| Title |
Todd P. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, August 5, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 695 |
| Alternative Title |
Todd P. Smith, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Smith, Todd P., 1919- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-08-05 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany |
| Subject |
Smith, Todd P., 1919- --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; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (29 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Todd P. Smith on August 5, 2004. From tape number 695 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Smith (b. 1919) grew up in Iowa, where he dropped out of school to join the Civilian Conservation Corps. He enlisted in the army in April 1942 and was assigned to the 90th Infantry Division, Company M. He trained in Nebraska, Texas, Louisiana, and the Mojave Desert. Landed at Utah Beach after D-Day and traveled across France into Germany. His job at regimental headquarters was filling out reports of soldiers missing, wounded, and killed. He was discharged in October 1945. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 29 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
29 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/s6wd62mw |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034124 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd62mw |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034114 |
| OCR Text |
Show TODDP. MITH 5 2004 years, I'd have said, 'No, I don't think so." My wife said "We 11 probably go to alt Lake and stay there for a couple of years and then come back to Omaha. We didn t. We've been very happy here. Things have worked out well. My wife doesn't work now. She doesn't have to. As I say, she makes more money than I do. END OF SIDE A BEC: Okay, we're back. So you're enjoying retirement? TOD: Has this been interesting to you? BEC: Absolutely. I'd like to ask you a few questions if I may. TOD: Absolutely, you can. I'll take a sip of my coffee. BEC: So, in the Army, you had in your company the clerk duties and reports that you typed. Did you also handle any of the heavy weapons in your company? TOD: No, I didn't. I worked with them occasionally, but I can't say that I was a regular with them, although I knew about all the units and I'd qualified on the mortars and machine guns and the whole bit. As a matter of fact, I qualified on all the things, even truck driving. I could have handled myself on a truck or whatever. I was glad to have those trucks. They were all right. I didn't have to qualify on one to use it. BEC: So you didn't have responsibility for those mortars or machine guns during combat? TOD: No, but I could have at any moment. If they'd said, "Get on that truck," that's where I'd have gone. A lot of our boys are gone now. I was thinking yesterday, we were 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd62mw/1034114 |
