| Title |
Melvin Lewis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 16, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 402 and 403 |
| Alternative Title |
Melvin Lewis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lewis, Melvin, 1917-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-07-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Pakistan; South Pacific; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Guam; Shasta County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Lewis, Melvin, 1917-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Flight instructors; Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (77 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Mel Lewis on July 16, 2001. This is from tape numbers 402 and 403 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mel Lewis (b. 1917) grew up in Redding, California, and operated a private airstrip before enlisting in the Army Air Corps one day after Pearl Harbor. He flew with the 14th Air Force in Pakistan, the 5th A.F. in the South Pacific, and the 7th A.F in Saipan and Guam. He was also a flight instructor in Greenville, South Carolina. 77 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
77 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/s6bk3bkc |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024582 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk3bkc |
| Title |
Page 37 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024538 |
| OCR Text |
Show MELLEWI J 16,2 1 Hi wife was something else; she was one ofthose kind ofwom n wh lik t liv up beyond her means and a few things like that. Oh he was pretty w 11 d wn t arth. nd they never had any children and he always kind of looked at me as a son. And that s just about the way he treated me, you know; he was just great. And I remember when I went in the service, why, he actually cried. BBL: Oh, is that right? Wow. MEL: And he said, "Buster, when you come back, you're going to have half of this business." But, you know, I knew at that time that I was never going to go back to California, because it was a wonderful place and all that, but I never liked the general kind of a dog-eat-dog attitude that was so prevalent in so many areas down there. You didn't know your neighbor. If you did, he wanted to sue you for something. You know how that goes? BBL: MEL: BBL: MEL: BBL: MEL: Yeah. And that was it. So you were working there when Pearl Harbor was bombed? That's right. And you remember that day? Uh-huh. Working there and it was very well set up. Liked the job. Liked the people. Doing just fine. BBL: MEL: BBL: And doing your flying on the weekends? Oh, yeah. I never gave that up. You know, I wanted to ask you, when you said that for that extra buck you'd fly under the Golden Gate Bridge? 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk3bkc/1024538 |
