| 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 38 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031128 |
| OCR Text |
Show MORGAN HALL 1 R 2009 what was going on. But it didn't miss by much. If it wa ab tt r hot it w uld ha landed right on top of the building. But it kind of clipped by me and clipped th back sid of the building. JCW: What was it? MH: I believe it was a RPG. Then the lights just went out. It was like everything was a shade of gray. Everything went bright light, then it went real dark, then everything went to shades of gray. I didn't say anything because I was scared that other people were already seriously injured and I thought it best to kind of just sit down and feign exhaustion or something like that, I think. That's how I felt about that. The next day after everything kind of. .. oh, the air support finally came like an hour after it was called, because I remember just something in the distance lighting up and there was just a huge shockwave of pressure [unclear final segment -25:36]. The next morning my vision still wasn't back, but I could make out shapes, kind of, because everything was gray, but I saw movement. So we walked for quite a while. JCW: Just around in the town? MH: Yeah, I think we were walking back to kind of where we came from, I think. That's kind of where the combat for our unit ended. So we all grouped up in an air wing base, because there were pictures of helicopters on the wall, people told me. I kind of just stuck to myself, not wanting to cause attention to the fact that I couldn't see very well. I felt kind of bad because I'd be on guard duty at night and not be able to see anything at all, so I was zero help. While I was on guard duty, I was talking to my fire squad leader, Corporal Durham, and just to get it off my chest told him, "I can't see anything." I'm 38 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww9krv/1031128 |
