| Title |
Alan W. Layton, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, August 29, 2000: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 94 & 95 |
| Alternative Title |
Alan W. Layton, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Layton, Alan W., 1917-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-08-29 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Layton, Alan W., 1917-2009--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--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 |
Battle of the Bulge; POWs' |
| Description |
Transcript (65 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with Alan W. Layton on August 29, 2000. From tape numbers 94 and 95 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Layton (b. 1917) grew up in Oakley, Idaho. He discusses his early family life, schooling, jobs, and attending the University of Utah, where he participated in ROTC. He was called up to active duty and sent to Fort Ord, California, working on a survey crew. Assigned as a gunnery instructor at Fort Skill, Oklahoma, he joined the 770th Field Artillery Battalion. He entered combat at Brest, France, in late July 1944, and moved across France, Belgium, and to the German border. Injured by an exploding mine, he was evacuated to the States and eventually to Bushnell Hospital in Brigham City, Utah. He was separated from the Army in 1945, and subsequently started the Layton Construction Company. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 65 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
65 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/s6g182wq |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035424 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g182wq |
| Title |
Page 56 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035414 |
| OCR Text |
Show AL W. LAYTON WL: Y . They aid, You're not longer fit for military duty." a hundred p rcent total di ability. WPE: Really? AWL: Ye . It's on the forms. WPE: Well, you certainly weren't permanently disabled (laugh ). 29 2 it h w Okay, so you were out of the Army. I guess you wife was waiting for you or I guess she visited you quite often at Bushnell. AWL: The minute I arrived up there, she was there. During my stay at Bushnell, I was able to have some leaves. I had an uncle in Idaho, who was a fisherman out of the Teton or the Saint Anthony area. So I spent some time with him. Initially, he took me in every saloon, pool hall, business building in that Teton area and aid, "This is the guy who won the war." That was kind of fun. There was no better therapy than to be out on a fishing stream and catching fish. That was great rehabilitation time. WPE: So you got to fish up around the Teton area. Was that before they built the dam up there? AWL: That was before they built it. WPE: So in October you got released. Did you come back to Salt Lake? AWL: Well, we lived with my wife's parents, the Snelgroves, at 840 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City, right next to the store. WPE: Of Snelgrove's Ice Cream? AWL: Yes, they had a lovely big home there. We lived with them for a while. Then we got a duplex over on Seventeenth South. Then here came our family. WPE: Did you plan on going back and finishing your degree? 56 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g182wq/1035414 |
