Robert Keith "Scotty" Allan, Magna, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, August 11, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 697

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ROB RT KEITH " COTTY" ALLAN 11 2004 what do you expect me to do?" He said Oh just relax, r lax. You v g t th high score I've ever given. I want to see how far you can go." o I fooled around with it. I had a ninety-six on it and he said, "That's the highest score I ve ever seen earned.' I thought, That's good. I' 11 probably go back to Camp Ritchey as a photo interpreter. That sounds like a good job." About that time, they had a pool of lieutenants down at Camp Hahn. A couple of outfits had been done away with and they had this big pool of lieutenants and they were sending them to the infantry or combat engineers, the guys who dig up the mines. I thought that's a pretty dangerous business. Anyway, we went along and every once in a while somebody would say, "Hey, so and so went back to Ritchey as a photo interpreter." So I got thinking about it and there was a fellow who was a captain, his name was Roger Parks. He was from Magna and he went to high school with me but was a couple of years older. He was in the adjutant's (office). He saved my neck twice. I called him up and I said, "Roger, how come I got the highest mark that's ever been given there and they're sending people back to Ritchey all the time and they don't call me?" He said, "I don't know. Come up and see the adjutant, we'll talk." The adjutant was a major. So I went up and asked him the same thing and he said, "Well, you're still in an active unit." I said, "For how long, two weeks?" He blinked his eyes and he said, "Do you really want to go there?" I said, "Sure, that's a good assignment." So he said, "You've got it. Go down and tell your colonel that I'm cutting orders for you and I'll have them ready for you when you come back." BEC: Boy. 10