| 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 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026117 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE A. OMER left for overseas on just a troop transport in January of 44. WIN: Did you know where you were headed? B R 17 2001 WAY: We, by then, we had no doubt, by then see, the Solomon campaign had been going on for a long time. But it was still going. Bougainville, Ribaul, New Ireland. And so, we knew that we were going to be out replacing. So they took us from San Diego to New Caledonia. WIN: Was that on a troop ship? WAY: On a troop ship. WIN: Do you remember what kind of ship it was? WAY: Yes, it was the S.S. Tyler. President Tyler had been a President-line steamship in the Pacific for years and years, and they loaded it with about twenty-four hundred troops. And there were about twelve of us torpedo pilots, and there was about a dozen fighter pilots, then about a dozen nurses that were going back out. Two or three of them had had one tour already and were going back out. So it took us twenty-days to get from San Diego to New Caledonia. WIN: Did you go in convoy, or were you- WAY: -No. We didn't see another ship the whole way. We changed course every fifteen minutes. We were zig-zagging all over the Pacific. WIN: A liner was fast enough that it could probably escape some of the- WAy: - Very little convoy was done in the Pacific. Some was done, but very little, because the Japanese- while they had some semi-effective submarine work being done in 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026117 |
