| 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 134 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025783 |
| OCR Text |
Show Robert . Irion eptemb r 20'h 2002 And s sur no ugh here comes this trail of smoke coming up here over th horizon passes us, just zoom! In an hour or so it was out of sight. The next morning the guy says, "Well, I just heard the Queen Mary calling for docking instructions in New York," it was about a half a day out of New York, 'And we're still about a week out of New York!" Oh, golly. But it was an experience that I'd never had before. I'd never been around ships before so it was kind of fun. BEN: What was the first thing you did when you got states side? Was there anything that you missed? Certain food? ROB: Well, we went to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, right outside ofNew York- but we didn't get to go into town. We couldn't go back into the city or anything. And we were there for a couple of days and then they shipped us by train to Leavenworth, Kansas. And then they told us they were going to process us and so on for either - you could, if you wanted to stay in, they were asking for volunteers, and you could stay in. But if you wanted out well, then, they were going to process you. BEN: They were going to let you out even though the war was still on? ROB: It had ended before we got to Leavenworth there. It ended while we were in Camp Kilmer. But we didn't get to celebrate with the rest of the New Yorkers. So we got there and I had a sister in Kansas City. I went over to see her. She was the one I had been visiting on that Pearl Harbor day. I went over to see her and her husband. There was a guy that lived across the street from them who was a train dispatcher for the railroad who I'd known when he lived in Marysville, Kansas, where I'd worked last. 132 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs0rd1/1025783 |
