John E. Osguthorpe, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah

Abstract

Transcript (61 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with John E. Osguthorpe on June 24, 2004. From tape number 667 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History ProjectOsguthorpe (b. 1916) joined the Air Corps in April 1942, took training at Moffitt Air Base, dropped from the pilot training program and was discharged. He joined the Navy and was stationed in Hawaii as an aviation chief machinist's mate as part of a land-based heaving bombing squadron. He served in the New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, Australia, the Admiralty Islands, and Samar. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 61 pages

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