| Title |
Ernest A. Mettenet, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 22, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 665 |
| Alternative Title |
Ernest A. Mettenet, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Mettenet, Ernest A., 1925-2007 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Belgium; Germany |
| Subject |
Mettenet, Ernest A., 1925-2007--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American; Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Battle of the Bulge |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Ernest A. Mettenet on June 22, 2004. From tape number 665 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mettenet (b. 1925) enlisted in the army in June 1943, and was assigned to the 99th Infantry Division, 394th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, D Company (1st Army). He shipped for Europe in September 1944 and crossed the channel in October. His unit landed at LeHavre, then moved into Belgium. He describes his unit's actions, including participation in the Battle of the Bulge. In January 1945 he joined the 3rd Army when crossing the Remagen Bridge. He discusses the push through Germany and occupation duty after the war. He returned to the United States in January 1946 and was discharged as a First Sergeant. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 41 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
41 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/s6nw1m97 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Hürtgen Forest, Battle of (Germany : 1944); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034656 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw1m97 |
| Title |
Page 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034642 |
| OCR Text |
Show RN T A. M TTENET J 22 2004 an xperience I reflect back on fondly. I went on to get my d gr in ci il and ch m.i al eng1neenng. I had occasion to work one summer. I applied for jobs posted at Dupont ompany and Hercules in my junior year of college. Hercules said, "We'd like to have you come on." This was the summer of 1946. I did get an offer from Dupont, but I didn't want to work for the paint company so I decided to go with Hercules. I ended up in the drawing room as a draftsman and errand boy. A week after I hired on, they had a very bad explosion in Kenvil, New Jersey, at a nitroglycerine plant. They lost two or three lives. They needed somebody to help restoration of the area because they were making a lot of money with nitroglycerine at that time. So I ended up my summer working in Kenvil. I'll never forget. This is really the reason I cast my lot with Hercules. We were out there. It wasT-shirt weather, no shirt weather, and we were surveying. We were getting ready to reestablish some of the things that had been destroyed. The chief engineer was there on the site this one day. I was out there, of course, in suntans, surveyor boots and no shirt. I was getting a little sun. Here came Ray Wheelock. He was big. He was a big guy, a big man with the job he had. He was kind of walking towards me. I peeked up from the end of the surveyor's transit. I thought, "I'm going to get my tail chewed out." I had no shirt. He said, "Mettenet, we're a little surprised at the contribution you're making. I'd like to tell you that as of the first of the month, last month"-you started off at 195 dollars a month" we're going to give you the starting rate of incoming engineers of 295 dollars a month." I thought, "This is my company." 28 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw1m97/1034642 |
