| 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 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032186 |
| OCR Text |
Show MAX B. GORDON March 15, 2002 MBG: Just equipment. Training was over with. Training was ov r with. W ju t pr par d to go overseas. At Fort Laughton I was there, it wasn t quite a we k. Then we load d onto a brand new ship. It was brand new and new crew and everything. eemed like wherever I went I was pulling KP duty. They put me on KP and on this brand new ship a new crew, and headed for Hawaii. They left at night. The next morning they had hot cakes, bacon, eggs, greasy stuff. I was so sick. They fed me so many oranges and soda crackers. I didn't think I'd ever look at another orange or soda cracker. They kept me on that line. These guys would come through the line in their hard hats in one hand and their mess gear in the other. They didn't know whether they was going to eat or whether they was going to heave. It happened a lot of times. One fellow that I'm not sure whether he was in boot camp with me or not, Jim Gee, just lives up the street from me here. I'd gone to school with him. It was eight days it took us to get to Hawaii and he never got off the boat when he got there. He was so dehydrated they thought they was going to lose him. They took him up, put him on a plane, had him in a hospital, put him on a plane. BB: But where you were standing, you kept doing your ... MBG: Yes, I had to do it. BB: Did that change? Did it still make you wish that you'd joined the Navy (laughs). MBG: (laughs) I don't know. I didn't think about it too much because I made the choice. I didn't regret it too bad. I knew the war was going to happen. BB: Did you ever get over your seasickness? MBG: Oh, yes, by the time I got to Hawaii, I could ride anything. It didn't bother me. When we was in Hawaii, and it was just a short time, then we shipped out from Hawaii. BB: Were you on a base in Hawaii? Did they let you off at all? 31 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08930/1032186 |
