| 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 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023585 |
| OCR Text |
Show William J. Maynes June 19 20 0 maneuver you did wrong. The word was passed along who th anta lau w r and also who were the hard noses. We all hoped that we would be assigned to th anta Clauses. If anyone was having a difficult time catching on to the maneuver he would be assigned to a different instructor. If he still fouled up he was assigned to a anta Claus instructor, and if he fouled up with him he was washed out. I went through this process until I was assigned to a Santa Claus instructor. He started out by trying to make me feel at ease before we took off to do the maneuvers. Some I did real well, and he complimented me on them. Others that were more complicated were passable, but not as smooth as they should have been. The instructor didn't say anything until we landed and were leaving the plane. He asked me if I was the instructor and he was the student, would I give him a passing grade. I hesitated for a moment, and then said, that I would. He replied, "Oh, a Santa Claus!" He then said, "Since you're so generous with me I'll give you a passing grade, too. He then added that with a little more practice that I would do fine. There was a squadron of Frenchmen taking flying lessons at the same time we were. Since they couldn't be washed out, some of them had been there two years or more. Most of the accidents, or mishaps, were a result of faulty flying. The cadets usually landed first and then would watch the Frenchmen come in to land. One of them got a ' wing tip when he landed, and then spun around, hit a fence, and ended upside down. Unscathed, he got out of what was left of the plane and said, "That wasn't such a good landing, was it?" At another time an instructor took one of the Frenchmen up to teach 30 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km1b3v/1023585 |
