| Title |
Gerald A. Corwin, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, October 9, 2000: Saving the Legacy tape no. 119 |
| Alternative Title |
Gerald A. Corwin, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Corwin, Gerald A., 1913- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-10-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States; Hawaii; Philippines |
| Subject |
Corwin, Gerald A., 1913- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American |
| Keywords |
Chemical weapons; Redstone Arsenal |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with Gerald A. Corwin on October 9, 2000. From tape number 119 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Corwin (b. 1913) was born in Hardin, Montana. He graduated from Montana State University in 1937 with a degree in chemistry. While in college he joined the National Guard for help with the cost of college. After college, he went to work for the Yale Oil Corporation in South Dakota. Although still in the inactive National Guard at the time of Pearl Harbor, he wasn't called up, but enlisted in the army. He went to Ft. Lewis, Washington, applied for and was accepted into Officer Candidate School (OCS). He was commissioned in 1942 and was assigned to the chemical warfare service, Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. He was there for 20 months, applied for the infantry, and returned to Ft. Lewis to train troops. He was headed to the infantry, in fact, had arrived in Hawaii when the peace treaty was signed and the war was over. He was sent to the Philippines and left the service on meeting the time-in-service requirements. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 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/s6zw3p0k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027729 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3p0k |
| Title |
Page 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027722 |
| OCR Text |
Show ERALD A. CORWIN B R 9,200 environmental test division with its headquarters at Dugway, ther we wrot t t plan and test reports. Well the testing was conducted at the various test sights. We had the t st sight at Edgewood Arsenal, which was basically just a branch of the civilian chemical depot there. Our various tests teams were basically always attached for the various commands of the various locations. The Desert Test Site, which was the closest to Dugway, was at Yuma Test Station, Arizona. We had a test team there testing materials, chemical core material, under desert conditions. Now I should explain that by that time the chemical warfare service had turned into the chemical corps, but they had the mission of testing all chemical equipment, that means all gas masks, furnished not just to the army, but the whole armed services, the chemical corps provided them. We bought gas masks and protective clothing for all services. We controlled the means of testing, the means of firing, all of those things were controlled from our headquarters. We wrote the test plans. This told them how to conduct a test of the various equipment, such as flamethrowers, gas masks, protective clothing; to include rubber gloves and rubber boots for people to operate in a toxic chemical environment. We also had a test station at Fort Amador was the headquarters in Panama. We had a test station in Alaska. Well, it was a big delta junction, Fort Greeley in Alaska. What have we got? We've got Arctic, desert, tropic; while I was, we had the temperate environment at Edgewood Arsenal for the fourth. While I was there we set up a test station in Greenland and our team there was the first team that wintered over the first winter in the test site at Camp Century, which is a hundred miles out on the ice cap. And where they lived was in regular pre-fabbed 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3p0k/1027722 |
