| 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 |
| Access Rights |
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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 |
| 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/s6x65q10 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027678 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x65q10 |
| Title |
Page 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027660 |
| OCR Text |
Show HEBER BAUMGARTNER P I 24,2002 he got shipped out before I did. He showed me where to go in town for th YM . Y u got a bed there for twenty-five cents, so forth. And then he showed me where th church was, down on Pennsylvania Avenue. So this wasn't usually my luck but if we hadn t been off the base yet, which I hadn't, they'd let us go into town. They had to keep a certain percentage on base; they could only let so many off. So we could go if we weren't on KP-I think I'd taken care of my tum at KP-and if we weren't detailed for something else. So I kept seeing if my name was on the list to stay on base. This was like Saturday and Sunday. And I looked on that and I wasn't on that. Wow. So I got dressed and left Saturday. I went down to the YMCA. I found the YMCA and got a bed and I don't think I strayed too far from there (laughs). I got up the next morning, got ready, and got over to a street corner on Pennsylvania Avenue. It was near the White House. I was standing there waiting for a bus, but I decided, "No. I'm going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue." BEC: You're going to walk? HEB: Yes. I was sure that way I wouldn't get lost. But a police officer came by and said, "Where you going?" I said, "To this ward"-! forget the name of it. He looked at me and he said, "Well, without a ride?" (laughs) Evidently it was a long way down. So he said, "You catch the bus right over there." Oh, and it was Fast Sunday. But the nice part of that was they served the servicemen a nice spaghetti dinner after. BEC: Oh, really? How nice. HEB: Yes (laughs). I was in fat city! There were many servicemen and women there and I remember-! don't know if this is important or not, but it is to me-l had never borne my testimony until I got in the service. Some missionaries got together and got 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x65q10/1027660 |
