| 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 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026958 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERT 0 M R H 7 2002 REE: BEN: REE: BEN: REE: BEN: REE: day. BEN: REE: Not particularly. No difficulties? No, I didn't have any problems. I didn't have any things like I had in basic. Where did they put you? Would that be a transition, I guess? A transition. I went to Del Rio, Texas. I remember, that was in the summer. That was in the summer (laughs). I went over to the officer's club and I must have drank a gallon of lemonade a At this time you had your commission, right? Yes. When you graduated, you got your commission. Now, when I applied for my commission, or when I was going to get my commission, they wanted a birth certificate. So, a fellow called me in and says, "You were only sixteen when you enlisted? That's a fraudulent enlistment." I says, "Yes, what are you going to do about it." I figured they spent all this money training me, they're not going to ... by this time, of course, I was much older. So he just kind of looked at me and thought, "You smart kid." Didn't say a thing. BEN: That's a clerk's job, I guess, isn't it. So did they correct it at that point? I would assume so; they had your birth certificate (laughs). REE: They probably changed my birth date. BEN: REE: BEN: REE: You went to Del Rio, did you say? Del Rio, Texas, right on the border down there. What was that like? You actually trained on the B-26, is that right? Yes, on the B-26. 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026958 |
