| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030434 |
| OCR Text |
Show JA : Okay ur . When you g t back tat id r ally quickly what m d u w nt t get involved with the VFW? LOW: Well I knew I was eligible for the VFW when I got hom because I kn w what the eligibility was. But I didn t really get involved in it until 58 and it s just one of th s things: when you join something, if you' re going to be active in it they keep moving thi s. "Will you do this, will you do that?" And the first thing you know, you've grown into it. And I went on through and eventually- a little bit after I had got ... Well, I'd been working for GM and I was working second shift so I finally got on day shift and that's, I guess, when I got in the VFW. It was probably about '58- well, no, I signed up in '58 when I was on days for a few days and I actually didn't get involved in the VFW until about '63 or '64 when I actually got involved in it, though I'd been a member. And then I went through the post chairs, the district chairs and the county chairs and I ended up - and, of course, I was a state chaplain for nineteen years. JAS: Wow. LOW: So right now, I don't have any- I'm involved in the state on a- the state of Michigan has a Camp Trotter up by Newaygo and I'm involved on the Camp Trotter Committee, but my wife is, of course, the state press liaison, too. Her name is Pearl Elston. She was state president in ' 85, '86. And I retired from GM after thirty-five years. At the time of my retirement I was the plant engineer. I was an hourly electrician for eleven years and then I went up to master mechanics just as a basic engineer and kept on studying, of course. I didn't have a degree |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp24v4/1030434 |
