| Title |
Donaldson B. Robbins, Midvale, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 8, 2006: Saving the Legacy tape no. 761 |
| Alternative Title |
Donaldson B. Robbins, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Robbins, Donaldson B., 1921-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-07-08 |
| 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 |
Robbins, Donaldson B., 1921-2013--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944--Personal narratives, American; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Battle of the Bulge |
| Description |
Transcript (36 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Donaldson B. Robbins on July 8, 2006. Part of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Robbins (b. 1921) graduated from the University of Utah (where he was in the ROTC program) in 1943 and was sent to OCS in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was assigned to the 83rd Infantry Division, 908th Field Artillery Battalion, as a forward observer. He provides a detailed description of his duties and experiences. He received both a Bronze and Silver Star. Following the war he served in occupied Czechoslovakia until November 1945 when he was sent to Reims, France.Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 36 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
36 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/s6wh4s4k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American; Ardennes, Battle of the (1944-1945); Hürtgen Forest, Battle of (Germany : 1944) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035657 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wh4s4k |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035639 |
| OCR Text |
Show DONALD 0 B. ROBBIN J LY 8, 2006 They d just lower their guns and start firing. They d just keep a rapid fire going out and that would keep the Germans in their foxholes out there pinned down. They'd run right over them. I was with the company commander. These guys were all out on the sides here. We were actually behind the tanks so we were pretty well shielded, but the company just went right on through the forest and took prisoners. I had a little Kodak camera and I was taking pictures because I didn't have a job to do. I've got pictures of that marching fire. Guys would get the Germans crawling out of their holes and stuff. It was amazing. BET: Don, where were you when that plane came down by you and you saw that? DON: That was after the Huertgen Forest. Our unit was sent up to Maastricht, Holland or Belgium for some river-crossing training. While we were there the planes came over, This was probably about December 17. The German's had launched what came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944). We were in place. It turned out that we were up on the north side of the Bulge. We had been on the south side of the Bulge when we were in place with the Third Army. So when this Bulge came, they attached us to this English Army Group [Editor 's note: General Dwight D. Eisenhower commander of SHAEF controlled Five Army Groups in the ETO, the Twenty-first Army Group, the Fifteenth Army Group, the Twelfth Army Group, the Sixth Army Group, and the First Army Group. Twelfth Army Group, under Bradley, controlled the 1. 3 million men of the American First, Third, Ninth and Fifteenth Armies. At the time of the Battle of the Bulge, the Eighty-third Division was in one of the corps in First Army. When the Germans drove their wedge into the US lines, the First Army of the Twelfth Army Group north of the Bulge was cut off from the US Twelfth Army Group command south of the 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wh4s4k/1035639 |
