| Title |
Paul W. Flandro, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, March 22, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 4 |
| Alternative Title |
Paul W. Flandro, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Flandro, Paul W., 1921- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-03-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Nagasaki, Japan; Korea; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Flandro, Paul W., 1921- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Nagasaki (Japan) |
| Keywords |
5th Marine Division; 2nd Marine Division, "H" Battery, 3rd Battalion; Saipan; Nagasaki; Korea |
| Description |
Transcript (43 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Paul W. Flandro on March 22, 2000. This is from tape number 4 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Flandro (b. 1921) describes his childhood on the East bench of Salt Lake City, where he was in both high school and college ROTC. In 1943 he transferred from the U. S. Army into the U. S. Marine Corps for active duty. After a period of training Flandro was assigned to the newly-formed 5th Marine Division and shipped to Saipan. He spend most of his service time attached to the 2nd Marine Division, "H" Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines--a field artillery outfit. He was assigned to the first group of soldiers into Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. He was discharged as a Captain, but was recalled for the Korean war. 43 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
43 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/s6qg0s3q |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026463 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg0s3q |
| Title |
Page 15 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026433 |
| OCR Text |
Show p L P AU: I was heavily involv d with bu in admini tr ti the military sciences. WIN: Business management. Do you rem mb r any o your pr were outstanding? m n th t PAU: Yes, Walker, Stuckey and Calder as well as my military PM &T olon 1 Campbell, Floyd Goates, Knight Kerr and others. They each went on to train many great minds. WIN: Did you consider any other fields or did you just enter not knowing? P AU: No, at this point, I was interested in getting through as much as I could of school before I had to go into the service. WIN: You knew it was coming? P AU: Oh, yes, I knew. Well, I was under contract to the ROTC program at the University of Utah. After the second year you signed a contract. At the end of two more years, junior and senior, you receive the rank of second lieutenant, at graduation, provided you had complied with all of the tests including summer camp, usually at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. WIN: So you knew that regardless of whether the U.S. entered the war, you were going to be involved somehow? p AU: Yes, I knew that. Everybody was just waiting for when and where. We all wondered just when it was our tum. WIN: So it didn't take Pearl Harbor for you to know that? 14 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg0s3q/1026433 |
