| Title |
Morgan Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, October 1, 2009: Saving the Legacy tape no. IA-8, 11 |
| Alternative Title |
Morgan Hall, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hall, Morgan, 1981- |
| Contributor |
Worsencroft, John C., 1981-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2009-10-01 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Kuwait; Iraq |
| Subject |
Hall, Morgan, 1981- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Marine Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (46 pages) of an interview by John C. Worsencroft with Morgan Hall on October 1, 2009. From tape number IA-8 and 11 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Morgan (b. 1981) grew up in rural Utah. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and served with Fox Company 2/23. In response to September 11, 2001, Morgan's unit was called to active duty and served in California as part of a Quick Reaction Force, Operation Noble Eagle, and Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002. In 2003, his unit was reactivated and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Morgan discusses his six years in the Marine Corps and the difficulties in transitioning back to civilian life after combat. Morgan is the recipient of the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained in combat in Baghdad, Iraq. Interviewed by John C. Worsencroft. 46 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
46 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/s6ww9krv |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Iraq War (2003-2011) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031137 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww9krv |
| Title |
Page 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031126 |
| OCR Text |
Show MORGA HALL 1 R2 was actually quite ghastly. He goes down and the corpsmen attend t him th b t th y could. I remember looking at the corpsman and saying ' there s no way. H [corp man] wasn't a big guy and the guy that got hit, Vadonya, was bigger than most. o I ran up to Sergeant Spencer, because he's a big boy in great shape. I'm like, 'They're probably going to need someone to carry him out." There was another guy in weapons platoon, Corporal Reeves, a Samoan kid. So I ran up there and got him and those two both ... Reeves was a SMAW gunner, or something like that. So I'm carrying two rifles, a pistol, a SMAW and-I don't know what it's called-while they're packing him. They'd run probably a hundred feet and then trade, and a hundred feet and trade, and the corpsman's trying to give him IV on the run. It was actually quite impressive that you can give someone an IV on the run. But I started looking back and seeing blood all over Sergeant Spencer's front from carrying him. Someone else was running beside him with a helmet full of brains and it was pretty gross. But they got him out and I believe someone else went out with him. Someone got shot in the leg or broke an ankle or took shrapnel or something like that. I took over the radio for the company commander. I was kind of like second in line of radio people in my platoon, so I just kind of said I can carry it. I wasn't really confident in my radio skills, but I knew that the company commander was. JCW: What do you mean you didn't feel like you were confident in your radio skills? MH: I obviously didn't foresee the radio man going down and me having to step up into that role. All the classes I took, I never ... it's kind of like calculus. You understand the concepts, but you kind of blow it off because it doesn't seem imperative. So I wasn't real confident, but I was willing to try. So I was following behind and I just remember 36 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww9krv/1031126 |
