| Title |
Frank Johnson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, January 22, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 422 |
| Alternative Title |
Frank Johnson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Johnson, Frank, 1917-2003 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-01-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States; Ketchikan, Alaska, United States; Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States |
| Subject |
Johnson, Frank, 1917-2003--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Coast Guard--History--World War, 1939-1945; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (38 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Frank Johnson on January 22, 2001. This is from tape number 422 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Frank Johnson (b.1917) enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939, three days before Hitler invaded Poland. He was stationed in Seattle when the Japanese bombed the fleet at Pearl Harbor and was later transferred to Boston. He finished his service time in Ketchikan, Alaska. 38 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
38 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/s6418w9x |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1017629 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6418w9x |
| Title |
Page 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1017621 |
| OCR Text |
Show FRANK JOHNSON JANUARY 22, 2002 FRA: Richfield. BEC: They were with her folks in Aurora, Utah, which is just this side of So when you carne here to Salt Lake to see your dad in the hospital, was your wife here in Salt Lake then? FRA: No. She was in Aurora. And I hitchhiked down. There were only two busses a day running that way and I'd missed the first one. So I went down there hitchhiking and a car stopped. This fellow had dark glasses on. He said, "Where you going?" I said, "I'm trying to get down to Aurora to see my wife and new baby." He said, .. rm go ing to California but we can circle that way." Well, we stood there and talked and come to find out, he was a first cousin of mine and I didn't recognize him, he didn't recognize me. BEC: Is that right? Wow. FRA: Yeah. So he took me right around to the house. BEC: That's great. Oh, what a thrill to see your wife and new baby. FRA: It was. And I walked into the house and he was in a buggy and I walked up and I said, "Well, how's my big boy?" "WWHHHAAAAAHH!" I scared him to death. BEC: FRA: BEC: FRA: BEC: (laughs) It took me about six months to get on the good side of him. That's funny. So where were you when you finished up your duty? I was in Ketchikan, Alaska. Oh. So after you finished this leave, then you went back to Alaska? 31 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6418w9x/1017621 |
