| Title |
Brent Huff, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, October 20, 2009: Saving the Legacy tape no. IA-15, 17 |
| Alternative Title |
Brent Huff, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Huff, Brent |
| Contributor |
Worsencroft, John C., 1981-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2009-10-20 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Kuwait; Iraq |
| Subject |
Huff, Brent--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (64 pages) of an interview by John C. Worsencroft with Brent Huff on October 20, 2009. From tape numbers IA-15 and IA-17 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Huff was born in West Valley City, Utah. He discusses his family, growing up and schooling. He joined the Marine Reserves, went to boot camp, and trained as an infantryman. He was called up for active duty shortly after September 11, 2001. His unit was sent to California for a year of training before being sent to Kuwait, then later Baghdad. He discusses the experiences and conditions there. He relates his combat experiences, missions and activities. He also talks about returning home and continuing his reserve activities, relating various training missions and other activities. He completed his enlistment in the Marines, and got a degree in philosophy from the University of Utah before joining the Army. Interviewed by John C. Worsencroft. 64 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
64 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/s64f3ss6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Iraq War (2003-2011) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034332 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3ss6 |
| Title |
Page 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034295 |
| OCR Text |
Show Br nt Huff nake relea ing all its venom. So that guy was dead. I remember having that feeling. I didn't fire on the vehicle because there was no reason to and I wasn't eager to shoot another human being that I didn't need to. I remember questioning it afterwards, too, like if that person really needed to die. Or if some of the axioms that we live by, like one hot one kill or only shoot to kill, and I thought maybe it would be better to shoot it in the engine block or shoot one in the air to let the guy know that we seriously wanted him to stop instead of keep coming. And they said they found money and papers in there that indicated that he'd been paid by local Ba'ath Party workers, or representatives or something to test our lines, which may or may not be true. It probably is; he had a lot of money so something was happening. But you never know, I guess. So that was, again, we'd been in a firefight, we'd shot, but that was the first time I'd say that you knew that we, at least as a collective group, had just killed someone. That person was definitely dead. So that was kind of an interesting thing to be a part of. I later definitely [unclear] some of the axioms, because I saw the opposite in a later firefight. I really got it on the other firefight that I did see the civilian who was going to run out in the road and someone fired a warning shot. They turned like a bunny and ran back inside. I thought, wow, there are other uses for shooting a bullet. But it's just one of those things like, a rifle's a rifle; you don't call it a gun. It's just one of those things that's like black and white in the military: you don't shoot unless you're trying to kill something. Of course, it's not true. It makes we wonder how many lives could be saved. Another thing that I realize is that when we were over there we told people to stop by putting our hand out in a flat gesture, which to us means stop. To them, I guess it means hello. What they do is actually put the back of their hand and kind of flick it and 28 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3ss6/1034295 |
