| Title |
Riley L. Newton, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, October 9, 2001: Saving the Legacy tape no. 395 |
| Alternative Title |
Riley L. Newton, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Newton, Riley L., 1925- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-10-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Korea; Monroe, Sevier County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Newton, Riley L., 1925- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Bomber pilots--Biography; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; Bombardier; Radar instructor |
| Description |
Transcript (42 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Riley L. Newton, on October 9, 2001. From tape number 395 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Newton was born June 11, 1925, in Monroe, Utah. He discusses growing up years, schooling, family and the Depression. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in May 1943. Received basic training at Amarillo, Texas, and tells of his experiences there. Additional training as follows: pre-flight at Altus, Oklahoma; Sherman, Texas, for college training at Austin College; San Antonio for pilot cadet training; training as bombardier, including on the Norden Bombsight; Victorville, California, for radar training. Following training, he was assigned to Williams Field, Phoenix, Arizona, as a radar instructor. He was discharged in November 1945, although he elected to stay in the Reserves. He was called up for service during the Korean conflict and served for 2 years flying as a bombardier in B-29s. Mr. Newton graduated from the University of Utah and worked as an educator and administrator for the Granite School District. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 42 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
42 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/s6z62r3g |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American; Bomber pilots; Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033453 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62r3g |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033426 |
| OCR Text |
Show RILEY L. EWTON B R9,2 01 BEC: Yes. I can picture that. That would be exciting. RIL: We had to march downtown Amarillo on Armistice Day and they had u in khaki with no jackets and it was cold. I remember freezing in them (laughs). BEC: Do you have any pleasant memories of basic training? RIL: Oh, yes. BEC: Well, that one you talked about, marching around with the big group. RIL: There were a half a dozen of the kids, well, kids, my age, anyway, from the State of Utah that went in at the same time I did. So I got to know them. We had friendly competition. There was one fellow, Merle Prince, from New Harmony-do you know where New Harmony is down by Cedar City? BEC: No. RIL: Merle was quite athletic and ended up being one of the track stars for Utah State after the war was over. They had an emphasis on the physical fitness, the sit-ups and the push-ups and all those things, and we would have a little competition. We were supposed to do one hundred sit-ups and we got going to see how many we could do. I think he did seven hundred and some odd and I did six hundred and some odd. There were a lot of things like that. I have a lot of real pleasant memories. There was a real camaraderie there. We learned a lot of things that, too, that were interesting. BEC: Like what? RIL: Well, all the military things. Of course, everywhere we went, we marched, or double-timed. We learned things about combat. They showed us military films and taught us a lot of survival kinds of things. BEC: I'll bet you had lot of new experiences. 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62r3g/1033426 |
