| Title |
Floyd H. Hogan, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann, September 27, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 603 |
| Alternative Title |
Floyd H. Hogan, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hogan, Floyd H., 1917-2012 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin J.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-27 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States; Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Tunisia; Italy; England, United Kingdom; France; Netherlands |
| Subject |
Hogan, Floyd H., 1917-2012--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--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--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Personal narratives, American; World War, Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944--Personal narratives, American; 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; United States--Navy |
| Keywords |
Truck driving; Saliors; Destroyer (Ship); Electricians; Army Air Corps; Kairouan; D-Day; Operation Market Garden; Paratroopers; Flight instructors |
| Description |
Transcript (122 pages) of an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann with Floyd H. Hogan on September 27, 2002. From tape number 603 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Hogan (b. 1917) was in Woods Cross, Utah. He discusses farming, family, growing up years, the Depression, schooling and jobs. He joined the Navy in the fall of 1935 and received basic training at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He was assigned to the USS Borie and achieved 3rd class petty officer in fire control. Assigned to the USS Lawrence for decommissioning. Finished his 4-year service on the USS Winslow until discharged. He returned to Salt Lake City and worked for Western Electric until January 20, 1942 when he joined the Army Air Corps. He first was sent to Mesa, Arizona, then Oxnard, California, for Primary training in Stearmans. He continued at Merced, California, for basic, flying BT-13s, and took advanced training in Stockton, California, flying T-6s. He was sent to Indianapolis, Indiana, to check out on C-47s and was then assigned to the 27th Troop Carrier Squadron at Pope Field. He joined the 314th Troop Carrier Group and was ordered overseas, where he was based in Kairouan, Tunisia, ferrying gliders. He participated in Husky One into Sicily, then moved to England to prepare for the D-Day Invasion. He describes his activities and experiences in and out of combat. He participated in Market Garden before returning to the States in December 1944. He was assigned to Stockton, California, as an instructor and was discharged in the summer of 1945. Mr. Hogan stayed in the Reserves and reapplied for his commission in 1947. He was assigned to Hill Field as chief of maintenance and retired as a lieutenant colonel with more than thirty years of service. Interviewed by Benjamin J. Bahlmann. 122 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
122 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/s6b29xct |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Arnhem, Battle of (Netherlands : 1944) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031281 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b29xct |
| Title |
Page 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031183 |
| OCR Text |
Show FLOYD H. HOG N 21 P MB R2002 This has got to stop. I'm not going to do this. So when I got back to h y nn I fini h d that job and then I was going to quit and they said, "No we ve got a job in Denv r. You've got to stay with us. We don't have another power man." So they said we've got a month to do that job and I said, "I'll have the power in in two weeks and I'm out of here. ' So I went to Denver with them and put the power in for two weeks and I said goodbye and I drove home in my little Chev coupe, the roof was crumpled in. I could just barely sit in there and see out of it and I drove non-stop from Denver to Salt Lake. BJB: So they didn't have any other position for you that you could take elsewhere? FHH: Oh, yes, they begged me to stay, but I said, "I'm through." BJB: So by this time, what month are we in '41? FHH: I guess it had to be kind of early in '41. Matter of fact, in the spring. BJB: During this time are you keeping up on world affairs? Did you listen to the radio much? Did you know what was going on in the east? FHH: If I did I don't remember much. I don't remember much about it. BJB: So still not really thinking about military? FHH: No, not at all. But I came home and immediately got a job on the railroad as a brakeman and ran from Salt Lake to Helper, Utah, and eventually got enough ... no, that was after the war. But, anyhow, when December ]1h came, I was in the recruiting station the next morning. BJB: Where were you that Sunday? Had you gone to church? FHH: I was in church that Sunday. I came home from church in the middle of the afternoon, one o'clock-whatever time it was-and my little sister had been sick and she was home. When I came in she was crying and I said, "What's the matter?" She said, 25 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b29xct/1031183 |
