| 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 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025098 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROYCEFLANDRO March 21, 2000 would follow their commands, and we could convert the commands to the commands that go down into the gun. We did all right there, but we would soon be out of range and we would have to move. We would be moving when we should have been firing. I was disgusted. I was really disgusted. I was disgusted with the officers. I was disgusted with the company commander for using us that way and not using the weapon as a close support howitzer like it should have been used. Our targets were mainly pill boxes, machine guns, and mortars, where some ofthem are in defilade position behind, and you have got to get over the top and down, and get on the other side. And we weren't being used that way. They tried to use us like a gun. It was a mess. I was disgusted. I was a PFC. There were some people that really admired what I could help with. Basically, some of the officers couldn't care less about me. I was just still a school boy, you know. And a lot of the other people figured I was just a school boy there, you know. In time they learned that I was a real soldier, and I really was a soldier, and I could fend for myself and all that. Anyway, from Rome on we bypassed Rome. That was considered an open city, but we did the fighting up to Rome. Then beyond Rome we fought again. WINN: You never got to go into Rome? ROYCE: No. Well, we went into the--the railroad station later. That was after V -E Day. We bypassed Rome and went on up. Anyway, I think that the rest is history. People can read about where the different units were, but we worked on up through there. We were going up the coast up by Civitavecchia. Then we went inland a ways. I remember, after Rome, I persuaded them to let me be a forward observer. They made me a radio operator. They knew I knew how to operate a radio, so they made me a radio operator. So I did that. I went on the recon with the second in command to help find new places for our weapons, and we could radio back. So I was doing that to help pick out positions. I remember there was one time--and I should tell a little incident about that. In Italy there were a lot of these terraces all over where they put vineyards. To get in a position we wanted to 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j/1025098 |
