| 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 60 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029310 |
| OCR Text |
Show ut f Quantico. Quantico is officer' candidate ch l. W 11, a book. rything ther d n by You know, it's all, "Well at Quantico we do this and then the book it says this." Well unfortunately, the Japanese didn't read the same book and the book do sn't apply to combat because there's no real science to combat. You know? Well, he decided to go out on patrol and that's when he decided that I, as a PFC, shouldn't be the scout. "He shouldn't be the squad leader or fire team leader," because we had had words. So we got ... Now, I knew what we were coming up to; he was running a compass, going to patrol on a compass. And he was holding a compass and he said, "Go straight here." Well, I don't know if you've used a compass ... JAS: I have. BILL: Okay. So, you sight an azimuth and you walk so far and then you site it againyou don't walk holding your damned compass. Either that or you have somebody walk out ahead of you and then you adjust them and then you walk to them. Then you send them out again, you walk to them. Well, he wasn't doing that. He was going: We're going to stay on this compass azimuth. Well, I knew we were coming up to this swamp and it was, oh, on me it was about up to here. And I'd been in it before because I'd patrolled it. I said, called forward to stop the patrol. And this lieutenant- I can't even remember his name- said, "Who called to stop the patrol?" 59 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029310 |
