| 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 54 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029304 |
| OCR Text |
Show artillery, all our tanks all our trucks- we were told ''Leave it! W '11 r plac it." And our commanding general said, "What are you talking about? We n ed thi fight with. I can't leave this ." So, we brought it out with us. That's when th y broke that pass that blew the bridge out. JAS: Kasserine, is it? BILL: No, no, that's in Europe. This was Funchilin Pass. You got to understand, in North Korea there's two roads: one on the east side of Korea and one on the west side of Korea. There's no lateral roads that go across. JAS: Is there a mountain range? BILL: Oh, yes! It's starting the Himalayas. Boy, it's deep. It's - everything is straight up and down. The only place that is a village at all is where the two mountains meet and there's a little valley. They aren't very big. But no, the Chasin Reservoir is just a reservoir that blocks off the river. And there at the bottom of that is the Yudam-ni and then up a little further is another - I can get you a map and show you it. JAS: You've described it well. BILL: I mean, there aren't a lot of lateral roads. Pardon? JAS: You've described it well. BILL: Yeah, and there aren't any lateral roads. And I hate to say anything about the army because they were a handicap, but the 1st Cav went up the west. They were gth Army and we were lOth Corps in the gth Army. But the marine corps and one other and an army division were the 1oth Corps. Now, that's smaller. A corps is less than six divisions. An 53 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029304 |
