| 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 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026118 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE A. OMER p B R 17 20 1 the West Pacific - they didn't have enough to cover the ast Pacific. Th r wa much water out there. There's so much water out there. Nobody knows how much water i out there. So we finally put in to New Caledonia, and we were flown from there up to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides on a DC-3. And there we found ourselves an airfield called turtle bay. It was a Marine operation, which had been for a year and a half now, the staging area for the campaign in the Solomons. So there was a lot of stuff being done there. Groups were being reformed and sent up north to Guadalcanal and then further up to Bougainville, New Ireland. And we found ourselves out there, us dozen TBM pilots, virtually alone. Because they had just filled a couple of squadrons with the replacements that were there. So all at once, we were the utility guys at the base. We flew all kinds of utility hops, weather hops, I don't know what all, and this went on for months! More pilots drifted in, we finally had a pool there of about sixty, seventy torpedo bomber pilots, and we had a pool of airplanes available - maybe forty airplanes. And myself and one of my good buddies were designated the operations officer for the pool. So we had to do all the scheduling, and figuring out what we were going to do - check with operations, see what they needed - and so forth. So we did that for several months. And then, as things were starting to fade out as far as the northern Solomons went 33 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026118 |
