| 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 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025295 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT D. TERAN M 23 2000 bragging, but I force myself-Gary owns the First Western Advisors if you want to invest your money in Salt Lake City. Gary is the youngest. The next youngest, works for Bank One, and he's in charge of all commercial loans in the main office down in Salt Lake, and that's Brian. Bruce is a CPA. He does my taxes for me each year, and I appreciate that. Doug works for PM Engineering, located in the Murray area. I taught for thirty-five years, retired in 1985. I enjoy my family. I have played golf. I have arthritis bad now, so I can't play golf at the present time. I was supposed to have a hip replacement operation sometime. I have to get myself, not mentally ready, because I'm ready, but physically there are a few things. I'm diabetic type II, so I have to get that so it is under control. They can do it, but it has to be under control. I enjoy traveling with our friends. I would have liked to have flown commercially, but I came back after having been shot down for nine months. Of course, I didn't get any flying time. I had only about 600 hours of flying time. Everybody that came back were in the 1 ,500's to 2,000 hours of flying time, so they got the jobs. I could have gone into something else, but I thought about that too late. I had promised myself that I was going to go to college. I thought, and I still believe, that education is a very important thing. I tried to stress that with my children and their children. General Vanaman wrote a letter to us and he tells in there some of the things that he was doing to help get us home. Since that time he died, but he worked for us. He did what he could. The Germans had taken him. He went through quite a few different things to try to get where he could be of assistance to us. I was given a plaque from the director of the Air Force Museum at Hill Air Force Base. He asked me to tell my story to 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh2mks/1025295 |
