| Title |
Michael Schoenfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, August 31 and October 6, 2009: Saving the Legacy tape nos. IA-3 and IA-9 |
| Alternative Title |
Michael Schoenfeld, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Schoenfeld, Michael |
| Contributor |
Worsencroft, John C., 1981-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2009-08-31; 2009-10-06 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Kuwait; Iraq |
| Subject |
Schoenfeld, Michael--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (40, 32 pages) of interviews by John C. Worsencroft with Michael Schoenfeld on August 31 and October 6, 2009. From tape numbers IA-3 and IA-9 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Schoenfeld was born and raised in Utah. His father was a thirty plus year veteran of the Marine Corps Reserve, which nurtured his interest in joining. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 1986. Bootcamp was a great experience despite some of the challenges. He was activated after 9/11 and went to Iraq, experiencing SCUD alerts and passing by signs of earlier destruction during Desert Storm. He recalls the tragedy of losing his Staff Sergeant, their first casualty, in a humvee driving mishap. Later his unit was involved in a heavy firefight in an Iraqi neighborhood where he almost ran out of ammo before the Heavy Weapons commander rushed in with a load for the unit. Michael enjoys his continuing work in the Reserves and has no regrets. Interviewed by John C. Worsencroft. 40 pages and 32 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
40 pages and 32 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/s6bz883z |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Iraq War (2003-2011) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029472 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz883z |
| Title |
Page 2 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029399 |
| OCR Text |
Show Michael Schoenfeld 31 u u t 2009 THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SCHOENFELD O U U T 31 2009. THE INTERVIEWER IS JOHN C. WORSENCROFT. THI I TH SAVING THE LEGACY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF UTAH VETERAN PROJECT. TAPE No. IA-3. JCW: This is John Worsencroft. I'm sitting down with Michael Schoenfeld. It is August 31 and it's about 6:30 in the evening. Mike, why don't you just go ahead and introduce yourself and start out with where you were born. If you could spell your name for the transcriptionist and then we'll go from there. MS: My name is Michael Schoenfeld [spells name]. Born and raised in Utah. I was actually born up in Ogden and I grew up in the city of Roy, which just sits southwest of Ogden, up near Hill Air Force Base. Pretty much spent my entire life there until the age of eighteen. Interest in the Marine Corps came really through my father, who was a thirty-year plus veteran of the Marine Corps Reserve; retired sergeant major out of the Marine Corps Reserve. My parents didn't really know I was going to join the Marine Corps when I did. It was coming close to graduation from high school. The recruiter called me up, I went in and enlisted, came home and told my parents what I had done. My mom asked, "What are you going to do for summer?" I said, "Well, I've enlisted in the Marine Corps" (laughs). My dad said, "Well, I hope you know what you've gotten yourself into." That's about all he had to say. JCW: When you were growing up, was it important to you to join the Marine Corps. Was it something you thought about as a kid? MS: It was just something I always knew I would do. I don't ever recall actually thinking about doing it. In fact, when the recruiter, when I was a junior, the Navy 1 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz883z/1029399 |
