| Title |
R. John Pizzello, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, April 16, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 347 and 348 |
| Alternative Title |
R. John Pizzello, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Pizzello, R. John, 1923-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany; New Jersey, United States |
| Subject |
Pizzello, R. John, 1923-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (58 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with R. John Pizzello on April 23, 2002. This is from tape numbers 347 and 378 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Pizzello (b. 1923) grew up in a military family in New Jersey. After dropping out of high school he worked for General Motors building Avenger bombers before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in September 1942. He was attached to the 376th Bomb Group, 515th Squadron and served in British Liberia, Dakar, Marakesh, Casablance, Oran, Tunis, Cairo, and San Pancrazzio. He recalls bombing raids over Italy and describes being shot down and captured by Germans in 1944. Pizzello discusses POW life at length. 58 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
58 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/s6864fqc |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023792 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6864fqc |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023750 |
| OCR Text |
Show R. JOH PIZZELLO pril 2 rd 2002 But anyway to get back to the other, regular story here we tart d flying mi out of this base and our first ones were in Italy Romania and lower France. lo r n . Then, as you got better with the missions and your guns, and bombs, and knew what you were doing, then we went deeper in -like over the Alps, Austria, Greece Hungary, Bulgaria, and then Germany. France had some far away hits also. WIN: Did they ever send you to Ploesti deep in there? JOH: My group did all of that Ploesti thing before I was a member in August '43. WIN: Before you got on board? JOH: Yeah, before I was with them. But they did some Ploesti after. WIN: What group were you in? JOH: I was in the 376th Bomb Group and the 51 5th Squadron. WIN: Is that 15th Air Force? JOH: It was the 151 \ but when we first went over and stayed in Amphitiville(?) and after Casablanca, this was the 12th Air Force. It was mediums because it was no heavy bomber set-up yet. Eventually, they made the 151 h and then we were part of it, and then Italy surrendered, we went over. And we set up base at a town near Leece. Leece was a bigger city, but the town we were in was San Pancrazzio, Italy. And the biggest city near it would be Bari, Italy. Southern coast, Adriatic Sea. WIN: On the east side. JOH: Yeah. 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6864fqc/1023750 |
