| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023626 |
| OCR Text |
Show Ow n W. Burnham WI : They didn't give you v ry much r ti t r un t McCall? OWE: No. You could get a weekend pass if you want d it. and there wasn't very much to do or see that I was interested in. WIN: What would you do as a group to relieve tension? OWE: Oh, there were movies available at the camp theater. u c uldn't ry WIN: So, you didn't have a whole lot of time, and you didn't have an inclination to do much other than just train? OWE: Oh, l-one weekend my friend, whose parents lived in Washington, D.C., we caught a ride on a C-47 that was going from the airfield there at Fort Bragg to Washington. We had a nice weekend there. That was the first time I had been to Washington, and that was very enjoyable. I had one furlough at home in November of 1943, and that was pretty much it. WIN: What would you do in the evenings after training was over? Did you have any activities? Did you engage in sports, cards, telling jokes, singing or anything like that? OWE: Oh, there was often a crap game going, or a poker game. I don't recall engaging in that very often. Sometimes there was a softball game, or sports. I don't think we had a place to play basketball. We were usually physically pretty tired at the end of the day. It seemed like there was quite a lot of reading, which I did not do extensively, but that was something to do to change and relax. WIN: So when you finished your training where did you go? 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f49nc4/1023626 |
