| 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 57 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034323 |
| OCR Text |
Show Brent Huff r 2 09 company and I think the command was, honestly I think they were kind f butt hurt because they didn't have any control over everything o they just took off and did their own thing. So we were able to train the way we wanted to train on the range and it wa cool, because I had a lot of younger Marines that I could tell had never really done ranges or things maybe the way they should or effectively. They came and told me that. "I've never been able to fire like that." "I've never been allowed to use my weapon like that." It was really cool. The course the Israelis taught us was awesome, the time we had to ourselves was awesome. At some point the command had control of us again and then that was drama. I think that was actually when, for me, I kind of just started getting sick of the unit and deciding I wasn't going to stick around. JCW: Why's that? BH: Well, a couple of tent sessions with the first sergeant where he has to take an hour to basically make you his friend, because you're not going to tell him, "No, I don't agree with what you're saying." You just listen to him talk for an hour, waiting for him to stop talking and then tell you how you should run your platoon. It was ridiculous. I remember before we even went to Israel, me and Walker, the two platoon sergeants at the time, we were told that if we had the chance to go to sergeant's course, that we had to go to sergeant's course over going to Israel. I'm all about going to sergeant's course, but not over going and training with the guys that I might be deploying with, especially when I'm in command of it. I thought, if you choose to do that you won't be able to reenlist. [unclear] said, "Okay, then." I'd rather be prepared to deploy with my guys and not reenlist then just start .. .if I'm at the point where I have to worry about my career over 56 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3ss6/1034323 |
