| 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 60 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026989 |
| OCR Text |
Show REECE B. ROBERT ON M R H 7, 2002 BEN: And they knew you were together, I would assume. REE: Yes, I suppose they would because the parachutes came down ab ut the sam time. Well the next day, or that night ... BEN: So were you in a city or a town? REE: A little town? BEN: Was this like the local little jail, or was it like not a prison at all? REE: No this wasn't a prison at all. The first thing, I think I was in a chicken coop for a while, then they put me in this, they marched me through the village, and, of course, to see this. I think they called us terror flieger or whatever they called us. It would have been pleasant under different circumstances, because the whole village was out to see me (laughs). BEN: Any violence toward you at all, or anyone spit at you? REE: Except that guy that kicked me in the pants. BEN: When was that? REE: I mentioned that in there. I was going along. I had this one fellow guarding me and the little fellow was burning weeds on his farm, a farmer, and they exchanged a few words, something in German. And this guy had a pitchfork in his hands, jammed the pitchfork in the ground, turned around, run up and give me a good big kick in the pants. Now, I had this heavy leather seat on my bottom; I hardly felt it. And I thought, well, this guy can now go down to his neighbors and tell them how he kicked this American flyer in the pants. So I didn't care. That's the only thing. One thing I didn't do, as I may have mentioned, there was a lot of infantrymen picked up because that was right after the 60 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026989 |
