| 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 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018611 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bryan Blanthorn VER: Then they would bleed to death probably. BRY: Yes. VER: So what kind of a psychological effect was this having on you ev ryday? Was it changing· everyday? 1 BRY: I don't know. That's hard to say. It just seemed like-Df course the longer it went the more everybody was kind of giving up. And, like I say, I don't think any of us would have been alive if we hadn't been spotted when we did and got some help that day. If we'd have went one more night we'd have all-I don't think any of us would have survived. I don't see how we could have done it because everybody by that time had about given up. VER: When did you first give up? BRY: Well, I can't say that I ever really did give up. I can't say that I had actually given up. It seems like everybody had pretty much. But maybe I had, too, I don't know. Anyway, no I hadn't really given up. Like I say, as far as actually surviving, as I see it, I was about as good the last day as I was the first day. I was so terribly sick the first day that I kind of-part of the time I thought I wanted to die. But, as I recall, the last day I was still hoping, or was thinking along them lines, as I recall. I was still hoping. But they was going pretty fast a lot of them, just giving up, jerking their life jackets off, or ... VER: Purposely wanting to die, or just didn't know what they were doing? BRY: Well, they was just going out of their minds is what they was doing. Anybody that had a little tear in their shirt, or something, or did keep pretty well covered, why that 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018611 |
