| Title |
Harold W. Poole, Salt Lake City., Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, April 3, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 197 |
| Alternative Title |
Harold W. Poole, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Poole, Harold W., 1918-2010 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-04-03 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Japan; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Patton, Henry Robert, 1919-2007--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Japan; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
ROTC; Army Air Corps; POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (55 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Harold W. Poole on April 3, 2000. This is from tape number 197 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Poole (b. 1918) recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City. He attended West High and was involved in the ROTC program. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps in August 1940 and was sent to the Philippines after training. When the war began his unit fought for four months before being taken prisoner by the Japanese. He survived the Bataan Death March and was in prison camps prior to being sent to Moji, Japan, to work in a steel mill. After the war ended he was evacuated on the ship and made his way home. 55 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
55 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/s6fj4g28 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Bataan Death March (Philippines : 1942); Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026418 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fj4g28 |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026364 |
| OCR Text |
Show This is an interview with Harold W. Poole. Today is the 3rd of April, 2001. Thi i part of the Saving the Legacy project. We are at Mr. Poole's home in Holladay, Utah. With u i Joel Calderon. I am Winston Erickson. Joe, do you want to say hello again? JOE: Okay, that's Joel's voice for the transcriber. WIN: Harold, where and when were you born? HAR: I was born in Woods Cross, Utah in 1918, December the 20th. And I lived there until I was about two or three years old. And then we moved to Salt Lake City where I spent most of my childhood. WIN: I see. Who were your parents? HAR: My dad was named Stanley S. Poole, and my mother was named Nina Wood. Her last name was Wood. So that's my middle name, and that is what the "W" is for. WIN: That's where the "W" came from. Okay. HAR: And I had five sisters, two older and three younger. I had no brothers. I was the only boy. And we had a real wonderful life there in Salt Lake City at 4th Avenue and Canyon Road, which is just below Memory Grove and below the Capitol Building down there. And so I was very close to everything in town, you know, in that area. And I had a very pleasant life. My dad was--during the depression he was a bookkeeper working at a good company that didn't have any problems during the depression, you know. So we lived pretty well during the depression and never did have to sacrifice too much. WIN: When you were growing up did you have a cadre of playmates that lived in that area? HAR: Yes, I had a lot of friends. And I spent a lot of time in the mountains because we were right close to them there, you know. 2 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fj4g28/1026364 |
