| Title |
Lee E. Tucker, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 19, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 13 and 14 |
| Alternative Title |
Lee E. Tucker, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Tucker, Lee E., 1924- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-19 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England; Germany; Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Tucker, Lee E., 1924- --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 |
| Keywords |
9th Air Force, 404th Fighter Group, 507th Fighter Squadron; P-47Ds |
| Description |
Transcript (57 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Lee E. Tucker on May 19, 2000. This is from tape numbers 13 and 14 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lee Tucker (b. 1924) describes his youth on a farm in East Mill Creek, Utah, during the Depression. He attended the University of Utah prior to enlisting in the army air corps. He recalls his training experiences, including meeting his fellow trainee and future actor, Jack Webb. He joined the 9th Air Force, 404th Fighter Group, 507th Fighter Squadron as a pilot of P-47Ds, and was stationed in England, where he flew fifty-four missions. He was discharged at war's end but chose to remain in the reserves and was called up for stateside duty during the Korean conflict. 57 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
57 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/s6fr1vv2 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022689 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr1vv2 |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022638 |
| OCR Text |
Show LEE E. TUCKER M Y 19 2000 LEE: Well, that was just a place to live really, the farm, and raise stuff to eat. He was a mason by trade, but during the Depression, you just took anything you could get. I think he worked in a service station once, and in a mine. WIN: What mine? LEE: Bingham. WIN: He worked out in the Bingham copper area? LEE: For a little bit. Then when he could, he would get a job as a mason. He ended up fine during the war because he was a contractor. He did fine then, but I was gone, so it didn't help me any. WIN: Utah was in a very severe depression; it was one of the worst in the country. LEE: Now, of course, when you were a kid you didn't really realize it. I look back on it now and I can see how poor we were and everything. Everybody was in the same boat, everybody you knew. WIN: You had kind of a farm where you could grow something to eat? LEE: Yeah, we weren't near as bad off as the city people. We could sell chickens door to door and peaches on the comer-! used to do that-and things like that, and make a few nickels. You'd get a penny for candy and you would think that was really great! Go down to the comer store, Brady's store there. Is that still there? Brady's store? WIN: No. I don't think it was there when I got there. LEE: Oh, it probably wasn't. That was the grocery store in that area. WIN: So the Depression, of course, left an impression on you. 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr1vv2/1022638 |
