| Title |
Paul O. Huber, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, July 14, 2000 : Saving the Legacy tape nos. 69 and 70 |
| Alternative Title |
Paul O. Huber, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Huber, Paul O., 1915-2014 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-07-14 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco; Sicily, Italy;; France; Belgium; Germany; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Huber, Paul O., 1915-2014--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
D-Day; Battle of the Bulge; Nordhausen Concentration Camp |
| Description |
Transcript (51 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Paul O. Huber on July 14, 2000. From tape numbers 69 and 70 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Huber (b. 1915) recalls his boyhood in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah with a BS in mechanical engineering. He was involved in the ROTC program, and reported to active duty in January 1941. He was a field artillery anti-tank officer, serving in Tunisia, Sicily, Algeria-French Morocco, Normandy, Northern France, the Ardennes, Central Europe, and in the Rhineland. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 51 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
51 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/s66132cm |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035358 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66132cm |
| Title |
Page 11 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035317 |
| OCR Text |
Show PAUL 0. HUBER J 14 2000 farthest point in the northwest part of Salt Lake, so it was quite a commute to trav 1 that far. WIN: But it always pays to travel with the boss's daughter, doesn't it? PAU: It ended up that I married the boss's daughter. We got married in 1938. We'd just built a little home on Blaine A venue, just off of Seventeenth East and Seventeenth South. It was a little one-bedroom, nice home. In January of 1941, the day of my birthday, at about seven o'clock p.m., we were sitting in the living room and a knock came on the door and there was a telegram boy with a telegram for Paul Huber. I had no knowledge who it would be from. It was a complete surprise. I took it in the house and showed it to my wife. It said that I was to report to Washington, D.C., on active duty as soon as possible. So I went to Fort Douglas and saw the commander up there and said, "Listen, I can't wear my present uniform. How much time have I got?" He said, "Read what it says, 'Immediately."' I said, "Listen, I don't have money for a train fare." We had just built this little house and could barely make payments. So they arranged for my train fare to go back to Washington. I went there and reported to the general. I was supposed to go to Waco, Texas, on an assignment on a replacement center. I decided I had a couple of days, and I asked him what I was going to do. He said, "Well, there will be a psychologist to determine whether you will be put in the medical, the infantry, or whatever the set-up." Of course, there was no war at the time. I said, "Well, I am commissioned in artillery." They said, "Oh, oh. Let's see." So they called the field artillery head there in Washington and he said, "We need artillery. We are going to need all we can get." So he said, "Where do you 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66132cm/1035317 |
