| Title |
Wayne Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 28, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 200 |
| Alternative Title |
Wayne Kimball, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Kimball, Wayne, 1925-2009 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-03-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; India |
| Subject |
Kimball, Wayne, 1925-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Wayne Kimball on March 28, 2001. This is from tape number 200 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Wayne Kimball (b. 1925) reminisces about growing up in Salt Lake City and working in the family laundry business until Pearl Harbor, when he enlisted in the Air Corps. He went to basic flight training in Bakersfield, California, and was assigned to air transport command, which was an aircraft delivery outfit. He later flew aircraft over "the Hump" from India. 39 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
39 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/s60884j4 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025225 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60884j4 |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025203 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE KIMBALL MARCH 28,2001 Guinea and so we just flew off the deck, real close, and landed in Biac, which is off the west end ofNew Guinea. We delivered the plane and were assigned to go back in a C-54 back to Santa Ana. We'd delivered our aircraft. BBL: The thought of going to New Guinea, was this exciting for you? WAY: Yeah. I don't ever remember being frightened. I just as soon not come back, I don't know why because we retumed- [pauses]- After I got back I was assigned to Reno, Nevada, to check out in C-46s, knowing we would probably go overseas to India, probably. So I went there and checked out in C-46s. When I received orders to go overseas, I got gingivitis. It got sore and they said. "You've got to get that cleared up before you go overseas." So I was going to the dentist and being treated and it cleared up and I was waiting for this assignment to go, I guess for a few weeks. Low and behold, Walker Pierce, that one I flew with to Biac, came through on his was overseas. And they said to him, "Would you take one of these planes to India?" And he said, "Yes, ifl can have Kimball as my co-pilot." Normally, you were just sandbagged as a passenger but he and I and the radio operator were assigned to take a C-46. So we started out and we flew down through South America. We landed on some island, I don't recall what it was. Then we flew on down to South America and across the south Atlantic and we landed at Ascension Island, which is halfway across. Thank heavens the good Lord put an island there halfway across. That was an experience landing because the runway on Ascension Island was not flat; it had this to it [indicates hilly terrain]. BBL: WAY: Little hills in it? Yeah. 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60884j4/1025203 |
