| 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 79 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033532 |
| OCR Text |
Show MARK L. ABBOTT PRI , 2001 squad crap out when the rest of them was moving. Anyway I can r m mb r that. h y were quite the bunch. BB: Any instances of people hitting their breaking point in combat? Does that come to mind? MLA: I don't remember anybody? BB: Did anyone just get up and run away, or did they have to be held down because they might cause injury to others? MLA: I can remember several scenes that I seen like that. I didn't know the people. There was one time a little American Indian, I can remember him, I think it was on Saipan, I'm not sure exactly where it was. It could have been Tinian. But here was a guy coming up the trail, a steep trail, and we was kind ofup on top. I think we was waiting to go down, if I remember right, to get into positions or something. I know we was standing there and here they come up the trail and this little Indian boy, he could have been an interpreter, I don't know, but he was an American Indian. This other guy was leading him by the hand and he was just sobbing, sobbing. Everybody said, well, that guy's cracked up. He cracked up. Oh, there were several other times when things like that happened, but I don't think it was frowned on too much. He just couldn't take it. As far as I know, people are different at different times. Sometimes they can accept the hardest things and other times they can't do it. You got to just roll with them. BB: So what do you think kept you from going over that, hitting that point? MLA: I don't know. Just too dumb, I guess. BB: Were you ever involved, was your platoon ever involved with hand-to-hand? Did you ever come in that close of combat with the Japanese ever? 78 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h9jc6/1033532 |
