| Title |
Arthur A. Astle, North Ogden, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, July 16, 2003: Saving the Legacy tape no. 516 |
| Alternative Title |
Arthur A. Astle, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Astle, Arthur A., 1915-2008 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-07-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands; Philippines; Okinawa, Japan |
| Subject |
Astle, Arthur A., 1915-2008--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Great Depression; National Guard |
| Description |
Transcript (59 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Arthur A. Astle on July 16, 2003. From tape number 516 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Astle (b. 1915) was born in Montana. He discusses his childhood and the Depression. He joined the 222nd Field Artillery Utah National Guard Unit and took training near San Diego, California; Fort Lewis, Washington; and later at Stoneman, California. He shipped to Hawaii onboard the USS Republic and was based in Maui at the message center. Shipped to Saipan and Tinian for combat and later fought in Leyte and finally Okinawa. Following his discharge, he worked for Standard Oil, and in other oil-related industries. Interviewed by Winston P. Erickson. 59 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
59 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/s68h0nsb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Leyte Gulf, Battle of (Philippines : 1944) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026929 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68h0nsb |
| Title |
Page 47 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026916 |
| OCR Text |
Show ARTHUR A. A TLE J 1 2 former employee of the Bell Telephone organization. He wa major and ur battali n commander wa a lieutenant colonel, ju t a rank above. Ro wa kind of an odd fellow, but a good guy. I don't know, he took a liking to me for one rea on or another and after the operation on Tinian ... Major Ross was a butterfly collector. That wa hi hobby. So he said, "I'd like to have some samples of the butterflies off of Tinian, Sergeant. I' 11 get my jeep and my driver and we'll go down on that other end of the i land and see what we can find." Well, I thought, "The fighting i over and the Jap are all gone. Let' go." So I got in the back end of the jeep and the driver got behind the wheel and the major got in and we went south on the island. I don't think we'd gone a mile and we looked south of us and there was a J ap soldier walking along the edge of this island. He was going along looking for something to eat. We noticed he'd stoop down and pick something every now and then. Major Ross said, "Well, we ought to at least go down and capture him." I said, "I don't want to go down and capture him." I said, "We don't know whether he's armed or not. I'll take a couple of shots at him." So I'd thrown my carbine away on the beach on Saipan. It was just in my way. But I still had my .45 (pistol). I said, "I'll take a shot at him and see what I can do." So I fired a couple of shots at him. But we were too far away. But the Jap heard us and he threw up his arms. So we jumped on the jeep and ran down to him and picked him up and took him to the Marine prisoner of war corral. So I captured my J ap for the war. That's the story of my capture of a J ap. When we picked up our prisoner, we put him in the back seat of the jeep and I was sitting next to him and Major Ross was up with the driver. This Jap said, "Me Chosem. Me Chosem." I asked Major Ross, "What does this "Chosem" business?" He said, "He's either Japanese (Korean?) or Chinese." But we took him to the prisoner compound. They had a big wire fence around it. A prisoner of war camp is what it was. That's the 47 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68h0nsb/1026916 |
