| Title |
Willis Ure, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, January 22, 2003: Saving the legacy tape no. 625 |
| Alternative Title |
Willis L. Ure, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Ure, Willis L., 1922- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-01-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France |
| Subject |
Tucker, Lee E., 1924- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
559th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group, Ninth Air Force; Togglier |
| Description |
Transcript (21 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Willis Ure on January 22, 20003. This is from tape number 625 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Willis Ure (b. 1922) describes his duties in the 559th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group, of the Ninth Air Force. He flew fifteen missions as a radio gunner and sixteen missions as a "togglier," a position in the nose of the aircraft. 21 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
21 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/s6b01430 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020522 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b01430 |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020507 |
| OCR Text |
Show WILLI URE J U R 22 2003 Then, if you got in trouble and got separate from the group it was also my responsibility to navigate back to our home base. BEC: You say that position was called a togg ... ? WIL: A togglier. Yeah, toggle, you know. I used it to drop the bombs. BEC: Toggle, like you "toggle" something. WIL: Yes. BEC: I've not ever heard that term before. WIL: I hadn't either, until they hung it on me (laughs). BEC: Wow, thirty-one missions. That's a lot and then, to survive. WIL: Yes. We had some pretty rough ones, and we had some milk runs. We'd just go over and come back. BEC: Let me go back to all your training days in the United States. Do you have any experiences that you remember about that, which stand out in your mind? WIL: We spent quite a bit of time just waiting and going to school. When I was going to school in St. Louis, Missouri, I thought that was a nice place. I stayed there for six months. I went through radio school. When I was in the aviation cadet program, I completed everything up to basic flying. Then we had a spring with a lot of storms so we didn't have much time to do catch up with flying and I lost out. They washed me out for retrogression. BEC: Because you couldn't get enough flying hours in flight? WIL: That's right. Well anyway, I'm glad it happened that way. BEC: Oh, are you? 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b01430/1020507 |
