| 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 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026625 |
| OCR Text |
Show w MM LOW: Y s. It was a convert d liner y ah. WIN: So it moved pretty fast. Did you go in a conv y or 1 n ? LOW: We were in a convoy yeah and I think we had a submarin car r tw nth way over. But, I'll have to tell you an interesting story. When I got on th boat th Empress of Australia, that night we were all pretty hungry. They put on the me s tabl bully beef boiled potatoes, a vegetable, and white bread and all of the GI's weren't used to British food. Bully beef is corned beef and it had been boiled. And I noticed up and down the line that no one was eating. Boy, I liked corned beef and I had a nice meal of corned beef and whatever else they had there. I've forgotten, but I think it was a Jell-0 salad. And when dinner was over, all of these guys had not taken any of this meat. And here was this beautiful white bread and butter on the table, and all of this corned beef. So I immediately grabbed myself a box and I went and picked up all of the corned beef off the table, all of the bread, all of the butter and also grabbed a couple of knives and forks. And then I hauled them away to my bunk. And about three hours later-this must have been about 7:00 o'clock at night-! started making sandwiches. I made corned beef sandwiches. I've forgotten whether they had mayonnaise, mustard, and other accouterments there, but I think they did. I made some real nice sandwiches. I made a bunch of them. Then, I took them out and sold them for a buck a piece. The only goodies they had on that boat at their PX was they had a watery type of a drink that was supposed to be orange, and you could buy candy bars. But, you could get candy bars in the service and everybody had them in their duffle bags. I got enough money off of 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v71ht1/1026625 |
