| 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 70 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026999 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROB RT 0 R H 7 2 02 side because Hitler did have Hungarian/Romania troop there. I th ught Wh a that kind of interesting." BEN: And that was on one of your transitions? REE: Well, that's in these places where I ve been before I get to the main camp. There's several places where I was at before I got to the main camp. One time- now this was early-I had this lieutenant from the infantry, so we decided we'd go together for warmth and everything. So we went in this one area where they were giving out, we called them the Russian blankets; they were burlaps. We went around and got one each. And I said to this fellow, "They're not keeping track. Let's go around again." So we went around again and got another blanket. So I said, "Let's try it again." So we went around a third time. The third time, the guards looking at me, "Haven't I seen you before?" BEN: Did you get the third one? REE: We got the third one, oh, yes. But this guy was looking. I thought I better not go around again. BEN: Was there much talk amongst the men you were with? REE: You know, when I got back to the main camp, all the officers were put in this one room, except this one guy. He was a Jewish fellow; he wasn't an officer. They said, "Don't bore us with your horror stories." So I didn't tell them. I just told them what I was flying. I didn't tell them very little about it. They were kind of interested because it was a new plane. But we didn't exchange stories. BEN: Well, how about going to the main camp, like in the boxcar, was there much? REE: Not really. 70 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1026999 |
