| 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 103 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029353 |
| OCR Text |
Show JA : How old were you? BILL: I must have been twelve or thirteen because it was Boy cout m eting. I ut b th his eyes cut him over both eyes, and bloodied his nose. I marked him bad. Then the scout troop grabbed me and threw me out and held the door so I couldn't get back in because I was screaming and yelling. I was ballistic. Unfortunately, my temper is still that way. When I get mad I go ballistic. I try not to get mad because of that, because I do get terribly angry. That's the last time I went to Boy Scouts. To hell with them. I believe they didn't really want me there anymore, anyway. [Laughing] But he should have- and he shouldn't have slapped me, you know? Here I was a thirteen year old kid. He was a grown man. What the hell is he doing going around hitting kids for? I had a little set-to here in Salt Lake. I got in a fight with a teacher in a classroom. They threw me out of the classroom, too, cause I'd hit him. Well he punched me first, so I nailed him, so the kids grabbed me and threw me out of the class. JAS: The teacher at Bryant? BILL: No, church. But he threw me out, so I was running and banging against that door. If I could have got in, I'd have took the whole class. Well, the Bishop and the two counselors came down. There was a lot of noise. You know I was screaming and yelling at the top of my voice, and I was saying some pretty uncomplimentary things about his parentage, and that he didn't have a father, and using that one word. So they come down to ask me what the hell is going on, and one counselor grabbed one arm, and one grabbed the other arm; they was holding me. I was angry. So I relaxed. Well, as soon as I relaxed they eased up; and boy, this one on my left-hand side let go, and man, I nailed the 102 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6516194/1029353 |
