| Title |
Dustin Sexton, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, September 12, 2009: Saving the Legacy tape no. IA-5 |
| Alternative Title |
Dustin Sexton, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sexton, Dustin |
| Contributor |
Worsencroft, John C., 1981-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2009-09-12; 2009-11-21 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Kuwait; Iraq; Georgia |
| Subject |
Sexton, Dustin--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (xx pages) of an interview by John C. Worsencroft with Dustin Sexton on September 12, 2009. From tape number IA-5 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Dusty was born in Orlando, Florida, but moved around the United States a lot growing up. His dad was an Episcopal priest. Dusty enlisted in the Marine Corps and went to boot camp in 1991 at MCRD San Diego. He talks about boot camp, deployments, and life in the Marines. Dusty has served multiple deployments to Iraq in numerous leadership positions. The interview is largely a chronological narrative of his nearly 20 years in the Marine Corps. Dusty currently lives in Kamas, UT. where he is a firefighter with Park City Fire Department. He also runs a business, Sexton Off-Road, which builds custom off-road vehicles. Interviewed by John C. Worsencroft. 142 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
142 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/s6nc839h |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Iraq War (2003-2011) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027909 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nc839h |
| Title |
Page 99 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027866 |
| OCR Text |
Show DU TIN EXTO MB R 21 2 09 some bonus points, because after that I had built this really good loyalty to my lf fr m my Marines. I've never been one to say that I know everything· I don t know nothing really. I just want the right people to do the right job. I was disappointed in the LAR leaders course because there wasn't enough tactics and that's what I believe as a platoon commander, platoon sergeant, you should know the tactics. So I did really well in that course. I ended up being the honor grad, but it wasn't like platoon sergeants course where it was kind of an official thing. It wasn't as big of a milestone for me, but it did, I got the piece of paper (laughs). After, I did a tour in Georgia with Charlie Company. We went to Russia, Tbilisi, Georgia. That was a pretty fun adventure. We went over there. We were the first Marines basically into Russia and worked with the Georgian commandos. It was kind of my first, if you will, introduction into advisorship. JCW: Why were you guys there? DS: We were there as a presence force to do an operation with the Air Force; I don't remember the exact title of the operation. It was kind of a cluster fuck. But we actually went over and we gave advice to the Georgian commandos. We were advisors to the Georgian commandos, trained with them, taught them different tactics and techniques. Then, as a side note, we did this little operation with the Air Force; they had come over and they had a little spiel going; I don't remember exactly what it was, but it was a joint operation with a bunch of different countries. It was also a pre-op for the president to come in, who came in in August. I went over there for the pre-conference-it must have been May. I don't remember the year. It was probably 2005. So I flew over there, just me and three other guys. We met with the 4 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nc839h/1027866 |
