| Title |
Max Eugene Harding, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 4, 2006: Saving the Legacy tape no. 757 |
| Alternative Title |
Max Eugene Harding, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Harding, Max Eugene, 1925-2012 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-03-04 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
New Caledonia; Philippines; Hawaii |
| Subject |
Harding, Max Eugene, 1925-2012--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 |
| Keywords |
Warehouses |
| Description |
Transcript (43 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Max Eugene Harding on March 4, 2006. From tape number 757 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Harding (b. 1925) was born in Provo, Utah. He discusses growing up on a farm, and his education. He was drafted in 1943, attended basic training, and was shipped to Noumea, New Caledonia, where he worked in a warehouse. He was also assigned to a post in the Philippines, where he was wounded and evacuated to Guam, then Hawaii. After his recovery he was assigned as an MP in the motor pool. After his discharge in 1945, Harding worked for Sears Roebuck for thirty-five years. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 43 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
43 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/s6059j08 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029516 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6059j08 |
| Title |
Page 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029493 |
| OCR Text |
Show M E H RDI G BE : This wa all on Okinawa thi part? MAX: Yes, this was on Okinawa. H 4 2 06 BEC: So you ended up staying in the hospital area for ten days becau e your fu d t get on those trucks? MAX: Well, I didn't want to. I don't know if I refused. I said, "I 'm not ready. ' o they went along with it. I wasn't a surly guy. I was easy to get along with and was helpful in anything I could do. BEC: So then after ten days, you rejoined your unit? MAX: I joined my unit. BEC: They were still on the front line? MAX: No, it so happened that during that time, we'd gotten a lot of new replacements again. So we got more people from Utah and Idaho, more Mormon boys like you wouldn't believe. Our first sergeant was a Hawaiian from Maui, Sergeant Khalani. While I was up at the CP tent, there was a GI truck that went up there and out came a lone soldier. He had a rucksack on his back and big full pack and his rifle and he started coming. I didn't have anything to do. I didn't have an assignment so I just went down there and said, "Let me take that pack, soldier." He gave it to me and I asked, "Where are you from, soldier." He said, "Provo, Utah." I didn't know him but I dropped his pack down and said, "You can't be. So am I." I got back up to the CP tent and brought him in and introduced him to Sergeant Khalani. He had his papers of where he was being assigned there. I said, "Is there a possibility that Preston Bushman can be in the same platoon that I'm in. I know of his family. I'd like to be with him." He'djust come off of his mission, had basic training almost as quick as I did and was shipped out. So we were 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6059j08/1029493 |
