| Title |
Lowell Elston, Finton, Michigan: an interview by Jason Hardy, August 23rd, 2005: Saving the legacy tape no. SL-746 |
| Alternative Title |
Lowell Elston, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Elston, Lowell, 1928- |
| Contributor |
Hardy, Jason; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2005-08-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Korea; Michigan, United States |
| Subject |
Elston, Lowell, 1928- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American; Military engineers--Biography |
| Keywords |
VFW; Veterans of Foreign Wars |
| Description |
Transcript (29 pages) of an interview by Jason Hardy with Lowell Elston on August 23rd, 2005. From tape number 746 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Elston (b. 1928) was drafted into the army in 1950 and trained with A Company of the 973re Army Engineers at Camp Carson before moving to Fort Riley to assist with flood cleanup. He was assigned to the 8206 Amphibious Training Command of the Army Engineers as an electrician. He was based in Pusan and oversaw operations at the NCO club. He was discharged at the rank of staff sergeant in 1952. Interviewed by Jason Hardy. 27 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
27 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/s6bp24v4 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Korean War (1950-1953); Military engineers |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030437 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp24v4 |
| Title |
Page 4 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030412 |
| OCR Text |
Show those CCC's ended up in the Army in World War II. That was ivilian onv r ati n Corps is what that meant. JAS: Was your father involved with any of that? LOW: No, my father, he was a farmer. JAS: Okay. So you probably had quite a few duties there on the farm, then? LOW: Oh, yeah! We had duties on the farm. JAS: Milking cows ... LOW: We had cows. I didn't do- I was more or less at school, young, putting up hay and stuff like that. JAS: Great. And when you were in high school, what sort of plans did you have for after high school? LOW: In high school we were - of course at Heartland we had a millionaire that did a lot of things. He was J. Robert Crouse and he, in fact, they still have the Wall of the Woods which is a Crouse owned, owned by the family. And he did a lot of the school, a lot for the music programs. We did a lot of music. And he fact, this Crouse, he was a millionaire and he actually paid for the - we had a library that was donated by him, the main library. The music hall, our little church made into a little music hall, we put on a lot of plays and stuff like that. JAS: Great. LOW: Heartland was really quite advanced along that line. JAS: Quite a few extracurricular activities. LOW: Yes, we had a lot of them. JAS: Great. Besides music, were there any others? Were you involved in sports, or ... |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp24v4/1030412 |
