| 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 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025062 |
| OCR Text |
Show Lee Manwill in about a half hour the conductor came around and wanted to s July 11 2 01 ur tick t . nd h couldn't speak a word of English. And of course, I didn't know any Italian. I g t th impression that that ticket wasn't any good. And we went round and round g sturing. And, finally, he says, "Un moment." He left the car and he came back with a little nine year old kid who had been studying English in school, and the kid interpreted for us. And it turned out that he'd never got the word about these new passes. But he let me go on. And I went to Venice and spent a night there, and rode around in the gondolas and things. But that was kind of fascinating. I thought I was going to get thrown off the train. I didn't have money enough to buy another ticket. Then I went on up to Gennany again, and clear up to Denmark. Well, actually, President Lyman allowed me to take this trip before I went to Copenhagen really. So I got on a ferry boat. First of all, the train went from Berlin up to Wamemunde, which is right on the ocean, the North Sea. W arnemunde, Germany was a place where the train would be loaded onto a ferry boat to go to Denmark. So I stayed on the same train car all the way from Berlin to Copenhagen. And that's where we had the conference. Anyway, those were some interesting days; fun times. L UK: What were your impressions of Germany? LEE: I remember the first morning I was in Germany I needed something to eat. I had a few bucks with me, but not very many. I had to ration it out very carefully. So I went into this bakery, and I thought I'll just get a roll, or donuts, or something to eat. I opened the door and this gal behind the counter snapped to attention, and said, "Heil Hitler." 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z91bnb/1025062 |
