| Title |
William J. Maynes, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 19, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 42 |
| Alternative Title |
William J. Maynes, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Maynes, William J., 1917-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-06-19 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States; El Centro, Imperial County, California, United States; Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Maynes, William J., 1917-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Marine Corps; Quartermaster Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (44 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with William J. Maynes on June 19, 2000. This is from tape number 42 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Maynes (b. 1917) was born and raised in Salt Lake City, serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and National Youth Administration (NYA) before enlisting in the Marine Corps in July 1941. He was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps and stationed in San Diego, then accepted for flight training and sent to the Memphis Naval Air Station. He was in flight training when Japan surrendered and was discharged in May 1946. 44 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
44 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/s6km1b3v |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023600 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km1b3v |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023578 |
| OCR Text |
Show William J. Maynes Jun 19 20 sergeant to qualify, and so was accepted. Instead of sending me ov r to th war z n I was sent to the naval air station at North Island to wait for the next group to be nt :D r pre-flight training. The group that preceded us into pre-flight training were marines who had been brought back from the war zone, had met the qualifications, and were accepted for flight training. The marines decided to train a marine air squadron to fight alongside of the navy. WIN: Were your eyes good enough to be in flight school? BIL: When I first applied I was turned down because I had a deviated nasal septum. I was sent to the naval hospital in San Diego to have it corrected. I was also turned down on the first eye test they gave me because my depth perception was not within acceptable standards. However, they decided to test me again. Knowing how far off I was on the first test, I made allowance for it on the second test, and passed. I got glasses that corrected my nearsightedness, but it didn't correct the other problem. My eyes still got tired, but I got to a point where I could tolerate it. WIN: Well, you had the one eye corrected? BIL: No, not then. It was later. WIN: Oh, it was after the war? BIL: Yes. I learned to compensate for my other eye problem. After I was accepted I was sent to the naval air station at North Island, San Diego, to wait for the next group of cadets to enter pre-flight training. I was put on guard duty again with plenty of time off. As before, when I was waiting for training at the quartermasters corps, I began looking 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km1b3v/1023578 |
