| Title |
Soren Barrett, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Kelly, July 18, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. SL-268 |
| Alternative Title |
Soren Barrett, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Barrett, Soren, 1919-2008 |
| Contributor |
Kelly, Luke; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-07-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Europe |
| Subject |
Barrett, Soren, 1919-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Mining engineers--Biography |
| Keywords |
ROTC; Camp Roberts; Fort Sill;; Artillery; Basketball; Ellington Field, Texas; Lincoln, Nebraska; Army Air Corps; Bombing; Navigators; B-17 |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of interview by Luke Kelly with Soren Barrett, on July 18, 2001. This is tape number SL-268 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Barrett (b. 1919) was a senior in college and a member of the Army ROTC when the United States entered the war. He transferred to the Air Corps and was stationed at Kimbolton, England. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 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/s6k66hbt |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Mining engineers |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025649 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k66hbt |
| Title |
Page 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025647 |
| OCR Text |
Show SOREN BARRETT July 18, 2001 will be about the s1ze of 1t. LUK: Well, there IS one question I ask of all the veterans. As you kno-vv, Hollywood has been mak1ng all these World War II mov1es. Have you watched the1n? And what do you think about Hollywood's depiction of the war? SOR: Well, 1t's like I told n1y son. I smd, "I've seen flak that they've put up 1n these pictures, and we would call that very light flak." We'd been through flak s1noke where you could JUSt see your two-w1ng planes, a11d that's all you could see. That's how th1ck the sn1oke was. And you've got three or four hundred guns that are putt1ng shells up that are breaking I had the disadvantage of be1ng 1n the artillery first, and I knew what those dang things would do to you. LUK: Oh, yes. SOR: Those 88s could shoot over the top of you at 26,000 feet. And that's nearly five n11les up L UK: Well, do you have any final words, or any final conunents? SOR: Nothing, except as I've told n1y son. I smd, "The expenences n1ay have been good to have had, but I would hate to see any young people-n11ne or anyone else' s-have to go through the san1e k1nd of an experience." I really would. I've seen n1en that were so fnghtened they couldn't operate 1n n1y own plane. L UK: I forgot to ask. After the war were you able to keep 1n contact w1th any of your fl1ght crew? SOR: No I d1d keep 1n contact w1th one n1an that was w1th n1e tn the artillery for a few 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k66hbt/1025647 |
