| 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 73 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029818 |
| OCR Text |
Show HAROLD . MAD EN PT M R 6, 20 2 remember we were there for about a week it seemed to me. Then we left to b r assign d to various parts of Germany. I remember the Czech people the entire time we were there, so loving so overjoyed and so consumed with appreciation of love for us as liberators. I remember the day that we were to leave and the big trucks came rolling in and the Gis getting their packs ready and the townspeople were flooding around, little children and young ladies and older people were there. They had not much to offer, but it was lilac time. I never will forget it. The bushes were bursting lilacs. They were cutting the lilacs and they were coming up to all of us and they were putting lilacs on the little strap across here, they were putting lilacs up here and they were putting lilacs on the strap, putting lilacs on our packs. We were festooned with lilacs. I remember the smell and the people and they were weeping because we were leaving and we were their savior. We felt like crying because we loved them so much. It was lilac time. What a beautiful place. BB: How was the transition, especially right there, specifically right in those couple of days that you were there? How was the transition from kill or be killed and constant worry in that sense to having it over and then meeting people like that? Was there ... what's that like? One minute they're telling you your job is to take care of the enemy and the next minute it's over. HSM: There's such euphoria. BB: Could you actually tell it was over? Did it feel like it was over? HSM: It did, and yet it lingered for a long time, clear into my mission, which followed. We would be driving along in trucks, as we did, clear from Czechoslovakia over to, I don't remember where it was back then. I'd find myself watching the woods, watching 73 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s689380j/1029818 |
