| Title |
Richard F. North, Murray, Utah: an interview by Joel C. Calderon, 29 March, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 377 |
| Alternative Title |
Richard F. North, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
North, Richard F., 1925-2013 |
| Contributor |
Calderon, Joel C.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-29 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
China; Burma; India |
| Subject |
North, Richard F., 1925-2013--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Asia |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; navigator |
| Description |
Transcript (10 pages) of an interview by Joel C. Calderon with Richard F. North on March 29, 2002. This is from tape number 377 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
North (b. 1925) entered the Army Air Corps at eighteen and was trained as a navigator. He was assigned to the 14th Air Corps, then serving in the China-Burma-India theater of operations. 10 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
10 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/s61p00b6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020734 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p00b6 |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020724 |
| OCR Text |
Show THI IS AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD F. ORTH FRO UTAH. TODAY IS MARCH 29, 2002. HE I A VET 0 STATES ARMY AIR CORP. THIS IS JOEL CALD RO 0 INTERVIEW FOR THE AMERICAN WEST CENTER. JOEL: Okay, let's talk a little about yourself. Where were you born? RICH: I was born in Salt Lake City, January 17, 1925. JOEL: Can you tell us a little bit about your life, where you went to high school and how did you end up in the Army Air Corp. RICH: That's an interesting question because I didn't even finish my last year in high school. I went to South High School. I was active in athletics-played football, basketball, and baseball. I was also president of the Men's Association of the school and on the Student Council. My Vice Principal heard about a program that was available that looked interesting, somewhat disappointing to me to avail myself of it simply because I was so much enjoying school with all my activities. But, actually, I entered the service. I think I was sworn in at Ft. Douglas on February 2, 1943, which was during my senior year at South High School. JOEL: How old were you then? RICH: I had turned eighteen in January of 1943. JOEL: Was there anybody else younger than you, like seventeen, for instance. RICH: No, you had to be eighteen to enter this program. There were actually three of us from our high school that entered the program, and it was called a "Pre-Meteorology Officer's Training Program," or a Meteorology Officer's Training Program. And the pre-meteorology training took place at the University of California, so after being sworn in |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p00b6/1020724 |
