| Title |
Robert D. Teran, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 23, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 18 and 19 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert D. Teran, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Teran, Robert D., 1922-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom; Germany; Poland; New Mexico, United States |
| Subject |
Teran, Robert D., 1922-2009--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Poland |
| Keywords |
POWs; B-17 |
| Description |
Transcript (51 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Robert D. Teran on May 23, 2000. This is from tape numbers 18 and 19 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Teran (b. 1922) describes a difficult childhood in New Mexico during the Depression, and recalls his education at Fort Lewis College, army enlistment, and schooling at Scott air base in Illinois. He also details his experiences in flight training, B-17 crew assignments, and crossing the Atlantic to England, where he served in the 8th Air Force, 379th Bomb Group, 527th Squadron, based at Kimbolton Field near London. He flew twenty missions before being shot down and captured by German soldiers, ending up at Stalag Luft 3. He recounts his days as a prisoner of war, including a forced march away from the advancing Russions, incarceration in Stalag 7A, liberation, and his return to the United States. 51 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
51 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/s6kh2mks |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025307 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh2mks |
| Title |
Page 6 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025260 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT D. TERAN MA 23, 2000 accomplish? BOB: Well, work, yes. My work consisted of- we had a nice garden. I think it was more than an acre. I had to help plant and care for it. We had tomatoes and we had beans and we had corn. We even had some grapes that we had to care for. My job was to get rid of the worms. Today we can spray, but in those days, it was like taking the worms off the plants and the bean bugs and so forth, so it was mostly a gardening situation. WIN: So in the Depression, how did your family fare? BOB: Very poorly. We were virtually destitute, shall we say. We had very little money. I had to continually go and find my stepfather. We had to go and get officers to come and get him. It was kind· of a thankless childhood, not conducive to learning and doing things very well. As a result, my grades were not too good when I was in high school. WIN: Do you have any close friends from that era? Do you remember anybody in particular as you were growing up? BOB: Well, I had a friend and his name was Carl Lawson, and he and I buddied around together all the time. In the summertime, just bored I guess you would say, we went up to the corrals, where they kept the cattle, and they were shipped out on the narrow gauge railroad. We would play tag along a six-inch piece of board, the top of the corral fence. We would run up and down those. Sometimes we would fall off. Then to get from one place to another, we would swing on the gates. Richard Steele, another friend of mine, his parents treated me very well. They invited me to go with them on little trips, usually it 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh2mks/1025260 |
