| 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 70 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033523 |
| OCR Text |
Show MARK L. ABBOTT p , 2001 MLA: Yes it did for me mostly, usually. When you sitting waiting that s wh n it kill you. BB: But actually combat's fast? MLA: Yes. I seen a lot of people. People can raise above what you expect of them anybody can, I guess. If they have to they can fit in and do things that they never thought they could their selves. I seen where some people seemed to be real brave and valorous at times and other times they just don't have it. They're not too valiant at times, but next time they might be tigers, too. People, I don't think a person realizes what he's capable of, really, if he has to do it. I don't think he is under a lot of conditions. BB: Under combat conditions specifically, are there any instances that come to mind that you witnessed people doing things that, I don't know, to put a label on it, heroic- I don't know if that's the right. .. do you know what I'm trying to say? Did you ever see anybody kind of doing something that was pretty amazing that they did on any ... MLA: I think most of it was expected, what you should do, what should be done. That was mainly it. Of course, sometimes, just out of. .. well, because it should be done, you don't think about it. Go ahead and do it. A lot of those instances. BB: Do you remember any specific ... I mean, sometimes you hear stories of people going out there and retrieving someone, kind of going out of their way to help someone else out. MLA: Oh, yes, there was times. I know we had one older guy, seems like those older gentle guys, they was the guys that got to you when they got killed. We had one old guy there, his name was Cook and he was kind of the supply man. I don't know how old he was. We thought he was old. But he was a gentle guy, just nice. Asked him one day what 69 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h9jc6/1033523 |
