| Title |
Ray H. Church, Ogden, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 12, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 39 |
| Alternative Title |
Ray H. Church, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Church, Ray H., 1920-2013 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-06-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States; Guam; Japan |
| Subject |
Church, Ray H., 1920-2013--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Japan; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American |
| Keywords |
Marines; Prisoners of war; Tanagawa; Death camp; Osaka |
| Description |
Transcript (32 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Ray H. Church on June 12, 2001. This is from tape number 39 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Ray Church (b. 1920) recalls his childhood in Depression-era Delta, Utah. After two and a half years at Dixie College, he found himself without funds and joined the Marines. He was posted to Guam in 1941 and attached to the military government. He was taken prisoner in December, shortly after Pearl Harbor. Church describes his time as a prisoner of war in Tanagawa, known as the "death camp," and in Osaka. 32 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
32 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/s6sf4vft |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Prisoners of war; Concentration camps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020845 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf4vft |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020832 |
| OCR Text |
Show hard tack some food that cam in th bo . h p r gu th th m and put a couple in their pockets and got caught with a c upl in th p November. They took their clothes off and stood them at att ntion all night. h n t morning we went out there and a couple of them were dead. The other guy didn't last much longer; they just froze to death. I don't know how cold it was but it was cold. ot zero, but around twenty or twenty-five degrees. Without any clothes and you can't mov and out stand out there, that will really get you. A few things like that happened. By the way, when I lived in California, there was a newspaper that came out and that newspaper down in California picked up on a deal and every week they wrote and we had a serial, about a chapter. This guy wrote me a story about my experience over there. You might not be interested in this. WIN: No. I would be. Maybe we can get copies of that and stick it in with the interview, and it will be a record for people to look at. RAY: Each week they would write another chapter, and it went on and on and on. This little gal, she wrote this for me. I think it is all mixed up by now, though. WIN: Yes, I would like to get that on some acid-free paper to preserve it. What are there, twelve, thirteen. RAY: Yes, thirteen. See on that last page there, I've got to show you this here. This was the last year in Guam, and I was a main event boxer. That was a fighter. Anyway, this was the last thing that happened in Guam as far as this is concerned. But she wrote this 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf4vft/1020832 |
