| Title |
Stephen J. Merrill, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Frances Merrill, April 9, 2004 |
| Alternative Title |
Stephen J. Merrill, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Merrill, Stephen J., 1933- |
| Contributor |
Merrill, Frances; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-04-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hill Air Force Base, Weber County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Merrill, Stephen J., 1933- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; Aviation mechanics (Persons)--Biography; Hill Air Force Base (Utah)--History |
| Description |
Transcript (22 pages) of an interview by Frances Merrill with Stephen J. Merrill on April 9, 2004. Part of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Merrill (b. 1933) spent thirty-seven years as a civilian at Hill Air Force Base in Utah overhauling aircraft engines. Interviewed by Frances Merrill. 22 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
22 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/s6dj7hq1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Aviation mechanics (Persons); Utah--Hill Air Force Base |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030291 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj7hq1 |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030279 |
| OCR Text |
Show TEPHEN J. MERRILL FHM: Because of ... ? pril 9, 2004 JM: Because I think they butt into other peoples business, and want too much, and require too much. FHM: Did that cause any problems with your work by not joining the union? Were you forced to join it? SJM: No, I did join it later on when I became a supervisor. But I was more or less forced into that. After a few years, and I found out a little bit about it, I got out. FHM: Can you explain what you were supervising? SJM: Well, at the time I had a crew on the assembly line in the hangars, and I worked on the fuel system ofF -4 aircraft. FHM: What kind of work did you do on that? SJM: Overhauled the fuel system. The whole aircraft was overhauled, but I worked on the fuel system. FHM: Okay. Did you develop any friendships during your training, or your work? SJM: Well, everybody was one big family there, but nothing that was out of the ordinary, no. FHM: Did you have any family members, or friends, that were in the military during that time? SJM: I had my brother that was in the marines, Alvin Merrill, at the time. And that's all I had, yeah. We had one son that was in the Air Force. FHM: Was he in during wartime? SJM: Yes. FHM: Do you remember which war? 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj7hq1/1030279 |
