Siegfried Eric Baessler, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 17, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 660

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Title Siegfried Eric Baessler, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 17, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 660
Alternative Title Siegfried Eric Baessler, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah
Creator Baessler, Siegfried Eric, 1925-2005
Contributor Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2004-06-17
Date Digital 2015-09-16
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Spatial Coverage Ebeye, Marshall Islands; Bigej Islands, Marshall Islands; Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Subject Baessler, Siegfried Eric, 1925-2005--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American
Keywords Seabees
Description Transcript (42 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Siegfried Eric Baessler on June 17, 2004. This is from tape number 660 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project
Collection Number and Name Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010
Abstract Baessler (b. 1925) emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1931. He attended school in Salt Lake City, Utah, and joined the Seabees in June 1943. After basic training in Virginia, he was assigned to Pleasanton, California, prior to being shipped overseas. Attached to the 107th Seabee battalion, he served on Ebeye and Bigej Islands (part of the Marshall Islands), as a clerk and on various construction projects. He was transferred to Tinian (in the Marianas) where he worked as a baker for the duration of the war. He was discharged in June 1946. 42 pages.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 42 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/s6wq2318
Topic Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American
Setname uum_slohp
ID 1025613
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wq2318