| Title |
Mark L. Abbott, American Fork, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, April 5, 2001: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 383 - 385 |
| Alternative Title |
Mark L. Abbott, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Abbott, Mark L., 1923-2013 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-04-05 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
American Samoa; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands; Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Abbott, Mark L., 1923-2013--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; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Marine Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (106 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Mark L. Abbott on April 5, 2001. From tape numbers 383, 384, and 385 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Abbott (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in Sutherland, Utah. He joined the Marine Corps in November 194 and took basic training in California. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 8th Marines, 8th Regiment, E Company. He served in American Samoa and took part in battles on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian. He later became part of a combat training group at Camp Pendleton. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 106 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
106 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/s65h9jc6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Guadalcanal, Battle of (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033561 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h9jc6 |
| Title |
Page 52 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033505 |
| OCR Text |
Show MARK L. ABBOTT BB: This was the first one, though. Tarawa was the first assault? MLA: Assault, yes. The others was going in later on. BB: So at Tarawa, you ... PRIL 5 2001 MLA: Yes, it was the first time I really assaulted and that was the first time a defended atoll had been attacked. BB: Looking at the map, it doesn't look ... MLA: Not very big. BB: It's not impressive at all (laughs); it's such a small island. They said it's only twoand- a-half miles wide by eight hundred yards across. After the shelling, did you think that anything was even going to be there? MLA: No, we didn't. One of our officers, I kind of think it was Jim Crow ... BB: Yes, he's over the gth. MLA: Yes, he was the commanding officer, he wore a handlebar moustache. I don't know ifhe did at that time; I think he did. Anyway, I think it was him that said, he told us what was going to be thrown in, how many tons of bombers were going to come oversome of them didn't come, you know-and they're going to strafe so long and this and that. He says, "I don't know," he says, "whether there will be anybody left there or not." Something like that. "All you're going to have to do is have a piece of chalk and draw a circle and the other guy will have to bayonet it." He said, "That's not all. Of course there's always some silly jack ass that don't get the word." Anyway, somebody asked him later on, "Oh, I didn't say that." I don't know, they kind of kidded him about that. There was more than a few of them that didn't get the word. BB: So what do you remember then? Were you in an Am.Trac? 51 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h9jc6/1033505 |
