| 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 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030137 |
| OCR Text |
Show ALBERTO GUZMAN February 10, 2006 And I used to hate Japanese cars, you know, because we fought Japan. But In v r fought the Japanese - I went to Europe, see. I fought in Europe all the time. I was up there for four years. JAS: How long were you in training at Fort Washington- or, Fort Lewis- for? ALB: At Fort Lewis, I don't know, I think we were there about not very long. JAS: Okay. ALB: Right after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor they started making preparations to send us out of there. It wasn't very long we left there and went to Free Port, Virginia. Newport, Virginia. JAS: Did you get there by train? ALB: Yeah. They were getting ready to load up boats; I understood- we didn't get too much information of that - I knew that we were at least fifteen or twenty (more than that, probably thirty or forty) ships they'd load up at Newport to go to Europe. Go up there. JAS: These are big ships, too. ALB: Yeah! They hold about 800 people, I mean troops, plus the crew, you know. And then they had to have a cruiser to fight the submarines. We lost a lot of ships going up there. JAS: Yeah. ALB: Because Germany was all over the ocean up there, you know, looking for us. Torpedoes, you know, go under the water, you know. We lost quite a few of them. Quite a few of them got hit by a torpedo. We got hit once when we invaded in North Africa, Casablanca. I seen a ship get hit. 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz7bwt/1030137 |
