| 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 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029266 |
| OCR Text |
Show Well they took Belleau Woods and it took them a week r two t tak it. I m n, that's where they got the name "The Devil Dogs ' because the German when th y w re taken prisoner, said: 'These people are devil dogs! They won t quit! They're crazy! The Koreans called us "Yellow Legs" because we wore yellow leggings or "Colored Hats" because we wore a camouflage cover. And boy, if they saw yellow legs coming they wanted to quit right now and leave. But anyway, there was army units there, too. I think it was army 41 h division that did as much fighting as the marine corps did. There was a war correspondent - which was very few, but they had one - and he happened to be with the marine corps. And he sent an article back to his newspaper that "The marine corps took Belleau Woods ... Oh, the wonderful marine corps ... The marine corps will be there for a thousand years because they're such good fighters." Never mentioned the army. Well, that pissed the army off. It should! JAS: Right. BILL: They lost as many men. The marine corps, right then, should have refuted it. They should have put out article that said, "No. There were army there with us that were doing the same thing we were doing." But they didn't. They waited a month. Well, Harry Truman was an artillery captain and he died hating the marine corps. Even after he was president, he came right out publicly and said that, "The marine corps propaganda machine is second only to Stalin' s." JAS: Wow. BILL: He hated our guts! And rightfully so. But, on the other hand, he said, "Yeah, but 15 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029266 |
