Floyd H. Hogan, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Benjamin J. Bahlmann, September 27, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 603

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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
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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
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