| Title |
Alberto Guzman, Riverton, Utah: an interview by Jason Hardy, February 10th, 2006: Saving the legacy tape no. SL-754 & 755 |
| Alternative Title |
Alberto Guzman, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Guzman, Alberto, 1919-2006 |
| Contributor |
Hardy, Jason; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-02-10 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Morocco; Tunisia; France; Germany |
| Subject |
Guzman, Alberto, 1919-2006--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Casablanca; D-Day |
| Description |
Transcript (94 pages) of an interview by Jason Hardy with Alberto Guzman on February 10, 2006. From tape numbers 754 and 755 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Guzman (b. 1919) describes his childhood and going into the army, where he received his training at Camp Roberts and Fort Lewis, Washington. He served in North Africa, France, and Germany. Interviewed by Jason Hardy. 94 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
94 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/s6pz7bwt |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030192 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz7bwt |
| Title |
Page 38 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030134 |
| OCR Text |
Show ALBERTO GUZMAN JAS: Right. February 10 2006 ALB: He didn't want to go. He said, "I'll go fight for the United States." And they had a big fight over him. I don't know if they ever let him stay in the army or not. He was in the army, in our company, and he was smart. Boy! I don't know what ever happened. I didn't follow through what happened to him, but we liked him! JAS: He was a good guy? ALB: We liked him because he was good. Every time he went into practice a target with a machine gun, he gets the highest score, you know. But he was Japanese but he was in the United States army. I don't know what they done with him. JAS: Now, after Pearl Harbor, did people treat him differently? ALB: Yeah, sort of, after that. After that, they treat the Japanese- I think they treat them terrible because they pick them all up, you know, and put them in prison because they were Japs. Some of them, they never even knew what they were. You know, all they knew is that they were Japanese. And they picked them up and took them and put them in detention houses. I don't know if you heard about it: not long ago, about fifty years after that, they gave them pension. Some of them Japanese. JAS: I didn't hear about that. ALB: You didn't hear about that. It was on the news, where the United States decides they deserve something because they were American-Japanese, they didn't fight us and we put them into prison. And they were American born! Some of them. They should have done what they done to the colored people, you know, the black 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz7bwt/1030134 |
