| Title |
Wayne A. Omer, Holladay, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, September 17th, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 291 and 292 |
| Alternative Title |
Wayne A. Omer, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Omer, Wayne A., 1921- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-09-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Solomon Islands; Ulithi, Micronesia; Peleliu Island, Palau; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Omer, Wayne A., 1921- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Marines; Solomon campaign |
| Description |
Transcript (75 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Wayne A. Omer on September 17, 2001. This is from tape numbers 291 and 292 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Wayne Omer (b. 1921) details his genealogy and recalls his childhood in Holladay, Utah. He went to work for the FBI in 1941 and moved to Washington, DC. He enlisted in the Navy and begain flight training in Athens, Georgia. After being commissioned he transferred to the Marines and was shipped out to the Solomon Islands. After serving in the Pacific he was reassigned to a training mission in Santa Barbara, where he remained until the war ended. Other topics covered include serving in the Reserves, making jewelry, and working for Litton Industries. 75 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
75 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/s6s48r79 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026161 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79 |
| Title |
Page 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026104 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNEA.OMER EPTEMBER 17 2001 all of the windows with black-out stuff, and double production- we r going to six day instead of five, and all of that. So that went on and the pressure was really on us there and we did a lot of, a lot of work. We tried so hard. About March, maybe it was February, both the Navy and the Army changed the requirements for their flight programs, the flight cadets, from a two-year college requirement to a high school diploma requirement. We went down there in droves, guys from the FBI. I was among them. WIN: As a member of the FBI, would you have been deferred from induction? WAY: Yes, we thought we might impress our local draft boards out here by being so important, which is a laugh! And so I think yes, to a degree, we might have been deferred a little while. But every able-bodied man was going to get involved in this thing before it was over. So we thought, "Let's not wait." This was out thinking: "Let's not wait to be told where we're going to go. Let's do some choosing. If we can qualify, let's do it." And this was the mind-set of several of us guys from Utah. So I went down to the Navy and started in the processing, that is doing the tests, taking the physicals, doing all that, and in a few short weeks they said, "Okay. We'll take you." Well, "But before I can take you, you've got to get these papers signed by your parents because you're not twenty-one years old." So I sent some papers home right next door here. And they didn't jump up and down! And I think I got a letter that said, "Son, have you really thought about this?" You 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026104 |
