| 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 50 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023781 |
| OCR Text |
Show R. JOHN PIZZELLO (Annie) I said ' Do you want to get married? "Yeah I do." I said, "Well, I'm going to be coming out there." pril2 rd 2002 I think the next week I went out. I flew out, they came and met me at the airport, came back here to Tooele and we discussed things. I stayed in their house with no hankypanky. Momma and Pappa and three sisters. And we talked a few things over, a few days went buy, and went down and got a marriage license. Got a blood test. And on the 14th ofNovember, 1945, we were married. And this November will be 59 years of marriage. And we had three children. John who is now going to be 58 this year; Ralph, who is going to be 55; and a daughter, Lu Ann, she was born in '53, will be 51. I went to Tooele Army Depot to get a job and I stayed there 34 years and while I was there was awarded cost-reduction suggestion award for the year of 1967 in the Army that got me an award from Washington, D.C. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House, in the east room. Me, my wife, my children, my mother from New Jersey was invited, and my son John was in the Marines in VietNam and could not be contacted. This was on July 27th, 1967. WIN: Back to New Jersey after you got married, what did you do? JOH: I started to take an apprenticeship in carpentry and I stayed on that until we left there in Apri11948. 48 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6864fqc/1023781 |
