| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018609 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bryan Blanthorn 0 come up with a few cookies or something in that n t. VER: They did? BRY: Well supposedly there should have been some rations in those things· in th life nets and stuff like that. But apparently they hadn't been taken care of. But th re was something there, and I think there was a little keg or two supposedly of water that was kind of passed out by the first and second day there. And he had us in line, and was passing out those cookies of some kind, or something. And I got up there and he kicked at me and said, "Get out of here, you've already been here." And I hadn't. But, anyway, he kicked at me and told me to get out of there. And, so, I didn't get any. I don't know whether I could have eaten any, or not. Like I was saying before, that might have been one thing that helped me, because when I finally got over that my throat was so sore that I couldn't swallow anything anyway. And I don't suppose I could have eaten the cookie, or water, or whatever it was that he was passing out there. Or, I don't-maybe I couldn't even have took a swallow of water. I don't know. But I never got a chance at it. But that's what that marine lieutenant said, to me. Well, that's the last I seen him. And I looked for him the next day, and he was gone. I never seen him. I don't know what happened to him. WIFE: Did you tell her about the shark? BRY: Well, the sharks was bad. They was getting a lot of them. And it seemed like if you kind of dozed off, and floated off to yourself, that's when the sharks hit you. 25 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018609 |
