| Title |
James R. Kohles Sr., Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, August 25, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 706 |
| Alternative Title |
James R. Kohles Sr., Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Kohles, James R., 1920-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-08-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Belgium; Germany |
| Subject |
Kohles, James R., 1920-2010--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; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (68 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with James R. Kohles Sr., on August 25, 2004. From tape number 706 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Kohles (b. 1920) was drafted into the army in December 1942. After basic training at Camp Houze, Texas, he was assigned to the 8th Army, 84th Infantry Division, 335 Regiment, Company A. He landed on Utah Beach on D-Day plus 5. He describes his experiences while crossing France, the Ardennes, Rhineland, central Europe, and Germany. Discharged in March 1946, he received the following citations: Silver Star, Good Conduct, and the Belgian with Palm. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 68 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
68 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/s65t5nm5 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034193 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t5nm5 |
| Title |
Page 53 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034177 |
| OCR Text |
Show J M R. KOHLE , R. 2 ,200 a few minutes we weren't on the runway and we weren tin the air. We w r out in a field. So he said, "We'll try to get a mechanic and see what's wrong with this one plane." The other two had taken off. So they waited a little while and the pilot and copilot looked it all over. He couldn't find anything and he said, "We can't get a mechanic out here. He said, "All that's game-if you're afraid, go on back to the Center-all the rest of you get your butts on the plane and let's go." So we got on and away we went. Then we got down there. Of course, we didn't have to worry about any officers. There were only a couple of officers around that kind of took care of the area. We didn't have to wear complete uniforms. You could go without a blouse and not even a tie. We were down there and sightseeing. We saw where they made that Taboo Perfume and different places. Anyway, that woman wanted me to get her some more perfume and I got the colonel to give me some French exchange money when I took him into Mulhausen. I went around a few of the stores there. I think it cost me, I think it was seventy or eighty bucks worth. It was a little higher than it had been. I apologized to her and sent her the best I could find based on what I'd learned from that one kid. So I shipped them to her. They had us on currency control books. So every time you got paid. If you went and bought certain things, it went in the book. [Editor's note: The Allies strictly controlled how much money the soldiers in the Army of occupation could acquire and spend in an effort to prevent government issued supply items being stolen or bought and sold at a profit onto the black market and to inhibit other types of illicit activities.] So anyway, I shipped it home to her. She wrote to me quite often. She wrote me a letter and said, "Well, do you want me to send you a check or something to pay for this? How much was it. I just wrote back and told her, "Never mind. If I come home, we'll settle it. I don't 53 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t5nm5/1034177 |
