| Title |
Felix S. Torres, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 25, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 669 |
| Alternative Title |
Felix S. Torres, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Torres, Felix S., 1926-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Belgium; Germany |
| Subject |
Torres, Felix S., 1926-2010--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American; Germany--History--1945-1955 |
| Keywords |
Battle of the Bulge; German Allied occupation |
| Description |
Transcript (30 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Felix S. Torres on June 25, 2004. From tape number 669 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Torres (b. 1926) was drafted in June 1944 and took basic training at Fort Carson, Colorado. He was shipped to Europe at the time of the "Bulge" as an artillery machine gunner in the 8th Infantry Division, 28th Infantry Regiment, Company H. Torres recalls his first battle in Hurtgen Forest and describes occupation duty in Berlin following the war. He was discharged in May 1946, and served in the reserves for twelve years.Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 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/s6rn59w5 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Hürtgen Forest, Battle of (Germany : 1944); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033410 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn59w5 |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033392 |
| OCR Text |
Show FELIX . TORRE J 25,2004 first day in combat, I thought I wasn't going to make it back out. You ju t hav that in mind. You tried not to think much about getting killed or anything like that. You just cope with it the best you can. After the war, I tried to forget all about it. It just drives you nuts if you kept thinking about it. BEC: So you're say that to survive mentally during that time, you just had to forget about getting out and figure fatalistically that you were gone anyway and not think about it and just do your job? FIL: Yes, you'd just do your job. BEC: And whatever happens, happens? FIL: Yes, that's about the way you feel about it. We lived in foxholes most of the time for all the five months I was there. They took us back on rests, once in a while to clean up, but not very often. When I first got there, it was so funny. They assigned me to this heavy weapons company in Germany. All the guys got introduced: the medic, they called Doc. The veteran's clothes were so wrinkled and dirty and we new guys came with clean clothes from staging areas. Then we saw all these guys that had been in combat for months, all saggy and all that. BEC: Right. I'll bet that was a little sobering, too, to see sort of a before and after combat comparison. FIL: Yes, it was. We didn't have anything but K-rations to eat either all the time we were there. We were fighting on the front line. Do you know what K-rations are? BEC: Are they the ones in the can or the box? 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn59w5/1033392 |
