| Title |
Roger Walker Oral History Interview |
| Creator |
Walker, Roger; Verdoia, Ken |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
1987 |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-12-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
City of Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788706/city-of-delta.html |
| Subject |
; Aviators; Central Utah Relocation Project; Pacific War, ca. 1931-1945; Utah State University; Internment camps; Race discrimination; United States. Navy; Utah State University; World War II; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives; Delta (Utah); Millard County (Utah); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah) |
| Description |
Oral History Interview by Ken Verdoia with Robert Walker. A resident of the Delta, Utah area, Mr. Walker served as a naval aviator during World War II, seeing extensive combat action in the South Pacific. He was decorated for valor in his mission against the Japanese. Returning to Delta at the end of the war, he worked at the Topaz site and participated in the dismantling of the camp after relocation had ended. |
| Collection Number and Name |
MSS B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
14 leaves |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Source |
Mss B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Scanning Technician |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pewm60 |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2592546 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pewm60 |
