| Title |
Royce Flandro, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, March 21, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 2 & 3 |
| Alternative Title |
Royce Flandro, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Flandro, Royce P. (Royce Pendleton), 1922- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-03-21 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Algeria; Italy; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Flandro, Royce P. (Royce Pendleton), 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
ROTC |
| Description |
Transcript (44 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Royce Flandro on March 21, 2000. These are tape numbers 2 and 3 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Flandro (b. 1922) was in the ROTC at the University of Utah. He was called to active duty in 1943. He discusses his training in an artillery unit, and serving in North Africa and Italy. 44 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
44 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/s6j69g4j |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025122 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j |
| Title |
Page 15 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025090 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROYCEFLANDRO March 21, 2000 kayaks. And there was a kayak on each side of this roadster that had a rumble seat and side mounted tires. And there were these two boats, kayaks. We went through Kamas, and a little boy came running out and said, "Is that a fire engine?" Because it was red and white. WINN: This would have been between your freshman and sophomore years? ROYCE: Yes, during that time. We had fun with that. There were other things. My goodness, I worked as a game warden. I had to check game up at the summit. I had to stop all cars and see what deer they had, and so forth. And along comes a Model T, and they were having trouble with that thing. This old man and young boy said they were having trouble with the car and could they get a ride into town? I said, "I will help you. If anybody stops here I will help you to get a ride into town." He said, "If somebody can buy this car I will sell it to them for twenty dollars." So I paid him twenty dollars for that Model T. There was a flashlight he wanted to get rid of so I gave him a dollar for that. So for twenty-one dollars I got this Model T. We had to tow it down because it would not coast because it had the magneto on it and all that. So we had to tow it down the hill. All it needed was a ninety cent condenser. We put that condenser in and the thing worked fine. I used that car around the campus. I had a lot of fun with that Model T. But that was one of the cars I had. WINN: What were you doing when you heard about Pearl Harbor? ROYCE: I was in college at the University of Utah. WINN: Your freshman year? ROYCE: It would have been my freshman year. I had just started college. I was training for the freshman play with Russell Nelson. I admired him greatly, as well as several other people there. That's what I was doing. And I was taking course work in ROTC and all. As far as the actual incident, I was in my home listening to it on the radio with the family. By then we had moved down to Gilmer Drive which was just above 13th East. We moved there in 1938 before Mark, my last brother, was born. We were then in the Yale Ward and met new people. That's where we 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j/1025090 |
