| 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 |
| Access Rights |
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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. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
115 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/s6t45sb7 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020962 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7 |
| Title |
Page 46 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020891 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ovem ber 22 2002 Etna sits in Sicily like this, and the western part was being pretty well wrapp d up by Patton. And the Germans were coming back here to the traits of Messing and back in here with Syracuse, and this is Montgomery. And he wouldn't move he wouldn t move he wouldn't move. So Kesselring (the German General) was coming in here. And Montgomery, we always saw this- he had to have such a superior force before he moved that he never moved at all, which is what happened when Kesselring got across into Italy. So they had a lot of defensive positions on all the slopes of Mount Etna, to cover their retreat and evacuation to cross the Straight of Messina back into Italy. So we had quite a few missions against those replacements. BEN: Do you recall any of those, do any of those stand out? HAR: Well, they're all pretty much- I mean, you know, you just had to bore in on those guys, with light machine guns and small arms fire (twenty millimeter type). We thought they were chained to their guns because they were so effective! They were hardcore. BEN: You couldn't flush them out, huh? HAR: Had to kill them. Had to kill them. So that was that. BEN: Flying tactical like that, you are right on top of your target, you can't see what you're hitting right? Your bullets are right out there. So you know when you're taking your targets out, right? At your age, any excitement that goes in with going into combatis there any thoughts on that? Was it difficult initially, because I assume you see some people brought over, or whatever they do when they get hit? HAR: Not until, no, not until you're hitting against the target, and you don't see the 45 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020891 |
