| Title |
Fred W. Standiford, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joel C. Calderon, 14 November 2001: Saving the Legacy tape no. 318 |
| Alternative Title |
Fred W. Standiford, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Standiford, Fred W., 1922-2009 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Calderon, Joel C. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-11-14 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Belgium; Philippines |
| Subject |
Standiford, Fred W., 1922-2009--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--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; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Engineering Maintenance Company; Heavy machinery maintenance |
| Description |
Transcript (20 pages) of an interview by Joel C. Calderon with Fred W. Standiford on November 14, 2001. From tape number 318 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Standiford (b. 1922) grew up in Salt LakeCity and was inducted into the army at Fort Douglas in 1942. He was assigned to the 1266th Combat Engineers and sent to Europe, where he as assigned to the 3rd Army, 523rd Maintenance Company, and provided maintenance on heavy equipment. After the war in Europe ended, he was sent to the Philippine Islands, where he remained until the war ended. He was discharge at Fort Douglas in February 1946. Interviewed by Joel C. Calderon. 20 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
20 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/s6w39zd0 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035572 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w39zd0 |
| Title |
Page 2 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035551 |
| OCR Text |
Show Fred W. tandiford 14 mbcr 20 1 THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WITH FRED W. TANDIFORD O OV MB R 14, 2001. THE INTERVIEWER IS JOEL C. CALDERON. THI I THE PROJ T "SAVING THE LEGACY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF UTAH' WORLD W R II VETERANS." TAPE No. 318. lJCC: Today is November 14, 2001. This is Joel Calderon for the American West Center. I'm here with Fred Standiford. Mr. Standiford can you please tell us a little about yourself. FWS: I was born in Salt Lake City in August of 1922 and went to high school here and just turned twenty years old when I was inducted into the armed forces at Fort Douglas, Utah. I did a lot of ROTC in school and thought I'd be transferred out to a combat unit, and immediately they put me in a military police unit at Fort Douglas and we protected the command center at Fort Douglas. The 9th Service Command headquarters had been moved from the Presidio at San Francisco to Fort Douglas. Then part of the time we rotated into the town patrol in Salt Lake City and for about a year-we also completed Army basic training-and during that time they transferred me and another military policeman to Nevada. They furnished us a staff car and credit cards on the service stations and we headquartered in Winnemucca, Nevada, and we would work with the FBI and people doing bad things, black market activity mostly, but we'd also be responsible for transferring prisoners who were picked up on the highway in all military units, Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines that were going AWOL and we'd put them in the local jail, the closest jail. And then we would sometimes transport them to Reno, Nevada, and then back again. I spent about six months in that activity and was called by our company commander from Fort Douglas who told me to get prepared to go overseas, being transferred out of that unit. 1 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w39zd0/1035551 |
