| 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 33 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027727 |
| OCR Text |
Show LD. RWI ngli h. I think we talked earlier about trying to 1 am pani h hell, practice their English on you. WE: You take off and go to Spain just because Spain's pain? GAC: Spain's Spain and it's cheap. WE: You didn't have any army service over there? B R 9 2 00 ryb dy want t GAC: I never served there, no. I just went there because I like Spain and they have what they call a Rota Shuttle. And for one time for a while there, for some years, it was going clear to Diego Garcia, but it was the Rota Shuttle all the way. Rota Shuttle is right on the way to half the oil in the world and anybody has a notion that place is going to close down in the perceivable future, ain't paying attention. So you've always got a free ticket to Europe. Any retiree has. They're a little stuffy, the army is. They insist that you have a piece of paper that shows the lady you're taking along is your legal wife. They don't let girlfriends go, although I keep hearing rumors occasionally about people circumventing the regulations. I was never able to. Dumb, I guess. WE: Well, I usually ask what role the military played in your life, but in yours ... GAC: It was my life. WE: It pretty well dictated how your life played out. GAC: And it was a good life. I recommend it to anybody. All you got to do is avoid wars and if they have a war only about ten percent of the people ever see combat. If you don't see combat, as far as I concerned, you're not missing a damn thing. WE: Yes, but you tried to get into combat. GAC: Well, I'm not very bright (laughs). We've already established that. WE: Is there anything else you want to say about your experiences? 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3p0k/1027727 |
