| 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 11 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018594 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bryan Blanthorn 1 BRY: Yes yes. And like I say, I guess that most of them w re about practically th same way until you hardly knew what was going on. VER: So, then, how did you get formed in groups? BRY: Well, I don't know. We just seemed to naturally ... VER: Swim towards each other? BRY: Yes. I'm supposing so, yes. But it just seemed like, all at once, along mid morning, or so, why we was just in a big group. And there was one floater net that kind of formed the hub of the group. VER: A floater? What's that? BRY: Well, it's just ropes with cork on. It's about eight feet square I'd say. And it has cork on and it will float. And a man can get down in each one of those squares. But I tried getting in there once. It wasn't the first day. It was like the next day or something. I tried getting in there once, but you was banging together, and your skin was so tender and all from being in that salt water that I couldn't stand it, and I got back out. And I knew I was better just in my life jacket than I was on there. And, of course, the first night there were some burned and wounded men we tried to keep on there. But the hundred and fifty of us-all of us couldn't even get near it you might say, but it was just kind of sort of a hub to keep us together you might say. And, of course, we tried to stay together. On the first day, during the day, there was another net that floated, kind of floated to us, that had-afterwards, we all estimated that there was more, that it was a bigger 10 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018594 |
