| 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 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026108 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE A. OMER PT MB R 17 20 1 WIN: This is side two of our first with Wayne A. Orner. Wayne we w r ju t talking about your training in Olathe, Kansas and how cold it was. You sent hom for fur-lined gloves and your mother managed to find some and send them to you. WAY: Right. Along with that, even goggles were in such short supply down there that you took whatever was left. So the first day where we had any leave, Kansas City was about forty miles away. I went in there and found an aviation supply store, the only one there, and bought me self a pair of goggles of my very own which I used for the entire war. They were wonderful, a little bit oversized, blue lensed goggles. So that's another thing that I did in Kansas. In Kansas, the weather was against us. Had a good instructor by the name of Lieutenant Creed. And it snowed about eight or ten inches the night before, and they plowed the runways enough so that we could take off: "Man, we're going to get up in the air and see all that snow, and we'll just turn around and bring us back." So, we took off and just got in the air and the instructor hollered through the tube that came around to my ears: "Okay, take me to field seven." I thought I knew about where that was, so I turned the airplane that way. This is after I've had about three hours in the air plane. So, I kind of guided my plane out that way, trying to keep the wings level and stuff. He said, "There it is. Right down there!" There's a big field with fences defining the edges, and the windsock in one comer. That's all you could see, the rest of it was snow. 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026108 |
