| 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 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030431 |
| OCR Text |
Show Wh n I went over eas I grew a mu tach . Kind of a black mu ta h , th n. I passed for forty-five - I guess that s where I got some of these job : th y th ught I wa older than I was! JAS: Most of the kids - or, most of the soldiers - were pretty young? LOW: Well, I wouldn't say that. The group that I got drafted with, we were all older people when we got drafted so we were all - a lot of the guys that I got drafted with in 1950 were my same age. I was twenty-two. A lot of them had been in trades - which I had been in the trades, in electrical trades - and we had some of them that had quite a bit of education other than high school. I didn't have anything but high school, basically, then, but a lot of them had had quite a bit of education. So we had quite a group of people when I went into the engineers. Some pretty sharp guys and some pretty good mechanics - even some carpenters! We had a good variety of trades in the engineers. JAS: And did you ever see generals come through, or ... LOW: No. JAS: Okay. LOW: No, not really when I was there. They didn't. We were pretty well isolated where I was at. We were just a supply outfit. JAS: And summer is sort of winding down there in '52 and then what are your orders? LOW: Well, it wasn't ' 52 - you know, come October, and I'm due up for discharge. See, I was drafted - see, I was drafted in 1950 for eighteen months. JAS: Okay. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp24v4/1030431 |
