| Title |
Bill T. Brooke, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, January 8, 2003: Saving the Legacy tape no. 558 |
| Alternative Title |
Bill T. Brooke, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Brooke, Bill T., 1920-2015 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-01-08 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany |
| Subject |
Brooke, Bill T., 1920-2015--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Bill T. Brooke on January 8, 2003. From tape number 558 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Brooke (b. 1920) was born in Beaver, Utah. He discusses his childhood and schooling years. He joined the Utah National Guard, 222nd Field Artillery Regiment on December 19, 1940. Called to active duty on March 3, 1941 (when activated, their unit became the 222nd Field Artillery Battalion, part of the 40th Infantry Division). Following the Pearl Harbor bombing, shipped to various temporary locations until assigned to the 739th Field Artillery Battalion. Received training at Camp Gordon, Georgia. They landed on Utah Beach in late June/early July 1944 and traveled to Germany as far as the Rhine River for the duration. He was discharged at Fort Douglas on October 16, 1945 having the rank of Sergeant Major. In civilian life, Mr. Brooke worked as a construction and location engineer. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 39 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
39 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/s6mw4k69 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034233 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw4k69 |
| Title |
Page 5 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034198 |
| OCR Text |
Show BILLT. BROOKE J R 8 200 up for one year). I decided that was the best place. I'd be around peopl I kn w. I d read a lot about what was going on in the world. I like history. I never did believ that we'd be gone for just a year. [Editor 's note: Congress passed and Roosevelt igned the peacetime draft law in the fall of 1940. The war had already been raging in Europe for a year, but this was still more than a year before the US entered the war. However, men began being drafted into the service and National Guard and Reserve Units were activated supposedly for a period of one year. The goal was to bring the puny prewar US Armed force up to a strength of a million men before fall of 1941. Mr. Brooke, who was prime draft age at the time, enlisted in the Second Battalion of the 222nd Field Artillery Regiment of the Utah National Guard voluntarily, before the US entered the war. Men who voluntarily enlisted had their choice of duty, within the limits of their abilities. Men who waited to be drafted didn't. When the US entered the war, the number of men into the services expanded twelve-fold and all the men like Mr. Brooke, who were already on active duty, had their enlistments extended for the duration.] BEC: Is that right? BIL: Yeah, I never did believe that because Hitler was running Europe and the Japanese were doing their thing. Australia was trying to control the Japanese, but they weren't big enough, and so I just never did believe that we were only going to be activated for just a year. BEC: When did you join up? BIL: December 19, 1940. Then we (Mr. Brooke's National Guard unit) went onto active duty on March 3, 1941. 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw4k69/1034198 |
