| 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 |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| 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 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025109 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROYCEFLANDRO March 21,2000 marching in waving to these guys, and all that, up to about noon. Then the order came for us to turn around and go back. As we turned around to go back, you could even see a little hostility as we started going back. They realized, because they had received the word, and it was a whole different ball game. From then on it was a whole different ball game. We could see World War III right there. WINN: Ready to come. ROYCE: Yes. WINN: Let's stop here for a moment. (End side B) END TAPE NO.1 * * * * * * * * * * * * WINN: We just had a break and we were talking about going into Yugoslavia and coming out because of the international situation. We can continue from there what you did. Before, you mentioned an incident where you were moving up Italy fighting alongside the 92nd. Would you like to recount that incident? ROYCE: Oh, yes. I was up on an OP. I was up on a tower, and this general came up to where I was. I was surprised to see a general come up that close. I didn't know why, and he finally told me. I realized why we were getting so much fire to our left. On our left there was a unit that had not moved forward. We were moving forward, and the unit to the left of us, and they hadn't moved. It was another unit. We were right on the edge of our unit. They hadn't moved, and he told me about it. He was really angry, and then he took off. Later, I found out what had happened. Pretty soon then the line came up, and we didn't have an exposed flank. Later on, I learned that one Nisei (Japanese-American) Regiment had replaced two regiments of the 92"d (black) division that were having trouble moving forward. They just were not able to get their troops out of their holes and moving forward. The Nisei Regiment, one regiment, replaced two regiments along that flank, and they moved forward and caught up to where we were. It was an 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j/1025109 |
