| 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 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018114 |
| OCR Text |
Show FRANKLIN E. WALKER 0 TOB R 26 2000 and fixed it like a drag, so we wouldn't go so fast. When the corvette came out th skipper couldn't catch the plane! They were going to try to pull it back to shore, because it has a' snubbing post,' they call it, on the front of the Catalina, and you can hook it up to -we tied it to the buoys. He was going to put a rope on that "snubbing post" and try to tow it back to shore. When the corvette skipper went to drag this rope that he needed to put on the post, he couldn't go fast enough to catch the drifting Catalina, and so he decided he'd go around behind and drag the rope across the front. I was out in a whale boat with some guys from the ship, trying to manipulate this line, and the skipper didn't go back far enough, and the PB Y drifted up against the side of the corvette. Of course, the sea was really rough, and it broke the tail off of the PBY, and it was starting to ship water! So the guys that were still on the PBY had to get out in a raft, and we all got out and got in the whale boat, and went to go back aboard this destroyer escort, because the plane sank. We lost the plane out there, the PBY. I was in the back end of this whale boat, and when they went to pull it out of the water, the waves lifted it up! The guy in the front of the whale boat caught the hook, but I had about a foot gap in the back, and I couldn't reach it! So when the wave came down, everyone fell on top of me down at the bottom end of the whale boat! And then the wave went up again, and finally I got it hooked and we got aboard. And then we went back to the shore. BEN: So, were you on the catalina when it hit the boat? 28 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp9453/1018114 |
