| 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 50 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029795 |
| OCR Text |
Show HAROLD S. MADSEN PTEMB R 6 2002 Then we got to the top of the hill. We set up a perimeter in front and th n we had to put a perimeter behind. I was on the perimeter behind because they could easily circle around behind us. In fact, there was at one point in the night where an officer came, thinking he was coming to the rear, came toward us. He was almost to us when someone shot from the direction we had come. He high-tailed it. BB: So it wasn't just a pocket from the river banks, like this? HSM: It was like a double curve. One facing forward and one facing back toward the river from whence we had come, because the river was full of woods and we didn't know how many troops they had and whether they could come at us from behind as well. That wasn't a typical arrangement at all. BB: Were many people lost because of that mortar barrage? HSM: I'm guessing that there were. I didn't know because we left. There couldn't help but be because there was no place to hide, no swales. So I'm just confident that there were a number that were killed. BB: What keeps you going? That situation, like you described, you're relieved because they're above you, but they're still shooting at you. When you look at it now, the whole thing is pretty crazy. How do you continue in combat like that? What makes you even want to get in that boat? HSM: First of all, it made sense to get in the boat because they had the shore zeroed in and it was just exploding with shells, so when there'd be a little lull, and it wasn't for long, we would just ... we wanted to get in the water because we thought they're not going to be dropping shells into the water. BB: Is it adrenaline? 49 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s689380j/1029795 |
