| Title |
Walter Stewart, Benjamin, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 25, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 21 and 22 |
| Alternative Title |
Walter Stewart, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Stewart, Walter T., 1917- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Romania; Payson, Utah County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Stewart, Walter T., 1917- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Eastern |
| Keywords |
Ploesti; Oil refineries; Bombing; ROTC. Army Air Corps; 8th Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group |
| Description |
Transcript (61 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Walter Stewart on May 25, 2000. This is from tape numbers 21 and 22 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Walter Stewart (b. 1917) talks about his ancestors being early settlers of Payson, Utah, and discusses raising and selling racehorses. Other topics covered include the Depression, his LDS mission to Scotland, and ROTC. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was assigned to the 8th Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group. He speaks at length about his combat missions, the Ploesti raid, piloting the "Utah Man," the rescue of downed crew members, touring the United States on a morale-building assignment, and his post-war reserve duty. 61 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
61 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/s63f6nwq |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019033 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f6nwq |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018995 |
| OCR Text |
Show WALTER TEWART Ma 25 2000 WIN: Let's see about this, we're almost out of the first side of the tape so let's hold that and change sides here. END OF SIDE A, TAPE 1 WIN: This is the second side of our interview with Walter Stewart. We were just talking about flying across the North Atlantic and taking airplanes across. W AL: We landed in Gander, Newfoundland. The weather was pretty bad so we had to stay a day or so. But finally on the night of the 3rd of September of '42 we took off, one every thirty seconds, to fly across the North Atlantic. About midnight, which had put us just about mid-Atlantic, Roper woke me up and said, "Take it for while, I'm getting a little sleepy." I took over, and after flying about four or five minutes, I happened to look out over the nose of the airplane and there we were aiming directly for the North Star. I looked down at the compass and it showed 90 degrees. That's east. The North Star is 360 degrees north. So I called John Brown White, our navigator, and I said, "What heading are you following? He looked up and he said, "Oh wow! This is terrible! What could it be?" Our aim for 180 degrees, which is south, put us going east. Then he went through all his sheets of paper again and he found way back in the instructions information, which said that whenever you get near Iceland you're near the magnetic pole, and don't depend on your compass as it will be undependable. So you've got to use celestial navigation. Well, I used it. I'm the co-pilot using celestial navigation. There was the North Star. I 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f6nwq/1018995 |
