| 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 60 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035418 |
| OCR Text |
Show LAN W. LAYTON 29 2 00 got hot at during the war." Anyway, it wa beautiful the way the tran ition happ n d and I tarted hiring people who were loyal, that we trained and ucce brought on oth r ucce and the first thing I knew, I wa on a traveling circuit all over the US talking to contractors about how they were having union trouble , trike , hutting down job , ju t trouble. I went down to Arizona and here was Bob Saunt and all the union contractor itting right on the front row. I was telling them how simple it was. A lot of them started, initially, what they called double-breasted. They had a union company and a non-union company. They could do a job with the merit shop people if they could do it, or, if it had to be union, they used the other. As a result, I guess I went to .. .I was in California. I was back in Indianapolis. I was in Chicago, St. Louis. Of course, they picked up the tab. But it was a learning experience. Then, in 1985, my wife and I got called (by the LDS Church) to be the directors of this visitors' center in Oakland, California. While we were down there, I wrote a letter to my sons, who were running the company. I said, "If you'll do these five or six things, you'll always be successful." In that, I said, "Quality: Quality with not only with what you build but your relationships with people too. A satisfied customer is like putting out a salesman for referrals. Don't work for anybody who's not going to pay you. It will stress you out. I'm allergic to lawyers. We don't have a company lawyer. We're not going to sue people. If there's a disagreement, we'll resolve it. We're not going to get into some courtroom where the lawyers are going to make the money. The key: Pay your bills better than anybody in the industry." So when we'd bid a project, the carpenter, the plumber, the electrician, the bricklayer, they'll give us a better price than the contractor who'd hold their money. A lot of contractors will get a big draw and go down to Dean Witter or Merrill Lynch and invest it for a short time and let it earn money for them and 60 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g182wq/1035418 |
