| Title |
Frederick T. Baird, Provo, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, August 30, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 528 & 527 |
| Alternative Title |
Frederick T. Baird, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Baird, Frederick T., 1924- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-08-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany |
| Subject |
Baird, Frederick T., 1924- --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 |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; Marines |
| Description |
Transcript (81 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Frederick T. Baird on August 30, 2002. From tape numbers 322 and 333 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Baird (b. 1924) describes his childhood and life on a Utah farm. After enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1943 and receiving basic training in Texas, he was assigned to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, as a records clerk, then to Columbus, Mississippi. During December 1944, he was reassigned to the infantry for European duty and shipped eventually near Aachen, Germany, for combat with the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, operating from a half-track. He discusses his combat experiences. At the end of the war, was assigned occupation duty in Munich, where he returned to records management with the 39th Machine Records Unit. He was discharged in 1946. Mr. Baird worked thirty-four years for Geneva Steel before retiring in 1984. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 81 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
81 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/s64q9x2g |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030066 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64q9x2g |
| Title |
Page 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030002 |
| OCR Text |
Show name and addre . " I aid, "Well, that' kind of you but I'm going hom . H aid, ' How can you say that?" I aid, "I ju t know." He aid, ' How can you know th t aft r what we're going through here?'' I aid, "I'm going home and have a family.' 'Okay. ' BB: He ended up making it too though, right? FTE: He did. I've visited him several times since up in Idaho. BB: Did you leave with a patriarchal blessing? FTE: Yes. BB: Did you carry that with you? FTE: No, there wasn't much we could actually carry with us. If fact, later on, after we were married about eleven months later, when I got home from a furlough, the LDS temple president told me that under the circumstances, they didn't even want us to wear our temple garments. We always wore complete military garb on the inside and the outside. Even the time I got married, I went in with my Air Corps uniform on. BB: They didn't have the military drab ones (temple garments) then the way they do now, I guess? FTE: No, it was different then. BB: How quickly did you become accustomed to military life? I guess coming from Payson, a smaller town out here in the southwest, and suddenly you were lumped together with people from all over, that must have been quite a transition. FTE: I didn't see it as such. I just went with the flow and was glad to find some other people of our faith. We found some civilians there who were members of the LDS Church. A couple of us servicemen who were members would go meet with them when we could. We'd hold services, particularly when we were in Columbu , Mississippi. BB: You were in Texas for basic. Do you remember the name of the place? 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64q9x2g/1030002 |
