| Title |
Lee S. Manwill, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Kelly, July 11, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 267 |
| Alternative Title |
Lee S. Manwill, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Manwill, Lee S., 1916-2008 |
| Contributor |
Kelly, Luke; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-07-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom; New York City, New York, United States; Virginia, United States; North Carolina, United States; Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Manwill, Lee S., 1916-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Radio operators--Biography |
| Keywords |
radio operator; Governor's Island; Officer Candidate School; Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (30 pages) of an interview by Luke Kelly with Lee S. Manwill on July 11, 2001. This is from tape number 267 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lee Manwill (b. 1916) ran movie projectors and served an LDS mission to England before being drafted into the Army in 1941. He served as a radio operator at Governor's Island, New York, before completing Officer Candidate School and joining the Army Air Corps. He then served in Virginia and North Carolina, retiring in 1945 as a Captain. 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 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/s6z91bnb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Radio operators |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025075 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z91bnb |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025061 |
| OCR Text |
Show Lee Manwill Jul 11, 2001 Ursenbach. I said, "Is that your mother and father by any chance?" He aid, " , it' n1y grandmother and grandfather." So I gave him a copy of the picture. He was delighted. It was taken back in 193 8 then. It was just a short time before I came home. LUK: So you were in Europe in 1938? LEE: Oh, yes. In fact, I took a tour of the continent, all alone. I went down to- I went through Germany. And when I got into Germany Hitler had already taken Austria, but it was bloodless. He just says-he walked in with the troops and, "You're either part of Germany, or else we'll fight." They conceded, and overnight they switched from lefthand traffic to right hand traffic. Hitler made the decree that cars will now run on the right side of the street instead of the left overnight. I wanted to go to Austria, but I couldn't because they had just taken over, and they wouldn't allow any tourists to go to Austria. But I went through France and Italy, and down to Pompeii and Naples on the trains. And I bought a 3rct class ticket before I entered Italy at a tourist agency for about $5.00 that entitled me to unlimited travel, 3rct class, on the Italian trains for a week. Well, it worked fine the first few days. I remember stopping in Pisa, and I saw the leaning tower at a distance. I didn't get off the train. But I got down to Rome and everything. And I wanted to go to Venice. Well, I'd been clear down to Naples and Pompeii. And that was fascinating, Pompeii. They were just digging up-they're still digging it up today. It was covered up by Mount Vesuvius in the year 70 A.D. I wanted to go to Venice. Well, I got on the train in Rome to go to Venice, and 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z91bnb/1025061 |
