| 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 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025289 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT D. TERAN M Y23 2000 he was working to get us out and so forth. I have that somewhere. On the 31 st of January we went to Muskau where they had a brick factory. We took a crock and put up against the furnace in hope that it would warm enough so we could wash up. As you might well expect, a lot of the men had dysentery and diarrhea. I was fortunate and didn't have either of those. On the 1st of February, we rested and I tried to repair my shoes. Then we rested on the 2nd of February also. We left at 4:30a.m. and it was eighteen kilometers to Braustein and at dawn we left and went seven kilometers to Spremburg, where we were placed on French boxcars. They were World War I; they said forty hommes, I guess. I don't know how you pronounce it. Forty men and eight horses--cheval. They crammed about fifty-five or so of us into those and our biggest problem was, of course, nature calls. If that came, they didn't stop. They just went to the side of the boxcar door and that was it. Whatever happened. We stopped at a place called Chemnitz, and that was at night. As we were getting out to answer our nature calls and rest a minute, there was an air raid by the British. That didn't stop the men from what they had to do. The German in charge of the depot there came out, and he stepped in a little bit of stuff. I don't know what he said, but I know he swore because he was really mad. We got back onto the cars as fast we could. We then went to Munich and on to Moos burg and Stalag 7 A, where a lot of others met also. The conditions there were horrible. We had fleas, lice, bed bugs, very little to eat. They had a slit trench for the men go out to, and we were put about six hundred in a building. This one man went out and an air raid occurred, and he just said, "Too bad." He just sat out there while the air raid was on. He had dysentery, I guess, or diarrhea, so 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh2mks/1025289 |
