| 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 54 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032208 |
| OCR Text |
Show MAX B. GORDON March 15 2 2 MBG: I don't know whether it would have done or not, but it couldn't hav b en ah ck of a lot more worse. But I think it was that shelling day and night, day and night and it went on and went on. Like I say, I never did see a Japanese soldier to shoot at. BB: Always stuff from mortars or from artillery. MBG: Yes. Then after they released me from the hospital, I went back to my outfit and we were loading ships to move out to go to Japan, to invade Japan. BB: So you were back for field readiness? You were back to your outfit, actually? MBG: But we were loading ships ready to go to ... BB: Did you catch up on events of what had happened while you were in the hospital? MBG: I wasn't with the outfit long enough to find out anything. BB: I guess Okinawa is very famous for the suicides and the cliffs. Was that something that was pointed out to you? MBG: Well, that went on, I guess, wherever they were fighting; those suicide planes were getting into ships and stuff like that. But I don't know. Back there at the hospital, that's where they had the B-29s going out. BB: Right, back off ofTinian. MBG: I think that's where the B-29 went out to take the atomic bomb. BB: That's right. MBG: I seen those planes come back in with maybe two motors bringing them in, maybe one motor. It was hell. I was there just nineteen days. BB: Oh, just nineteen days total? MBG: Yes, I was lucky. 53 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08930/1032208 |
