| 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 14 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018363 |
| OCR Text |
Show MLI R PT MB R23 2 4 War I. H wanted to hout his way through everything. He intimidat d y u with that. owe gave him a rough time. We almost drove him crazy. oat Randolph Field in about May of '41 they started splitting up these squadrons. They d have a nucleus just to expand, expand expand. So I went to Ellington Field, which is between Houston and Galveston. That's where President Bush got his training. Anyhow, I was there when the war started in '41. We had a hurricane there in '41. That was before the war and we had to evacuate the field. We took all the planes to San Antonio. I got advance word of it. It was a hurry up deal, so my buddy and I-you could wear civilian clothes then-we took off and hitchhiked to Houston. They took all the troops, most of the troops and put them in the Coliseum for about three days. They had a big coliseum there. But we were holed up in a hotel, the Rice Hotel, for about three days. BEC: During this time, were you doing training? SAM: Well, after you get out of recruit drill. .. yes, I was training and I did some MP duty for about a month. Randolph Field was called the show place of the Air Corps. They had these beautiful buildings. I mean the old Spanish-type tile-roof buildings. The squadrons were all integrated into one·. You didn't have a general mess. Every squadron had its own supply and everything. The mess sergeant was allocated, I think, like a dollar and a half a day to feed each man. We ate really well. You know he just bought food on the open market. We had waiters. We had Latinos for waiters. But then the officers, they really lived large. Believe me, they did. I worked some on the main gate, you know, as guard on the main gate. Then I got into administration; typing and stuff like that. At Ellington Field, I worked at base headquarters. 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk7fx6/1018363 |
