| Title |
W. Duane Parker, St. George, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, December 2, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 328 |
| Alternative Title |
W. Duane Parker, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Parker, W. Duane, 1926- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-12-02 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy; Cache County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Parker, W. Duane, 1926- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
10th Mountain Division; Riva Ridge |
| Description |
Transcript (44 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with W. Duane Parker on December 2, 2001. This is from tape number 328 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Parker (b. 1926) was inducted into the army right after graduation from high school in 1944. He reported to Fort Douglas, Utah, and then was transferred to Camp Walters and Camp Swift in Texas. He recalls his experiences in the 10th Mountain Division. 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/s6kw7h9n |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025512 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw7h9n |
| Title |
Page 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025494 |
| OCR Text |
Show W. DUANE PARKER F brua 14 20 2 DUA: Yeah. And all the rest of them were up there, so they were interested in up there. o they didn t gi e a hoot about this. Anyway, Rosslyn and I decided that we were going to go down there. So we hiked that whole ridge from there down to there, and I tell you! ROS: We didn't know how far it was. WIN: You do now. DUA: And you cannot believe that ridge is so high. Nobody goes up there very often. And all the trenches and places that the Germans had dug in, you could just see where they were all that time. They really dug in! WIN: F arty years later they were that evident? DUA: Yes. All there was was just a lot of leaves in them. In fact, I got out here to this point, and I found my foxhole. I know where it was because the area- that area, probably the whole area- isn 't much. It's maybe from this wall out to the edge of the street there with a round sort of area. So I knew where we were. WIN: Okay. So you're the detached platoon. So you went to a different place than Company A, and the Germans were in there. Did you get air support to help you take that ridge? DUA: No. WIN: No? DUA: We- probably on the 17th of February- well, no, I guess it was the 18th of February. Anyway, they took us by truck again up to within about ten miles of that area. And then we hiked down in the dark. There's little villages all the way along the base ofRiva Ridge, and there's a river down along there. The Dardagna, DAR D A G N A River runs along the base of Riva Ridge. And we moved down there in the dark of night and just knocked on the doors and went in, and lived with those people overnight; just moved in with them, with their families. WIN: So there were stili Italians living in the village? DUA: Yes, there was a lot of people, older people. They had- the Germans had taken all of the young people. The girls, they had taken them. The young men, they put them in labor camps. You know, that's kind of rough treatment for someone that was supposed to be their allies. But the Germans were not good to those people. They stole 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw7h9n/1025494 |
