| Title |
Joseph M. Hebert, Salt Lake City., Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, April 4, 5, 11, and 18, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 9, 10, 11, and 12 |
| Alternative Title |
Joseph M. Hebert, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hebert, Joseph M., 1924- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-04-04; 2000-04-05; 2000-04-11; 2000-04-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Italy |
| Subject |
Hebert, Joseph M., 1924- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; B-24 bomber; Aerial gunner; Tuskegee Airmen; Colin Powell |
| Description |
Transcript (79 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Joseph M. Hebert on April 4, 5, 11, and 18, 2000. This is from tape numbers 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Hebert (b. 1924) was raised in Washington and Indiana. He was inducted into the Army Air Corps in February 1943 on "limited service." After basic training in Florida he was assigned to the 484th Bomb Group, where he met the rest of his crew--the pilot, copilot, navigator, and bombardier. Hebert was the aerial gunner, completing the crew of this B24 Liberator. He describes his training and overseas flight experiences including flying with the Tuskegee airmen. Other topics covered include his relationship with Colin Powell, flying out of Toretta Base in Italy, aircraft types and battle strategies, flak, bombing Ploesti, Major General Bill Keese, jet airplanes, and his postwar life. 79 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
79 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/s6gj1h6n |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018293 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1h6n |
| Title |
Page 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018234 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOSEPH H. HEBERT APRIL 11, 2000 Now the 484 th bomb group is ready to go overseas, and the group flies en masse to Lincoln, Nebraska, about a hundred miles, for staging. The empty bomb bays were fitted with, among other things, big plywood boxes. And we carried them filled with mail for military post offices overseas. They made other modifications to the planes to get them ready for combat and brought them up-to-date with all of the technical orders that had been issued subsequent to their manufacture. From Lincoln we flew to Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, stayed overnight, and refueled. Next we were to go to Port-au-Prince, Trinidad. We were told very specifically that we were not to stop at Puerto Rico. Since the group staff didn't have airplanes, but were ranking officers higher than the squadron officers, one of them flew with each crew as a passenger. We had a gentleman named Captain Oliver. He was quite an aficionado of rum. A lot is distilled in Puerto Rico, and one of the fanious brands is Ronrico. The plane developed a magical problem that necessitated us landing in San Juan. We loaded case upon case ofRonrico rum on the plane, which we took to Italy. We had secret orders when we left Palm Beach. Each pilot observed them after takeoff, and that's how we knew we were going to Italy. But we didn't know where. We took the southern route to Africa. The next day we took off with our load ofRonrico rum and headed for Trinidad. WIN: Was it just your plane or was it the whole group? JOE: Just our plane because the rest of the group were already in Trinidad. When we got to Trinidad the officers took a tongue lashing from the squadron commander for doing what they did. Their defense? The plane had a problem, not mentioning the Ronrico rum. They just happened to pick that up since they were there. We're now in Trinidad overnight. The next stop was Bel em, Brazil, which is located about six hundred miles upstream on 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1h6n/1018234 |
