| 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 54 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033507 |
| OCR Text |
Show MARK L. ABBOTT BB: Was anyone wounded onboard your AmTrac? MLA: I don't think on ours. There was Japanese around there. BB: Could you see them actually? MLA: Yes, we went right past some of them. They was on the sides. PRI BB: I can't imagine a beach assault, what that's even all about. Do you have any memories of that actually? Or is it like a big blur when that comes in? 2001 MLA: Yes, I know one guy wanted to shoot and I told him don't shoot. I didn't know who was over there, outside of. .. anyway, it was over to the side, side shots. He raised his up. I said, "Don't do that right now." But we did, we went right on in and up next to ... BB: Yes, you were assigned Red Three, I guess? MLA: We went right in through here and went clear up to right here [ referring to map]. Wait a minute. It seems like it's farther out. BB: This is where it says you ended up that first day, right there. MLA: Well, that's where they did, but we was up a little farther. This says three eight. BB: This one's two eight. MLA: Okay. I was right close to the pier going in, I'll tell you that. BB: That's probably you right there, like they show you two eight first and then ... MLA: Okay, oh, three eight coming later. Yes, but we could look across. I think this is a block house there, I'm not sure. Right to the comer of that is a big old shell hole over about thirty feet. It must have been from a battleship or a bomb, and it was thirty feet across, then five or six feet deep, just in the sand. We was right up next to that. I spent quite a lot of time right in there, shooting across. There was emplacements over here, looking out this way. Japanese was moving across there and we stayed in that hole and 53 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h9jc6/1033507 |
