| 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 71 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030055 |
| OCR Text |
Show FREDERICK T. BAIRD T 2 02 BB: It' intere ting that tho e thing in Berlin carried over all that tim from wh n y u were there o long ago, and only recently have finally begun to be re olv d. The r t f the world moved on but that part stayed frozen in time. So you finally drew enough points to draw your orders? By then was it purely off the point ystem? FTE: Not necessarily. They still had work there that they wanted us to do. They wanted us to finish up what we was doing so the government could operate. BB: But your half-track crew had already gone home? FTE: Oh, yes. I was working with new people. They were trained in different kind of things. On my service record, I had where I was working clerical, it was called. So they put me in that kind of work after the war. That why it was called the 39th Machine Records Unit, because that's what I did. BB: So it was finally your tum to go home? FTE: Well, we had an opportunity to go to a school, in Weinsteffen. It was kind of a training school that they had there. It was a six-week school there. So I said, "Sure, I'd like to go to school, go over there." So I went and did that. We had a chance while we was there to go on a leave to Paris. All this time, we wasn't staying right there in Munich, Munchen all the time. So I went to Paris and visited. I went to Switzerland. We went up over the Alps and down into Italy. After this summer, I don't know a country in Europe that I haven't been in. I've been in every state in the United States and all of the countries in Europe. BB: Were you eager to get home? FTE: Yes, I got home on, I think it was, May 10, 1946. When they discharged me, they finally sent me to Fort Douglas, I got discharge papers from the Air Force (Corps) and from the Army. So I have an invitation to visit-a card they gave me-to visit all of the 71 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64q9x2g/1030055 |
