| Title |
Max B. Gordon, Spanish Fork, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, March 15, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 508 and 509 |
| Alternative Title |
Max B. Gordon, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Gordon, Max B., 1919-2014 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Philippines; Okinawa, Japan; Korea |
| Subject |
Gordon, Max B., 1919-2014--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; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Geneva Steel |
| Description |
Transcript (68 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Max B. Gordon on March 15, 2002. From tape numbers 508 and 509 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Gordon (b. 1919) describes his life in Utah prior to being drafted in August 1944. He served on Okinawa briefly before being wounded and evacuated. Shortly after he returned to his unit the war ended. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 68 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
68 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/s6x08930 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032224 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08930 |
| Title |
Page 14 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032168 |
| OCR Text |
Show MAX B. GORDON March 15, 2 2 MBG: No I wasn't involved in it; I could have been but I wasn't. One f th m th guy that was running the machine, drilling, said, "Go down and get the powder and prim r . I had to go down- I don't know how far down- and then hoisted it up on an air tugger. He was still drilling when I left. When I got back, I could hear the machine going but I couldn't see him. A whole side of the drift had come in. He was still up there, didn t know anything had happened. But it was just room enough for him to crawl back up in there. Then we spent a lot of time cleaning that up, weeks. BB: So the tunnel between where you had been and where he was .. . MBG: Yes, slid in. It was kind ofa ... they called it a ... can't tell you. Anyway, silt, and it was like clay stuff slid off. Another time, a guy was a drilling and usually nothing stopped him until he got his allotted all drilled. And he did. If we stopped for dinner, he was still at that machine going and a drilling until he got done. This day we just got started and another guy that was working with me. He was working and stuff was falling down, and he said, "Come on over and sit, down, Gordon. Let's wait until that quits working." So we was sitting there and pretty quick, the guy that was at the drill and he came down. He quit and came down and the timber was about ten feet high and he was up three sets of timber. He come all the way down there and sit with us and tied his shoes. While he was sitting there, why this whole thing come down and it was just about pure lead. It come down and just mashed in the timbers like they were toothpicks. If he'd have stayed up there, why he'd a been right on the bottom. It was little things like that . .. BB: The danger factor kept getting worse. MBG: I didn't like it. 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08930/1032168 |
