| 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 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025135 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT THAYER '2 02 ROB: I lived on the post. I never was able to have my wifl with m on - well, I did right after; I did come back from overseas. She stayed with me about a we k in Dalhart just before they released me to come home, to get out of the service. You know a lot of them had their wives with them all over, but I didn' t. I was in the Army Air Force- Air Corps at that time- and, boy, the places they put us, you didn't take your wives. But while I was up at Fort Douglas waiting for the appointment, why, Harry Ostler-! don't know whether you knew any of the Ostlers of the Ostler candy; you've heard of Ostler Candy? BEC: Yeah, I've heard of that. ROB: Well, he was a captain up to the Fort; he's been at the reserve at the University-he was a football player and I knew him from playing ball-and he got up a team from the Fort Douglas, and they were playing in the league downtown, so I got on that too. BEC: Is that right? ROB: Yeah. But my orders came before they finished the season (laughs). But I had a good time with that, too. BEC: Yeah. Made the time go by a little nicer. ROB: I'll say. And then it got me off the base. I could always go to the game, and then go see my wife, and then she'd drive me back up to the post. BEC: ROB: BEC: Right. Take the long way back. Yeah, long way back. So you shipped to, you say, Scott Field? 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw4gc9/1025135 |
