| 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 73 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026267 |
| OCR Text |
Show EDWARD G. LUEDERS February 1 2 00 I can play games with the imagination, "What if I d gone to Brown niv r ity instead of little Hanover College?" My life would have been changed it would have been different, but I couldn't project that. I could have gone east to Brown I could ha gone west to Berkeley. What I did in the war years is something out of the line of my life. It not only interrupted it, it redirected, and it focused these peculiar things that I've developed since: music, writing, the sense that I have got a mission, or at least a profession, a passing on whatever my life has developed by way of learning. And that learning has to include not only books, not only trying to absorb the whole library at Northwestern and the University ofNew Mexico- a large part of which I did imbibe not only that, but the experience immediately preceding it. Preceded by being a pawn on the chessboard of World War II. And my peculiar- not just individual, but peculiar- adventure in the war, and the experience of not doing it for or by myself. WIN: Well, are there any other experiences you'd like to relate, and leave on this record? EDW: Sure, but I think I've probably exhausted myself as well as the subject, and no doubt you in the process. WIN: Oh, no, it's been very .. EDW: Except that I feel upbeat about my own life. I feel that it's gone well. I have few regrets. If I hadn't been the beneficiary as well as the truant protagonist during that wartime detour in my life, the person represented and foreshadowed in these memories would not be as prominent nor as worthy of being interviewed in your series. Right? 71 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53/1026267 |
