| 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 52 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032206 |
| OCR Text |
Show MAX B. GORDON Mar h 15 2 02 temptation to go back to the States, but I didn t want to lose my ey . o th y k pt m m the hospital for about three months. BB: Just observing? MBG: It was my shooting eye. BB: If it wasn't your shooting eye, they'd have probably put you back. MBG: I'd have gone back because the other things, they didn't bother me too bad. Anyway, when I went back, I was only there with my outfit for just a short time. I think the laps had surrendered on Okinawa when I got back there. BB: Going back to having watched people all day trying to take that pillbox, and then it came your tum, do you recall thinking that that's it for you? Or did you think you might be able to make it. MBG: I didn't know. I was hoping, praying that I'd make it, but I'd watched these guys all day long and seen what was happening. I didn't know. Because the BAR man, boy, they pick them off in a hurry. They pick them off in a hurry. That's what I was carrying. BB: So you weren't pessimistic at the time? You weren't too fatalistic? You were still hoping you could make it? You didn't resign yourself that this is it? MBG: No. I didn't run the other way. I went in and done what I was supposed to do. Anyway, I stayed there. They kept me in convalescence, recuperating, and I got to see the island. Me and another guy would go out and hitchhike all over the island. We got to see the island, but they wouldn't let me go back to the outfit. BB: So you were there a couple of months and by that time, Okinawa had been taken? MBG: They surrendered. I got back there to my outfit and I seen some of the guys, especially this young kid that he'd come in the same time that I had and I know he wasn't 51 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08930/1032206 |
