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10th Mountain Division Oral History Collection
Call number: OH227
Interviewer(s): Georgianna Contiguglia
Interviewee(s): Phillip Lunday
Date of interview: October 11, 1993
One-sentence summary of interview topics: Lunday discusses military training and his job as an engineer on the frontlines in Italy.
Major geographic locations discussed: Billings, MT; Fort Douglas, UT; Camp Fannin, Camp Hale, Camp Swift, Leghorn (Livorno, Italy); Naples; Linea Gotica; Mount Belvedere; Gaggio Montano; Riva Ridge
Key names discussed: Joe Perrault
Interview covers these post-war dates: N/A
Part 1 (47:07)
00:20 Contiguglia – Introductions by interviewer
00:44 Lunday – Growing up in Montana and how he became interested in skiing
01:40 Lunday – Building ski lift in Red Lodge, Montana
02:32 (Technical difficulties)
03:36 Lunday – Continues talking about ski lift and skiing in Montana
05:12 Lunday – Working in Yellowstone National Park as desk clerk and truck driver during war and fighting forest fires
07:23 Lunday – Attended one year of college at Montana State and met the head of ski patrol in Bozeman
09:00 Lunday – Drafted and sent to Fort Douglas, Utah and Camp Fannin for ASTP program and infantry training
12:00 Lunday – Basic training in Leonard Wood, Missouri for engineering
15:07 Lunday – Camp Swift and D Company in 1944
19:14 Lunday – Mules in Camp Swift
20:40 Lunday – Mentions Joe Perrault and other friends in company
21:25 Lunday – Taking the troop train to Camp Patrick Henry in Virginia and crossing the Atlantic on a troop transport ship 2
27:14 Lunday – Arrived in Naples
29:30 Lunday – Took a freighter up to Leghorn (Livorno, Italy)
31:19 Lunday – Moved to the front lines
34:15 Lunday – Moving to Linea Gotica at the foot of Mount Belvedere in the middle of German forces and building a tramway on Riva Ridge
41:00 Lunday – Described his job as an engineer
Part 2 (4:07)
00:00 Lunday – Push in Gaggio Montano
02:33 (Technical difficulties)
02:48 Lunday – Taskforce Duff
03:05 (Technical difficulties)
03:28 Lunday – Jobs of engineers
Object Description
| Call Number | OH227-2018-1445 |
| Title | Philip A. Lunday oral history |
| Creator | Lunday, Philip A. |
| Contributor | Contiguglia, Georgianna |
| Date | October 11, 1993 |
| Transcriber | Schmid, Keli L., 1972- |
| Donor | Georgianna Contiguglia |
| Summary | Discusses being drafted, going through 2 basic trainings and serving on various bases before being trained as a mechanic and being transferred to the 10th Mountain Division. He was assigned to D Company of the 126th Engineers, which functioned to support the infantry. He landed in Naples in January and went to Pisa. It was his duty to maintain the tramway engines. He says the biggest problem was the trucks having flat tires because of the shrapnel on the roads. He also tells a story of a tractor driver that accidentally backed his vehicle off a cliff while trying to evade German artillery fire. The driver jumped and survived. He did not have the winter and mountain training of many of the 10th Mountain troops, so his experience is different from many others. |
| Description | 1 photograph, 2 audio files (51:14), 1 index |
| Is Part Of | OH227. Philip A. Lunday oral history; 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection |
| Type of Material | Oral histories |
| Content Type | Sound |
| Subject | Lunday, Philip A.--Interviews; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th--Archival resources; United States. Army. Engineer Battalion, 126th. Company D; Ski troops; American. Soldiers--United States--Interviews; Ski troops--Interviews |
| Format-Medium | Audio |
| Source | Cassette tapes held by Denver Public Library |
| Rights Contact Information | Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org. |
| Reproduction Available for Purchase | Yes (digital reproduction) |
| Related Material | Philip Lunday papers: http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=645154; More information about this photograph: http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16079coll36/id/2018 |
| Notes | This oral history was digitized as part of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant project. |
Description
| Title | Index |
| Description | 2 pages |
| Full-Text | 1 10th Mountain Division Oral History Collection Call number: OH227 Interviewer(s): Georgianna Contiguglia Interviewee(s): Phillip Lunday Date of interview: October 11, 1993 One-sentence summary of interview topics: Lunday discusses military training and his job as an engineer on the frontlines in Italy. Major geographic locations discussed: Billings, MT; Fort Douglas, UT; Camp Fannin, Camp Hale, Camp Swift, Leghorn (Livorno, Italy); Naples; Linea Gotica; Mount Belvedere; Gaggio Montano; Riva Ridge Key names discussed: Joe Perrault Interview covers these post-war dates: N/A Part 1 (47:07) 00:20 Contiguglia – Introductions by interviewer 00:44 Lunday – Growing up in Montana and how he became interested in skiing 01:40 Lunday – Building ski lift in Red Lodge, Montana 02:32 (Technical difficulties) 03:36 Lunday – Continues talking about ski lift and skiing in Montana 05:12 Lunday – Working in Yellowstone National Park as desk clerk and truck driver during war and fighting forest fires 07:23 Lunday – Attended one year of college at Montana State and met the head of ski patrol in Bozeman 09:00 Lunday – Drafted and sent to Fort Douglas, Utah and Camp Fannin for ASTP program and infantry training 12:00 Lunday – Basic training in Leonard Wood, Missouri for engineering 15:07 Lunday – Camp Swift and D Company in 1944 19:14 Lunday – Mules in Camp Swift 20:40 Lunday – Mentions Joe Perrault and other friends in company 21:25 Lunday – Taking the troop train to Camp Patrick Henry in Virginia and crossing the Atlantic on a troop transport ship 2 27:14 Lunday – Arrived in Naples 29:30 Lunday – Took a freighter up to Leghorn (Livorno, Italy) 31:19 Lunday – Moved to the front lines 34:15 Lunday – Moving to Linea Gotica at the foot of Mount Belvedere in the middle of German forces and building a tramway on Riva Ridge 41:00 Lunday – Described his job as an engineer Part 2 (4:07) 00:00 Lunday – Push in Gaggio Montano 02:33 (Technical difficulties) 02:48 Lunday – Taskforce Duff 03:05 (Technical difficulties) 03:28 Lunday – Jobs of engineers |
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