| Title |
Sam Liner, Murray, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 23, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 715 |
| Alternative Title |
Sam Liner, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Liner, Sam, 1921-2008 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-09-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
India; Louisiana, United States; Texas, United States; California, United States; Idaho, United States; Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Liner, Sam, 1921-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Asia |
| Description |
Transcript (56 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Sam Liner on September 23, 2004. This is from tape numbers 715.1 and 715.2 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Sam Liner (b. 1921) recalls growing up in Depression-era Louisiana. He joined the Army Air Corps in August 1940, but problems with depth perception forced him out. He attended Officer Candidate School, graduating in 1943. He details his trip across the Atlantic and around to India, where he was assigned to a practice base for the 7th Bomb Group. His job was supervising a crew of 250 civilians in site cleanup, and settling wrongful death claims with civilians. He was later transferred to Dacca, where his group helped supply fuel for flying the "Hump." Liner was discharged in 1945. He discusses working for a Texas oil field supply company and as a car salesman in Texas, California, Idaho, and Utah. 56 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
56 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/s6zk7fx6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018407 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk7fx6 |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018357 |
| OCR Text |
Show MLI R PT B R 2 , 2004 m b dy got kn eked out or hurt, we d form a big huddle and ... (laugh ). Y u kn w this is the way it worked. BEC: You put the sweaty uniform on somebody else? Oh, gosh. SAM: Absolutely, yes. So it was very interesting growing up. We had some good teachers, very fine teachers. I think they made probably thirty dollars a month or fortyfive, maybe. BEC: Wow. SAM: Huey Long was the governor then, "The King Fish". I can remember one time he was on a campaign tour. I was probably about twelve years old. They came to this little town and they had an old sound truck, an old panel truck, with speakers. The lieutenant governor's name was "0. K. Allen", and then Huey Long was the governor. So Huey was supposed to make a speech. Just before he was supposed to talk, they said that he's not feeling well, so the lieutenant governor would speak. So we were sneaking around, you know, a couple of kids. We looked back there in that panel truck and there was Huey on his back, drunk as a skunk, snoring, with all these whiskey fumes coming out of the back (laughs). I mean, we got a big kick out of that. BEC: That's funny. SAM: Yes. But he was quite a character. BEC: Boy, he was a character wasn't he? SAM: He was assassinated in 1934 [September 10, 1935], I believe, or '36, something like that. BEC: That's interesting. 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk7fx6/1018357 |
