| Title |
O. Marvin Lewis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, October 18, 2000 & January 17, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 307 and 308 |
| Alternative Title |
O. Marvin Lewis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lewis, O. Marvin (Oliver Marvin), 1924-2015 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-10-18; 2001-01-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
New Guinea; Philippines; Okinawa; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Lewis, O. Marvin (Oliver Marvin), 1924-2015--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (63 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with O. Marvin Lewis on October 18, 2000, and January 17, 2001. This is from tape numbers 307 and 308 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lewis (b. 1924) grew up in Ogden, Utah, entered the army in 1943, and was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. He describes his jump training, the voyage on a troop ship to New Guinea, being wounded in the Philippines, rejoining his unit and being shipped to Okinawa, hearing about the Hiroshima bomb, and serving in the occupation forces. Lewis also describes his post-war activities in medical school and practicing internal medicine in Ogden. He also talks about learning to fly and various aircraft he has owned. 63 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
63 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/s6c26vqn |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024485 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c26vqn |
| Title |
Page 5 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024424 |
| OCR Text |
Show 0. MARVIN LEWIS I can remember one time when driving over the ardin Pass ·t th it was always a problem, during the winter particularly, and there had b n a h rd cattle up on the divide that wasn't well marked with lights and so forth and fath r had driven into that herd of cattle and managed to kill four or five of the cows. At that time it was right at the heart of the depression. And they relived him without pay for about six weeks while they investigated that. Finally, they concluded that it was not his fault and put him back to work. Of course, going without income for that amount of time, and having a good deal of anxiety about whether or not we would be able to sustain ourselves as a family and what we ought to do - it was a painful time. We did not worry about the Depression that much, but we were concerned, and anxiously concerned for his job, and for his income. WIN: So you helped augment the family income in your odd jobs? MAR: Pretty much from the age of fourteen on I sort of felt the responsibility, and earned money (spending money for clothes and school and so forth). WIN: You were in the depression when you got into your junior high school. Did you participate in athletics or ... ? MAR: I was in football for a year, but I was a second string center. Our first string center was an excellent athlete, and he never got hurt! So I didn't get to play very much. But I do remember that I worked out occasionally and had a good deal of fun that one Fall with football. Incidentally, our coach was Harold Welch, who is the father ofT om Welch, who has been an object of notoriety down in Salt Lake. 3 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c26vqn/1024424 |
