| Title |
Lowell S. Flamm, Pleasant View, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, February 14, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 183 and 184 |
| Alternative Title |
Lowell S. Flamm, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Flamm, Lowell S., 1923-2011 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-02-14 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, United States; Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, United States; France; Germany; Austria |
| Subject |
Flamm, Lowell S., 1923-2011--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
12th Armored Division in Europe; Le Havre; Maginot Line; Herrlisheim; Adelmannsfelden; Strasbourg; Colmar; Frankfort; Danube River; Black Forest; Free French; Occupied Austria |
| Description |
Transcript (83 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Lowell S. Flamm on February 14, 2000. This is from tape numbers 183 and 184 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lowell Flamm (b. 1923) recounts stories of his parents in Rexburg, Idaho, and recalls growing up in Billings, Montana, during the Depression. He joined the National Guard at 15 and served two years. He was drafted in March 1943 and accepted into OCS, eventually ending up with the 12th Armored Division in Europe. He discusses Le Havre, the Maginot Line, Herrlisheim, Adelmannsfelden, Strasbourg, Colmar, Frankfort, the Danube River, the Black Forest, and occupation duty in Austria. His stories of army life include the cold, propaganda and rumors, a wartime birth, being wounded, close escapes from death, army nurses, fighting with the Free French, and experiences with German civilians. 83 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
83 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/s6v71ht1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026680 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v71ht1 |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026617 |
| OCR Text |
Show w . LAMM and sisters understood this. WIN: Well at the end of your first term at Utah tate your father of cours had b n killed. Then on December 7 th Pearl Harbor was bombed. Were you back in Montana when that happened? 1 LOW: No, I was at school. I can remember going to school on Monday and the president of the college called us all into an assembly and announced it. Of course, we'd heard it already. He gave us quite a talking to, mostly that we shouldn't panic and that sort of thing, keep going to school and do what you can while you can. And so, I did. I continued school then until March, and I was drafted on March 6 th, 1943. WIN: Even if you were registered for the next quarter? LOW: This was the end of the quarter, just about. I was able to get credit for all of my classes that quarter, although I was drafted and went to Fort Douglas. WIN: Okay. You were drafted, even though you could have gone to school the next quarter? LOW: No, I couldn't. They would not permit it. WIN: They wouldn't let you stay in school? LOW: No. WIN: You were only eighteen, or nineteen? LOW: I was nineteen at the time, yeah. And, I had a widowed mother too, but she was able to provide for the family pretty well, because she had her house paid for and had a 21 1 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v71ht1/1026617 |
