| 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 49 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023649 |
| OCR Text |
Show Owen W. Burnham WIN: Do you still have property down th re? OWE: No. WIN: Your family gave that up? OWE: Yes. WIN: Well, is there anything else you'd like to add to this tape? You're a patriot. OWE: Well, I consider myself that. I think-oh, I recall as we were preparing for the invasion of Southern France, we were aware of what had happened in Normandy generally, and that there could be some pretty tough things. And I don't-you know-l'm not saying this other than just that it was my very strong feeling. And that was the thing I wanted most of all was not to not be wounded or killed, but not to let down my comrades. I can't explain it very well, but it was a very strong feeling. And I think that most everyone felt it. That if you wanted anything it was to not let them down. WIN: Did you establish a good rapport with your colleagues, your fellow soldiers? OWE: Yes, and that has remained. I think our regiment, the 51 7th, is perhaps unique in that they have maintained a close relationship through newsletters and annual, or biannual, conventions for all this time. We've only gone to one, and that was in Reno a few years ago. But I saw people that I hadn't seen for forty years, and they were just as good of friends as they were then. WIN: I read in Stud Terkel's The Good War, which is an oral history of World War II that he did, that one marine was saying the reason you did what you had to do during these invasions was that you didn't want to let your friends down; you didn't want to let 46 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f49nc4/1023649 |
