| 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 53 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026247 |
| OCR Text |
Show EDWARD G. LUEDERS rua 1 2 00 we were a part of. WIN: You could feel that? EDW: Oh, you could feel that at times abruptly, and at times, you just knew that ther was a separation of the two. WIN: So this was a religious separation, Islam and Hindu? But did you feel also that they were trying to separate from Britain? EDW: Yes! And we would occasionally be involved with British people. We would be housed with the British when we would get on a base. It would be chiefly an old British base, with some A TC personnel imposed upon it because the air strip was there. So I got familiar with the British attitude, particularly from the British military - not the officer class, but I was always with enlisted men, and enlisted men are different than officers, have you noticed? WIN: Oh, yes! EDW: They have to be. They're commanded to be. So I had a sense of the British feelings of superiority, even when I had more sympathy with the Indians than I did with the British on occasion. And I had enough of the history of British India from Kipling and the whole kind of romanticized sense of empire there. So I was aware at the time. WIN: Well, you were probably certainly better prepared then most were for that. EDW: Probably, because Americans were- are- so innocent in these matters. Our "Two Ocean Mentality" separates us from the rest of the world, a separation which is not broken down, if by no other means, eve by e-mail, at least at that point it was clear. And 51 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53/1026247 |
