| 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 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018242 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOSEPH H. HEBERT APRIL 11,2000 J 0 E: Yes. she stood six feet tall. That occurred after we gotto Italy. A pilot in one of the other squadrons painted her for twenty dollars, and we split the cost among the ten of us upon arriving in Italy. One day in the summer of1944 when we weren't flying, I walked though the group area and snapped the nose art of each plane. The interesting thing about it is the play on words. Some of them were just fantastic. Also, the quality of the art varied from rather crude to really absolutely exquisite art. During our briefing whenever it was the 332nd (the Tuskegees) that were going to be our cover I would say to myself, "Thank you Lord," because, boy, those guys were good. Wow! WIN: You spent how long in Tunis, then, two weeks? JOE: About two weeks. WIN: Did you fly any missions out of Tunis? JOE: We flew one practice mission. WIN: One practice mission. JOE: An interesting experience. WIN: Was that across the Mediterranean? JOE: Yes, it was across the Mediterranean to Italy. In early 1944 the battle line was north of Naples and just south of the monastery at Monte Casino. So quite a bit of southern Italy had been freed. That is where the 15th Air Force was situated. The 15th Air Force consisted of six groups ofB-17s and fifteen groups ofB-24s, twenty-one groups in total. WIN: So where did you fly out of? JOE: We flew out of the Torretta base, which is about twelve kilometers west ofCerignola, a little south ofFoggia, and north ofBari. It was the headquarters of the 15th Air Force. Bari was the largest town on the Adriatic side of Italy. WIN: East side, just above the heel. 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1h6n/1018242 |
