| 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 38 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026633 |
| OCR Text |
Show OW LL . L MM across a field. About dawn we'd gotten out int th middl f n 1 ld th that I was in. And just as dawn came up we could th t in t o rrli h im nd Adelmannsfelden in the distance. All of a sudden we got bombard d- h 11 from v ry place. They took out the radio. The radioman got killed and the radio was gon . And here our platoon was, in kind of a ditch without any communications with the German bombarding us, when a German tank came out of the town towards us. So I asked "Lieutenant, we're in pretty bad straights, aren't we?" He said "We sure are." I said "Would you like me to run across this open field and get some tank help?" And he said, ''Yes." WIN: You're not supposed to volunteer in the army. LOW: Well, that's the kind of guy I was, I guess. But, anyway he said "Yes, I'd like you to do that." So, I started to cross the open field at a dead run. Now, it must have been four football fields in length-five or six hundred yards, something like that. I started running across the field. I'd gotten maybe one hundred yards and they zeroed in on me. I don't know whether it was mortars or .88's. One of them hit to the left, one of them hit to the right, and one of them hit in front of me. I stumbled and fell. And you're taught to roll when you fall. So, I rolled into a very slight indentation in the ground. And, the next shell hit right behind me, and that shell got me. It just splattered all over the top of me. And, because I was in that little indentation, most of it went over me. I was very fortunate. I wiggled my feet and arms, and they were all working, so I said, "Well, I've got a job to do." So I jumped up and I ran the rest of the way back to our tanks that were back about 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v71ht1/1026633 |
