| 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 58 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020903 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ovember 22 2002 HAR: Not that I know of. No, we pretty well knew what was going on. BEN: How many missions did you fly out of Sicily before you got off and was there at this time was there a limit of how many they expect you to fly before they let you step back? HAR: Well, I had 79 missions after I left Italy, and I guess we must have had probablyI'd have to look it up - maybe about 30 missions, something like that. BEN: Had you lost any friends at this point? Had anybody not come back? Or an accident? HAR: Yeah, we lost four guys the day we went into Sicily. As I say, they went out on a jeep, and that was just dumb. Dumb nuts that didn't know any better. And they got off the road and hit a land mine blow up and killed them. And so, you know, those beaches were - At Licata, where we were when they made that big fiasco of dropping all the paratroopers short on the invasion day! Those guys, they dropped them about a half mile or mile off the coast, and they just went straight in and they were being washed up all over the damn thing. That was right up the beach where we were. And then they cleared the beach off ... BEN: Oh really, so did you see some of those? HAR: Yeah, it was always ... BEN: So the paratroopers would float by? HAR: They had details down there to clean that up. And also, the whole beach area was mined. So they had the sappers go in and clear that area up. Then after a week or so, 57 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020903 |
