| 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 48 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034314 |
| OCR Text |
Show Brent Huff r 2009 think a lot of times people just don't understand the humor; they ju t think wow, thi gu really is psychotic or something. JCW: But do you think it's healthy to do that? BH: Sure. I think humor is, it's one way of dealing with things; it's one way of talking about things. For me, I don't, honestly I don't have a huge guilt association with whatever. I feel like for me I was half asleep and just so motivated to be doing the Marine thing when I was there. Chris is a guy that was older and I think more aware while we were over there, and he definitely has some bad memories and some bad feelings. I don't know how, I'm not saying necessarily that one person's recollection is even more accurate, because I've talked to some people and I'm not sure that all the things that they say, it's just that they were seeing things that I didn't see. But some people do seem to be more affected or they saw things or are convinced they saw things that they feel pretty guilty about. JCW: Do you feel like you're waiting for the other shoe to drop, though? That eventually this not being able to deal with it is going to catch up to you? BH: Oh, no, I don't feel like, I really do feel like some people just have more to deal with. I don't think that everyone, because they were there, necessarily recorded things the same way or eventually are going to have to. I just really feel like, less things. I'm not saying that I was dissociated while I was there, that I'm just repressing some things. Some things just really weren't that significant to me when I was there, so I don't feel like they're there to deal with. Some things are. I definitely have overall some things I disagree with and sometimes I feel like I'm maybe a part of something that I don't want to be a part of. But overall it was a good experience for me. Like, it's kind of one of those 47 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3ss6/1034314 |
