Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Trump, Orval
Record ID:
2007.1.160
Interviewer:
Smith, Eugene
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR (GR Retirement Center)
Transcriptionist:
Pilling, Heather
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Diesel engineering, serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II where the LST he was stationed on was torpedoed, subsequent injuries, growing up in Elgin, OR, and working for Bernal Hug, Sr.

The first interview took place on June 18, 2002

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Audio:
People:
Hug, Bernal
Kiddle, Mr.
Ray, Shorty
Trump, Fred
Trump, Grace
Trump, Jonah
Trump, Orval Willard
Tucker, Turley
Subjects:
Alfalfa
Authors
Baseball
Basketball
Books
Cabins
Cattle
Coaches
Cows
Dairy farming
Farms
Fences
Great Depression
History
Homes
Homesteading
Houses
Logging
Machinery
Mail
Milking
Mills
Newspapers
Pioneers
Plays
Radio
Railroads
Referees
Restaurants
Reunions
Sailors
Sawmills
Schools
Sheep
Snow
Sports
Surgery
Teams
Trains
U.S. Navy
Uniforms
Veterans
Wagons
World War II
Writing
Search Terms:
"Four Seasons"
Alice Chalmers International
Amphibious force
Baker, OR
Battleships
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Chandler Ranch
China Mary's
Columbia River
Creosote
Dielsel engineering
Diesel locomotives
Elgin High School
Elgin history
Elgin Opera House
Elgin, OR
Enterprise Days
Enterprise, OR
Flour Mill
Fresno
Grange Hall
H.F. Reed Lumber Company
Holsteins
Hot Rock Park
Hug Ranch
Imbler, OR
Injury
Iowa State College
Island City, OR
John Day, OR
John Deere
Joseph, OR
La Grande, OR
Labor Unions
LST
Marbles
Milk bottles
Model A
Model T Ford
Montgomery Ward
Parts and Service Manager
Pendleton, OR
Portland Rose
Promise, OR
Social Security
South Dakota
Steelies
Summerville Cemetery
Sunday School
The Elgin Recorder
The Observer
Torpedo
Union County history
Union Pacific
Union, OR
Veteran's Administration
Walla Walla, WA
Wallowa County
Yakima, WA
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