| 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 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018390 |
| OCR Text |
Show MLI R p B R 2 2 04 BE : That wa omething. AM: Yes but it didn't knock the building down. BEC: They built them differently then. AM: Yes. Well, what else can I tell you Becky? BEC: Let's bring you up to the present time. You came home, went to New Orleans the parties there. Then did you eventually head back to where you parents were? SAM: Well my dad had died while I was over there. He died in 1944. My mother was living in the little town ofDeRitter, which is just north of Merryville where I grew up. So I got her and we moved to Houston. I learned one thing when I grew up: when I grew up, I was going to get the hell out of Merryville. So I did. We moved to Houston. We got an apartment. She was very close to her older sister, who practically raised her, because she was quite a bit older than her. Mom was the baby in her family. So she went up and stayed with Aunt Lou, which is her sister, McMillen, in a little town called Kirk, Kirk, Texas. It's just south of Waco a little ways. Of course, I had the apartment there in Houston, but before ... I didn't have any job skills, you know. I went in the service when I was nineteen and the things you learn in the service are not saleable. So I decided that I wanted to get into oil field supplies, which was a big, big thing down there. So I talked to several people who I went to for advice. The thing they said, "The first thing, if you're going to be in supplies, you'd better learn what supplies are all about. The way you learn that is you go out and work on a drilling rig for a year and you learn the equipment." I did that. I went out and worked on a drilling rig. You're called a rough neck, is what you're called. I mean there were a lot of lowlifes, you know. Anyway, I rented a room in this little town of Angleton. I went to work for a drilling contractor, Pickering 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk7fx6/1018390 |
