| 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 44 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029294 |
| OCR Text |
Show c n tantly you know. Well, that isn't so. Everybody- I've only known one guy wh wa afraid all th time and he was afraid all the time. And that was in Korea. Nobody woul d e n dig in with him it was so bad. JAS: Wow. BILL: Because he saw things at night and he'd fall asleep on watch and .. You have two men in a fox hole and you're fifty percent alert. So, you sleep for two hours while I'm awake for two hours. Well, when it was his two hours, he'd go to sleep. He wouldn't be on watch. And he was just a coward. He saw things, he heard things ... And nobody wanted to dig in with him. So, as platoon sergeant - and before that, as squad leader - I'd dig in with him. Somebody had to dig in with him, so I would. But, oh, God! He'd been a BARman. In the marine corps, you have three BARs each squad - so we've got nine fully automatic weapons. So we'd carry a lot of fire power. JAS: Yeah. BILL: So you're BAR, if you've got three men left in a squad, you should have three BARs left. That's your main supply. Well, we were in the attack and he was carrying this BAR- like normal, across his body - and he got a hit through the forearm of it. (It's got a big wooden forearm, so it's arm, it's the piece under the barrel and they call it the forearm.) JAS: I've never seen it before. BILL: Well, I don't have a BAR, but anyway- 43 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029294 |
