| Title |
Ray D. Free, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 22, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 16 and 17 |
| Alternative Title |
Ray D. Free, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Free, Ray D., 1910-2002 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States; Marshall Islands; Philippines; Japan |
| Subject |
Free, Ray D., 1910-2002--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
7th Division, 57th Field Artillery; Attu; Kwajalein; Leyte; Okinawa |
| Description |
Transcript (55 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Ray D. Free on May 22, 2000. This is from tape numbers 16 and 17 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Free (b. 1910) recalls growing up in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City, describing the effects of the Depression on his family, his many childhood illnesses, and participating in the ROTC. He served an LDS mission to Germany and traveled extensively before coming home to study at the University of Utah and work at the family business, Hygeia Ice Rink. He enlisted in the army in January 1941 and was assigned to the 7th Division, 57th Field Artillery. He participated in combat at Attu, Kwajaalein, Leyte, and Okinawa. After the war he was in the reserves and retired as a Major General. 55 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
55 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/s6b877bd |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025569 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b877bd |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025521 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY D. FREE 22 2 RAY: I knew one word in German: kartoffel. That meant potatoe . My grandm th r taught it to me. And she, of course, spoke German. WIN: Your grandmother was German? RAY: I don't know what she'd say. She married a chap by the name of Duchene, which is definitely French. And my grandmother was raised part-time in Arlon, Belgium, and around through that Saarbrucken country. I traced back when, after my mission, over in Arlon I met a chap over there that had played with her when they were children. WIN: So she probably came from the German speaking area? RAY: Mostly German speaking. I don't know that she knew any French at all or notsomething I never thought about, really. WIN: In Belgium they have French, and they have Walloon. RAY: Flemish. Dutch is over on the Dutch border. WIN: Flemish is somewhat like German, isn't it? RAY: Very much. Dutch you can understand if you know German. WIN: When I first got to Germany myself, I was speaking to someone and he thought I was Dutch. Later I found out that is some kind of an insult, because they figure the Dutch can't speak German at all without an accent. So, you got into the U, you went to the university two years, and you were called on your mission. How long did you serve in Germany on the mission? RAY: A little over two-and-a-half years. 8 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b877bd/1025521 |
