| 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 97 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020942 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ovember 22 2002 after we find out about that whole thing, we made sure someone would clear th m - run across a guy, you could almost ding yourself. Anyway, it was quite an experience. BEN: So how soon before operations started reaching some point of normalcy or whatever you want to ... HAR: Okay, so we didn't do very much there. Everything I said, we had be flown into China. So we were restricted on the amount of flying we could do, because gasoline ... BEN: Even fuel is being brought in. HAR: Yeah, and that was the big downer to us. So we didn't fly as much in China as we wanted to, but of course we had to get orientation mission to know the area and that type of thing, and we had a Chinese red alert there that, in the various cities they had Chinese observers that were connected to a net, and if you were so-called lost, go and circle this thing and then they'd report it to a net. And they'd give you a radio call: "Well, you are flying over such and such and fly heading up." They had a homing beacon. But navigation in China, it all looked alike, big mountains to the west. And so we had a big area, a big valley that kind of thing. BEN: So did you ever see the B-29's, did they actually end up showing up there? HAR: Oh yeah. BEN: How long were you there before they showed up? HAR: Oh, we were there about, maybe, I'd say, maybe a month. BEN: And did your P-47's come in? HAR: Yeah. We had our other group come in to the other fields with P-4 7's, and another 96 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020942 |
