up in a military family in New Jersey. After dropping out of high school he worked for General Motors building Avenger bombers before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in September 1942. He was attached to the 376th Bomb Group, 515th Squadron and served in British Liberia, Dakar, Marakesh, Casablance, Oran, Tunis, Cairo, and San Pancrazzio. He recalls bombing raids over Italy and describes being shot down and captured by Germans in 1944. Pizzello discusses POW life at length. 58 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
58 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/s6864fqc |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023792 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6864fqc |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023753 |
| OCR Text |
Show R. JOHN PIZZELLO pril 2 rd 2002 WIN: So you just have a memory of a bunch of missions with a lot of flack. JOH: Yeah. WIN: Tell me about the time you got wounded in the legs. JOH: Well, our target was Augsburg, Germany. WIN: In Augsburg, okay. JOH: And we hit the target. And after the target we met a tremendous amount of fighters, and flack was heavy going in to the target, heavier coming out. And then there was - there were many flack holes in our plane, and most of them in the tail section. And I got hit, a good one, right in the back and the thigh - went almost all the way, three or four inches. A chunk of flack and glass. And I didn't even know it. I was sitting there until I got back to the base and that's it. Then I got back to the base and tried to drag myself out of the turret- I couldn't stand up. That's how I knew I was hit. I felt hot, but what's hot? And I got up and I slumped, fell down. Right away the crew wanted to give me morphine but hell, we was home, we were at the base, let's go. They put me in the ambulance and took me to the hospital. That was the 35th Field General Hospital, and it was a school. It was a grade school for Italian kids and then they made a hospital out of it. And I stayed there for two or three weeks later, until the first week of January- this was on December 19th. And I think the 3rct or 41h of January I went back to flying. I didn't have to, but I wanted to finish with my crew. 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6864fqc/1023753 |
