| 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 67 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029317 |
| OCR Text |
Show d c nt of them. JA : Yeah yeah. I've heard about this dengue fever too and jungl r t. BILL: Dengue fever and jungle rot? Dengue fever is - now I think they've g t a cure for it now, but when they first found out about it, that was in the clemons. They were getting this fever; they didn't know what the hell it was. And kids were dying with it! JAS: Yeah. BILL: But then, they finally figured out what it was. And jungle rot: you get sores on your feet or on your arms, your back, and they're just almost like ringworm. Have you ever seen that? JAS: No. BILL: Well, they call it ringworm because it's in a circle but it isn't ringworm. You get a virus or something in your skin and it's rotting the skin away. And all they had for it was this purple ointment stuff- I don't know what the hell it was - and they put it on and it was supposed to take care of it. And the jungle rot on your feet, that never did clear ... Well it finally - I had it clear til, probably, 1949. JAS: Wow. BILL: And it just - in the cold weather it would go away, so you think, "Oh, it finally cleared up." As soon as it got hot, why, it was right back again. But when Guam was secured and we had a mess tent set up, you'd be sitting at chow and you'd look up and here would be a guy without a shirt - because you couldn't put a shirt on with this purple stuff, and 66 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029317 |
