| 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 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023833 |
| OCR Text |
Show D h 11. I b ught it fr m him for bout hundr d d 11 r but th n In ti It o I recovered that and th n I had a real hot rod. But th t up d up nn ill n 111 and of course I thr w away all the sup rfluou tuff lik nd r nd ddl b n I didn't have a battery you see· it was a magneto ignition so you don t n d a g n r t r r a battery. All you have is an engine and an idiot riding in the seat (laughs). But it uld go. I used to win a lot of hill climbs with that and a lot of other races. JEA: It' a miracle that your still talking about it, Dad, when you listen to all the stuff that you did. Unbelievable. ROB: Well, it was a lot of fun. BBL: Well, any other t~oughts on World War II you d like to add or any stories before we conclude? ROB: World War II. Well, let me think. Well, can't think of anything. I know it was really a grateful nation that we were able to persevere and I'll say that this country pulled together. You never-nobody quarreling, everybody pitched in. The small arms plants-the out put of our production. The people at home won the war for us. We out-produced them. We didn't have the best but what we had, we had a lot of it (laughs). Our tanks weren't a good as the German's, but we had a lot more of them. I think the country, it was a good-well, in a way it was good-the country really pulled together and did a good job. BBL: Well, I want to thank you for your interview today but I wanted to say that I appreciate the fact that-I know Uncle Sam was biting at your heels, as you say, you still did what you had to do you still sacrificed to go do this and you didn't really 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x08680/1023833 |
