| 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 62 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034328 |
| OCR Text |
Show Brent Huff things were going and he told me that over the Christmas break that thi kid ki lled himself, about the time they were going to deploy. I don 't understand. I a ume that ther things were going on in his life also. For some reason he wasn't going to be deploying with the unit and that might have played into it because whatever's going on with him psychologically that, I don't know how that happened. I'm sure that the guys I had picked out in the platoon that I felt like should have stepped up and were good at what they did, they knew their jobs, they knew their weapon, and they obviously had the ability to lead, but I doubt that they ever really took on the mantle. I doubt those things ever happened. I'm sure that the whole company got taken over more by the INI, which I understand why they do it, they have to when there's not a command structure within the unit. That's honestly, that's why they're on camp guard, too. Active duty at this point, I don't think they like to use Reservists. We had the chance to really be integrated, but in general I think Reserve units are not utilized in the same way and kind of for a good reason, some times (laughs). I hate to say that because we were so proud of ourselves as Reservists and a big part of that was just that we did spend actually, we were more active duty by the time we deployed than most active duty units. One year with the same command structure and actually living together in squad bays, we don't get that. But I've kind of had to eat my proud Reserve sayings, after doing UNITAS with a bunch of Reservists that you run into people that pull the wrong trigger on a 203, or just all kinds of stuff like that (laughs). I used to hate the INI because they were always taking over the command. Of course, as soon as we got back to the unit, that was the first thing I wanted to do. I think kind of did it pretty successfully for a while, was gotten them to 61 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3ss6/1034328 |
