| 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 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030427 |
| OCR Text |
Show accounting. I bought the booze and had to go to Pu an tog tit - or nd m b dy d n - every month to pick up the booze. And it was actually ... But I didn't tend bar and he got a bouncer from- actually, he was from Michjgan a truck driver. I can't remember his name off hand but I never had a fight because he was sober, didn't drink, and he was a big guy and I djust be back doing the books and he 'd just simply say, "Would you like to walk out?" And they would walk out. And we were only open from 6:00 to 1 0:00 each night, not like a regular bar. JAS: Okay. LOW: But booze was cheap. JAS: Did you do very much drinking when you were there? LOW: Oh, no. I didn't do a lot. JAS: Oh, none? LOW: Well, I didn't say "I didn't do any." JAS: Most people drank quite a bit there? LOW: No, I won't say they did. JAS: Okay. LOW: They would do a lot of beer, but we kept control of it. They didn't do a lot of drinking, no. JAS: No. LOW: Booze was cheap. Like the booze- the charter, the charter of club said twenty cents a shot at thirteen shots a fifth (that's a double shot), but my bartenders didn't pour a double shot. We used to, I used to, they'd count the shots and I'd throw the - I had a safe there and I'd throw the rest of the money in the comer of the safe and about once a month |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp24v4/1030427 |
