| Title |
Wes Nordgren, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, February 23, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 645 |
| Alternative Title |
Wes Nordgren, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Nordgren, Wes, 1922-2015 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-02-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States; Florida, United States |
| Subject |
Nordgren, Wes, 1922-2015--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American |
| Description |
Transcript (26 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Wes Nordgren on February 23, 2004. This is from tape number 645 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Nordgren (b. 1922) joined the Navy early in 1941. He recounts the story of the rescue of a paratrooper whose chute had caught on the tail of a DC-3. He describes his flight training, meeting and marrying his wife, and his postwar service in the Reserves, and being a flight controller. 26 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
26 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/s65f0r30 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023473 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65f0r30 |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023470 |
| OCR Text |
Show WES ORDGRE BR R 23 2 4 they were strictly right down the line on regulations and everything. And I got up in th cockpit and everything and he said, "Did you notice how cold the stewardesses were? and I said, "Yeah, it's unusual." So he said, "Well, I told them last night when I knew you were coming on that you were an inspector coming to check them out." So he called the head stewardess in and told her who I really was, that I was just a controller and I wasn't checking them out at all. From then on they were just as nice as could be. BEC: So when you would fly, was that part of your duties? WES: Yeah, they were what we call "fam'' trips. Familiarization. So we could go up and then we would listen and see what the pilots hear from their end and how they worked with us and all that. We were able to fly around these trips and they were fun to take. We'd learn a bit. BEC: When you signed up for the Navy in 1941, did you sign up for a certain amount of time? WES: Four years. BEC: So that worked out just about right, didn't it? WES: Yeah, I stayed in just short of five years on active duty. And although the war coming along then anybody that had signed up for just four years, that didn't matter then. If four years out the war wasn't over yet, then they'd stay in until duration. BEC: Do you feel like having gone into the Navy changed or affected the course of your life? WES: Yeah I think it did. I would have gone into the University ofUtah if I hadn't gone into the Navy. What I'd have taken then, I don't know for sure. Mainly, I like mechanical drawing and a few things along that line that interested me. One thing that 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65f0r30/1023470 |
