| 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 66 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029316 |
| OCR Text |
Show of b r a day. Well the eabees had this all with barbed wir fi nc ar und it nd a n box - you know, a big steel box- and all their beer wa in it. h re mu t ha b n 60 cases in there (because they were only given two cans a day). Well, the superior officer said, "You can't do this." Seabees don't, you know ... They're mostly civilians. JAS: Right. BILL: "We'll do it." And they just broke them open. So, they invite the marine corps over: "Come on over!" Guys were coming back carrying cases of beer. Oh, hell! JAS: You probably couldn't drink that night though, right? BILL: I had a couple of drinks but I didn't feel good enough to drink. JAS: When did you find out you had malaria? BILL: Oh, hell, I knew I had malaria months before that. JAS: You suffered for months? BILL: Oh, yeah. Everybody did. And unless you had bone cracker or - what'd they call it? - I think it was bullhead malaria (where it feels like every bone in your body is breaking). If you just had malaria, usually, because all they'd give you was quinine, or just let you wear it out, usually we'd take care of each other. When you got chills, we'd just pour blankets on them. When they got hot, we'd take the blankets off- until the fever broke. Mostly, that's what it ... It'd go two or three days and then it would break. But if it got too bad, you'd have to tum in. But most everybody had a touch of malaria. I mean, you know, it's one of the fun things. That was a perk. The government didn't even charge us for that! I thought it was 65 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029316 |
