| 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 67 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018275 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOSEPH H. HEBERT APRIL 11,2000 later executed by Tito when the two were fighting to control Yugoslavia after World War II. Getting back to the currency: You were to use this currency to buy whatever you could-food, help, guidance, or hiding you in a house so that the Gennans couldn't find you. The purpose of the gold seal was that after the war the people who did help you could then take this money, and by turning it in to the proper military authorities, they were to be reimbursed far more than the face value of the money because having gold seal currency in their possession was indicative that they had helped one or more air crewmen sometime in the past. At the end of the mission you turned the escape kit in. You didn't have it in your possession except during the flight. I have often wondered whatever happened to them after the war. I daresay afewpeoplemighthave gotten kind of rich because there was fifty dollars in each escape kit. WIN: So you did have to account for the fifty dollars when you turned it in? JOE: You didn't open the package. It was sealed, so you never opened it except if you had to bail out. Again, I used to carry in my other zippered knee pocket the escape kit so that I would have it if I had to bail out. WIN: Okay. Let's go on with the time you got to San Antonio. JOE: Okay. After I graduated from aerial gunnery instructor school in the fall of 1944, I finessed becoming a permanent party at Laredo. I did meet Eleanor, and that was the start of our courtship. Since my father had passed away, and my mother had moved away from South Bend, I had no particular need to go there after my discharge. Edward said, "Why don't you stay here with us for awhile?" which I did. Edward and I, and Eleanor and her mother, decided to go to Mexico in my '41 Studebaker. The highway from Laredo to Mexico City was mostly dirt. It was in bad shape because, even though Mexico wasn't in the war, by the same token they didn't have the funds to 62 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1h6n/1018275 |
