| 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 |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| 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 69 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026998 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT ON R H 7 20 2 BEN: Was it a fur collared one? REE: Yes, a fur collared one. BEN: The olive drab one? REE: No, it wasn't olive drab. I think it was pastel colored, something like that. BEN: But it wasn't the sheep one? REE: No. BEN: But it was a warmer jacket? REE: It was a fairly warm jacket. BEN: Did they take your boots, too? REE: They took my boots. BEN: What did they give you in return? REE: Nothing. So I had my little liner. A few days later a guard took me to a place where they had some shoes. So I got a pair of shoes from there. They wasn't quite the right size, but it was good enough. They come up to about here. They weren't oxford or anything. BEN: Were they Red Cross? REE: They were Red Cross, I'm sure. One thing funny happened over there. I say, as this guard was taking me over to get those shoes, there was a bunch of people that was in a fence, they were fenced in. And while I was waiting there they brought in one of these kind of two-wheeler carts, flat carts, and they dumped a whole bunch of garbage in this area that was fenced off. And all those guys dug in this garbage and they were eating. And I thought, "Gee, who are those people?" So I asked the guard, and he said, "They're Romanians." And I thought, "Wait a minute. The Romanians are supposed to be on your 69 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026998 |
