| 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 73 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029323 |
| OCR Text |
Show And I'd ju t g lik thi ... nd you hav to sha ry m rning. h dri ll in tructor would come out and look at it fe 1 your ch ek and ay, " kay." I didn't ha a whisker. I'm the wor t dago you've ever seen in your life. JAS: Dago? BILL: Yeah, Italian. JAS: Ah, yeah. BILL: Italian's are dark and I'm blue eyed and fair skinned and no beard. I always wanted a beard! You know, I just wanted to look - you know, these guys would come off the lines and be all grizzled and black beards and I'd still be clean shaven. But it was - I didn't mind it, really. I enjoyed every minute of it. I didn't like getting shot too well, but ... When I got on the Haven, you know, I got hit in the lung - JAS: - Tell me about how you got hit. BILL: We were where they put up the final defensive line just over the 38th Parallel, just as the peace talks were starting. 1951 . And across this deep valley and up to the other side were the Chinese. You could watch them through binoculars; they were watching us. JAS: But there was a cease fire? BILL: Well, it was kind of a - there was still some shooting. What we were doing was holding our line and then we went on body snatching patrols. This was another of headquarters' bright ideas. Well, the Chinese were doing it too. But you'd take a patrol and you'd carry some weapons - you'd take some small people with you and then two great, big husky bastards. Big. The huskiest you could fine. And then you'd go out on a patrol and take your binoculars and you'd sit and watch, 72 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029323 |
