| Title |
Wayne Bowen, Springville, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, October 25, 2001: Saving the Legacy tape no. 370 |
| Alternative Title |
Wayne Bowen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Bowen, Wayne, 1924-2002 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-10-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
New Caledonia |
| Subject |
Bowen, Wayne, 1924-2002--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Marine Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (80 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Wayne Bowen on October 25, 2001. From tape number 370 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Bowen was born on 15 September 1924 in Cokeville, Wyoming. He recalls his childhood and schooling, Marine boot camp in San Diego (1943), and further training at Camp Elliott. He was shipped to New Caledonia (New Hebrides) as part of the 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion, E Company. He participated in battles on Peleliu and Okinawa, where he was wounded and evacuated to Hawaii, then Oakland. Discharged November 1945. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 80 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
80 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/s6sf4z98 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Peleliu, Battle of (Palau : 1944) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032691 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf4z98 |
| Title |
Page 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032651 |
| OCR Text |
Show w EJ.BOWE B R 2 20 I BEN: What kind of a .. .if I could, what kind of things happen d on P 1 liu? What kind of things did you ... did you ever encounter the enemy up close? Did y u en gag in an hand to hand-type fighting? WAY: We were never really close there. I did on Okinawa. But there on Peleliu I didn't get real close to them. BEN: So how was the island taken then? Was it involved with much ... was it more artillery, kind of? WAY: Well, I think it was infantry, mostly. But it was some other outfits that come in afterwards. I mean, part of the 1st Marines and I think there might have been some other groups involved afterward, before it was finally taken. It wasn't really a big island. BEN: Did you have any, I guess, bonsai attacks on there? Did anybody try to sneak in during the nighttime? WAY: No, not right there they didn't. BEN: How about that group of tanks? WAY: Well, I don't remember. Just a few of them, or something, coming across there. And I guess we had something that blew them apart or something. I can't really recall all of that. BEN: How about .. .I was reading on it. They said the temperatures got up to 115 degrees. And water conditions weren't exactly the ... WAY: Well, I can't even remember how we drank water there, then. But I don't know. It just goes back. And a lot of that stuff, I just can't recall it anymore and lot of it, I don t want to recall. 41 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf4z98/1032651 |
