| Title |
Reece B. Robertson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann, March 7, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 498-500 |
| Alternative Title |
Reece B. Robertson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Robertson, Reece B., 1920- |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin J.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-07 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany; Wyoming, United States |
| Subject |
Robertson, Reece B., 1920- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
National Guard; Bomber pilots; POWs; Barth, Germany |
| Description |
Transcript (104 pages) of an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann with Reece B. Robertson on March 7, 2002. From tape numbers 498, 499, and 500 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Robertson (1920-2009) attended the University of Wyoming and joined the National Guard Calvary Unit, which was activated in February 1941. He was trained to fly the B26, A20, and A26 aircraft and was assigned to the European Theater. He served with the Ninth Air Force, 115th Bomb Group, 67th Squadron at Braintree in Southern England. He was shot down on Christmas Eve 1944, and held in Barth, Germany, at Stalag Luft One, which was later liberated by the Russian army. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 104 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
104 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/s6rr41bb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027034 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb |
| Title |
Page 10 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026939 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERT ON M R H 7, 2002 BEN: Could you bring your own? REE: No. BEN: (laughs) I was just wondering. I'm sure the community had enough horses. o you specifically joined the National Guard because it was a change of pace something to do, you said, two weeks of summer? REE: Two weeks in the summer. BEN: Were they maneuvers with another outfit? REE: Yes, they would join ... see this was a troop, they called it Troop A, and during the summer active duty, we joined with other groups in the National Guard. The National Guard in Wyoming had several other units, and they'd all come together. Sometimes we'd go down to [Camp] Guernsey; sometimes we went to Fort Lewis, Washington. BEN: Just to run maneuvers? REE: Yes, and they would rent horses to make it so that everybody had a horse. BEN: What kind of things did you do in the National Guard as a horse unit there? Do you remember what kinds of things would you train on? Were you still working on charging on horses with rifles? REE: No, they did have, before I joined up there, a bunch of long swords that they practiced with, but when we got in they didn't do that. We had a pistol, an automatic pistol. On horses, we were trained to shoot both to the front, to the side and to the rear. BEN: While on horseback? REE: While on horseback. And you had to be on the gallop. And believe you me, it was difficult when a horse was galloping to hit anything very accurately and if you see those movies where people are shooting off the horse (laughs) ... of course, sometimes we 10 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026939 |
