| 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 92 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027021 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT 0 M R H 7 2002 REE: No I didn't. I had that with me when I got shot. It was in my things and that one of the things I recovered. I don't remember how I recovered it but they didn t hip it home, but when I went back to my unit. .. BEN: Oh, did they actually take you from the camps in France to England? REE: No, we were in France. BEN: Oh, but you actually were able to report back to your outfit? REE: I actually went back and visited with some of the guys. They were going to give me medals, Silver Star and some of that stuff, but I told them, "Don't bother." I found out that it didn't depend upon so much what a person did that got a medal; it depend upon the person that wrote it up (laughs). It took a lot of ingenuity sometimes to create a medal. BEN: Yeah, I guess so. And it's not about medals, of course, and everyone should have deserved something when it comes down to it. I mean, there's a lot of those situations, sure. So they did have some of your stuff still stored there. But your other personal effects were shipped home. REE: Yes, they were shipped home, what I got, anyway. Some of the stuff! didn't get. But, then, that's all right. BEN: So there were still a couple of people there that recognized you? REE: Oh, yes, there were some people there. That supply officer, as I remember telling him this, I said, "Lucky you didn't go on that trip." He was the one I told you there was a bullet hole right in the windshield where he would have been sitting. BEN: How long were you in France, then, from the time you got released. The war ended in May, of course. You were liberated, actually, how much before the signing? 92 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1027021 |
