| Title |
Evan Pearson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joel C. Calderon, April 5, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 346 |
| Alternative Title |
Evan Pearson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Pearson, Evan J., 1921-2002 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Calderon, Joel C. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-05 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
India; Burma; China |
| Subject |
Pearson, Evan J., 1921-2002--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Asia--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (28 pages) of an interview by Joel C. Calderon with Evan Pearson on April 5, 2002. From tape number 346 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Pearson was born in Meadow, Utah, on April 30, 1921. He joined the ROTC at the University of Utah and was activated in 1943. Received basic training at Camp Roberts, California, then returned to Fort Douglas where he joined the Army Air Corps. Received pre-flight training at Santa Ana, California; primary flight training at Blithe, California; and basic flight training at Pomona, California. After graduation, he picked up a crew and orders to Dohazari, India. As part of the 1st Combat Cargo Group, 4th Combat Cargo Squadron, they flew, mostly in C-46s and C-47s, from that base into Burma, supplying mainly British troops. Mr. Pearson discusses his experiences during this time. After the war ended, he was based in Kumming, China, flying Chinese dignitaries to various locations. Later, he transported Chinese Nationalist troops. Left China in December 1945 and was separated on April 15, 1946 as a first lieutenant. Mr. Pearson received the Distinguished Flying Cross and an oak leaf cluster for over 500 combat hours of flying. Interviewed by Joel Calderon. 28 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
28 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/s6tf20dk |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026847 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf20dk |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026830 |
| OCR Text |
Show EVANPEAR ON EVA: Oh yes we did. JOE: Incidentally, I was visiting with another pilot who served in India. EVA: Oh, that's interesting. What part of India was he in? PRI JOE: I forgot but he was a C-4 7 pilot and he flew over the Hump a lot into China. EVA: Yes. At first what we were doing was supplying the Burmese Campaign. JOE: Were those all airdrop missions? 2 02 EVA: No, we had both. We had a lot of drops but mostly we were able to go in and land into these ... they'd just cut out some dirt strips for us. A C-47, you could land and then it was easy to take off because we were empty taking off. We could go in and land but we also did a lot of drops. Also, I was on four glider tow missions. JOE: Wow, you went on missions towing the Waco gliders or were they the British gliders? EVA: They were the British gliders. [Editor's note: The British used three gliders during World War II The AS. 51/ AS.5* Horsa gliders were twice as big as the American CG-4A Waco gliders and could carry twenty-eight fully equipped troops or their equivalent weight, about three and a half tons, of cargo. Over 3, 700 Horsas were built. The British also flew the American Wacos, but called them CG-4 Hadrians. The Waco/Hadrians could land thirteen equipped troops or as much as two and a half tons of cargo. Over 12, 000 W aco/Hadrians were built and used, including those in the CBI Theater. The British also flew the huge Hamilcar Mk. I Glider, which could carry a seven-ton cargo including light tanks but only a few hundred of these were ever built. Gliders could be retrieved if they landed undamaged and where they could be towed back up. However, most gliders were overloaded and came in so fast to the rough landing 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf20dk/1026830 |
