| 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 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018119 |
| OCR Text |
Show FRANKLIN E. WALKER 0 TOB R 26 2000 FRA: The side glass 'blisters." Oh, that s it, there were three gunners, I think! h r a gun in the nose, too! BEN: Nose, yeah. FRA: That was ten, and I think that was where the ten came from. BEN: And the navigators would be - where would they be located? Behind the pilots? FRA: Yeah, behind the pilots - there' s a navigation table there and the radio was also behind the pilot. BEN: Okay, so you had a radio man and a navigator? FRA: Yeah. Well, there were two radio men. We had radar and radio, and they'd trade off. One work radar, and the other one radio. BEN: Okay. And then you said, the beginning of September, or late September? FRA: Yeah, around early September- if I looked it up, I could tell you exactly - we went up north to a place called Woendi, off of the north coast of New Guinea. BEN: Windy or Wendy? FRA: Woendi. W-0-E-N-D-I. A little island off of the coast ofNew Guinea. BEN: And was there a base established there already? FRA: Yeah, kind of a base. It wasn't very fancy. We lived in tents, and shower was a bag of sea water. BEN: How big was the island? FRA: Oh, I'd estimate about eight square miles, something like that. BEN: And was there a lot of military activity on that island, or just your base? 33 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp9453/1018119 |
