| 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 39 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018123 |
| OCR Text |
Show FRANKLIN E. WALKER 0 TOB R 26, 2000 BEN: How many pounds could you carry? FRA: Oh, a lot of pounds. The two torpedoes that you could carry, and I d ay that that was, they're probably 1200 pounds a piece, and I think probably a total of 2000 pounds in bombs,(but not at the same time). BEN: And these were night missions, usually? FRA: Yeah. BEN: Would you be alone on these? FRA: Yeah. They were, as I said, there were fifteen planes in each squadron. Each night, five of them would go up. And we would all go to different areas, and different directions that we were assigned. We covered the whole area where the Japanese were trying to operate. We gave them a really bad time. It states in the book (Black Cat Raiders of WWII by Richard C. Knott) that our squadron sunk something like 100,000 tons in Japanese shipping. We didn't get very much publicity, because the PBY squadrons weren't necessarily too-well liked back in Washington, and they didn't give us much to work with, or as much publicity. But as I said, our squadron got the Presidential Unit Citation for our work out there. BEN: Did - was that pretty much the reasoning behind what you were doing, do you think? Harassment tactics? FRA: Well, MacArthur wanted to get to the Philippines. In fact, that was his goal. In fact, he felt that was the way to end the war. He had a plan of jumping from one base to another. Our job was to be sure that the Japs couldn't resupply these bases that they had 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp9453/1018123 |
