| 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 45 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026128 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNEA.OMER EPTEMB R 17,2001 Bougainville, and operating out of there, all of them had to take Atabrine with every meal, or every day. And they came back yellow as yellow. You could tell guys that had been up to New Ireland because they just had a yellow color, and Atabrine did that. But fortunately, down where we were in New Hebrides they had done quite a bit about keeping the mosquitoes down. DDT was a new product. I don't know whether there's time for this story, but: They fixed up a torpedo bomber. Took out the guts out of the bomb bay and put in a big tank, and then they put spray nozzles under the wings, and with pumps, and stuff. It took quite a bit of work to put out this particular airplane. And they filled the tank with a solution of DDT. And it'd go back and forth over the general area, just at tree-top level, spraying DDT. Well, one of my tent mates was assigned to fly this thing. One day he got orders: "Get to Peleliu as fast as possible with that airplane." So he packed his stuff, jumped in the airplane, and headed - what, a thousand, fifteen hundred miles over there. Well, he finally got it up to Peleliu (in the next day or two I guess), and the Battle for Peleliu was still going on. The Japs would have the airfield part of the time, the Marines would push them back, "Bloody Nose Ridge" was there and they didn't expect anything to be as tough as it was at Peleliu. So, the reason they'd sent for this airplane is that there was dead bodies all over the airfield. Nobody could get out there to take care of the bodies, and they were starting to have real problems with disease. 43 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026128 |
