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Title Heber Baumgartner, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 24, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 445 & 446
Alternative Title Heber Baumgartner, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah
Creator Baumgartner, Heber K., 1920-
Contributor Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2002-04-24
Date Digital 2015-12-16
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Spatial Coverage France; Belgium; Netherlands; Germany; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Subject Baumgartner, Heber K., 1920- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American
Description Transcript (43 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Heber Baumgartner on April 24, 2004. From tape numbers 445 and 446 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project
Collection Number and Name Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010
Abstract Baumgartner was born on 21 May 1920 in Salt Lake City. He discusses his family, schooling, and the Depression. Inducted into the army on August 1944, he describes boot camp at Camp Hood, Texas, and being shipped to England on the Queen Mary. He served in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He sustained a knee injury from a shell concussion and was transported to a hospital in England before being sent back to the United States. He was discharged from Mitchell Hospital in San Diego in November 1945. Recipient of the Purple Heart. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 43 pages.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 43 pages
Language eng
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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
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Topic Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945)
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x65q10

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