Harold D. Collipriest, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah

Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Harold D. Collipriest on June 10, 2000. This is from tape number 61 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History ProjectCollipriest (b. 1926) was raised in Salt Lake City by his widowed mother. He had an older brother who was a pilot in the Navy. Collipriest was drafted in 1944 and sent to Manila. Shortly after he arrived there, his brother was killed in action. As the last surviving son of a family, he was no longer eligible for combat duty and so remained in Manila as a member of General Baker's staff. Collipriest's godfather was an aide to General MacArthur, and he relates some personal anecdotes about the General. After the war, Collipriest stayed in the Air Force Reserve and retired as a Colonel 39 pages