| 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 42 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026125 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNE A. OMER PT B R 17 2001 seats. Nice, commercial type air-seats in the airplane. And it had a littl kitch n and a one bunk there, all built in. And he'd brought in about ten British Admirals from ydn y Australia. And they are coming in to a big meeting that was being held on - about a two or three-day meeting - in which Secretary of the Navy Forestall, Nimitz, and all our top Admirals were in the meeting, as well as all these British guys, and probably some from Australia. And it was in that meeting that it was being decided what the strategy - what would be going on from then on in regards to the action against Japan itself. So, it was a very important thing. A few days later, we were told that we were to fly cover for the fleet as it left Ulithi. Task Force 58 left that day and assembled to that was the biggest assemblage of Naval firepower ever assembled in the history of the world. All of our battleships were there, cruisers by the dozens, destroyers by the dozen - there must have been at least twenty or thirty carriers there. It was an amazing, amazing site. And my log book shows that I was in the air four and a half hours that day flying anti -sub cover over the fleet until they were far enough out that they started to launch their own CAP. And to see those battleships go out, and carriers one after another, it was an amazing, amazing site. A few days before that I was given an assignment to go out - a couple of us, to go out and fly cover for the battleship Missouri. In what might have been the first refueling 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026125 |
