| Title |
Leah (Jo) Neilan, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 12, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 439 |
| Alternative Title |
Leah (Jo) Neilan, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Neilan, Leah (Jo), 1922- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Neilan, Leah, 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States--Naval Reserve--Women's Reserve --Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service in the U.S. Naval Reserve; WAVES; Hunter College; Milledgeville, Georgia; San Diego |
| Description |
Transcript (35 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Leah (Jo) Neilan on April 12, 2002. This is from tape number 439 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Leah Jo Neilan (b. 1922) grew up in Cleveland, Utah. She joined the Navy WAVES in 1943 and served at Hunter College, then Milledgeville, Georgia, and finally San Diego, where she was the Yeoman for the director of the 11th Navy Waves. She was discharged in November 1945. 35 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
35 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/s69k69gf |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019264 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k69gf |
| Title |
Page 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1019248 |
| OCR Text |
Show LEAH (JO) NEILAN PRI 12 2 2 JO: Because they wouldn't let us walk around the compound al n because there were a lot of men around, and there were a lot of sick men too. Mayb they were there on R&R or something. Then they transferred us to Balboa Park. Have you ever been there? BEC: JO: BEC: JO: Yes. We lived in the museum. Did you really? Yes, I've got a picture. I just love the picture. Years later, my husband and I were visiting San Diego, and we went to Balboa Park, and this kid was sitting out on the street sketching. I bought the picture [shows pictures] from him. This is where we lived when I was there. And we had bunks stacked up, and I don't know how many girls were there, but we couldn't have any lights on, only in the head, because some were sleeping during the day. There were blue lights some place. So we'd have to get out of there, and go in the head, and then we could talk. But it was funny because we weren't allowed to walk around here, either. So all these Marine MPs would meet us when we came home from our dates or from work, and escort us to our barracks. BEC: That is a nice sketch. JO: He was just sitting there and I said, "Oh, isn't that the museum?" He said, "Yes." And he sold it to me for ten dollars. And that's a lot of work on that. BEC: That is a lot of work. That's really detailed. At the time was it a museum? JO: Well, it had been. 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k69gf/1019248 |
