| 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 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029259 |
| OCR Text |
Show And I got a chance and I hit him with everything I had! Bam! I caught him right in the hinge. Now, his eyes rolled back but it didn t knock him down or anything. H 11 I wasn t big enough for that. But he clinched me and he said, "Okay, you smart little ... You asked for it.' And he took me apart! God damn! We were going to go have a steak dinner afterwards on the money I'd made, on the $10. My jaw hurt so bad that I couldn't eat the steak! And Olds said, "I told you he was just playing." But anyway, that's what we did - a lot of guys used to do that because it was good money. JAS: Yeah. BILL: We'd go into San Diego. Now, the older guys had a little bit more money; they could stay at the YMCA. If yo!l got off on liberty early you could get a room at the YMCA and it was free in the gymnasium. They'd just put cots up. Well, usually grunts- a grunt is a marine infantry- well, we didn't get in town early. You'd get, Friday night, you had an inspection. And a lot of times on Saturday morning you'd have an inspection. And you couldn't go til after inspection. Well, everything was gone by then. So at the Plaza in San Diego -that's right in the center of town (it was then) - the U.S. Grant Motel was there and across the street was all the crummy theaters. It was ten cents for all night. I mean, you'd pay ten cents and they'd show just b grade movies all night. So that's where- hell, it was jammed full! 8 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029259 |
