| 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 37 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026120 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNEA.OMER p B R 17 2 1 WAY: So, we were the first squadron on Ulithi. The first landing on that air trip had been made less than a week before. And so we went in there and we were immediat ly assigned to do the inner perimeter - just a few miles out around the atoll - anti-sub patrol. Which we had to maintain two airplanes in the air all the time from daylight to dusk everyday. And then in between times, Yap was only about one hundred and ten miles from us - that was still held by the Japanese. Some kind of garrison. They had been pretty well neutralized, but anyway, we were sent down to drop bombs on some bridges and runways that they had down there. So we did a little of that, and some of what they called "Hunter Killer Searches" for possible submarine sights farther out away from the perimeter. We did some of that. And so, it was mainly just work. Just work. WIN: So you'd just get up in the air, and had assigned routes to take? WAY: We just circled so many miles off the atoll. The atoll itself was close to fifteen miles long, and about eight miles across. A lagoon that size, and all of it was encircled with reef except about four miles on one side. And through that entrance, ships could come into the lagoon. It was the best, and by far, the biggest good anchorage in the entire west Pacific. There was nothing like it anywhere. The Navy didn't even know it was there. It wasn't on the maps - a lot of maps didn't have it on, I understand. So they stumbled on it when they were making their preparations to invade Yap, which was there just one hundred 35 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026120 |
