| Title |
William LaMonte Robison, Murray, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 1, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 675 |
| Alternative Title |
William LaMonte Robison, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Robison, William LaMonte, 1920-2011 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-07-01 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Japan |
| Subject |
Robison, William LaMonte, 1920-2011--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Radar observation; Army Air Corps; Rescue operations; USS Indianapolis |
| Description |
Transcript (48 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Richard W. Johnson on June 3, 2004. From tape number 654 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Robison was born May 31, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father farmed in Rupert, Idaho. Mont worked as a bookkeeper before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in March 1944. He received basic training at Sheppard Field, Texas, and attended radio operator mechanics school at Scott Field, Illinois. He was sent to Biloxi, Mississippi, to train with PBYs and shipped to California to crew up with a rescue squad. He was then shipped to Luzon, Philippines. He discusses his experiences, inluding dropping lifeboats to survivors of the USS Indianapolis and flying with bombers to provide rescue, when necessary. He participated in occupation duty in Japan before his discharge in 1945. Mr. Robison became a licensed CPA and co-owned the firm of Robison, Hill & Company for over fifty years. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 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/s6jx0h00 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033188 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jx0h00 |
| Title |
Page 11 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033168 |
| OCR Text |
Show WILLIAM LAMONTE ROBI ON J 1 2004 Officers' Candidate School. I went to a chaplain and he interviewed m and was impressed and said that he could make arrangements for me to go to Officers Candidate School in Air Force administration. We were getting along great until he asked me what my religion was. Then I told him what my religion was and that I wasn't Jewish. He, incidentally, was a Jewish chaplain. I didn't think anything about whether to get an LDS chaplain or a Jewish chaplain or what have you. I just went to the nearest chaplain. He said, "Well, I'm sorry. I can't really help you. You're not Jewish. So you'll have to go to your LDS chaplain." So I did. I went to the LDS chaplain. He just laughed about that. He said, "I'm sorry. I can't help you. Maybe that other chaplain's got an in with the Air Force administration, but I don't. You'll just have to take your chances." So that's where we ended up. So I went on to gunnery and radio operator-mechanics school. I completed that work at Scott Field, Illinois, and if you had top grades in the school, you got to go to the radar school. If you went to radar school, they would make you a flight officer, which was just under being a lieutenant in the Air Force. It was almost like a warrant officer. A warrant officer is really not considered a commissioned officer, but warrant officer had all the benefits of a being a commissioned officer. At least they did at that time. This was the same with being a flight officer. You'd have the same benefits as a warrant officer. It was something above a top sergeant and you had all the benefits of going to the officers' quarters and the PXs and all of those things, which the officers could do that the enlisted men couldn't. I was getting along fine and was ready to graduate from radar school with top honors, by the way, and they eliminated the program of making you a flight officer when you graduated. After that, you were just a sergeant when you came out. 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jx0h00/1033168 |
