| Title |
Bill Pastore, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Jason Hardy, September 20th, 2006: part of the Saving the legacy project |
| Alternative Title |
Bill Pastore, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Pastore, Bill, 1925- |
| Contributor |
Hardy, Jason; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-09-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea; Guam; Mariana Islands; Iwo Jima, Japan; Korea |
| Subject |
Pastore, Bill, 1925- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945--Personal narratives, American; Marines--Biography; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Snipers; Scouts |
| Description |
Transcript (145 pages) of an interview by Jason Hardy with Bill Pastore on September 20, 2006. Part of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Pastore (b. 1925) enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943. He served in the Pacific in World War II and in Korea. He recounts his experiences in detail. Interviewed by Jason Hardy. 145 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
145 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/s6516194 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Iwo Jima, Battle of (Japan : 1945); Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029397 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194 |
| Title |
Page 2 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029252 |
| OCR Text |
Show My name's Jason Hardy and I'm here with Bill Pa tore a part of" aviog the Legacy" and today's date is September 20th, 2006, and we're itting in hi hom in Salt Lake City. BILL: Okay, I was born in Denver, Colorado on December 5th, 1925. I was the youngest of ten kid; I had seven sisters and two brothers. There [pointing to picture] is my two brothers: my oldest brother, my middle brother, and me. One was army, one was navy, and I was in the marine corps. We moved to Salt Lake in 1940. I went to Bryant Junior High School and graduated from Bryant and decided I was too smart to go to any further schools. So I hung around until I was able to join the marine corps, and then I joined the marine corps. That's all I ever wanted to be was a marine. JAS: Who were your parents? BILL: My father left the family when I was about five so my mother raised me. Enough said about that. JAS: Okay. And why did you move to Salt Lake? BILL: So she could be closer to the Mormon Church, of which I- well, that's ... We don't need to go into that either. I don't care much for the Mormon Church or any other religion. And I fought on ... I did my training at San Diego - JAS: - Before that, I'm curious: when did you first realize you wanted to go into the marines? BILL: I was about nine or ten years old. I had a bunch of toy soldiers that I played war with all the time and one of them was a marine in dress blues, and he was always me and |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029252 |
