| Title |
Robert Keith "Scotty" Allan, Magna, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, August 11, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 697 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert Keith "Scotty" Allan, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Allan, Scotty (Robert Keith), 1919-2007 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-08-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Solomon Islands; Hawaii; Philippines; Midway Islands; Okinawa, Japan; Korea |
| Subject |
Allan, Scotty (Robert Keith), 1919-2007--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (34 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Robert Keith "Scotty" Allan on August 11, 2004. From tape number 697 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Allan (b. 1919) was born in Garfield, Utah. He enlisted in the army in 1941, took basic training in Everett, Washington, and was shipped to a B-17 squadron at Hickam Field. He was at Midway and in the Solomon Islands in 1942, then graduated from OCS at Camp Davis in 1943. He was assigned to 10th Army headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, then shipped to Hawaii to participate in the planning for the invasion of Okinawa. He was engaged in the battle for Okinawa. After the war Allan was assigned to the 17th Army headquarters in Seoul, Korea, as liaison officer. He was discharged in early 1946, but stayed in the reserves and retired with 36 years of military service. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 34 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
34 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/s6vh7qxw |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029250 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vh7qxw |
| Title |
Page 6 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1029221 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT KEITH " COTTY" ALLAN T 11,2004 down and went in. We went over to the board by number one and k for our numbers. We got down to eight and there was Gersick (laughs). Th y w r (practically) putting the uniform on him in the hall (laughs). He about went crazy. o anyway, we kept going and kept going and I'm was something like 887. After the war he came back and told me, "You SOB, I've been mad at you." Because I knew that I had a year or so before they got down to (drafting) me. Anyway, we all knew where we were going. So it didn't matter. I had an application in. In fact, I applied to ... everybody wanted to be a fly-boy in those days, you know, with the crushed hats and everything. There was a squadron ofB-17s pilots up at Fort Douglas. They were living up there and you could see them go by in their staff cars. They had B-17s at the airport down here. So I decided that I'd try to go for that. That would be good to get a commission and be a fly-boy. But I had a bad left eye and they wouldn't accept me. You had to be perfect stuff. You had to have college too. I had enough college. Anyway when they wouldn't accept me as a pilot, I put in to be a navigator. So anyway, I had that application in and the war was going and we all knew we were going to go. I called up Louise and that was like the eighth of December and I told her-she was on the draft board and a friend of our family-! said, "Listen Louise, I don't want to go before Christmas or New Year's." I wanted to go after the first of the year because I was kissing and giggling with that good-looking girl. So she said, "I'll put you down as a volunteer for the fourteenth. How's that." I said, "That's great." So that's what I did. I went in and they sent me to Everett, Washington, for basic training. I spent most of the time up there, but I'd taken a quarter or two of ROTC. They needed people to 6 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vh7qxw/1029221 |
