| Title |
Donald Dewey Stout, Brigham City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 5, 2005: Saving the Legacy tape no. 719 |
| Alternative Title |
Donald Dewey Stout, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Stout, Donald Dewey, 1922-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2005-03-05 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Belgium; Germany |
| Subject |
Stout, Donald Dewey, 1922-2013--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (53 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Donald Dewey Stout on March 5, 2005. From tape number 719 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Stout was born on October 5, 1922, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He discusses his childhood and the Depression. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1943, where he was involved in ROTC. He enlisted in the Army and graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944. After artillery training he went overseas with the 9th Armored Division, Combat Command A in January 1945. He entered combat in Belgium and participated in the battle at Remagen. After a period as a forward observer with the 16th Armored Field Artillery, he served occupation duty in Germany until transferred back to the states. He was discharged in March 1946 and stayed in the Reserves. He was called up during the Korean conflict and served for two years in Germany. As a civilian, he worked for the military. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 53 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
53 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/s65q6z4z |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031578 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q6z4z |
| Title |
Page 43 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031567 |
| OCR Text |
Show DONALD DEWEY TOUT R H 2005 eptember the ih the war was ended in Japan. So they gave m anoth r four day 1 av and gave me orders. They shipped me to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. o by th tim got there I was assigned to the battalion who was going to go over there and fight. We were there for about a month and they said, well because we're not going to go to Japan, our outfit was being disbanded. So they put me in the Second Army and made me an assistant adjutant. So I started writing orders. This colonel liked me but they had a lieutenant who didn't like me because he hadn't been overseas. It was all those badges that I had. So the colonel tried to get me to stay in. He said, "Boy we need young officers like you. You have a college degree and this and that." He tried to talk me into staying. So then they started worrying about points and stuff like that. So like I say, this was October, November, December and January and February. About in February, the colonel came in and said, he was swearing and cussing and saying, "I can't stand this miserable Army. I'm going to get out." BEC: Really? DON: Yes, he said, "You're young and smart. I should have been listening to you instead of trying to talk you into staying." So he got out the same time I did, about in March of '46. I went back to Fort Douglas and got out. I stayed in the Reserves. Then I got called in the Korean War and when that was over I got out. I didn't want to be on call for the next war, which was in the next couple of years, the Vietnam War. I wasn't there, ha, ha. I was still pretty young at that time. So that's my little short war story. BEC: When you got out in '46, you came back to Salt Lake. What did you do then? Did you start working? 43 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q6z4z/1031567 |
