| 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 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026945 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERT ON M R H 7, 2002 REE: I didn t go to Laramie. So when I came back I went back to th Lovell unit and when they mobilized they brought us in as a bunch of draftees and sent us to Fort L wis Washington. BEN: So it says they mobilized your unit on the 24th of February of 41. REE: Right. BEN: So that put you into active duty. Were you excited about that? Do you have any thoughts on that? REE: Not particularly. BEN: I mean, it changed from one day a week to twenty-four/seven. REE: Right. BEN: How did that change? They activated the unit and did they take you out of Wyoming? REE: Yes, we stayed around there for two or three weeks or four weeks, then they shipped us to Fort Lewis, Washington. BEN: Now, was there any change? Was there new equipment issued? What kind of things changed from when you were in National Guard to actually mobilized? REE: Actually, they gave us more horses. And it was then that they got those big trucks. See, the cavalry unit's duty was primarily to reconnoiter. And when you're onyou'll find this a little hard to believe-we'd drive up there until we got shot at, then they'd tum. But, anyway, we were largely reconnoitering. We were mobile on the horses and if we ran into trouble, then we would get off. We were never intended to fight from a horse, even though we were trained to use a pistol. We never anticipated that we were going to use those pistols in combat, except if we accidentally run into something. Then 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026945 |
