| Title |
Delmar J. Dudley, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, May 17, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 227 |
| Alternative Title |
Delmar Dudley, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Dudley, Delmar, 1921-2011 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-05-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Wisconsin, United States |
| Subject |
Dudley, Delmar, 1921-2011--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Aviation mechanics (Persons)--Biography |
| Keywords |
308th Bomb Wing |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Delmar J. Dudley on May 17, 2001. This is from tape number 227 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Dudley (b. 1921) served in the Army Air Corps. He was an airplane mechanic and flight engineer, assigned to the 308th Bomb Wing. He was born in Wisconsin and discusses his early years at some length. He was stationed at Luzon in the Philippine Islands. 41 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
41 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| 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/s67h3hsh |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Aviation mechanics (Persons) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018084 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h3hsh |
| Title |
Page 14 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018054 |
| OCR Text |
Show M J.D L hina? DEL: No. I don't remember anything about that. WIN: As you were going through high school what were your a pirations a education? 7 a furth r DEL: Well, I planned-because my two sisters had gone to college to become school teachers-I thought, well I'll go to college at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. That was my plan. WIN: You didn't have aspirations to continue the family farm? DEL: No, no. WIN: Did you have a plan as to what you would major in, and what your life work would be at that time? 1 DEL: Well, I thought I would like to be an engineer. The thing being, that I was mechanically inclined. I did a lot of building things, and a lot of carpentry things, and just everything because I had a natural talent for that type of thing. So I just thought in my mind, well, I want to become an engineer. Anyway, that was my aspiration at the time. WIN: Sure. DEL: So I graduated in '39, and worked the farm that summer. Then, in the fall, I went to the University of Wisconsin at Madison. I forgot to mention, when we were talking about the war and the things that were going on, that even the last years of high school-! had to get permission from the parents-I joined the National Guard because I knew some fellows that belonged to it. It was quite a thing for some of the high school students to be in-in their last year of high school-the National Guard. So I did. I 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h3hsh/1018054 |
