| Title |
Robert Howard, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 25, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 447 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert M. Howard, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Howard, Robert M., 1922- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Australia; Philippines; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Howard, Robert M., 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Aviation mechanics (Persons)--Biography |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; Aircraft mechanics |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Robert M. Howard on April 25, 2002. This is from tape number 447 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Howard (b. 1922) talks about family life and growing up in the Depression. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps and was inducted in 1942, taking his basic traing at Miami Beach, Florida. Having had pre-war experience as an aircraft mechanic, he was assigned to the Mobile Air Depot at Buckley Field near Mobile, Alabama. He was shipped to the Pacific in 1943 and describes being on the USS Sea Corporal when it was attacked by a Japanese submarine. He was assigned to bases in Australia, the Philipines, and also served on a small airstrip on Horn Island. 41 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
41 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/s6x08680 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Aviation mechanics (Persons) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023835 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08680 |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023812 |
| OCR Text |
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| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08680/1023812 |
