| 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 79 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030175 |
| OCR Text |
Show ALBERTO GUZMAN February 10,2006 And the Germans still had them taverns, you know, with beer. Boy they loved that beer! It tastes like shit, you know that? JAS: Yeah, it's awful. ALB: I couldn't ever drink it! But they could drink it, you know. And we're going maybe in a little bar, we run into a bar, and buy a drink for the whole bunch of people in there. Old people mostly and civilians, yeah. And that's why they liked us so much, because we were nice to them, you know. We used to tell them we were just looking for the Nazis, you know. "You know where any Nazi lives, let us know- we'll go get him." And that was our job, you know, to protect that little town, just like about the size of Riverton. To protect that whole town. And we'd go out on patrol, you know. Four hours at a time, eight hours off, you know. We'd patrol for four hours. And it was pretty nice. All of a sudden, I got notice that I'm coming home! JAS: When was this? ALB: I can't remember the date, but they told us- me and a couple of guys that were with me- that we're coming home. So from Germany we fly to Marseilles, France. And we stayed there two days. Then we catched a boat there and went home. I landed in Massachusetts, United States. JAS: How long was the boat ride? ALB: About ten days. Some of our guys kissed the ground, you know. I was glad to be home in the United States again! I had been up there almost five years. I didn't see nothing 78 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz7bwt/1030175 |
