| 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 49 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026978 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROB RT ON M R H 7,2002 Anyway. See you had to fly with the medium bombers you had to fly ixty mi had thirty-nine, so I thought maybe I'd get these things over with. BEN: So that's what they were thinking, possibly, just get you out quicker or get you down quicker. REE: Either knocked down or out (laughs). BEN: When they told you sixty missions, did you run the statistics on that at all? REE: I did, and I figured that the chances of going back were not all that great. Say they had eighteen ships, suppose we lost an average of one a mission. You know. BEN: Eighteen missions. REE: We didn't lose one each mission, I guess we didn't, but at one time I was figuring this was not all that great. BEN: Like you say, you adopted that attitude of if you get shot down, whatever. But did you actually think you were going to be shot down? Did you think you were going to make it back? REE: Not necessarily. I figured I was going to make it back. BEN: You did? REE: Yes. BEN: Did anyone that you were actually quartered with, did any of them not come back before you left? Did you ever lose of your roommates? REE: Yes, there was one guy. He was on his sixtieth mission and got shot down. Sixtieth mission. BEN: Do missions get more, I don't know, are they more nerve-wracking the more you get? 49 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026978 |
