| 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 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031184 |
| OCR Text |
Show FLOYD H. HOGA 21 PT MB R 2002 'The Japanese just bombed Pearl Harbor. ' Man, that made me mad. It mad m mad for two reasons: one, to think they'd do that. And secondly, we'd had a chance to stop the Japanese when I was in the Navy. Nobody remembers this story, but when I was in the Navy, and I don't know what year it was now, but I just saw a movie where they showed this. The US Navy had river boats on the Yangtze River in China. There was one called the Panae[?] and the Japanese sunk that Panae[?] on the Yangtze River. Everybody in the Navy said, "Let's go get them." The Navy was ready. We would have wiped that Japanese Navy off of the earth if they'd let the Navy do it, you know. The Navy wanted to go. Well, they didn't. They didn't do anything about it. So I had double reasons. So I was in the recruiting office of the Navy and told them I wanted to get in aviation. They said, "No, we don't have any way for you. No." In the meantime, I tried to get in the Army Air Corps and they required two years of college or pass an exam in lieu thereof. I'd taken the physical at Fort Douglas in the Fall of '41 and was waiting for the next exam, which they said would be in February of' 42. BJB: Okay, so even while you were working on the railroads, you tried to get in the Army Air Corps? FHH: I was trying to get in the Army Air Corps. So long story short, the first time we got an exam, for and in lieu of college, in the recruiting office in Salt Lake in January of '42, I walked in their office one day and the lieutenant says, "You're just the guy I'm looking for. I just opened the mail. Here's the new exam. Sit down and take the exam at my desk." He got up and gave me his desk and I took that exam. He came back and put 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b29xct/1031184 |
