| Title |
Owen W. Burnham, Ogden, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, August 28, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 92 and 93 |
| Alternative Title |
Owen Wallace Burnham, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Burnham, Owen W., 1923-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-08-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States; Italy; France; Germany |
| Subject |
Burnham, Owen W., 1923-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
17th Airborne Division |
| Description |
Transcript (48 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Owen W. Burnham on August 28, 2000. This is from tape numbers 92 and 93 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Burnham (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in Blanding, Utah, and describes his basic training as part of the 17th Airborne Division shortly after Pearl Harbor. His unit landed in Naples, Italy, in March of 1944, and later fought in France and Germany. He was mustered out of the service in 1946. 48 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
48 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/s6f49nc4 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023653 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f49nc4 |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023608 |
| OCR Text |
Show Owen W. Burnham u t 2 WIN: It's not that big of a town. OWE: I guess at that time 800 900 or 1 000 peopl . And v ryon pr tty 11 everyone else. And I had quite a number of friends my age in elementary and high school. WIN: So what kind of activities did you engage in as friends in the community? OWE: Oh, we were very much into sports, particularly basketball. That was the great sport there. We really didn't play much football until later. And baseball was quite a popular sport. WIN: So, you'd get a group of boys, and maybe girls, and play basketball? OWE: Boys, as I recall. WIN: And did you play at the school, or did you have outdoor hoops put up? OWE: Both. WIN: Did they allow you in the high school to go in just to play during the summer, or during the school year when school wasn't in? OWE: No, I don't recall much of that. There was also the church basketball. It was called the M-Men Basketball Program. There was quite a lot of activity there. WIN: Did you go to Monticello to play teams then in that organization? OWE: Oh, yes, that was the great event of the season was to play Monticello, and we played Moab. WIN: Oh, you went clear up to Moab to play? OWE: Yes, and to Green River. We didn't at that time go into Price and beyond, but 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f49nc4/1023608 |
