| 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 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029277 |
| OCR Text |
Show these- we think they were North Koreans- came in and said they were outh K r an . You can't tell a difference. You know, just because somebody says on the 38th Parall 1 "You're North, You're South," they talk the same, they look the same they are the same. JAS: Yeah. BILL: They said they were South Koreans and had lost all their ammunition and weapons. So, this army outfit supplied them. Gave them weapons, gave them ammunition and gave them food. And they marched out of the town. Well, it was just a flat plain where they were and they hid alongside the road. Then the orders came out to withdraw because this division had broke and run (which was common for the rocks at that time). So they loaded up their stuff and started moving out and got ambushed and they wiped them out. [Looking at pictures] And that's what these are ... And see, I've got - these are the- tells you what it is on the back. You're not supposed to have them, they don't want them published. But you can see the Americans dead bodies laying there and they'd stripped their boots off, and their pants. Orientals aren't noted for being kind to prisoners. They don't - they figure a prisoner is a liability. And, I guess, in one way they're right. Now, it wasn't a bad- Korea wasn't too bad to begin with because the Koreans themselves were broke. I mean we broke the North Koreans hollow. Once, we broke out of the Pusan perimeter and moved up and had the Inchon Landing. The North Koreans were gone, they were through. JAS: Well, can we go back to the Pacific? To World War II? 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029277 |
