| 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 44 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026973 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERT ON M R H 7 2002 BEN: That s comforting (laughs)! REE: Yes, so anyway that's the way I understood it. BEN: On any of your missions did you see other planes around you go down? REE: No, I never did. BEN: So for the most part, you were ... REE: Well, I don't know. We'd lose some now and then but I didn't see them go down. They may have been behind me or in front of me. BEN: Any targets that you recall, any names or places that you remember? REE: No. Usually it was supporting the ground troops, like bombing bridges and things like that. One time, toward the end of the war, they were getting kind of short of targets. If we didn't hit this target, go and hit this other target, this place here. And I said, "What's in that place?'' "It's a small village." "What's that for?'' "Well, it's got a road crossing in there." Now, this was the alternate target. We're going to fly clear over there just to hit a crossroads at a village? You know. BEN: When did you make the transition to the A-26? REE: That was when I was in Tampa, Florida. Remember, I mentioned that I was supposed to pick up a crew for a B-26, and I didn't sign in until they took the last twenty of us that signed in. They just shoved us in and said, "You're going into A-20's." BEN: But you were shot down in an ... REE: A-26. BEN: When did you switch from the A-20 to the A-26? REE: Oh, that one. That was in France. I don't know how many, exactly, it was two or three months. 44 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026973 |
