| Title |
John H. Dinkelman, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann, October 10, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 604 |
| Alternative Title |
John H. Dinkelman, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Dinkelman, John H., 1924-2011 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin J.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-10-10 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom; France; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Japan; Turkey; Vietnam |
| Subject |
Dinkelman, John H., 1924-2011--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; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Tanks (Military science); D-Day; Battle of the Bulge |
| Description |
Transcript (83 pages) of an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann with John H. Dinkelman on October 10, 2002. From tape number 604 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Dinkelman (b. 1924) was born in Den Helder, Netherlands. He discusses his family, immigration to the U.S., the Depression, working and school. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, prior to being assigned to the 741st Tank Battalion, A Company, at Fort Meade, Maryland. Dinkelman was sent to the Desert Training Center near Indio, California, then received more training in Louisiana at Camp Pope. Although he traveled to England prior to the invasion, he was detained and missed the actual D-Day invasion, but rejoined his unit on the Continent. He describes his combat activity and duties. During the Bulge, he was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division and was lhis return to the U. S. following the war. He was separated at Fort Douglas, Utah, then reenlisted in the Army and served in Japan, skippering army boats on MP patrols. Dinkelman Stayed in Reserves until he applied for active duty again as a warrant officer in Vietnam, where he delivered materiel by boats. He continued in active duty several more years before retiring. In civilian life he worked as a machinist. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 83 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
83 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/s6v42x85 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945); Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028447 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v42x85 |
| Title |
Page 61 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028423 |
| OCR Text |
Show J H H. DI KELM 10 0 B R20 2 v hicl coming down. It was a German amphibious Jeep. mphibi u J p th y had looked like half of an egg shell four wheels on it, and a propeller on the back wa sticking straight up. And in it was two Germans. One was a German officer in full-dress uniform. We was standing there amazed. As he went by he saluted. What the hell's going on? Next came a German, it was a German Air Force maintenance vehicle, I guess a machine shop type of thing. It just had a dozen Germans all over this thing. They all saluted or waved as they went by. Hey, something ain't right. We grabbed our thirty caliber and run up. And then came an ambulance, a German ambulance that was just full of Germans and a German officer. And, "Get out of there." The officer walked over to us and he says, "Krieg finished. Krieg finished." "Ah, come on. Get over here." We put him into a little field and had him park that ambulance off. Here come another ambulance. Same story. "Krieg finished. Krieg finished." Pretty soon, here come several armored vehicles, full of Germans, oh, just hanging on like a beehive. We stopped them. "Park over there in that field." Put them there. We had ... here one after another. We just kept [going]. BJB: There's only five of you, right? JHD: Just the five of us and here we have about three or four hundred Germans in this field and a whole field full of vehicles. Now we started to buy their story. Now the krieg was finished, see. But we knew there was a prisoner of war camp back in this town of Hoff. Well, here come this convoy of American deuce-and-a-halves. The vehicles were empty and it was black drivers, black troops. We stopped them. "Where you going?" "We're going to Hoff." "Take these prisoners. Take them to the PW camp." Well, they 60 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v42x85/1028423 |
