O. Marvin Lewis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, October 18, 2000 & January 17, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 307 and 308

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Title O. Marvin Lewis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, October 18, 2000 & January 17, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 307 and 308
Alternative Title O. Marvin Lewis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah
Creator Lewis, O. Marvin (Oliver Marvin), 1924-2015
Contributor Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2000-10-18; 2001-01-17
Date Digital 2015-09-16
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Spatial Coverage New Guinea; Philippines; Okinawa; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
Subject Lewis, O. Marvin (Oliver Marvin), 1924-2015--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American
Description Transcript (63 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with O. Marvin Lewis on October 18, 2000, and January 17, 2001. This is from tape numbers 307 and 308 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project
Collection Number and Name Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010
Abstract Lewis (b. 1924) grew up in Ogden, Utah, entered the army in 1943, and was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. He describes his jump training, the voyage on a troop ship to New Guinea, being wounded in the Philippines, rejoining his unit and being shipped to Okinawa, hearing about the Hiroshima bomb, and serving in the occupation forces. Lewis also describes his post-war activities in medical school and practicing internal medicine in Ogden. He also talks about learning to fly and various aircraft he has owned. 63 pages.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 63 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/s6c26vqn
Topic Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945)
Setname uum_slohp
ID 1024485
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c26vqn