| 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 45 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025120 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROYCEFLANDRO March 21,2000 all my life I fought like a soldier because my father was in the army. But I have worked as a laborer, a carpenter, and a Teamster as well. I have been discharged from the army, you know. I have the perspective of what is at the top, and what is at the bottom. WINN: I think the Vietnam was the most controversial. ROYCE: Right. It really was. WINN: I guess it is the nature of war to dwell on the good things--accentuate the good experiences. ROYCE: Yes. I also remember this: I didn't drink, so when we were moving forward and were liberating, the Italians would come out with all of this really good wine. I would get wine bottles of the good wine, and by the time that the cannoneers would get forward to the same wine managers, they were given the wine that wasn't as good. So they called me Robin Hood up there because I would bring all of this really good wine back to the guys back at the gun emplacements. WINN: I really appreciate this interview. I think we have focused on all of this good stuff. Do you have anything you would like to say to finish? ROYCE: Well, I have met lots of young men and worked with a lot of young men on various projects, and I really believe that the regimented life, the structured life, is what a lot of men need when they have not had structure in their family. We had some structure in our family. Sometimes in the military they need it somewhere along the line to get them to realize that authority is important. In any society they need to fit within the mesh. So the structure of the military life I think was valuable. I do not like the business of working for the government. I had an opportunity to do that garrison business in peacetime. I don't like the spit and polish. I don't like the politics with it. I know the politics that we get with the bureaucracy even in private industry. I think we will always have that wherever we get people. I think when people grow up without having some structure that they need to have some to succeed in the corporate world and in life. Military training can help with that. 43 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j/1025120 |
