| Title |
Malcolm J. MacGregor, Park City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, January 3, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 476, 477, and 478 |
| Alternative Title |
Malcolm MacGregor, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
MacGregor, Malcolm J., 1923- |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-01-03 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England; France; Germany; New York, United States |
| Subject |
MacGregor, Malcolm J., 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
D-Day; 702nd Bomber Squadron; Bombardier; POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (121 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Malcolm J. MacGregor on January 3, 2002. This is from tape numbers 476, 477, and 478 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
MacGregor (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in rural New York and describes learning about Pearl Harbor and attempting to enlist in the Air Corps. He was drafted into the army and was assigned training as a combat engineer. Shortly after that he was transferred to the 8th Air Force and sent to bombardier school. MacGregor talks about his training and the trip to England. His first mission was on D-Day with the 702nd Bomber Squadron. He was shot down over Germany and describes his capture and treatment as a prisoner of war. 121 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
121 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/s63n42p9 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021587 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n42p9 |
| Title |
Page 50 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021513 |
| OCR Text |
Show Malcolm J. MacGregor a u 2 that s why it was such a big mess up there. BEN: So that was Number 7, you said? MAL: That's Number 7. BEN: Was that your first real, in your opinion, was 6 just as ... MAL: Six got my attention because of heavy flak that was close, but not as close. But that's the first time that I was surprised I'd got home alive. I don't know what happened, something clicked in my head and from then on I didn't seem to worry about it. I don't know whether I thought that I'd been through the worst but something happened. I was interested and sometimes a little concerned. BEN: Did you come to some type of resolve that you might not make it? MAL: I think some kind of a fatalism that I either was or I wasn't and there wasn't a hell of a lot that I could do about it one way or another. So why worry about it? It was an interesting thing and I haven't quite figured it out but I absolutely was not fearful. I wasn't shaking when I got in the airplane or anything. I thought, "Well, here we go again." When I got towards the end, when I got a little over 30 missions, then I started to become more apprehensive. I wondered more if I was really going to make it or is something going to happen? BEN: What other missions do you remember, not counting your last one? \1AL: Well, the next one after that one I actually went to Berlin on my gth or gth mission in July. Of course, "Big B" was always one that got everybody's attention and we had a maximum effort. I remember them telling us there were going to be 1,300 heavy bombers and 900 fighters going to Berlin. The original intention is they were also going to send 1,000 British Lancasters. But at the last minute, they decided that was too hazardous because, what was left of the 48 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n42p9/1021513 |
