| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030010 |
| OCR Text |
Show FREDERICK T. BAIRD T 0 2002 reception." So we had the reception and then the next day, we opened all of our Christmas gifts, four or five days early. Then I kissed my bride of two or three day goodbye and went and crawled on the train. I said, "I hope I'll ee you again ometime." BB: You obviously hadn't anticipated this. You were expecting to have three week . FTE: Yes, I'll say. We were going to have a honeymoon after we were married and be happy, but I was gone. I got into Kansas City and visited my older brother, Robert, overnight. BB: How was that? How did your wife take that? FTE: Well, it was a sad thing. It was a bad thing. There was nothing we could do about it. BB: Everybody respected the orders that were cut. FTE: Yes, I just had to go, period. I kissed her goodbye and left. My brother was stationed in Kansas City, in the Air Corps there. BB: If I may ask, why did you decide to get married at that time? FTE: I wasn't in combat and everything was going along smoothly and I was in a headquarters company down in Columbus, Mississippi. BB: As far as you could tell, you were going to stay stateside for the duration? FTE: Yes, I didn't have anything to worry about. So when I got the furlough I didn't anticipate any problems. BB: Okay, so you got back on the train, on about the 21st, then? FTE: It was about the 22nct, because we'd stayed the next night for our reception. The next morning I got on the train. It was sometime about the 22nct or 23rct. I got to Kansas City and I knew my brother was there. By the time I got there it was almost Christmas Eve. So I looked him up and stayed with him about one day. 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64q9x2g/1030010 |
