| 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 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026951 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT 0 M R H 7, 2002 REE: No you just had to have 20/20 vision. That s what v rybody had to hav . h Y took some kind of written exam. The ironic part is, I didn t get called up· it was ev ral months before I actually started my training. They didn't call me up until. .. I went to Santa Ana. But the ironic part of it was the fellow, this sergeant Walker that was with me washed out in primary training. He'd taken private flying lessons and everything but he washed out. I didn't find that out till later. We kind of got separated there, so I didn 't find that out till later. BEN: REE: BEN: REE: So after you took the test, did you have to go back to your outfit? I went back to my outfit for a little while. Did the one colonel treat you poorly? No, he didn't say anything. What happened was eventually this colonel got replaced and I was taken out of that unit and was put in what they call a casual unit in Fort Lewis while I was supposed to be in my cadet training, but somehow or another I got mixed up. So I was just wandering around there. I was working part-time. I didn't have anything to do, so I went out and got a job. Finally, they called me in. They said, "Where you been?" I said, "I've been waiting for this exam." Oh, you're supposed to have been on leave." Great! BEN: How did that work out? You actually took a job? REE: Yes. They put me into what they call a casual unit. I wasn't assigned to any place, so I'd go out and take a job. BEN: Were you supposed to? REE: It didn't matter, I guess. They didn't care. 22 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026951 |
