| 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 53 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020898 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ovember 22, 2002 HAR: No! Well it did, and it didn't. It was going to be great you know we enter into Rome ... BEN: Yeah, sure. HAR: But that isn't the way things worked, you know. But it fell through, of course. Yeah, we had some interesting trips into finding out some of those historical sites of Sicily. And it an enticing world to us because, you know, our exposure at that time had been through the movies, just like Quo Vadis and that sort of stuff, and all of a sudden we're in this area that we'd only heard about in books and movies and whatnot. We were part of this thing. This big experience. BEN: Looking at it that way, it's kind of an interesting thing: you have to do these liferisking things, but at the same time they're giving you kind of a cultural experience. HAR: Absolutely, that's exactly true! Yeah! Uh huh! It was! It was a grand tour of Europe for me! Just really interesting in that fashion! So everybody took advantage of whatever presented itself. BEN: Where did this Alex guy learn to play the accordion? Not the average American ... HAR: Alex? Oh, he played it at home. BEN: Was that just because of his own family heritage? That's uncommon. HAR: Yeah, uh huh, sure. Yeah, that was always a winner- we'd never lose at that one. BEN: How about the children? A lot of children try to bum candy off you or cigarettes? HAR: Yeah, kids come out. We'd always have cigarettes. Big thing was food in those days. Dispense as much sea rations, which was nothing to us (we had boxes of it). Was 52 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020898 |
