| 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 71 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018654 |
| OCR Text |
Show Blanthorn Indianapolis eunion those headaches, too, and didn't know hat it a . I h trip. But I wouldn't have missed it for nothing. on th t n I' r 11 n (demonstrating a panic breathing)-l've got to get out of h r . I ha thi the back of there, too, but I can't-he's one from Gwinn's crew. I do ha 11 th r nt ones labeled. The others that was done before I don't have labeled becau e I don't kno who some of them are. And then this shows-this is up behind it, and then on the top of it around this is this US.S. Indianapolis CA 35 is carved into top of it. And this is just-there's a naval building up above, and that's where we had to leave them when we got there. And, then, they put all the survivors together, and then they bring them in after it starts. VER: Oh, they do? BOB: Uh huh. They come in, each one, they come down the walkway. VER: And do they read their name? BOB: No, they don't read your name when you come in, do they? And they used to read everyone of them, of the deceased ones, and every time they'd read the name they'd toll the bell. But it's been so hot the last couple of reunions that they just read them and then tolled the bell once. VER: You mean the deceased since the rescue? BOB: Yeah, the ones that died in the ocean. They read all their names. VER: Oh, that's a lot of names. BOB: Yes, it is. And then they used to toll the bell, but they don't anymore. They just 14 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf1wk6/1018654 |
