| Title |
Douglas Woodford Hardy, Orem, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 29, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 672 |
| Alternative Title |
Douglas Woodford Hardy, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hardy, Douglas Woodford, 1918-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-29 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Sicily, Italy; Rome, Italy; Austria |
| Subject |
Hardy, Douglas Woodford, 1918-2010--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
ROTC |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Douglas Woodford Hardy on June 29, 2004. From tape number 672 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Hardy (b. 1918) talks about his schooling, graduation from the University of Utah in 1941 in Sociology, and his participation in ROTC. He enlisted in the army in June 1941 and was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, Headquarters Battery of the 39th Field Artillery Battalion. He details his experiences in Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, Sicily, and describes his brief tenure with the occupation forces in Austria. Discharged at the rank of Captain, he stayed in the reserves and retired as a Colonel after 32 years of service. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 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/s6tj0pq5 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American; Cassino, Battle of (Italy : 1944) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030521 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tj0pq5 |
| Title |
Page 4 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030491 |
| OCR Text |
Show DOUGLA WOODFORD HARDY JU 29,2004 Before that I'd been sent to Camp Ord after my junior year of ROT for a ixweek summer tour. [Editor's note: Six weeks of field training in a regular military camp was required of ROTC cadets during the summer following their junior year in order to receive a officer's commission when they graduated.] After I graduated and went into the service, I went to Fort Ord, it was then called, not Camp Ord. It became Fort Ord. It's near Monterey, California, and Salinas, California, right in that area. I enjoyed my tour there. I began to teach recruits how to march and how to do various things. I was assigned to be a mess officer among my other duties. That meant I had to sample the food that was being given to the military. I did sample it, although I probably took an extra amount on desserts because I've always liked desserts. So I was in the military at Fort Ord and then I decided that I would go to the field artillery school because I'd been in the field artillery during my school years at the University of Utah. So I knew I wanted to go to the main course of the field artillery at Fort Lawton, in Oklahoma. [Editor's note: Fort Lawton is in Seattle, Washington, on a peninsula overlooking Elliot Bay. Lawton, Oklahoma, is a town near Fort Sill. Both the town and the fort are namedfor Major-General Henry Ware Lawton. It is evident that Mr. Hardy is referring to the Lawton in Oklahoma. Fort Sill serves as home of the US. Army Field Artillery and the Field Artillery School.] When we were at Camp Ord, they had a bulletin come out because of the goings on in the Philippines. The Japanese had taken over the Philippines and the United States had a base in the Philippines. One tragic thing happened at that time. There was a bulletin that was put on the door of one of the places on the base. To be assigned to the Philippines, all you had to do was sign your name to the roster. A friend of mine signed the name of a friend of his and 4 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tj0pq5/1030491 |
