| 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 49 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025561 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY D. FREE 22 2000 East, who he knew at Williamsburg. One day I told him I had a friend who did a little design work like that. He asked me who, and after I told him about my friend Jack Haren berg, he said, "Well, I would like to meet him." So, when my friend came to town one time, we met at the property with Harold Fabian. Harold asked him what he would do with the park. He went on to point out that the shape of it that needed changing here and there, and the hills, and how the circulation should be worked out and other details. Harold wanted to hire him on the spot. He finally said, "No, I just do not have enough time to do it." Harold said, "We'd like you to do it." And finally Jack said, "Well, this is my home town. I was raised here and I can't leave this piece of property alone. It's a marvelous piece of property to work with." So Harold hired him to create an original design for the park. Jack Harenberg offered to do it for $2,000 plus his expenses, back and forth. Twenty-five-hundred dollars it was, and just as a part-time thing. And then he gave us $500 of it back. Whenever he came into town he spent some time up there. So the design was all his. It was an interesting thing, and like I say, every time I go through the park I feel a feeling of pride and delight that I had something to do with it. WIN: It's a marvelous resource, isn't it? RAy: Then you say I helped form a bank. Yes, I did, and the group named me the first president of the bank, and we had a successful operation there for seven years. After we first started, it grew like the dickens; then we had a little interim there where we had some real problems. We had to change managers. The first manager was a fine fellow, he could 48 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b877bd/1025561 |
