| 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 |
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| 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 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033184 |
| OCR Text |
Show WILLI M L MONTE ROBI 0 1,2004 MON:No. BEC: So you sold the firm? MON: We sold the firm. But it still has the same name, Robison Hill and ompany. BEC: When did you retire? MON: Oh, I probably retired in about ' 99. BEC: Oh, so just a few years ago. Did you enjoy that work? MON: Oh, yes. I enjoyed it. As a matter of fact, I was rather lost and got shingles not too long after I retired. BEC: So what have you been doing since you retired? MON: Rhea, what have I been doing since I retired? RHE: Just as little as possible (laughs). BEC: As little as possible (laughs)? RHE: I work on him. Golf is going to save him, really. It has. He sort of started playing with a group of fellows out at Hidden Valley Country Club after he retired. That has really ... men don't retire easily. Women can find things to do. But especially with Monte, his whole identity was tied up with that, after fifty-eight years, of course, you know? So it has been just great to have this group of men that he played golf with. And then I played some. BEC: That's nice. RHE: As a matter of fact, about two months after he retired he got shingles. BEC: Yes, he told me. RHE: Yes, it was the stress. MON: The stress of retiring. 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jx0h00/1033184 |
