| Title |
Zeniff "J" Cox, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 26, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 273 |
| Alternative Title |
Zeniff J. Cox, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Cox, Zeniff J., 1922- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-04-26 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Duchesne County, Utah, United States; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands |
| Subject |
Cox, Zeniff J., 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Marines; Boot camp; Guadalcanal; Dauntless Dive Bomber |
| Description |
Transcript (23 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Zeniff "J" Cox on April 26, 2001. This is from tape number 273 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Cox (b. 1922) recounts his early life of ranching and farming in Duchesne County, Utah. He enlisted in the Marines in the autumn of 1942. He recalls his boot camp experience and subsequent training before his transfer to Guadalcanal where he was assigned to the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber. He completed 62 missions before being transferred stateside in September 1944. Cox describes occupation duty in Nagasaki, Japan before he was discharged in 1946.23 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
;23 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/s6rf7t80 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023046 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rf7t80 |
