| Title |
Edward G. Lueders, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, February 1, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 326 and 327 |
| Alternative Title |
Edward Lueders, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lueders, Edward, 1923- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-02-01 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
India; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States |
| Subject |
Lueders, Edward, 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (72 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Edward G. Lueders on February 1, 2000. This is from tape numbers 326 and 327 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Edward Lueders (b. 1923) recalls his youth in Chicago. He was drafted in 1943, joined the Air Force, and spent several months in various stateside postings. He eventually ended up in India, attached to the Air Transport Command, where his assignment was to provide recreation and entertainment for the troops. He was discharged in March 1946. 72 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
72 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/s6321v53 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026269 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53 |
| Title |
Page 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026223 |
| OCR Text |
Show EDWARD G. LUEDERS February 1, 2000 there and lining up with the guys in uniform, and girls on the other side and then gradually mixing on the dance floor. But that wasn't so much music as something else. So I didn't indulge. In fact, I was away from, wherever I'd find a piano I d try to play it. I'm grateful to say that the Army had pianos around. Even in out-of-the-way places there'd be a service club of some sort, where there would be a piano. If you played the piano, you'd get a cluster of people around, usually, who would be a part of it. So it was a social as well as aesthetic thing for me. WIN: Let me check here. Gosh, we've got a couple minutes on this side. Where did you go after Keams? EDW: From Kearns I was shipped to Camp Anza in Riverside, California, to be held for shipment out of the Port of Los Angeles eventually. WIN: And what were your prospective duties in the Air Force? EDW: None, at that point. WIN: You had no inkling of what you ... EDW: No idea. I just knew that I had escaped the fate of being a radio operator on a B- 17 over Germany, in which case I probably would not be here talking to you. That, thanks to a number of elements way back when I was made permanent party ... WIN: Were you aware of that danger of radio operators? Did you purposely try to avoid being one for that reason? EDW: At that point, the whole war focus was on Europe, and the bombing that was going on. So the Air Force was glamorous - as it still is, to some extent - and I was glad 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53/1026223 |
