| 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 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025093 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROYCEFLANDRO March 21, 2000 two quarters of work there. The first quarter-they had heard about my ROTC experience, and they tried out a lot of us on giving commands, and managing troops, and that kind of stuff. They tried a lot of different people. And they made me cadet commander of that whole unit, and I had a staff of people. We had to take care of all the housekeeping stuff, the discipline, the planning for the mess, the planning for the drills, some of the curriculum planning, how to set up the leaves of absence, and how to handle the guard duty--all of those details. We had to work that whole thing for that whole establishment, and it was a very good experience. While we were there we organized a glee club. And I got acquainted with a family that took us in who lived up in Altadena, and I was quite attracted to one of their daughters. So that was an interesting experience there. But I thought, "This is great. I joined the military from college in order to go to war and they put me in college." So I asked to be transferred. I asked them to put me in a unit that was going overseas. I felt I was trained and I didn't want to go to college. Now I want to be in the war. Then I'll return to college. Ifl've got to be in the military, I want to be in the fight. I don't want to be here back in college. So they sent me to a unit that was ready to go overseas. And I'll tell you about that unit when we start the next side of the tape. But I would like to say something that happened before I left Pasadena. My father came down. He had been reassigned to Camp Beale in California to handle a camp (End side A) WINN: We are starting side two, tape one. ROYCE: Okay, I was just telling about our reunion that we had. Dad came down to Pasadena, and Paul came from Camp Pendleton. We had a wonderful reunion. We went to the Rose Bowl Parade and also the Rose Bowl game together. That was a great reunion. But after that we really split. Dad had an overseas kind of assignment delivering troops all over the world. Paul went overseas, and I was assigned to go to a unit that was going overseas in two weeks. I 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j/1025093 |
