| Title |
Steven Schiele, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, February 22, 2010: Saving the Legacy tape no. IA-36 |
| Alternative Title |
Steven Schiele, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Schiele, Steven, 1956- |
| Contributor |
Worsencroft, John C., 1981-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2010-02-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Spain; United Arab Emirates; Italy; Kosovo; Crete, Greece |
| Subject |
Schiele, Steven, 1956- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Personal narratives, American; Aviation mechanics--Biography |
| Keywords |
Air National Guard; Aircraft maintenance |
| Description |
Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by John C. Worsencroft with Steven Schiele on February 22, 2010. From tape number IA-36 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Schiele (b. 1956) was born in Davenport, Iowa, and lived in Denver, Colorado, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Granger, Utah. Steven talks about his decision to enlist in the Air Force in high school, which was influenced by his brothers' service and seeing a Jimmy Stewart movie called Strategic Air Command when he was young. He discusses basic training where he became a squad leader. After basic training he went to Chanute Air Force Base where he became a general vehicle maintenance mechanic and then reported to Francis E. Warren for three and a half years. He describes his duties and his life with his family at Francis E. Warren. He talks about his decision not to reenlist with the Air Force after serving for four years. After his enlistment with the Air Force, Steven joined the Air National Guard because it allowed him to be closer to planes. He describes his work for the Air National Guard during the eighties were he was deployed to Moron, Spain several times. In the nineties Steven worked as a crew chief and was able to see the world. He describes his deployments to the United Arab Emirates, Italy, and Kosovo. He talks about the conditions and the atmosphere with the locals in Souda Bay, Crete where they were stationed during the Kosovo mission. After this Steven became student flight coordinator in charge of new recruits and then a first sergeant. Interviewed by John C. Worsencroft. 39 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
39 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/s6gq90vq |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Kosovo War (Serbia : 1998-1999); Aviation mechanics (Persons) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028277 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gq90vq |
| Title |
Page 2 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028238 |
| OCR Text |
Show THI IS AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN CHIELE ON FEBRU R 22, 2010. THE INTERVIEWER IS JOHN C. WORSENCROFT. THI I THE VIN THE LEGACY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. TAPE No. IA-36. JCW: This is John Worsencroft. I'm sitting down with Steven Schiele. It is Monday, February 22°d, and it is about 10:15 in the morning. Steven, why don't you just go ahead and start off by introducing yourself and give me a brief biographical and we'll go from there. SS: Okay. My name is Steven Schiele. I was born August 13, 1956 in Davenport, Iowa, to parents, Gerald and Arlene Schiele. Farmers in the Midwest. In 1958 my parents moved to Denver, Colorado, where we spent two years. My father was a truck driver then; my mother drove school bus. JCW: Was that where you ended up being raised? SS: No. It brought me to Utah in 1963. We spent two more years in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and then my dad came to work here for Interstate Motor Lines in 1963. We've lived in Salt Lake ever since then. JCW: In Salt Lake proper? SS: Granger. Granger-Hunter area; now West Valley. JCW: Sure. So were you a graduate of Granger High School? SS: Granger High School. JCW: Great. Let's talk about your decision to join the military. Maybe we'll go from there. SS: Okay. I'm the youngest of four boys. All three of my older brothers served in the military during Vietnam. My oldest brother was killed in Vietnam, July 4th 1967. My brother, Roger, was in the Navy. Excuse me. My brother that was killed was Jim. My |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gq90vq/1028238 |
