| 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 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026228 |
| OCR Text |
Show EDWARD G. LUEDERS February 1 2000 EDW: Bombay, where we got off, were put immediately on dock-side Indian trains which were just bucket seats. A bucket is an Air Force term, but they weren t cushion seats. Just slats length-wise, along the car. At the end of the car was a hole in the floor for obvious purposes. That was it. We slept on the seats. We did nearly everything in the seats. Each morning we would get up and file out- the train would stop to take on water- and in the process, before they took on the water, would have all of the G.I.'s on the train line up along it and wait there tum to get their helmets to catch water coming off from the steam. To do all their ablutions for the day- one helmet full. And then we'd be on our way again. Five days across the belt of India, Bombay to Calcutta, in that fashion. WIN: Took five days? EDW: Took five days. WIN: Well, that's not too bad, but ... EDW: No. It was incessant, and the only stopping was to take on water, and there was a mess car in the middle that we'd take up most of the day standing in line to get our sea rations from the mess car. WIN: Two meals a day? EDW: Two meals a day while ship-bound, on the ship it was two meals a day, and I think on that train was probably two meals a day, too. WIN: So you got into Calcutta, then you must have been assigned somewhere? EDW: Assigned to Barrackpore which had been a British Army base outside of Calcutta 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53/1026228 |
