| Title |
Esperanza and Gavino Aguayo, No. 2, Hispanic Oral Histories, Accn 1369 |
| Creator |
Aguayo, Esperanza, 1932-; Aguayo, Gavino |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Date |
1985-02-06 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Bingham, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Utah--Interviews; Aguayo, Esperanza, 1932- --Interviews; Aguayo, Gavnio--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Kennecott Copper Corporation; Emigration and immigration--Social aspects |
| Access Rights |
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| Keywords |
WWII; World War II |
| Description |
Transcript (102 pages) of part 2 of 2 of interviews by Leslie Kelen with Esperanza and Gavnio Aguayo, on February 6, 1985 and February 25, 1985. |
| Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 1369, Hispanic Oral Histories, 1984-1987 |
| Abstract |
The interview continues with Gavino's being drafted in 1943 at the age of eighteen and sent to New Zealand. He talks about combat in New Guinea and the Philippines, the behavior of conquered Japanese during occupation, and the condition of Japanese cities. Other topics covered include women working for Kennecott, postwar working conditions at the mine, unions and strikes, being evicted from company houses to make room for mine expansion, employment practices at Kennecott, Father Miersman, accidents and safety, family marriage customs, and Mormon religion and culture. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
123 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv46923 |
| 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/s60w0kgs |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans; World War (1939-1945); Kennecott Copper Corporation; Emigration and immigration--Social aspects |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893095 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
892985 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E&G Aguayo 3-4-85 s2:14 had had our equipment, you know, they -boy, I don't know - they were good soldiers. I thought a little dumb. Not dumb. But just the way they - like their attacks when everything was done. In the way they'd come at you when there wasn't no sense to it. That I think was dumb. When they decided to stay intheir holes, boy, then they were rough to get out. They were hard. They wouldn't come out. They wouldn't come out. L Mmm. GA I don't really know. I think the more. proably the biggest experience - the biggest thing that's ever happened to me and like I said, if you come back, it's all right. I guess. It's all right.· There'll never be nothing like it. And t:> JlI\e I think it was good. I learned an awful lot. Like I think I mentioned before~ I think ..... it taught me that - well, ther' s nobdy better, there's nothing - there's nobody thatsany better than you. You went through an experience. That nobody else has gone through, you know. And there's very few •.•.. I - I · ..... I think you learn alot about people. I - I try to explain .- to people about what I thought about the PhiB,ipino people-the way they suffered, the way they stood up to it. I've always admired them for that. I've always admired the Japanese for the way they could takelosing. I don't kno:w whether we could, like that. And)et_behave so - I don'I know what - how_you'd call it. The way they never bothered us. You know, when we landed in Japan . We \-s re already . loading on· ships when · _..., when 1hey declared peace. So we just kept - we just kept going. So we landed in Japan pretty soon after the way, after they declared the peace, because we were just about ready. Becuase I know we - we had our -- all |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs/892985 |
