| Title |
Wallace Baldwin, February 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Frances Merrill. |
| Alternative Title |
Wallace R. Baldwin, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Baldwin, Wallace R., 1931- |
| Contributor |
Merrill, Frances; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-02-02 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Germany; Libya |
| Subject |
Baldwin, Wallace R., 1931- --Interviews; Germany--History--1945-1955; Veterans--United States--Biography |
| Keywords |
Air Force; Allied occupation; Occupied Germany |
| Description |
Transcript (25 pages) of an interview by Frances Merrill with Wallace Baldwin, on February 2, 2004. Part of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Baldwin (b. 1931) was born in Hiawatha, Carbon County, Utah. He enlisted in the Air Force in January 1951, attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and advanced armament mechanic training at Lowry Air Force Base. He served in the 22nd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter Bomber Group, for eighteen months in Furstenfeldbruck and Bittburg, Germany. Twice a year he trained in gunnery maneuvers at Wheelus Air Force Base in Libya. After returning to the United States, Wallace was stationed at Forbes Air Force Base before retiring in December 1954 at the rank of Staff Sergeant. Interviewed by Frances Merrill. 25 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
25 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/s6n60pg1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033032 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n60pg1 |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033018 |
| OCR Text |
Show Wallace Baldwin bruary 2 2004 WB: I really don't ... FHM: Was it huge or a small base? WB: Our fighter bases were not huge because you don't need a long big airstrip for fighter aircraft. Our particular group, the 36 Fighter Bomber Group had three squadrons: The 22nct, the 32nct, and the 53rct, I think was the other one. We all flew the same kind of planes; had the same kind of activities. And then, in addition to that, we would have a few Gooney Birds and a few other special aircraft for special reasons. But it was not usually a big airbase. I would-just estimating-! would say a squadron had probably maybe 250 people, maybe 300. So, that would be three times that for the squadrons. And then there was the group air support which had some people. So, probably a base would not have more than, at the most, a couple of thousand people I would think. FHM: Okay. Did you ever take advantage of the PX, or the commissary? WB: Oh yeah. We lived in the PX and the commissary when we were on base. You could get anything you wanted, and it was very, very inexpensive. I bought several things there to bring with me when I came home from Germany. FHM: Did you ever have an experience with the medical, or dental care, while you were in the military? WB: I had an experience with the dental care that I didn't like. I had a tooth pulled because I had a toothache, and I didn't think it had to be pulled, but they did it anyway. I had my tonsils taken out when I was in the air force. That was-I had a good experience there. Those are the only two that I could recall. FHM: Were those by military doctors? WB: They were by military doctors. 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n60pg1/1033018 |
