| Title |
Franklin E. Walker, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, October 26, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 161 and 162 |
| Alternative Title |
Franklin E. Walker, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Walker, Franklin E., 1921-2010 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-10-26 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
New Guinea; Australia; Indonesia; Philippines; Hawaii |
| Subject |
Walker, Franklin E., 1921-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (77 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Franklin E. Walker on October 26, 2000. This is from tape numbers 161 and 162 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Walker (b. 1921) grew up in Salt Lake City and attended a civilian pilot training prior to volunteering for service in the Navy after Pearl Harbor. He recalls his experiences in New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, and Hawaii. He also discusses his postwar years in Utah, Alaska, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Illinois, and California. 77 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
77 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/s6xp9453 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018164 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp9453 |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018087 |
| OCR Text |
Show MY NAME I BENJAMIN BAHLMANN AND TODAY I OCTOBER 26, 2000. WE'RE IN THE HOME OF FRANKLIN E. WALKER IN ALPINE, UTAH, A PART OF THE SAVING THE LEGACY PROJECT. BEN: Okay, I guess we' ll start with what year you were born and where. FRA: I was born in 1921 in Salt Lake City. BEN: When? FRA: August 15th, 1921. BEN: Okay. FRA: And I lived in East Millcreek, part of Salt Lake valley for about six years. And we moved - I went to school for a year at William Penn School, just off of Highland drive - and lived down there for a while. Then we moved to Park City, or not Park City, Park A venue in the southern part of Salt Lake, and I went to the William Penn School for a few years. Actually, there I graduated from the third to the fifth grade- I didn't go to the fourth. Went on back to East Millcreek, moved again to the same house that my mother was born in many years ago, and went to the same school she did in the sixth grade. I went to junior high school at Granite Junior High School, and then Granite High School. BEN: What were your parents doing? What was your father's occupation? FRA: My father was a school principal, and my mother was a housewife. There were six children in the family, I was the oldest. The youngest was also a Navy pilot who flew this airplane here, but he died very seriously, about not-quite a year ago. He was nearly sixty years old, and it's very sad. He almost was like a son to me because of his age, and I saw him a couple of times while we were both still in the Navy. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp9453/1018087 |
