| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025209 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE KIMBALL MARCH 28, 2001 WAY: No. For a period of time, and then I was checked out as first pilot and I flew first pilot. I ran into a couple of fellows who had a motorcycle. They were going home and I said, "You want to sell your motorcycle?" "Yeah, we'll sell it to you." Well, so I had a motorcycle and I'd drive up the Ledo Road a short distance, not very far, and coming back one day I passed some MPs. They pulled me over and said, " Sir, where'd you get that motorcycle?" I said, "I bought it from a couple of guys." "Sir, you're not allowed to have that." I said, "Oh, come on." They said, "No, sorry. Government issue." Probably nobody else had one (laughs). So they took it away from me. BBL: Really? WAY: And I don't know that they probably took it themselves. BBL: That's what I was thinking. Did you see them riding around a couple of weeks later on that? WAY: BBL: WAY: BBL: WAY: except fly. BBL: No. Well, that's too bad. A little recreationIt was entertaining. How was morale? Was it pretty tough living? No. Most of the fellows were pleasant. There was really nothing to do When you had off time, when you weren't flying and you had some time off, what would you do? WAY: I'd read, or I'd go into town. I'd go into the town of Monberri-that wasn't the town that was the base-l forgot the name of the town. I have it someplace. We went in a few times to the town and it was just like a little dirt road and little shops 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60884j4/1025209 |
