| 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 24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018607 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bryan Blanthorn 2 it never made no difference to me because I didn't get on th n t ay. d th t time, why we were, I don't know, I'm sure we were down to like 1 ss than fifty m n or more. And we were all pretty delirious. We was just pretty much on our own with th sharks and whatnot. The sharks took their toll. VER: Well, I noticed in the part that I read that there were people in charge of some of these groups that they had. BRY: Well, yes, they're kind of saying they were in charge, or tried to be in charge. Like I say, this chief was taking charge, and why they let him-there was another marine lieutenant in the group. And on the ship he was really a tough-! never had much to do with him because there was-see, there was a marine detachment on there. And this marine lieutenant-! know everybody kind of feared him on the ship-and whenever he gave an order you better have already jumped, you know. And he was in the group. And why he didn't take more charge I don't know. And along about-I'm going to say about the second night I happened to be with him. And I asked him-now, I was having trouble with that chief myself. We didn't get along. And we'd had two or three little bouts. In fact, like the first day. The first day I just asked if anybody knew what I could do to quit retching because I just couldn't stop myself. I just kept trying to vomit, and there was nothing to come. But I couldn't stop myself. And, like I say, I knew I was just doing more harm to myself than was good. And all that was finally coming was a little blood now and then. And I just kind of asked the group, "Does anybody know what I could do to stop 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018607 |
