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Title	Harry A. Moyer, Park City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann. Saving the legacy tap no. 613
Alternative Title	Harry A. Moyer, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah
Creator	Moyer, Harry A., 1920-
Contributor	Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date	2002-11-22
Date Digital	2015-09-16
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Spatial Coverage	Africa; Sicily; China
Subject	Moyer, Harry A., 1920- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern
Description	Transcript (115 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Harry A. Moyer on November 22, 2002. This is from tape number 613 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project
Collection Number and Name	Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010
Abstract	Moyer (b. 1920) was in the aviation cadet program at the University of Akron at the time of Pearl Harbor. He was called to active duty in January 1942. He discusses his flight training at length. Other topics covered include joining the 33rd Fighter Group, Africa and Sicily, aerial combat, his views on General Montgomery, contact with Sicilian civilians, the merits of various aircraft, Anzio, being stationed in China, marriage, and duty as a flight instructor. 115 pages.
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Genre	oral histories (literary works)
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Extent	115 pages
Language	eng
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Topic	Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945)
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OCR Text	Show HARRY A. MOYER November 22,2002 HAR: Yeah, it was kind of a bigger brother. In all phases, and then we went into - aft r this tit-twisting- then we went into what they call pre-flight, which was at Maxwell Field. They had a new ... BEN: So you stayed right there, then? You said Gunter was right next to Maxwell? HAR: Well, we were in tent city, and then we were transferred there. They had just built some new barracks for us, and we were the second class in there. So that's when we started getting into what I refer to as our formal Air Force educational program. You know, we went to school in navigation, code, that type of thing- weather. BEN: But still not inside of an aircraft? This is still ground school? HAR: Indoctrination, yeah. So we were there as middle-classmen and upper-classmen too, and a lot of guys were washed out at that time. They just started to throw out. BEN: Do you recall how long pre-flight was? HAR: Yeah, it was about four and a half, five weeks. BEN: So, you're about six weeks in basic? HAR: No, we were- It's in a class of about four and a half or five weeks as an underclassman, and then upper-classman. So we were there about a month and a half, two months. BEN: Obviously, you ended up flying, of course, so you passed all this. Was it difficult, though, the theory of flight, the things they were presenting to you? HAR: No, I had a pretty good grasp of that, ~ecause most of it was mathematics, you know, drawing, that type of thing. The only big thing that I remember I had a conflict 11
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