Robert Howard, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 25, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 447

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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
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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
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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
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