| Title |
Robert E. Thayer, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, December 3, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 552 and 553 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert E. Thayer, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Thayer, Robert E., 1916- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-12-03 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Wales |
| Subject |
Thayer, Robert E., 1916- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Group Communications Officer; Schweinfort; D-Day |
| Description |
Transcript (57 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Robert E. Thayer on December 3, 2001. This is from tape numbers 552 and 553 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Robert Thayer was born in 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Drafted in 1942, he served as a communications officer in the 381st Bomb Group in Wales and received a Bronze Star. 57 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
57 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/s6mw4gc9 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025183 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw4gc9 |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025131 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT THAYER R 2002 ROB: Yes. Then I went full-time working with my granddad and my unci in the trucking business. And I got my own truck. My granddad financed it and I had my own dump truck, and I was real proud of that. BEC: Now you've got to stop and tell me how you met your wife and her name and all the details. ROB: Oh (laughs), that is interesting too. I played a lot of basketball, as I told you, and after we would get through playing basketball, at that time the church was using Westminster gym, and we were playing out there. And I came back one night to the Doll House. Now that was a favorite spot when we were young to go and have a hamburger and a milkshake and everything. And this young lady was waiting on the cars. It was outside; we were outside. And I kind of took a fancy to her, and her name on the slip was Pat (laughs). And later on, after two or three visits that way, why I asked her out, and she went out with me. We became real good friends and had a lot of fun together. And I found out that her name wasn't really Pat; her name was Elizabeth-and they called her Betty-Poulton. And (laughs) she was always Pat to me, and she's still Pat to me. BEC: So Pat wasn't even a nickname; it was just like an alias? ROB: Well, the reason was they had two Bettys working down there, and the boss said, "You look like you're Irish; I'm going to call you Pat instead of Betty." And that's how it started (laughs). BEC: So are you the only person who calls her Pat? ROB: No. All of our friends that she's met through me all call her Pat. Her family still calls her Betty. But she was Betty Poulton. She went to South High, and she 8 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw4gc9/1025131 |
