| 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 24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025278 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT D. TERAN MA 23 2000 BOB: Yes, I'm sure they did, but I don' t remember specifics. Well we did go to dances where the English were, and they were belligerent. You know the young men were pretty belligerent about dancing with their girls and that type of thing. I did belong- ! don't belong now- but I belonged to Oak Ridge Country Club. There was a gentleman there who spent all of his time-he was a ground pounder in England- he has gone back, and because they loved him so much over there, he has gone back. They have had reunions every year. In general, I guess, most everyone was pleased and happy about how they were treated. While I was there in Kimbolton, I had a pass and I was on my way to London. There was a place that's like our USO over there. We stopped overnight. We got up the next morning and were going to head on down to London. This sign out in front said that Queen Mary, she's about ninety-nine now, I guess or something, but she was going to stop there. She was going to stop, and so we decided to wait for her. She would be there at about eleven o'clock. We were in playing ping-pong and she came in and talked to us. It was just another thing that we got to do, you know, that was something that most people didn't get to do. We went on to London after we had talked to her briefly and we got our reservations at the hotel, and they had some of the greatest mattresses I could ever remember. They were great. But, you knew about buzz bombs, and they had the V-1 and V-2. At the time I was there, it was the V-1. WIN: Those were V-1 and V-2. BOB: Yes, V-1 and V-2. 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh2mks/1025278 |
