| 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 14 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029264 |
| OCR Text |
Show BILL: But Tulagi was a great naval base; the Japanese had really built it up. th y had a hell of a fight there. The canal was bigger and they hadn t defend d it then - th y did later. But they started building an air strip. That s what we wanted the air strip. And they assigned, they called it Henderson Field- the marine corps did - and they assigned the raiders and the paramarines to hold Henderson Field. That's two battalions; probably by that time they were 60o/o efficient (they had lost, maybe, 40% of their people, maybe a few more). And they held it against the whole Japanese army. And we never lost Henderson Field; they never took it away from them. And they had the whole north end of the island, the whole other side of the island, to land fresh troops. We had the division there, that's all. Our navy had pulled out with half our supplies. We had enough ammunition for thirty days. Enough food for two weeks. All our heavy artillery, our 1 05s, and our 155s, were still aboard ship. And they hauled out of - well, it's Skylark Bay but they called it "Iron Bottom Bay" because so many ships sunk in it. But they took out and left. And I really think that they didn't expect the marine corps to win. People didn't understand the marine corps. Even then, they didn't understand the marine corps: that you assign the marine corps something and they're going to do it. You issue the order and we'll get it done regardless. "I don't care if it takes the whole marine corps, we'll get it done." And so what are you supposed to do? You know. We took the island, we stayed on the island, we took it away from all the J aps they could bring in. They were bringing them in from that north end by the barge full, bringing them in. And our air wings were 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029264 |
