| 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 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018606 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bryan Blanthorn VER: Well, we kind of got out of sequence. Let's go back to th at r h r th t 1r t day, when you were formed to groups and you tried to get with the oth r group but weren't successful. In your group you said there was about a hundred men that first day. BRY: Well, at least 150, or more. VER: And did you have a leader? BRY: Well, not really, no. It was pretty much everybody for himself. Oh there was one chief. In fact, he was the gun captain of the gun I was on when I was at general quarters that was kind of taking charge. VER: What was his name? BRY: Raymond James Berra. He was a chief. He was a chief gunner's mate. Now he didn't make it. The next to the last day he cut that net in two, and took four or five other, of what he thought was the strongest men-it was the kind of a group he knew-with the story that they thought if they took half of that net that they could kind of paddle their way to an island. VER: Really? BRY: So they left, and they were never seen again. I don't know what happened to them. They never survived. VER: And there were how many? BRY: Well, at least five of them. VER: Did that diminish your safety when they took part of the net? BRY: No, not really, not really. As far as I'm concerned, no. As far as I'm concerned 22 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018606 |
