| Title |
Robert E. Irion, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, September 20, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 537, 538, and 539 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert E. Irion, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Irion, Robert E., 1923-2007 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-20 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Scotland; England; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Kansas, United States |
| Subject |
Irion, Robert E., 1923-2007--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 |
Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (142 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Robert E. Irion on September 20, 2002. This is from tape numbers 537, 538, and 539 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Irion (b. 1923) recalls his youth in Kansas and tells how he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in October 1942. He discusses his flight training in Arkansas, Alabama, and Florida. He served in the 505th and 339th Fighter Groups. 142 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
142 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/s6bs0rd1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025794 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1 |
| Title |
Page 104 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025753 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert E. Irion eptember 20th 2002 H said ' I figured if you wanted to fly at fifteen thousand feet that s wher w ought to be." He never said a peep but he was freezing in that airplane up there! Ohman I felt dumb. But Leroy, it just actually took the goggles off his head. He had them up off of his eyes and it actually wiped the goggles off his head when that thing hit there. BEN: I guess it was just out of the slip stream then? ROB: Of the canopy hitting his canopy, the one flying by him, just could have scalped him right there. Anyhow, that was a dumb situation. BEN: When you get a strike like that, I don't know, is it time to celebrate? I mean, is there any? ROB: Oh yeah! We were all pretty happy when we got back, you bet. BEN: I mean, do you wait for your gun footage to come back? ROB: Yeah, yeah. BEN: Pretty quickly, or? ROB: Well, about three days to get the camera film back. BEN: Where do they show it to you? Where can you view it? ROB: Well, they send it back to our squadron and we got it so we could see, everybody, see what happened and all. We got, one time when the whole squadron got called in for some gun camera film, and it was a gun camera film of the squ().dron commander of this one, the "Do Nothing Outfit." What was it, the 504th that we always thought were present but never really did any of getting the action. And he'd shot down one of our own guys. 102 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025753 |
