| 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 51 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019021 |
| OCR Text |
Show WALTER TEWART Ma 25 2000 buy a piece of ground. You buy the ground, and we' ll do the work. We'll do the carpenter work, and you can do the cement and other stuff yourself." So I bought one lot there on 2700 East and built a house. Then I bought another one on that road going just west of there, and built another house. And then I got into the building business, and law school kept getting further away and further away. I didn't like the law. I didn't like other people's troubles, and I didn't like the fight in courtroom. I'm a peaceful person. I couldn't enter a fight. Here I've killed, I don't know how many thousands of people with my bombs, but I didn't see them. Anyway, that's when I got into the building business. I built a couple hundred houses in Salt Lake. I enjoyed the business and made good income. Then one day the Mormon Church heard I was building houses. Our bishop's counselor, Brother Merrill, wanted to go to Hawaii to build a mortuary. He was a mortician. He said there wasn't an LDS mortician in Hawaii. He wanted to go out there and build us a mortuary. He said, "You'll be my builder." WIN: Is that the Merrill that lived on 2900 South? WAL: Yes. They had a big family. I can't remember his first name right now. Anyway, he was killed in an airplane crash. But we went to see a stake president from Hawaii. He had been a stake president for a long time, and he was a very able person. He said to Brother Merrill, "How much money do you have?" He said, "Well, I don't have very much." Then he said, "They sell the land in Hawaii by front inch." Then he turned to me, and I had a broken leg at that time-I had had a bunch of cement crack my leg-and I'm 50 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f6nwq/1019021 |
