| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026109 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNEA.OMER B 17 20 1 He says, "Okay. I'll bring it around. And make a landing. We r g ing t land in this stuff? So, we come around and line up with the wind sock and he comes in and he lands. I'm sitting back there in the second cockpit kind of fat, dumb and happy trying to figure out what's going on. Snow flying all around and let's it roll just a little bit too long, then he poured the coal to it full power, trying to take off. It wouldn't take off; too much snow in front of it. So he says, "Okay, we'll do this." So he plowed, just kept going, the engine going about full tilt, made a track down through the snow for a few hundred yards. Turned the air plane around in the snow, went back in the same track. We got back to the other end. I thought, "With this mess, we ought to be going home!" He turns the airplane around and says, "Okay, you take it off, and come around and land in the same place!" So that's what we did. And with a little help from him, I think I found the track. And so those were some of the conditions that we were forced to learn to do some flying 1n. I soloed in my given eight hours. If you didn't solo in eight hours then you were through. WIN: Was the attrition rate pretty high there? WAY: I'd say out of our platoon twenty-five, maybe, ten didn't finish. 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026109 |
