| 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 65 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029810 |
| OCR Text |
Show HAROLD .M DE p B R 6, 2 02 BB: What was the longest time they ever took you off the lin ? Did th y v r g1v y u a full break, a full R&R? HSM: No R&Rs, nothing like that. It would just be .. .I have a little five year diary, I could consult that. But my guess is that it was something like five days, something like that. BB: So you were up front quite a bit, then? Most of the time, basically? HSM: Right. But the interesting thing about that, and, oh, we had such wonderful, delightful, ridiculous stories about how they selected this pit of a pig pen for us to stay in. The rumor was they wanted us to enjoy the front lines and so they would bring us back and they'd freeze us to death at this sheep pen so we're just numb from the cold. So we're just anxious to get back on the front lines. What was I leading up to saying? BB: Back a while you were saying you were the best complainers. HSM: So they really complained about the chow, they complained about the weather, they complained about everything, they complained about officers, the ninety-day wonders, Patton. They would say Patton-he was famous, blood and guts Patton-they'd say it's his guts and our blood. And we'd complain about the places we stayed in. I don't think I was as much a complainer as others, but I loved the complaints because they were so creative. I was so wonderful being there. BB: You mentioned going into a city fighting. HSM: In Mainz in Bad Kreuznach. BB: That was pretty difficult then? Was it quite a different animal than fighting in the open like you were talking about? Or could you adapt pretty quickly to that too? Or was that even more nerve racking? 65 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s689380j/1029810 |
