Riley L. Newton, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, October 9, 2001: Saving the Legacy tape no. 395

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RIL Y L. NEWTON B R 9, 2001 RIL: I was in alina and I was out in the back yard wh n I first h ard it. It wa nth radio and we listened to it on the radio pretty much all day the reports. BEC: The radio was the equivalent of CNN today, I guess. RIL: Oh, yes. BEC: Was that a shock? Were you still in high school when that happened? RIL: Yes. I was a sophomore in high school at that time. BEC: Was that something that was talked about at school, among your friends, do you recall? RIL: It was a very traumatic time, pretty much, for every one. And it was just about that time, just after that, that my eldest brother had to go in the military. So, yes, we talked a lot about it. BEC: That brought the war home real fast. RIL: The whole thing was very disruptive for the entire town. There were many people going in the military. There were so many of the other people in town that were moving to the city for jobs in the defense industry. One year, for instance, I had six different teachers in algebra class because the teachers kept leaving. BEC: Oh, is that right? In one year. That's interesting. I imagine you had friends move away, whose parents accepted other jobs, too? RIL: No so many of the real close friends, any of that sort of thing. But there were all the ones that were going into the military service. BEC: Your brother and the guys his age were anyway. RIL: My other brother, the one just older than I, died of pneumonia that spring, his semor year. 11