| 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 65 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020910 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ovem ber 22 2002 Then we took over - there's a little Itallian villa there, just a big building you know - o we took that over as an officer's mess and club. BEN: So where does your next plane come from, whose flying the extras? Where are they coming in from? HAR: Well, we had extras. I was grounded for about two days and then I was assigned another airplane. But they had planes coming from headquarters squadron. So that wasn't a problem. BEN: So, what starts happening on the mainland, then? Just more tactical, just like you were doing ... HAR: Since we landed that day of course, I didn't fly that day. I didn't have an airplane. But they just rotate the planes and the pilots. They'd line them up with bombs, with frag bombs, and just went out to circle, wheels up, drop the frag bombs over this area and strafe, and do it again. It just kept on. BEN: Quite a few in a day then, I would imagine. HAR: Yeah, those first days, yeah. So then the ground troops established a perimeter and drove them back five or six miles, and established a security airfield in the environments there. And so then we started running missions against the ground troops there, and breaking road blocks, and interdicting their supplies coming down from the north. BEN: So roadblocks were one of them, like they would let you know that they've got this sealed off? HAR: Well, just bomb, yeah. And then we'd have ... 64 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020910 |
