| 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 98 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020943 |
| OCR Text |
Show HARRY A. MOYER ovember 22 2 02 group- not the 33rct- was based on the other side of our field too the P-47 n Squadron. So we had an alert one day. Bombers came over the area and we had cl ud cover - cumulus - so we took off, and started looking for them. We never did find them. But the P-4 7, the other group, they knocked one down. Bomber down at over the field. And so we didn't land too far away, maybe five miles. So we landed, and we heard that they were dead and got in the jeep and had to located it. We did. We got to the area, and here's this local war lord, and he's go his troops out there, and they've got their bayonets on their guns and they won't let us into the wreckage! So that's China! So we didn't push that too far, but anyway. BEN: Was it intact? HAR: No, no, it went in, it was crashed. We never did find it! So that was part of China. We flew, the Chinese-American composite wing, which was also, which was trained by Americans but were all Chinese pilots. We flew a mission with them. They were flying P-40's and they were flying a bombing mission up towards Sian. And we were, we flew along with them, our own squadron, P-40 fighter escort, so to speak. I don't know what they did, because it was kind of different- we didn't know what their mission was other than we were protecting them, and they weren't very effective. Probably dropped bombs and came back. Communists and the Japanese, you didn't know which ones they were going to fight against. BEN: At the time? HAR: Yeah. 97 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t45sb7/1020943 |
