| Title |
Harold S. Madsen, Pleasant Grove, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, September 6, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 530-532 |
| Alternative Title |
Harold S. Madsen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Madsen, Harold S. (Harold Stanley), 1926-2006 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-06 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Belgium; Germany; Czechoslovakia |
| Subject |
Madsen, Harold S. (Harold Stanley), 1926-2006--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (85 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Harold S. Madsen on September 6, 2002. From tape numbers 530, 531, and 532 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Madsen (b. 1926) discusses his childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was drafted into the army in August 1944 and received basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas. He was shipped to England and crossed the channel in an LST to Le Havre. In January 1945 he was assigned to the 3rd Army, 90th Infantry Division, 359th Infantry Regiment, B, in Belgium. Madsen describes his combat experience and his activities in post-war Europe. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 85 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
85 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/s689380j |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029831 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s689380j |
| Title |
Page 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029775 |
| OCR Text |
Show HAROLD . M D EN PT B R 6 20 2 HSM: I doubt that it was different divisions, because one division took up quit a br ad area. So I would suppose that we were all, that had come through on this train were going to the 90th Division. BB: That's when they assigned you to the 90th Division ... HSM: 359th Infantry Regiment, B Company. I remember being so annoyed at the officer who said, "They're sending us children now!" and he just cursed. I looked very young for my age, even though I had a little stubble (laughs), it really annoyed me. At any rate, that was it. This was in January. BB: And you were replacements, correct? HSM: Yes, we were replacements. And it was quite interesting because as we were going up on these trucks, there was a line of ambulances going the other way, a solid line of ambulances going the other way with their red cross on. One of my buddies said, "My gosh, it looks like it's just around trip. You just go up there and you're headed right back." BB: The 90th, they were pushed pretty heavily by the Bulge, were they not? Did you know? Did they lose a lot? HSM: That map, and I've got other booklets too put out by the 90th and the 3rd Army, so they'd been pushed way back. They had actually, as I understand it, had actually crossed through what we call the Dragon's Teeth, or the Siegfried, and had entered into Germany and they had been forced clear back beyond Luxembourg into Belgium and so forth. As we were going to the front lines, at one point they stopped just briefly and they said, "Bastogne is right over here. That's where that Colonel said 'nuts' to the general." That 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s689380j/1029775 |
