| 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 55 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026138 |
| OCR Text |
Show WAYNEA.OMER B R 17 2001 in the clouds about four thousand feet, wandering through the loud . Of course, I've got my guys with me and by then I m starting to worry ab ut fu l. And I'm going along, following that heading. All at once, I see a light. A couple of lights, right off my left wing-tip. I thought, "Man. There's no lights out there except at Ulithi! There's some lights there, no where else would have lights." So I started making a tum towards those lights, and I could see once in a while through the clouds. The radio came on, gave me my plane number, says: "Tum on all your lights! We got a night fighter closing in on you" they'd sent out to find me. Sure enough, I turned on every light that I could tum on in the airplane. Cockpit lights, running lights - everything I turned on. And by then, I could see that that was the lights back at the air field. And I had some altitude to lose, so I pushed it over a bit, boost the throttle a bit, sure enough here comes a night fighter - and F -6 - comes in along side of me and flies by me for a little bit. And he sees that I'm heading in the right direction. So anyway, I get back. I don't think I had twenty minutes of gas left. But got on the ground, the next morning, people started asking, "What went on?" Especially my buddy that had been out with me. All my life he never let me forget that flight! "You get lost so easy!" So anyway, one of the guys, a good buddy of mine in the squadron, he was the communications officer. I'd tell him what I experienced. So he said, "Let me check this out." 53 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s48r79/1026138 |
