| 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 93 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027022 |
| OCR Text |
Show REE E B. ROBERT ON M R H 7 2002 REE: I don 't know how long. It was two or three weeks I w uld timat b [i r I g t on this boat and went back. BEN: Okay. Just a couple of weeks. REE: Two or three weeks; something like that. BEN: So, during this time, of course, you're collecting your flight pay the whole time right? REE: Collected the flight pay for all the time I was in camp. When I got out, I didn 't collect it anymore. BEN: Right, you didn't have flight time anymore. But during that whole time you were collecting. So where did you pick that up? Stateside? REE: Yes. They give me my money. I think before I got paid .. .I think I got paid just a little while before I got separated. They brought me back, and I was in California during this rehabilitation. BEN: So you got to the East Coast, and then by train they shipped you over? REE: Yes. BEN: Did they let you stop in Wyoming to see your parents at all? REE: I think I stopped there for a while, and then I did go back to this rehabilitation thing. BEN: Okay. REE: They said there was an Air Force field right there close to where I was going, so I went out there to see if maybe, I thought maybe I ought to go out there and fly. If you flew four hours a month they'd give you flight pay. They said, "Yeah, we've got a plane out here. We got a B-25." "But," they said, "You've got to take up ten men with you." I 93 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr41bb/1027022 |
