| 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 133 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025782 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert . Irion ept mb r 201 \ 2002 B : Ju t to get an id a? ROB: No. Finally in July I was shipped up with a group of our guys. We were all transferred up to the replacement center that we came in, Stone, England. And I laid there waiting six weeks waiting for a boat home. A lot of the guys shipped right out. But I got on a liberty ship that had been waiting for cargo and waiting for cargo and finally they sent it out with a half load of some kind of English cars and some Scotch whiskey and thirty-two troops was all they had. Thirty-two people! And I think there were six officers and twenty-six enlisted men. They gave us the run of ship and we could go anywhere we wanted. Go down and sit in the engine room with these guys down there firing the boilers, talk to them. Or go up on the bridge and talk to the crew at the helm. And they just let us have the run of the place because they said, "Hey, there are so few of you. What's the difference?" BEN: Thirty-two. Did you get sea sick? ROB: No. Well, I didn't get "sea sick" but I hung on a lot of times when it was rolling pretty good. I never lost my cookies but I know some guys didn't fare so well. BEN: Were you upset that you didn't get to fly home? I mean, you're a pilot, after all. ROB: Well a lot of people flew home. But we flew over so they just gave us a slow boat to come home in. We had our turn at it. We were out in the middle of the Atlantic coming home and somebody came in from the bridge, the radio man came in, and we were having lunch. And he said, "Hey, guys." He said, "Will you all come over to the port side here?" He said, "The Queen Mary is going to pass us here pretty quick." 131 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025782 |
