| Title |
Gerald W. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 19, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 437 |
| Alternative Title |
Gerald W. Smith, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Smith, Gerald W., 1919-2008 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-19 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Globe, Gila County, Arizona, United States; New Caledonia; San Francisco, California, United States |
| Subject |
Smith, Gerald W., 1919-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; United States--Army--Hospital Corps |
| Keywords |
Hospital Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (47 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Gerald W. Smith on March 19, 2001. This is from tape number 437 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Gerald Smith was born in 1919 in Snowflake, Arizona. He worked at the family dairy until joining the Army Air Corps in January 1942. He washed out of pilot training due to airsickness and enlisted in the Navy, serving as a hospital corpsman with Mobile Unit 7 in New Caledonia. He then trained other corpsman in San Francisco. He was discharged in December 1945. 47 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 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/s6rn572k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; United States. Army. Hospital Corps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023939 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn572k |
