| Title |
Ruth J. Klein, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, May 14,, 2005: Saving the legacy tape no. 725 |
| Alternative Title |
Ruth Klein, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Klein, Ruth J., 1923- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2005-05-14 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, United States; San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Klein, Ruth J., 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; United States--Naval Reserve--Women's Reserve--Biography |
| Keywords |
WAVEs; Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; Remington Arms |
| Description |
Transcript (24 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Ruth J. Klein on May 14, 2005. This is from tape number 725 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Klein (b. 1923) was born and raised in the Midwest. She came to Utah to attend BYU and got a job at Remington Arms. She joined the WAVES in 1943, received her boot camp training at Hunter College, and training as a gunnery instructor in Pensacola, and spent the rest of her service time in San Diego. 24 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
24 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/s6mk8c4b |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; War work; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018882 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mk8c4b |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1018868 |
| OCR Text |
Show T J. weren t supposed to have any food whatever in our apartm nt - nothin . n morning a girl got a package of cookies from home and we had just op d it d it announced that we were having a surprise inspection. Here we had these co ki and had nowhere to put them. We didn't know what in the world to do but put them in th oven. Well, that was about the first place they looked. So we got demerits for having food in the apartment, and we had to go out and polish all the banisters, and we were on the third floor. And they took the cookies. They probably enjoyed them (laughs). But we had just barely opened them and we hadn't even had one (laughs). BEC: That's funny. RUTH: I really enjoyed my Navy experiences. I was sent down to Pensacola, Florida, from there, for my gunnery training. I taught turret maintenance and operation, air-to-air combat, plane recognition, thirty- and fifty-caliber machine guns, the whole thing. BEC: Wow. You were teaching the men? RUTH: The men that manned the gun turrets in the planes. BEC: Were you able to choose to go to gunnery? RUTH: No, I was asked if I would go there. They asked for anyone who knew anything about guns. Well, I had gone pheasant hunting with my dad and my brothers, so I knew a little bit about guns. I was picked and I loved it. I went home on leave one time and my dad took me pheasant hunting (laughs). He said, "Well, you should do real good now." I forgot to take the safety off, and my dad laughed so hard he split his pants (laughs). BEC: (laughs) RUTH: He said, "I thought you were supposed to be a gunnery instructor." I had wanted to show off how good I was (laughs). He never got over that. 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mk8c4b/1018868 |
