| Title |
Richard K. Cluphf, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, August 18, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 90 and 91 |
| Alternative Title |
Richard K. Cluphf, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Cluphf, Richard K., 1922-2002 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-08-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Colorado, United States; Wyoming, United States |
| Subject |
Cluphf, Richard K., 1922-2002--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Navigators; Jimmy Stewart; Flight school; B-24 |
| Description |
Transcript (47 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Richard K. Cluphf on August 18, 2000. This is from tape numbers 90 and 91 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Cluphf (b. 1922) grew up in Colorado and Wyoming. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was trained as a crewmember of the B-24. His first mission was to France, his second was over Friedrichshafen, Germany. He flew two missions as a navigator with actor James Stewart. He later qualified for training as a pilot and was in flight school on VE day and VJ day. He was discharged in December of 1945. 47 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 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/s68h0jzb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025356 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68h0jzb |
| Title |
Page 37 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025344 |
| OCR Text |
Show RI HARD K. CLUPHF 2 0 popular hut in the area. The guys from all around us w uld c m r at night and th y uld scrounge wood for us. We would go down to the ammo dump. Th b mb cam in w d n boxes and they would discard the boxes. We would go down and tak a littl fir and ch pup boxes. All the guys would come over and sit and listen to the radio and writ to th ir family and friends and all that. We were real popular. Occasionally we would get a load of charcoal. Everybody would take a barracks bag, footlocker anything you could get hold of and get out and get to the pile before somebody else got it. WIN: You got home in September, was it? DICK: I got home in August on 1944. WIN: Okay. Did you get reassigned? DICK: Yes. When I came home they said I was home for thirty days R&R, and I was supposed to report back to my unit in England. So we came into Atlantic City. Actually, it was New York, but they sent us to Atlantic City for processing and put us on a train, and we went to Laramie. Then I had to report back down to Lowry Field after R&R, and they sent me over to Fort Logan. They had a psychiatric ward over there, and they wanted all of us to be interviewed by a psychiatrist before we went back overseas. So I talked to this captain, and he asked me if I wanted to go back and I told him, no, I really didn't. He said, "Well, there is nothing I can do about it." We had to report to the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, so we went there back on a train. There were about twenty of us at Denver, and we had a captain that ran the ship for us. We got back there and they interviewed us again. I convinced the guy that interviewed me that I didn't 36 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68h0jzb/1025344 |
