| 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 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018106 |
| OCR Text |
Show FRANKLIN E. WALKER BEN: So you got your orders. How long were you at Alameda? FRA: Not very long, just a few weeks. BEN: So you're waiting orders to actually ship out? FRA: Yeah. BEN: Were you nervous about going over to ... FRA: Nah. BEN: Into the combat theatre? FRA: No, I didn't worry. BEN: Then did you get shipped out as a group, or individually? 0 TOB R 26 2000 FRA: As a group, and actually it was something like three thousand poor Army guys on this ship- they were down in the holds! They had bunks, just like stretchers - seven high! In the holds and these guys would almost have their noses on the next guy's bottom! And there were about thirty officers (pilots), and about twenty nurses on board. And, I hate to admit, that we were doing dances up on the deck, and we lived in very nice quarters. Actually, it was really kind of good. And the very last day, when we were getting off at the port in New Guinea, I looked down one of these ladders where these guys were, and I saw a guy down there who lived in the same neighborhood that I did, and he'd spent all this time down in - he was one of these soldiers - down in the bottom of the boat. BEN: Did you actually talk to him, or did you just recognize him? FRA: For a minute, yeah, I told him, we were just leaving, but I told him I was so sorry 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp9453/1018106 |
