| Title |
Charles and Frieda Bytheway, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, November 6, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 414 |
| Alternative Title |
Charles and Frieda Bytheway, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Bytheway, Charles, 1926-2015 ; Bytheway, Frieda, 1924-2015 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-11-06 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Bytheway, Charles, 1926-2015--Interviews; Bytheway, Frieda, 1924-2015--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States |
| Keywords |
Navy Air Corps; Training; Draft; Korea; Radio tube plant |
| Description |
Transcript (52 pages) of interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Charles and Frieda Bytheway on November 6, 2001. This is tape number 414 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Charles (b. 1926) and Frieda (b. 1924) Bytheway recall growing up in Salt Lake City. Charles enlisted in the Navy Air Corps in 1944. 52 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
52 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/s62826tw |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; War work |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026779 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62826tw |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026750 |
| OCR Text |
Show CHARLES AND FRIEDA BYTHEW A Y NOVEMBER 6, 2001 that's what I did. I went down every day till I got familiar with the doctor and stuff and then my blood pressure went down and they said, "Okay, we'll keep you In the program." BEC: Oh, IS that right? CHA: Yeah. So I was still In the program. And then we finally-! only studied the classes I really like, like I liked math so I got A's in math, I hated history so I got D's In history So three of us decided we were going to flunk out and we were going to go to boot camp and JUSt be In the regular navy and so we all decided to get bad grades. But I still got A's in my math classes. And the other guys got sent to boot camp and the commanding officer called me In and said, "It's obvious you only study what you want to study I'm not kicking you out. You gotta stay here (laughs)." BEC: Oh, IS that nght? CHA: Yeah. So I stayed there and finally they decided they'd send us off to pre-flight and instead we were sent to Treasure Island, In the Bay area. They called it tarmac duty and what we did Is repmr PB-2Y sea planes. We'd take the skin off of them when they got worn down and put new skin on and nvet them back up to keep them In service. And we were there, oh, I don't know, four or five months and then they finally sent us to pre-flight school. And just before we went to pre-flight school, V -J day came along and the Japanese gave up and so when we went to pre-flight school they said, "Hey, the war's over; we don't need you guys anymore (laughs), and if you'll enlist for five years we'll put you on inactive duty" And I said, "Sure, why not." So I enlisted for five more years and they put me on Inactive duty and I was out of active service In October of 1945 So I was one of the first ones discharged. And the first time I ever got 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62826tw/1026750 |
