| Title |
Donald E. Sutherland, Jerry E. Sutherland, Provo, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, October 19, 2000: Saving the Legacy tape no. 130-131 |
| Alternative Title |
Donald E. and Jerry E. Sutherland, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sutherland, Donald E., 1924-2003; Sutherland, Jerry E., 1924-2014 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-10-19 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Solomon Islands; Japan |
| Subject |
Sutherland, Donald E., 1924-2003--Interviews; Sutherland, Jerry E., 1924-2014--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (66 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with brothers Donald E. Sutherland and Jerry E. Sutherland on October 19, 2000. From tape numbers 130 and 131 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Donald Sutherland and his twin brother Jerry were born in 1924 in Sodus, New York. Shortly after their birth, they were brought to California, where they grew up. They discuss growing up and going to school during the Great Depression. They received their draft notifications on June 2, 1943 into the Army. They received basic training together at Camp Roberts, California. After basic training, Donald and Jerry split up and Donald went to Ft. Ord. Donald was sent to the Pacific as a combat replacement for units fighting on Guadalcanal (Americal Division). His unit, the 162 Infantry M Company, landed on Bougainville, Solomon Islands. He was involved in sustained combat in the Solomon Islands. After the Japanese surrender, his unit was sent to Japan. He returned home in 1945 and became a manufacturing engineer. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 66 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
66 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/s6cv6ks5 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032108 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cv6ks5 |
| Title |
Page 63 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032104 |
| OCR Text |
Show DO ALD E. A D JERRY . UTH RL D B R 19, 2 0 I think that I appreciate things more when I got out of th rvic th fr d m t do what you want, go into the type of education you want go into the type of work you want. Obviously in the military, during the wartime all that was shut out. o when I got back, when I saw the lights when I got into Seattle at nighttime, that was the most beautiful sight I've ever seen in my life. So it did affect me that way. When _[unclear]_ is taken away from you when you're in the battlefield for a year and a half, and like the food-you know this SP AM, the story about SP AM in the military? My mother wanted to please me so she asked me, she said, "What kind of meal would like to have." I said, "Oh, I haven't had SPAM for a long time." And she made SPAM for me that night. And I told her that was the worst thing she could have made. Anyway, I enjoy food. JES: I would say, the only way it kind of affected me a little bit is being in the war and getting the job done. I mean you went after the enemy, you got it over with and that was it. Today, I read quite a bit about politics-and I shouldn't; I should stay away from itbecause I see so many things happen in the world today. Not to start talking about politics, but I see right now where we're heading in the wrong direction. I think our country's going to be in trouble. Just a quick blurb, for instance. We give one country three billion dollars a year to build defense, Israel, for instance. And Israel is selling arms to China. We want to go in and protect Taiwan. So here we are, they're using the same weapons that could be used in defensive weapons against us that we gave to another country to build the weapons to sell to China. So to me, my mind I'm thinking, what are we doing? I'm used to a war that 63 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cv6ks5/1032104 |
