| 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 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030416 |
| OCR Text |
Show October to come home so I had a short tour over in Korea really. I did a 1 t f dif[i r nt things over in Korea, though. JAS: How long had the war been going on when you got orders? LOW: Well, it started in - what was it? Late 49 was it or ' 50? It started in 49 or 50. But I did a lot of interesting things. One time when I was over there in Korea we - JAS: - Well, really quickly, what was it like getting over there? How did you get there? LOW: Well, I rode the boat over to Korea from Seattle - that was thirteen days- the Yokohama. And across Japan on - after we got re-outfitted, across Japan on one of those narrow gauge trains through Sasebo and a midnight ferry to Pusan and then got assigned to our units from Pusan. JAS: Did you have anybody who was going over there with you? LOW: No. JAS: Okay. LOW: I was- when you go to repo depot, you don't go over as a unit, you just go over as more or less ... I did know one other fellow that went over there with me, but he was from a different- or, from my outfit, the 973 rct, but a different company. I was from A company, he was from C company. I knew him vaguely, but in other words you go over there and you don't know anybody generally. JAS: And had you traveled very much before this? LOW: I'd been around the country a little bit, but not much. JAS: Never overseas, then. LOW: No, no. Never been overseas before. JAS: And what was Japan like? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp24v4/1030416 |
