| Title |
Bryan Blanthorn, Grouse Creek, Utah: an interview by Verna Richardson, May 11, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 264 and 265 |
| Alternative Title |
Bryan Blanthorn, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Blanthorn, Bryan, 1919-2007 |
| Contributor |
Richardson, Verna; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-05-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Grouse Creek, Box Elder County, Utah, United States; Guam; Japan |
| Subject |
Blanthorn, Bryan, 1919-2007--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945--Personal narratives, American; Indianapolis (Cruiser) |
| Keywords |
U.S.S. Indianapolis; Iwo Jima |
| Description |
Transcript (54 pages) of an interview by Verna Richardson with Bryan Blanthorn on May 11, 2001. This is from tape numbers 264 and 265 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Bryan Blanthorn (b. 1919) of Grouse Creek, Utah, enlisted in June of 1944. He was assigned to the USS Indianapolis in November of that year. He was a gunner and saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He describes the torpedo attack and sinking of the Indianapolis, being in the water, experiences with sharks, the rescue, and being in the hospital in Guam. A second interview with Bryan and his wife, Bobbie, contains more details about the incident, his being picked up by the Ralph Talbot, and an Indianapolis reunion. 54 and 29 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
29 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/s6tf1wk6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Iwo Jima, Battle of (Japan : 1945); Indianapolis (Cruiser) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018672 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6 |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018592 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bryan Blanthorn 1, 20 BRY: Until, as I recall, even on that fifth day I felt more like I was g ing to urv1 t I did the first day. And when we were finally spotted-! don't believe any of us would have lasted another night in just our life jackets if we hadn't of been spotted and they dropped us two little rubber life rafts. VER: Let's go back to when you first came into the water. How far did you have to jump? How far was that? BRY: Oh, I don't know what it would have been. It must have been fifty or sixty feet or more, at least. I seemed like it was pretty high. It was quite a ways down there. VER: So being pitch dark you were still looking for an opening where there weren't so many men, and where there wasn't the propellers, and you could actually detect that by-even though it was dark and the waters were-you could kind of see that? BRY: Yes, yes. I don't know whether it was because of the fire on the ship, or-it was real dark at times, and then there was a scattering of clouds. And when they came between the moon, why it was really dark. But then, every now and then, why the moon did shine a little and we could see. But I know that when I was up on the side of that ship I could see the screws, and one or two of them were still turning. There's four screws, and one or two of them was still turning. And some of the guys was jumping, and they was hitting those screws. VER: I wonder why they were doing that? Just panicky? BRY: Just panicky, yes, I think so. They thought probably they could jump over them, but they wasn't making it. And, like I say, I hung back and walked forward on the ship. 8 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018592 |
