| 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 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026950 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT 0 M R H 7 2002 REE: Yes it went through channels. Nobody was going tog t ut of hi utfit. thi Captain Poulson who was our coach at Lovell he stuck out his neck called us in and said, "You know I wanted to leave as a unit and I want to return as a unit but if you boy want to go and take that exam, go ahead." He really stuck out his neck. owe took th exam. BEN: Do you think he was supposed to put pressure on you not to do it? REE: Yes, he was supposed to not let us go (laughs). BEN: So losing a pay scale like that, was there any recourse? REE: No, they didn't have the ... after that, when they had the code of military justice things changed, but not then. BEN: Okay, so you took the test, and where was that at? REE: Portland. We took it up there. They gave us a thorough physical exam and they had me, they had some kind of written exam. While they're giving a physical, I was laying there in this cot or bed, and I went to sleep. Now, most of the people that were taking that exam, almost all of them, were civilians coming in. So the guy taking the examination, he woke me up and said, "You must be in the service now." I said, "Yes." "That figures." BEN: Because you were able to sleep? REE: I was able to sleep. The other people were so excited, I went to sleep on the bed. BEN: How long was the test? REE: Just one day? BEN: And after the test, was there any coordination test involved at all? 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026950 |
