| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030513 |
| OCR Text |
Show DO L WOODFORD HARDY J 29, 2004 Allies apture Rome." Here it was one of the three axi capitols. But N rmandy wa on everybody's mind at the time. I have to mention that Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt (Jr.) was my commander of this English American Unit, who'd been sent to the French. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt had been with the First and Second Divisions in North Africa before. He'd been in battle before. Then he was made the commander of our little unit. But he happened to know that Normandy was coming and he left our unit. I guess he got permission to and another colonel came in. Colonel Sweat came in, who was the worst commander I ever had, but that's something else. Teddy Roosevelt went back to England. He was involved in the Normandy Invasion and he was killed, not on the day of the invasion, but later on. He was a good soldier. He didn't mind going up to the front lines, which they didn't always do, but he did. What happened after Rome: I was with the Third Infantry Division and they decided, because I had been at Cassino and been in this battle and almost been killed like the British General by my side, that I should receive the French Legion of Honor. The major general conferred my Croix de Guerre on me. They really honored me. But when we got to Rome, this little French group decided I should have something special. They took me into this little place with six of us. Then they had a little farther away, six girls. One of them picked out a girl and off they went. The next one picked out a girl and off they went. They did that until there was only one girl left and me . .I knew what I was supposed to do, so I went to the girl and said, "I guess you're with me." She didn't speak English. I didn't speak Italian. I knew what I was supposed to do. I said a few words I knew of Italian and she knew a couple of words of English. It turned out that she hadn't 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tj0pq5/1030513 |
